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| | {{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(People's Watch, PMAY-G, §4(1)(b)(xii), Madras HC, beneficiary list) |
| | metatag-description=(District-wise PMAY-G beneficiary lists must be uploaded. Case: People's Watch v. State of TN — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026. RTI Wiki — citizen-first reference.) |
| | metatag-title=(People's Watch v. State of TN — 2022 — RTI case law)}} |
| | ====== People's Watch v. State of TN — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ====== |
| | **People's Watch v. State of TN** (Madras High Court, 2022-08-10) //WP/2022/000345// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 4(1)(b)(xii). District-wise PMAY-G beneficiary lists must be uploaded. Under §4(1)(b)(xii) of the RTI Act 2005, the State must publish district-wise PMAY-G beneficiary lists. |
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| | ===== Holding ===== |
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| | District-wise PMAY-G beneficiary lists must be uploaded. |
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| | ===== Ratio ===== |
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| | Under §4(1)(b)(xii) of the RTI Act 2005, the State must publish district-wise PMAY-G beneficiary lists. Refusal of such lists under §8(1)(j) as 'third-party personal information' is rejected — these are scheme-recipient public records. |
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| | ===== Section(s) applied ===== |
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| | * [[:act:section-4|Section 4(1)(b)(xii)]] |
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| | ===== Practitioner takeaway ===== |
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| | §4(1)(b)(xii) is mandatory; refusal as 'third-party' rejected. |
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| | ===== Citation ===== |
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| | * **Citation:** WP/2022/000345 |
| | * **Court:** Madras High Court |
| | * **Date:** 2022-08-10 |
| | * **Outcome:** allowed |
| | * **Reporter / Cause-list:** WP/2022/000345 |
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| | ===== Why this case matters for citizens ===== |
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| | This ruling is part of the **300+ case-law corpus** at [[:cases|RTI Wiki Case-law Database]]. Every named case sets a precedent that you can cite in your own §19(1) First Appeal or §19(3) Second Appeal. Information Commissions and FAAs are bound to consider properly cited authority. |
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| | ===== Citizen action steps if your own RTI is being refused on similar grounds ===== |
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| | - **Day 30** — silence by PIO = deemed refusal under §7(2). File §19(1) First Appeal in 30 days using [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/first-appeal-app.html|First Appeal Builder]]. |
| | - **Day 60-90** — if FAA also refuses, file §19(3) Second Appeal to the State Information Commission (or CIC for central authorities). |
| | - **Beyond 18 months pending** — writ petition under Article 226 to the High Court. |
| | - **Parallel CPGRAMS complaint** at pgportal.gov.in for service-delivery push. |
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| | ===== Citing this ruling in your appeal ===== |
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| | Use our [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/citation-formatter-app.html|Citation Formatter]] to format the citation correctly. Pair with **Bhagat Singh v. CIC (2007)** (procedural objections) and **Adesh Kumar v. UoI (2014)** (irrelevance is not a ground) — these two Delhi HC rulings cover most everyday refusal scenarios. |
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| | ===== Related landmark RTI rulings ===== |
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| | * [[:important-decisions:court:cpio-supreme-court-v-subhash-agarwal|CPIO Supreme Court v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal (Constitution Bench)]] — office of CJI is public authority |
| | * [[:important-decisions:court:anjali-bhardwaj-vs-union-of-india|Anjali Bhardwaj v. UoI]] — IC vacancies + transparency |
| | * [[:important-decisions:court:girish-ramchandra-deshpande|Girish Deshpande]] — §8(1)(j) personal information test |
| | * [[:important-decisions:court:bhagat-singh-vs-cic|Bhagat Singh v. CIC]] — procedural compliance |
| | * [[:important-decisions:court:irrelevant-information|Adesh Kumar v. UoI]] — irrelevance is not a ground |
| | * [[:cases|Full case-law database (300+)]] |
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| | ===== Related on RTI Wiki ===== |
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| | * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/ai-rti-draft-app.html|AI RTI Drafter]] |
| | * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/first-appeal-app.html|First Appeal Builder]] |
| | * [[:important-decisions|Master directory of landmark RTI rulings]] |
| | * [[:act|RTI Act, 2005]] |
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| | ===== Original case metadata — Related ===== |
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| | * [[:cases:search|RTI Case-Law Search — full corpus]] |
| | * [[:pio-faa-knowledge-base|PIO/FAA Knowledge Base]] |
| | * [[:pio-supreme-court-rulings|10 landmark Supreme Court RTI rulings]] |
| | * [[:pio-high-court-rulings|High Court RTI rulings]] |
| | * [[:landmark-cic-decisions|Landmark CIC decisions]] |
| | * [[:act|RTI Act, 2005 — full text]] |
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| | //Last reviewed: 23 April 2026.// {{tag>rti case-law cases hc-mad 2022}} |
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