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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(PIO silence as deemed refusal — Bombay HC,High Court of Bombay RTI,RTI §7,RTI §19,§7(2),deemed refusal,Bombay HC,§19(1))&metatag-description=(A PIO's failure to respond within 30 days is a deemed refusal under §7[2]; First Appeal lies directly. §7(2) deemed refusal is a legal fiction that activates.)&metatag-robots=(noindex,follow)}}
 +
 +====== PIO silence as deemed refusal — Bombay HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Bombay** · 2014-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//§7(2) deemed refusal is a legal fiction that activates §19(1) appeal rights without a written order.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Bombay |
 +^ Decided | 2014-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | various PIOs |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §7(2) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +A PIO's failure to respond within 30 days is a deemed refusal under §7(2); First Appeal lies directly.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Where a PIO fails to provide a response within the §7(1) 30-day window, §7(2) creates a deemed refusal. The applicant is entitled to file a First Appeal under §19(1) without waiting for a formal rejection order, and the FAA must proceed on the merits.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +§7(2), deemed refusal, Bombay HC, §19(1)
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-procedural-fee-calculation-2019|Excessive fee calculation — §7(3) — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-complaint-before-second-appeal-2014|§18 complaint vs §19 appeal — jurisdictional divide]] (CIC 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-pio-reasoned-order-2014|PIO reasoned orders — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/chief-information-commissioner-v-state-of-manipur-2011-sc|Chief Information Commissioner v. State of Manipur]] (SC 2011)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-partial-information-earlier-2020|Partial information provided — fresh RTI for balance — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-BOM|All High Court of Bombay rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=19|All RTI cases turning on §19]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-bom section-7 section-19}}