How to File RTI Haryana Application

What do you do when a street light hasn’t been fixed for years, your passports have been delayed or a road construction has been going on for months without any progress? Or even when you haven’t received your IT refund? The answer is simple -

As per the Right to Information Act 2005, every Indian citizen has the right to ask for information from a public authority if he/she wishes to do so. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), the Government of Haryana hereby makes the Haryana Right to Information Rules’2009. Here are the steps for filing an RTI if you are a resident of Haryana. You have two alternatives for filing RTI Haryana; both of them are described below:

Presently, there isn’t any service available with the government of Haryana in which citizens can file an application online. You do have another option of filing RTI Haryana online - by using

Our website ensures that your application reaches the authorities; all you need to do is fill up a simple form.

All Haryana State Government Departments and local governing bodies in Haryana like Municipal Corporations (for cities in Haryana like Faridabad Municipal Corporation, Panchkula Municipal Corporation, Hisar Municipal Corporation, Haryana Medical Council, Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Haryana Publuc Service Commission, Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Town and Country Planning Haryana, Revenue and Disaster Management, Haryana, Department of Technical Education, Haryana, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd., Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd.etc.), Town councils and Gram Panchayats come under the ambit of Haryana RTI Act.

LIST OF STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS:

Under the RTI Act, 2005 every department should appoint a Public Information Officer (PIO) who is responsible to receive and reply to RTI applications filed to that department. Hence, all the RTI applications should be addressed to the Public Information Officer of that Department.

According to the RTI Act, the response to the RTI application in Haryana, or any other state should be provided by the PIO within 30 days from the receipt of the same. This includes applications made online or offline. If the information requested in the RTI relates to another department, then the PIO is mandated to transfer the same within 5 days from the receipt of the RTI to that department who has the information. A First Appeal can be filed to the First Appellate Authority (FAA) if there is no response from the government office after completion of 30 days or if the Applicant is not satisfied with the response of RTI Application. In case you are not satisfied with the outcome of the First Appeal, or there has been no order passed by FAA, A Second Appeal can be filed to Haryana Information Commission.