- The embassy has put up wrong and twisted interpretation of
section 6(3) and 6(1)(a) of RTI Act on its website. The straight forward reading of these sections is: 6(1)(a) requests citizens to apply to
the concerned public authority which has the information. Section 6(3)
instructs every public authority to transfer applications to the
concerned public authority, in case it itself doesn't hold the
requested information (and is therefore not the concerned public
authority).
- Obviously in each and every situation that involves a transfer of
application as per section 6(3), the application has not been made by
the citizen to the concerned public authority. 'The application was not made to the concerned public authority,' cannot therefore be the reason for not
transferring an application as per Section 6(3). However such is the
reason the embassy is using to not transfer! Actually that is the reason to transfer.
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