How to File RTI in Puducherry (UT) — Online & Postal Guide ( — Part of How to file RTI online in India — this page covers the Puducherry (UT) UT procedure.

Part of How to file RTI online in India — this page covers the Puducherry (UT) UT procedure.

• Portal: https://py.gov.in — UT administration portal (where the department has an online RTI module).
• For central-government departments operating in the UT (railways, post office, banks), use rtionline.gov.in (Central portal).

• Address: Public Information Officer, [Name of Public Authority], [Full address], Puducherry (UT).
• Send by Speed Post with Acknowledgement Due. Keep the receipt — it is your filing evidence.
• Fee modes: IPO / DD in favour of “Accounts Officer, [Department]”; court-fee stamp; bank challan where prescribed.

• Application fee: Rs. 10 (BPL applicants: free on proof).
• Per-page copy cost: Rs. 2 for A4; Rs. 50 for a CD (as per Central Rules).
• Rules: Puducherry Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2006.

To,
The Public Information Officer,
[Name of Public Authority],
[Full address, Puducherry (UT)]
[PIN Code]

Subject: Request for information under Section 6(1) of the Right to
Information Act, 2005.

Sir / Madam,

I, [Full Name], resident of [Complete Address with PIN], a citizen of
India, request the following information / records:

1. [Specific record, file number, or data — name the document]
2. [Date / period — anchor the timeframe]
3. [Identifier — application number, account number, or similar]
4. Name and contact of the First Appellate Authority.

I enclose Rs. 10 by [IPO No. / DD No. / payment reference].

Please send the information by Registered Post.

Yours faithfully,
[Signature]
Name:    __________________
Address: __________________
PIN:     __________________
Date:    __________________

For topic-specific templates, see the sample RTI library.

1. Day 0 — PIO receives your RTI.
2. Day 0–5 — Possible §6(3) transfer to the correct authority.
3. Day 10–25 — Most routine requests are answered.
4. Day 30 — Statutory reply deadline; silence = deemed refusal (§7(2)).
5. Day 31 → Day 60 — First Appeal to the department-designated FAA.
6. Day 75 → Day 165 — Second Appeal to Puducherry State Information Commission (PSIC).

Deadline detail: First Appeal timelines and FAA appellate-review checklist.

• Puducherry is a UT with a Legislative Assembly — it has its own State Information Commission, unlike UTs without legislatures.
• The UT comprises four geographically separate regions: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé, and Yanam. Route the RTI to the correct regional PIO.
• For Puducherry and Karaikal, Tamil is widely used; Mahé uses Malayalam; Yanam uses Telugu.
• Central departments operating in Puducherry follow the Central RTI procedure; UT departments follow the state procedure.

• Name: Puducherry State Information Commission (PSIC)
• Address: No. 30, Anna Nagar, Kuyilappalam, Puducherry - 605010
• Website: sic.py.gov.in

• Filing at the wrong PIO — UT departments operate differently from central-government departments running in the UT.
• Asking “why” questions. Ask for records, not answers — see the records-not-answers drafting guide.
• Missing the fee payment on the online route.
• For islands and remote areas, allowing insufficient postal time for Speed Post turnaround.

• Public Servants' Assets Disclosure — Madras HC 2024 — Public-servant asset lists protected under §8(1)(j); public interest must be specifically pleaded.
• BARC TRP and DD audience data — Madras HC — Public-broadcaster audience data OK; BARC TRP methodology §8(1)(d); aggregate ratings disclosable.
• Pension sanction delay — Madras HC — Pension sanction delay: FAA may direct release + cite PIO §20 exposure; structural remedy under §19(8)(a).
• §20 penalty — Madras HC clarifications — §20 penalty requires specific mala-fide or persistent-negligence finding; formal 30-day delay alone is insufficient.
• Applicant's right to be heard at FAA / Commission — Madras HC — Applicant's right to be heard at FAA / IC — adverse orders passed ex parte are liable to be set aside.
• Defying Commission order — Madras HC — Willful defiance of Commission direction is contempt — actionable via Art.215 HC jurisdiction.
• Section 20 penalty on PIO for deliberate delay — Madras HC 2020 — Deliberate PIO delay without recorded reasonable cause attracts the full §20(1) penalty.
• §6(2) no-motive rule — Madras HC — §6(2) bars inquiry into motive; PIO cannot reject citing applicant's alleged vexatious or malafide intent.

Browse the full case-law database — 362 curated rulings and filter by court / section / keyword.

• How to file RTI online — national guide
• Why RTI gets rejected
• Ask for records, not answers
• Grounds for RTI rejection
• First Appeal timelines
• Sample RTI applications
• RTI FAQ — 25 most-asked questions
• RTI Application Generator

• Right to Information Act, 2005 (as amended 2019, 2023)
• Puducherry Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2006
• Puducherry State Information Commission (PSIC) — annual reports
• Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — §44(3), amending RTI §8(1)(j)

Last reviewed: 24 April 2026.