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VOL. 7, ISSUE 4 (2021)
The role of public information officer under right to information Act, 2005
Authors
Ashok Kumar
Abstract
The public information officer is an important and powerful officer/ person under the RTI Act who provides the required information to the concerned applicant within the prescribed time. He has to maintain the proper record of the concerned office or its own office. He has a large number of powers and responsibilities in this regard. He may render reasonable assistance to the persons seeking such information or may seek the assistance of any officer as he / she considers it necessary for proper discharge of his/ her duty. In his paper an attempt has been made to discuss the Powers, Functions and Responsibilities of the Public Information Officers. What are the problems is faced by the PIO while discharging the duty and how these problems are resolved is discussed in this paper. Objective of the paper: The objective of this paper is to discuss that in actually the PIO is an important person /officer for providing the proper and relevant information sought by the applicant. Whether there is any kind of difficulty or problem while performing this duty. Whether he/ she are using his / her proper powers, function and responsibility in this regard or not is also discussed. Methodology and limitation of paper: The methodology and limitation of the paper is on the library based and what are Powers, Functions and Responsibilities of the Public Information Officers under the RTI Act is discussed.
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Pages:152-154
How to cite this article:
Ashok Kumar "The role of public information officer under right to information Act, 2005 ". International Journal of Law, Vol 7, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 152-154
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