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==Introduction==
The Right to Information Act (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens"
Provisions of the Act, permits any citizen to request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. The Act also requires every public authority to computerize their records for wide dissemination and to pro-actively publish certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally.
==Eligibility==
*Citizens of India
==Instructions==
Under the Act, all authorities covered must appoint their Public Information Officer (PIO). It is the PIO's obligation to provide information to citizens of India who request information under the Act. If the request pertains to another public authority (in whole or part), it is the PIO's responsibility to transfer/forward the concerned portions of the request to the concerned PIO.
==Required Information==
A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.
==Procedure==
1.) Application in writing can be submitted directly to the concerned Public Information Officer (PIO) or at any of the e-Sampark/Jan Sampark and Gram Sampark Centres located in:
*Sector 10
*Sector 15
*Sector 18
*Sector 23
*Sector 40
*Sector 43
*Sector 47
*Mani Majra
*Industrial Area Phase - I
*Jan Sampark Centre, Sector 20
*Gram Sampark Centres :
**Khuda Jassu
**Dhanas
**Kaimbwala
**Raipur Kalan
**Raipur Khurd
**Makhan Majra
**Behlana
2.) Pay the prescribed fee of Rs. 10/-. The citizen will be issued a receipt on submission of the application containing application no., date, and details of the concerned CPIOs. (For list of of CPIO's http://chandigarh.gov.in/admn_cpio.asp)
==Required Documents==
*Request to the PIO must be in writing.
==Fees==
*Prescribed fee of Rs. 10/
For additional fees: http://chandigarh.gov.in/WriteReadData/notification/hom_not09_9894.pdf
==Validity==
Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever
==Documents to Use==
Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.
==Sample Documents==
Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.
==Processing Time==
*Information requested by the citizen is to be provided within 30 days, 48 hours where life or liberty is involved, 35 days where request is given to Asst. PIO, 40 days where third party is involved and 45 days for human rights violation information from listed security/ intelligence agencies.
*Time taken for calculation and intimation of fees excluded from the time frame.
==Office Locations & Contacts==
'''Central Public Information'''
Administrator Office
Addl. Secretary (Home), Chandigarh Administration,
433, 4th Floor, UT Sectt, Sector 9, Chandigarh
Phone Number : 2740039, 2740373
==Video==
Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M".
==Information which might help==
The following information is exempt from disclosure under Section 8 of the RTI Act.
*Information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence;
*Information which has been expressly forbidden to be published by any court of law or tribunal or the disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court;
*Information, the disclosure of which would cause of breach of privilege of Parliament or the State Legislature;
*Information including commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of a third party, unless the competent authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information;
*Information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information;
*Information received in confidence from foreign Government;
*Information, the disclosure of which would endanger the life or physical safety of any person or identify the source of information or assistance given in confidence for law enforcement or security purposes;
*Information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders;
*Cabinet papers including records of deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other officers;
*Information which relates to personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual;
*Only that part of the record which does not contain any information which is exempt from disclosure and which can reasonably be served from any part that contains exempt information, may be provided.
*Third parties have a right to be heard in respect of applications and appeals dealing with information submitted by them to the Government in confidence.
*PIO may reject a request for information where such a request for providing access would involve an infringement of copyright subsisting in a person other than the State.
==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==
Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.
==External Links==
*Chandigarh Administration Website: http://chandigarh.gov.in/how_rti.htm
*RTI Portal of India: http://www.righttoinformation.gov.in/
==Others==
*For RTI documents of the Chandigarh Administration: http://chandigarh.gov.in/citizen_right.htm
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