CIC To Deal With Appeals, Complaints Pending Under Rti In Jammu & Kashmir theprint.in

All second appeals and complaints pending with the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission under the erstwhile state’s Right to Information (RTI) Act will be dealt with by the Central Information Commission (CIC), according to official documents. The move comes as Jammu and Kashmir state was divided into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh with effect from October 31, 2019. A large number of applications and appeals filed under the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009, would have been pending on the date of bifurcation.

Since the two new UTs were formed, citizens and transparency activists have been approaching RTI advocates and officials concerned seeking clarity on disposal of their applications, and first appeals pending before various public authorities and the second appeals and complaints pending before the State Information Commission.