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Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 2:15 PM)Whether BPL applicants are exempted from payment of postal charges and fee prescribed by other laws? | ||||
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| Answer: BPL applicants are exempted from payment of application fee and the fee prescribed by rules under the RTI Act only. Postal charges have to be met by the PAs. Moreover, as specific to Kerala State, cost of information or photocopying charges upto 20 pages is exempted. BPL applicants will have to pay if the number of photocopied pages exceed 20, at the same rate as prescribed by Rules. | ||||
Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 4:48 PM)Whether co-operative society is a public authority and how can a citizen get information relating to a Co-operative Society as per Sec 2 (f). | ||||
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| Answer: The Supreme Court in Thalappalam Service Co-operative Bank Vs State of Kerala in 2013 held that Co-operative Society is not a Public Authority as the society, is not controlled by the appropriate Government or is substantially financed by the Government. However when a citizen seeks for information from the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, who is a Public Authority under Sec 2(h), such Registrar in turn can direct the Co-operative Society to furnish the information and the Co-operative Society would be bound to supply the information to the requestor. | ||||