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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Electoral roll copies — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,electoral rolls,ERO,CIC,Representation of People)&metatag-description=(Electoral rolls are public records; copies available through statutory ERO-level process [RTI is supplementary]. Case: Electoral roll copies — CIC — RTI W. RTI Wi...)}}
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 +====== Electoral roll copies — CIC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2016-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Electoral rolls are public records; primary route is ERO/Form-001, RTI is a residual supplement.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2016-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Election Commission / ERO |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(f) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Electoral rolls are public records; copies available through statutory ERO-level process (RTI is supplementary).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Electoral rolls are public records available for inspection at the Electoral Registration Officer's office under the Representation of the People Act, 1950. An RTI route is supplementary where the statutory route fails; the PIO may point to the source under the §4 disclosure framework.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +electoral rolls, ERO, CIC, Representation of People
 +
 +===== 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-electoral-rolls-data-2023|Machine-readable electoral rolls — SC]] (SC 2023)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/electoral-bonds-adr-2024|ADR v. Union of India (Electoral Bonds)]] (SC 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-electoral-funding-2023|Post-ADR Electoral Bonds — RTI sequel]] (CIC 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-odisha-rti-village-works-2020|Village-level works & MGNREGS — Odisha SIC]] (SIC-OR 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-kerala-rti-mgnregs-beneficiary-2020|MGNREGS beneficiary lists — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[: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-cic section-2 section-8}}