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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Timing of PIO availability — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §5,RTI §7,PIO availability,§5,CIC,working hours)&metatag-description=(PIO must be available during working hours; 'Friday only' or 'only mornings' schedules are §5 non-compliant.)}}
+====== Timing of PIO availability — CIC ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**Central Information Commission** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
+</WRAP>
+//PIO must be reachable during standard working hours; limited 'slot' availability is §5 non-compliance.//
+===== Case details =====
+^ Court | Central Information Commission |
+^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
+^ Citation | Citation awaited |
+^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
+^ Respondent | PIO |
+^ RTI Act sections | §5, §7 |
+^ Outcome | Guidance / other |
+===== Outcome =====
+PIO must be available during working hours; 'Friday only' or 'only mornings' schedules are §5 non-compliant.
+===== Ratio decidendi =====
+The designation of a PIO under §5 contemplates availability during normal working hours of the public authority — not restricted slots like 'only Fridays' or 'only 10-11 am'. Such restrictions impede §6 and §2(j) inspection rights and are actionable.
+===== Keywords =====
+PIO availability, §5, CIC, working hours
+===== 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/delhi-hc-rti-inspection-charge-2014|Inspection charges — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2014)
+  * [[/cases/calcutta-hc-rti-pio-transfer-2019|PIO transfer during pendency — Calcutta HC]] (HC-CAL 2019)
+  * [[/cases/raj-narain-inspection-of-records-cic|Inspection of records under RTI — CIC guidance]] (CIC 2013)
+  * [[/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=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
+  * [[: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-7}}

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