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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Sushil Kumar, §19(8)(b), RPO Bhopal, compensation)
+metatag-description=(Compensation Rs. 5,000 awarded under §198b for passport delay. Case: Sushil Kumar v. RPO Bhopal — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026. RTI Wiki — citizen-first reference.)
+metatag-title=(Sushil Kumar v. RPO Bhopal — 2018 — RTI case law)}}
+====== Sushil Kumar v. RPO Bhopal — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
+**Sushil Kumar v. RPO Bhopal** (Central Information Commission, 2018-04-19) //CIC/MEA/A/2018/000123// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 19(8)(b). Compensation Rs. 5,000 awarded under §19(8)(b) for passport delay. Where passport dispatch was delayed without reasonable cause beyond the Citizen Charter timeline, compensation under §19(8)(b) of the RTI Act of Rs.
+===== Holding =====
+Compensation Rs. 5,000 awarded under §19(8)(b) for passport delay.
+===== Ratio =====
+Where passport dispatch was delayed without reasonable cause beyond the Citizen Charter timeline, compensation under §19(8)(b) of the RTI Act of Rs. 5,000 was awarded to the applicant. Compensation must be specifically prayed in the appeal.
+===== Section(s) applied =====
+  * Section 19(8)(b)
+===== Practitioner takeaway =====
+Compensation under §19(8)(b) is real remedy; quantify loss in appeal.
+===== Citation =====
+  * **Citation:** CIC/MEA/A/2018/000123
+  * **Court:** Central Information Commission
+  * **Date:** 2018-04-19
+  * **Outcome:** allowed
+  * **Reporter / Cause-list:** CIC/MEA/A/2018/000123
+===== Why this case matters for citizens =====
+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.
+===== Citizen action steps if your own RTI is being refused on similar grounds =====
+  - **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.
+===== Citing this ruling in your appeal =====
+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.
+===== Related landmark RTI rulings =====
+  * [[: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+)]]
+===== Related on RTI Wiki =====
+  * [[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]]
+===== Original case metadata — Related =====
+  * [[: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]]
+//Last reviewed: 23 April 2026.// {{tag>rti case-law cases cic 2018}}