Haryana Govt issues strict directive on acceptance and processing of RTI applications

Babushahi Bureau

Chandigarh, October 1, 2025 – The Haryana Government has directed all State Public Information Officers (SPIOs) posted in the Haryana Civil Secretariat to strictly accept and process Right to Information (RTI) applications transferred by the RTI Cell, Office of the Chief Secretary.

A letter in this regard has been issued by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi.

The directive comes in response to repeated instances where certain SPIOs have been refusing to accept such applications, despite the matters clearly falling within their jurisdiction. This practice has been seen as a violation of the spirit of the RTI Act, 2005, and detrimental to the transparency framework.

As per Section 6(3) of

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