Hello Nidhi & Group, Here's a recent decision from OPK on this issue. ========================================================= 9. During the hearing the Commission noted that the Respondent had asked the Appellant to specify that he was a bonafide Indian citizen saying that this was necessary under Section 3 of the RTI-Act.
10. The Commission considers this attitude of the Respondents as against the spirit of the RTI-Act. Actually Section 3 of the Act reads, `Subject to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right to information'. Nowhere does it say, nor imply, that a person would be required to prove his citizenship everytime that he was asking for information. Thus, there are thousands of applications which are considered without a person providing a certificate to prove that he is an Indian citizen. This means that in the rarest of rare cases where there is a doubt that the applicant is indeed an Indian citizen, the Public Authority may ask him for proof. This, however, can only be an exception rather than the rule. ========================================================= No.CIC/OK/C/2008/00016 dt. 26 May 2008 http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/OK-26052008-10.pdf --- In [email protected], Nidhi Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sarbajit and everyone on the list > > Is there anyone on this list who has filed an RTI application and has been asked by the public authority to prove his/ her Indian citizenship? If so, could you please tell me the public authority and if you have approached the first appellate authority or CIC over this? > > Regards > Nidhi > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
