Any idea whether DHC has fixed a separate fee for 2nd appeals too ? Sidharth Misra
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:38 AM, sroy1947 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/WB-07082009-02.pdf > > "Sub sec. (1) of Sec. 6 speaks of fees to be prescribed to accompany the > request made by a person who desires to obtain information to a CPIO or > CAPIO. Similarly u/s 7(1) an application made u/s 6 is to be responded on > payment of the fee prescribed. There is indeed no fee mandated in the law for > appeal u/s 19 (1) or (3). However u/s 28(2) (iv) the Competent Authority has > the discretion to provide for any other matter which is not only required to > be, but may be prescribed, as underlined by us in the quote above. In this > case, therefore, the High Court of Delhi is well within its authority to > prescribe such a fee, keeping in mind only the requirement of proviso to > Sub-Section (5) of Sec 7.that the fee is reasonable inasmuch as it may be in > reference to Sec 6 (1) or > sub-sections (1) and (5) of Sec 7." > > >
