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Public servant's own service record — SC

A public servant is entitled to his own service record under RTI; §8[1][j] does not apply to the data subject himself. Own service record is accessible to the.

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 +====== Public servant's own service record — SC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2015-01-01 · Citation awaited · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Own service record is accessible to the concerned public servant; §8(1)(j) does not protect against the data subject.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2015-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Public servant |
 +^ Respondent | Departmental authority |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +A public servant is entitled to his own service record under RTI; §8(1)(j) does not apply to the data subject himself.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The §8(1)(j) exemption protects personal information from THIRD-PARTY access. A public servant's own APAR, leave records, transfer files, and disciplinary proceedings remain accessible to him personally; the exemption cannot be turned against the data subject.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +own service record, §8(1)(j), data subject
 +
 +===== 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/kerala-hc-rti-service-book-personal-2021|Service book disclosure to public servant — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-service-appraisal-own-access-2022|Own APAR and service-book access]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/girish-ramchandra-deshpande|Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC]] (SC 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-ib-exempt-scope-2018|IB and §24 scope — SC]] (SC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/kerala-hc-rti-pension-records-2018|Pension records — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2018)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[: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-sc section-8 landmark}}