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

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

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

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

* Jharkhand's PESA / Scheduled-Area coverage is substantial; Forest Rights Act queries follow a specific route via DLC.

• Mining-sector queries route through the Department of Mines and Geology.
• Hindi is the preferred language.

• Name: Jharkhand State Information Commission
• Address: 2nd Floor, Engineers Hostel, Doranda, Ranchi - 834002
• Website: jsic.jharkhand.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.

• Mining district-fund records — Jharkhand SIC — DMF fund utilisation and project approvals: §4(1)(b) proactive disclosure.
• PDS scheme records — Jharkhand HC — PDS beneficiary lists + FPS records: §4(1)(b)(xii) proactive disclosure required.

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)
• Jharkhand Right to Information Rules, 2010
• Jharkhand State Information Commission — annual reports
• Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — §44(3), amending RTI §8(1)(j)

Last reviewed: 24 April 2026.