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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Ration card / PDS records — Kerala SIC,Kerala State Information Commission RTI,RTI §7,RTI §8,PDS,ration card,Kerala SIC,§4(1)(b)(xii))&metatag-description=(PDS/ration card beneficiary lists disclosable as a §4 suo-motu category. PDS beneficiary lists are §4 suo-motu material; individual card entitlements also.)&metatag-robots=(noindex,follow)}}
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 +====== Ration card / PDS records — Kerala SIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Kerala State Information Commission** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +**PDS/ration card beneficiary lists disclosable as a §4 suo-motu category. PDS beneficiary lists are §4 suo-motu material; individual card entitlements also.**
 +
 +//PDS beneficiary lists are §4 suo-motu material; individual card entitlements also disclosable.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Kerala State Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Civil Supplies Dept |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §7, §8 |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +PDS/ration card beneficiary lists disclosable as a §4 suo-motu category.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +PDS beneficiary lists at the fair-price-shop level are public-subsidy records under §4(1)(b)(xii). Individual card-holder entitlement details are disclosable to the card-holder under §7.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +PDS, ration card, Kerala SIC, §4(1)(b)(xii)
 +
 +===== 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/sic-wb-ration-irregularity-2022|Ration-card irregularities — West Bengal SIC]] (SIC-WB 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-jharkhand-rti-ration-scheme-2021|PDS scheme records — Jharkhand HC]] (HC-JH 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-ration-card-transfer-2020|Ration-card portability — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-kerala-rti-mgnregs-beneficiary-2020|MGNREGS beneficiary lists — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-rajasthan-rti-ration-irregularity-2021|PDS leakage investigation — Rajasthan SIC]] (SIC-RJ 2021)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SIC-KL|All Kerala State 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=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[: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-sic-kl section-7 section-8}}