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Rules</font></i><br> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regd No. WB/SC-320&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No. Wb/CPS//Raj-11(Part I)/2007</font></p> <p align="center"><br> <font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman"><b>Extraordinary</b><br clear="ALL"> <span style="position: absolute; left: 172; top: 247"> <img border="0" src="../images/HorLine.gif" width="721" height="2"></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="position: absolute; left: 172; top: 318"><img border="0" src="../images/HorLine.gif" width="721" height="2"></span></font><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman"><b>Published by Authority</b></font></p> <p align="center" ><font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman"><b>[KARTIKA  8]&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[SAKA 1927</b></font></p> <p align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman">PART I - Orders and Notifications by the Governor of West Bengal, the High Court, Government Treasury etc.</font></p> <p align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman"> <font color="#0000FF"><b> GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL<br> </b></font>Personnel &amp;<i> </i>Administrative Reforms Department<br> Administrative. Reforms Cell.&nbsp;</font></p> <p align="center" > <font color="#800000" face="Times New Roman">NOTIFICATION&nbsp;</font></p> <blockquote> <p align="justify" ><font face="Times New Roman">No. I 57-PAR (AR}~ I0th March, 2006- In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section(1) read with sub- section (2) of Section 27 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of2005), the Governor is pleased hereby to make the following rules, namely :-&nbsp;</font></p> </blockquote> <p align="center" > <b> <font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman" size="4"> <span >Rules</span>&nbsp;</font></b></p> <blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman"> <b>&nbsp;<font color="#800000">1.</font></b> <font color="#800000"> <b>Short title and commencement</b></font> -<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#0000FF">(1)</font> These rules may be called the West Bengal Right to Information Rules, 2006.<br> <font color="#0000FF">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</font> They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazzate.&nbsp;</font></p> <p > <font face="Times New Roman"> <b><font color="#800000">2.</font></b> <font color="#800000"><b>Definitions:-</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp; </font> </p> <blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman"> <font color="#0000FF">(1)</font> In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -</font></p> <blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman">(a)<span >&nbsp; </span>&quot;Act&quot; means the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005);<br> (b)<span >&nbsp; </span> Commission means the West Bengal Information Commission;<br> (c)<span >&nbsp; </span> Registrar means the Registrar of the Commission;<br> (d)<span >&nbsp; </span> Section means section of the Act;<br> (e)<span >&nbsp; </span> State Government means the Government of West Bengal.</font></p> </blockquote> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman"> <font color="#0000FF">(2)</font> Words and expressions used and not defined in these rules but defined in the Act, shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in the Act.</font></p> </blockquote> <p align="justify" > <font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#800000"><b>3. Application fee -</b></font> <br> An application containing a request in writing to the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer, as the case may be, made under sub-section (I) of Section 6 for obtaining information, shall be accompanied with a court-fee of rupees ten.</font></p> <p align="justify" > <font face="Times New Roman"><b><font color="#800000">4. 'Fee for providing information -</font></b> <br> Save as otherwise provided in the provision to sub-section (5) of Section '7, the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall provide Information under sub-section (I), and sub-section (5), of Section 7 upon receipt or a request under Section 6, on payment of a fee of -</font></p> <blockquote> <p align="justify" > <font face="Times New Roman"> <font color="#0000FF">(a)</font> rupees two, for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied; or<br> <font color="#0000FF">(b) </font>actual charge or cost price, for a copy in large size paper; or <br> <font color="#0000FF">(c)</font> actual cost price, for sample or model; or <br> <font color="#0000FF">(d)</font> rupees five for each fifteen minutes or fraction thereof, for inspection of records; or<br> <font color="#0000FF">(e)</font> rupees fifty per diskette or floppy, for information provided in the diskette or floppy; or<br> <font color="#0000FF">(f)</font> actual charge fixed for publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts there from <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for information provided in printed form.