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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(PIO unavailable — Head-of-Institution vicarious liability,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §5,RTI §20,PIO vacancy,§5,§20,vicarious liability,CIC)&metatag-description=(When a designated PIO is unavailable [leave/vacancy], the Head of Institution becomes liable under §20.)}}
+====== PIO unavailable — Head-of-Institution vicarious liability ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**Central Information Commission** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
+</WRAP>
+//PIO vacancy/leave doesn't pause §7 duty; Head of Institution carries vicarious §20 liability.//
+===== Case details =====
+^ Court | Central Information Commission |
+^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
+^ Citation | Citation awaited |
+^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
+^ Respondent | Public authority |
+^ RTI Act sections | §5, §20 |
+^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
+===== Outcome =====
+When a designated PIO is unavailable (leave/vacancy), the Head of Institution becomes liable under §20.
+===== Ratio decidendi =====
+Vacancy or long leave of a designated PIO does not pause the public authority's §7 obligation. The Head of Institution is statutorily obliged to ensure a substitute PIO is notified or to discharge the duty personally; default attracts vicarious §20 liability.
+===== Keywords =====
+PIO vacancy, §5, §20, vicarious liability, CIC
+===== 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/delhi-hc-pio-designation-2016|PIO designation and accountability — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2016)
+  * [[/cases/calcutta-hc-rti-pio-transfer-2019|PIO transfer during pendency — Calcutta HC]] (HC-CAL 2019)
+  * [[/cases/cic-rti-lost-application-pio-liability-2020|Lost RTI application — PIO liability — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
+  * [[/cases/sc-rti-section-6-3-transfer-rule-2022|§6(3) transfer — 5-day rule strict construction — SC]] (SC 2022)
+  * [[/important-decisions/court/arvind-kejriwal-vs-cpio|Arvind Kejriwal v. CPIO]] (HC-DEL 2010)
+===== Related =====
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=5|All RTI cases turning on §5]]
+  * [[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-cic section-5 section-20}}

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