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§11 40-day total timeline — CIC directive

CIC consistently enforces 40-day total timeline for §11-triggered RTIs [30 days + 10 days third-party consultation]. §11-triggered RTIs: 30 + 10 = 40-day total.

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 +====== §11 40-day total timeline — CIC directive ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2011-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**CIC consistently enforces 40-day total timeline for §11-triggered RTIs [30 days + 10 days third-party consultation]. §11-triggered RTIs: 30 + 10 = 40-day total.**
 +
 +//§11-triggered RTIs: 30 + 10 = 40-day total. Exceeding it without reasons attracts §20.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2011-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | various |
 +^ Respondent | various PIOs |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §7, §11 |
 +^ Outcome | Guidance / other |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +CIC consistently enforces 40-day total timeline for §11-triggered RTIs (30 days + 10 days third-party consultation).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +For a request that triggers §11 third-party consultation, the total disposal timeline is 40 days (30 standard + 10 for third-party representation). PIOs exceeding this without written justification face §20 liability.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +§11, 40 days, timeline, third party, 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/muniyappan-third-party-cic|Muniyappan standard — §11 third-party notice]] (CIC 2010)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/right-to-information-applications-for-gujarat-high-court-pleadings-cannot-be-filed-by-a-third-party|Gujarat HC pleadings — third-party RTI not maintainable]] (HC-GUJ 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-section-6-3-transfer-rule-2022|§6(3) transfer — 5-day rule strict construction — SC]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-third-party-fee-bearing-2019|§11 third-party cost-bearing — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-tax-returns-2020|Tax returns of public servants — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=11|All RTI cases turning on §11]]
 +  * [[: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>
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 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-7 section-11}}