</font></p> </blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<font color="#800000"><b>5. Contents of appeal to Commission under sub-Section (3) of Section 19 -</b></font> <br> An appeal to the Commission under sub-section (3) of Section 19, shall contain the following information, namely:-</font></p> <blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman"> <font color="#0000FF">(a)</font> Name and address of the applicant;<br> <font color="#0000FF">(b)</font> Name and address of the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Information Officer, as the case may be, who passed the order;<br> <font color="#0000FF">(c)</font> Particulars of the order against which the appeal is made including its number and date;<br> <font color="#0000FF">(d)</font> Brief facts of the case;<br> <font color="#0000FF">(e)</font> Prayer or relief sought for by the appellant;<br> <font color="#0000FF">(f)</font><span ><font color="#0000FF">&nbsp;</font> </span> Grounds for such prayer relief; and<br> <font color="#0000FF">(g)</font><span >&nbsp; </span> Verification by the appellant</font></p> </blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#800000"><b>6. Documents to accompany appeal to Commission under sub-section (3) of Section 19  <br> </b></font>&nbsp;Every appeal made to the Commission shall be accompanied by the following documents, namely:-</font></p> <blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF">(a)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><span >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> the attested true copy of the order against which the appeal is being preferred;</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF"><br> (b)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><span >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> the copies of the documents relied upon by the appellant and referred to in the appeal; and</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF"><br> (c)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><span ><font color="#0000FF">&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> an index of the documents referred to in the appeal.</font></p> </blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman"><b><font color="#800000">7. Procedure in deciding appeal to Commission under sub-section (30 of Section 19  </font></b> <br> <font color="#0000FF">(1)</font> In deciding the appeal to the commission, the commission shall :-<br> &nbsp;</font></p> <blockquote> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="85%" id="AutoNumber10" height="172"> <tr> <td width="5%" height="18"> <font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF">(a)</font></td> <td width="95%" height="18"><font face="Times New Roman">Hear, oral or written, evidence on oath or on affidavit from the concerned or interested person;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%" height="18"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF">(b)</font></td> <td width="95%" height="18"><font face="Times New Roman">Peruse or inspect documents, public records or copies thereof.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%" height="18"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF">(c)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><span >&nbsp; </span> </font></td> <td width="95%" height="18"><font face="Times New Roman">Enquire through the authorized, officer for further details or facts;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="5%" height="38"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF"> (d)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><span ><font color="#0000FF">&nbsp;</font></span></font></td> <td width="95%" height="38"><font face="Times New Roman">Hear the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer or such officer who decided the first appeal mentioned in sub-section (I) of Section 19, as the case may be;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%" height="19"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF">(e)</font></td> <td width="95%" height="19"><font face="Times New Roman">Hear the third party if required; and</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="5%" height="56"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF">(f)</font></td> <td width="95%" height="56"> <p align="justify" > <font face="Times New Roman">Receive evidence on &quot;affidavits from State Public information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer or such officer who decided the first appeal mentioned in sub-section (I) of Section 19 or<i> </i>from the third party; if any</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="justify" > <font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#0000FF">(2)</font> In deciding the appeal the Commission may ask the appellant to add any other information other than the information included in the contents of the second appeal under rule 5.</font></p> <p align="justify" > <font face="Times New Roman"><b><font color="#800000">8. Service of notice by Commission-</font></b> <br> The notice required to be issued under sub-section (9) of Section 19, by the Commission may be served in any of the following modes, namely:-</font></p> <blockquote> <p > <font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF">(a)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><span >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> service by the p~ itself;<br> <font color="#0000FF">(b)</font><span >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> service by hand delivery through the process server;<br> <font color="#0000FF">(c)</font><span >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> service by the registered post with acknowledgement due<br> <font color="#0000FF">(d)</font><span >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> service through the head of office or the Department; </font> </p> </blockquote> <p align="justify" ><font face="Times New Roman"> <font color="#800000"><b>9. Signing of order -</b></font> <br> The order of the Commission pronounced in open proceedings shall be in writing and authenticated by the Registrar of any other officer authorized by the Commission in this behalf.&nbsp;</font></p> <p align="justify" > <font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#800000"><b>10. Terms and conditions of officers and other employees of Commission -</b></font> <br> The officers and other employees of the Commission shall be placed on deputation from the State Government on the usual terms and conditions&nbsp;</font></p> </blockquote> <p align="right" > <font face="Times New Roman">By order of the Governor,&nbsp;<br> <br> Sd/-&nbsp; Trilochon Singh,<br> Pr. 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