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

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

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

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

* Sikkim has specific protections under Article 371F; Sikkim-subject certificate matters are sensitive.

• For organic-mission / tourism records, Department of Horticulture and Department of Tourism.
• Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, and English are accepted.

• Name: Sikkim State Information Commission
• Address: Tashiling Secretariat, Gangtok - 737101
• Website: sikkim-sic.nic.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.

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

Last reviewed: 24 April 2026.