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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Tribal land records RTI — Mizoram HC 2024,High Court of Mizoram at Aizawl RTI,RTI §6,RTI §7,Mizoram,tribal land,village council,section 7(5),BPL)&metatag-description=(Village Council land-allotment records are public authority records; BPL applicant exempt from fee.)}}
+====== Tribal land records RTI — Mizoram HC 2024 ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**High Court of Mizoram at Aizawl** · 2024-05-22 · WP(C) 98/2023
+</WRAP>
+//VC allotment records are accessible; BPL fee exemption is absolute.//
+===== Case details =====
+^ Court | High Court of Mizoram at Aizawl |
+^ Decided | 2024-05-22 |
+^ Citation | WP(C) 98/2023 |
+^ Bench | M, i, c, h, a, e, l,  , Z, o, t, h, a, n, k, h, u, m, a,  , J |
+^ Petitioner | Lalhmingthangi |
+^ Respondent | Mizoram Revenue Dept |
+^ RTI Act sections | §7(1), §7(5) |
+^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
+===== Outcome =====
+Village Council land-allotment records are public authority records; BPL applicant exempt from fee.
+===== Ratio decidendi =====
+Village Council allotment registers (Settlement Certificates, Periodic Patta) are records held by a public authority under the Lushai Hills District (Village Councils) Act, 1953. §7(5) fee exemption for BPL applicants is automatic on proof of BPL status and no additional documentation can be demanded.
+===== Keywords =====
+Mizoram, tribal land, village council, section 7(5), BPL
+===== 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/calcutta-hc-rti-fee-waiver|RTI fee for BPL applicants — Calcutta HC]] (HC-CAL 2017)
+  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-rti-medical-council-2018|RTI coverage of Medical Council — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2018)
+  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-bar-council-2018|Bar Council of India under RTI — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2018)
+  * [[/cases/sic-chhattisgarh-rti-tribal-welfare-2022|Tribal welfare fund records — Chhattisgarh SIC]] (SIC-CG 2022)
+  * [[/cases/cic-gst-council-public-authority-2019|GST Council — public authority status (CIC)]] (CIC 2019)
+===== Related =====
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-MZ|All High Court of Mizoram at Aizawl rulings in the corpus]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=6|All RTI cases turning on §6]]
+  * [[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]]
+  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-hc-mz-2024/|External reported text →]]
+<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-hc-mz section-6 section-7}}

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