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Inspection of records under RTI — CIC guidance

Inspection under §2[j] is a statutory right; PIO must facilitate with advance notice. Inspection under §2(j) is a right, not a favour; PIO must schedule access.

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 +====== Inspection of records under RTI — CIC guidance ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2013-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**Inspection under §2[j] is a statutory right; PIO must facilitate with advance notice. Inspection under §2(j) is a right, not a favour; PIO must schedule access.**
 +
 +//Inspection under §2(j) is a right, not a favour; PIO must schedule access reasonably.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2013-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | various |
 +^ Respondent | various |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Guidance / other |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Inspection under §2(j) is a statutory right; PIO must facilitate with advance notice.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +§2(j) expressly lists 'inspection of works, documents, records' as a facet of the right to information. PIO must facilitate inspection on reasonable notice; cannot refuse inspection and substitute with photocopy only.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +inspection, §2(j), CIC, records
 +
 +===== 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-rti-inspection-charge-2014|Inspection charges — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-inspection-records-medical-2018|Hospital inspection reports — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/reserve-bank-of-india-v-jayantilal-mistry-cic|Reserve Bank of India — PIO's information denial (CIC)]] (CIC 2011)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-sebi-disclosure-2018|SEBI inspection records — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/rbi-vs-jayantilal-mistry|Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal N. Mistry]] (SC 2015)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[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.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-2 section-7}}