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Excessive fee calculation — §7(3) — CIC

A PIO demanding unjustified copy-fees treated as constructive refusal; applicant may appeal under §19. Inflated copy-fees under §7(3) = constructive refusal;.

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 +====== Excessive fee calculation — §7(3) — CIC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**A PIO demanding unjustified copy-fees treated as constructive refusal; applicant may appeal under §19. Inflated copy-fees under §7(3) = constructive refusal;.**
 +
 +//Inflated copy-fees under §7(3) = constructive refusal; directly appealable under §19(1).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | PIO |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §7(3) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +A PIO demanding unjustified copy-fees treated as constructive refusal; applicant may appeal under §19.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +When a PIO intimates a copy-fee that is grossly disproportionate to the reasonable photocopy cost — e.g., Rs 500 per page — that amounts to a constructive refusal. The applicant may seek review under §7(3) proviso or directly file a First Appeal under §19(1) treating the inflated fee as a de facto denial.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +copy fees, §7(3), CIC, constructive refusal
 +
 +===== 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/bombay-hc-pio-deemed-refusal-2014|PIO silence as deemed refusal — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-third-party-fee-bearing-2019|§11 third-party cost-bearing — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-union-board-examinations-2019|Board-examination records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-section-7-3-fee-intimation-2021|§7(3) fee-intimation procedure — SC clarity]] (SC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-inspection-charge-2014|Inspection charges — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2014)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[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>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-7}}