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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(PIO transfer during pendency — Calcutta HC,High Court of Calcutta RTI,RTI §5,RTI §7,RTI §20,PIO transfer,Calcutta HC,§7,§20,successor)&metatag-description=(Transfer of the designated PIO during RTI pendency does not extinguish §7 obligations; successor PIO inherits the duty.)}}
+====== PIO transfer during pendency — Calcutta HC ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**High Court of Calcutta** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
+</WRAP>
+//PIO transfer mid-pendency: successor inherits §7 obligation; outgoing PIO's §20 liability crystallised at transfer date.//
+===== Case details =====
+^ Court | High Court of Calcutta |
+^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
+^ Citation | Citation awaited |
+^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
+^ Respondent | Successor PIO |
+^ RTI Act sections | §5, §7, §20 |
+^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
+===== Outcome =====
+Transfer of the designated PIO during RTI pendency does not extinguish §7 obligations; successor PIO inherits the duty.
+===== Ratio decidendi =====
+The statutory obligation under §7 attaches to the office of the PIO, not the individual. When a designated PIO is transferred mid-application, the successor inherits the obligation from the date of charge assumption. Any §20 delay attributable to the outgoing PIO crystallises at their date of departure.
+===== Keywords =====
+PIO transfer, Calcutta HC, §7, §20, successor
+===== 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/sc-rti-section-6-3-transfer-rule-2022|§6(3) transfer — 5-day rule strict construction — SC]] (SC 2022)
+  * [[/cases/cic-ineligible-pio-notice-2020|PIO unavailable — Head-of-Institution vicarious liability]] (CIC 2020)
+  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-pio-designation-2016|PIO designation and accountability — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2016)
+  * [[/important-decisions/court/arvind-kejriwal-vs-cpio|Arvind Kejriwal v. CPIO]] (HC-DEL 2010)
+  * [[/cases/cic-rti-rti-online-vs-state-portal-2022|rtionline.gov.in vs State portal — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
+===== Related =====
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-CAL|All High Court of Calcutta rulings in the corpus]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=5|All RTI cases turning on §5]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=20|All RTI cases turning on §20]]
+  * [[: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>
+~~NOCACHE~~
+//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
+{{tag>case-law court-hc-cal section-5 section-7 section-20}}

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