How to File RTI in Andhra Pradesh — Online & Postal Guide (2026)

1. Day 31 → Day 60 — First Appeal to the department-designated FAA.
2. Day 75 → Day 165 — Second Appeal to Andhra Pradesh State Information Commission.

Deadline detail: First Appeal timelines and FAA appellate-review checklist.

Step-by-step guide to filing an RTI application in Andhra Pradesh — state portal, fee, SIC address, sample template and appeal path. RTI Wiki citizen-first guide.

* AP reorganisation in 2014 shifted the state capital functions; the SIC is based in Vijayawada.

• For secretariat matters, address the PIO at the concerned Department in Amaravati / Vijayawada.
• Telugu is the preferred language; English is accepted.

• Name: Andhra Pradesh State Information Commission
• Address: D.No. 5-57, Plot No. 125, Chuttugunta Centre, Governor Peta, Vijayawada - 520002
• Website: apsic.gov.in

• Filing at the wrong PIO — route via the concerned department, not a generic grievance portal.
• Asking “why” questions. Ask for records, not answers — see the records-not-answers drafting guide.
• Missing the fee payment on the online route.
• Skipping the application-identifier that lets the PIO locate your file.

• Land-acquisition records — Andhra Pradesh SIC — Land-acquisition notifications + compensation records disclosable to affected land-losers under RTI.
• YSR welfare pension records — Andhra Pradesh HC — State welfare pensions (YSR, Old Age, Widow, Disability): §4(1)(b)(xii) proactive disclosure.

Browse the full case-law database — 362 curated rulings and filter by court / section / keyword.

• How to file RTI online — national guide
• Why RTI gets rejected
• Ask for records, not answers
• Grounds for RTI rejection
• First Appeal timelines
• Sample RTI applications
• RTI FAQ — 25 most-asked questions

• Right to Information Act, 2005 (as amended 2019, 2023)
• Andhra Pradesh Right to Information Rules, 2005 (as amended)
• Andhra Pradesh State Information Commission — annual reports
• Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — §44(3), amending RTI §8(1)(j)

Last reviewed: 24 April 2026.