VILLAGE PANCHAYAT

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” and replaces the erstwhile Freedom of information Act, 2002. The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India except Jammu & Kashmir. Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen may 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 computerise their records for wide dissemination and to proactively certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally. This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October 2005, which was Vijayadashmi. The first application was given to a Pune police station. Information disclosure in India was restricted by the Official Secrets Act 1923 and various other special laws, which the new RTI Act relaxes. It codifies a fundamental right of citizens.

Name Of The Applicant	Status	Appeal Pending	Appeal Before GSIC
Deepak Gadekar	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Sanish Gadekar	Disposed	No	No
Vidhyadhar Sangelkar	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Kishore N. Sawant	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Director of Panchayat	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Prasad Harmalkar	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Mayur Mohandas Chopdekar	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Jerman T D'mello	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Vishwas Gawde	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Vedraj H. Toreskar	Disposed	Yes	Yes
A.X Gomes Pereira	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Maria J Saldanha	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Maria J Saldanha	Disposed	Yes	Yes
Edward P J Caldeira	Disposed	Yes	Yes