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 +metatag-description=(Haryana SIC 2026: office moved to Suchana Bhawan, IP-8 Sector-3 Panchkula. RTI fee is ₹10 — not ₹50. Second appeals at cicharyana.gov.in. Verified August 2026.)&
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 +====== Haryana SIC contact 2026 — Panchkula office, fee ======
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 +{{:social:auto:helpline-sic-haryana.png?direct&1200 |Haryana SIC contact 2026 — Panchkula office, fee}}
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 +**Quick Reply:** The Haryana State Information Commission now works from **Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Suchana Bhawan, IP-8, Sector-3, Panchkula - 134112** — not its old Chandigarh address. Haryana's RTI application fee is **₹10**, fixed by the fee rules published on the commission's own site. Second appeals run through [[https://cicharyana.gov.in|cicharyana.gov.in]].
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 +//Last reviewed: 26 August 2026. Address and fee verified against the commission's own website and its published fee rules.//
 +
 +===== Verified contacts =====
 +
 +  * **Address:** State Information Commission, Haryana, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Suchana Bhawan, IP-8, Sector-3, Panchkula, Haryana - 134112
 +  * **Website:** [[https://cicharyana.gov.in|cicharyana.gov.in]] — with a Contact Us page for current desk numbers and emails
 +  * **Forms and rules:** the site hosts Form A for applications, the RTI Rules 2009 with all three amendments, and the fee rules
 +
 +Older guides — our earlier version included — gave SCO 70-71, Sector 8C, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh with phone 0172-2587322. The commission's own site now states the Panchkula address, so treat the Chandigarh address and that phone as **outdated as of August 2026**. For a live desk number, use the Contact Us page rather than any cached listing.
 +
 +===== The fee — a correction worth money =====
 +
 +For years, guide after guide claimed Haryana charges ₹50 with no BPL exemption, calling it the highest in India. The fee rules the commission publishes today say otherwise:
 +
 +^ Item ^ Fee ^
 +| RTI application fee | **₹10** |
 +| Photocopy, A4 or A3 | ₹2 per page |
 +| Diskette or floppy | ₹50 |
 +| Inspection | First hour free, then ₹5 per hour or part |
 +| BPL applicants | No fee — §7(5) applies |
 +| First and second appeals | No fee |
 +
 +The same rules also cap an application at about 500 words — but explicitly say an application **cannot be rejected merely for running longer**. And the fee can be paid in cash against a proper receipt, by bank draft, by Indian Postal Order, or by treasury challan under the head the rules specify — so "only a challan will do" is not a lawful rejection ground.
 +
 +===== When to approach the commission =====
 +
 +  - Your first appeal to the public authority went unanswered for 30 days, or was wrongly decided.
 +  - The second appeal goes to the commission within **90 days** of the first-appeal order, on paper with the application, the PIO's reply and the first-appeal decision attached.
 +  - A **complaint under §18** needs no such ladder: use it when an office has appointed no PIO, refuses to accept your application, or demands an unlawful fee. There is no fee and no strict limitation period for a §18 complaint.
 +  - Jurisdiction covers Haryana public authorities and local bodies — districts, boards, corporations, universities. Matters of Chandigarh UT go to the Central Information Commission instead.
 +  - Form A from the commission's site works for any Haryana public authority, but a plain-paper application with the same contents is equally valid.
 +
 +===== How to make the call count =====
 +
 +  - Keep your **appeal number** and the public authority's name in front of you.
 +  - Ask specifically: is my matter registered, when is it listed, is video-conference available?
 +  - Follow up in writing by email — a phone note has no file presence, an email does.
 +
 +===== If the commission itself is slow =====
 +
 +Like every commission, the Haryana SIC is a public authority under the RTI Act. If a listed appeal keeps adjourning, file an RTI to the commission's own PIO asking for the registration date, listing history and reasons for each adjournment of your file. That question — four lines, ₹10 — routinely produces a listing notice.
 +
 +**Real example.** Dr. Shrawan Kumar Pathak of Karnal had a second appeal pending through two listing cycles. An RTI to the commission's PIO for his file's movement showed it had never been sent to the bench. The registry re-listed it inside a month, and the order directed the PIO to supply the record free for the delay.
 +
 +===== Frequently asked questions =====
 +
 +==== Is the Haryana RTI fee ₹50? ====
 +
 +No. The fee rules on the commission's site prescribe ₹10. The ₹50 figure is outdated folklore that refuses to die.
 +
 +==== Where is the Haryana SIC located? ====
 +
 +Suchana Bhawan, IP-8, Sector-3, Panchkula - 134112. The old Chandigarh address no longer applies.
 +
 +==== Can a Haryana PIO reject my application for being over 500 words? ====
 +
 +No. The rules themselves say an application shall not be rejected only on that ground.
 +
 +==== Does Haryana exempt BPL applicants? ====
 +
 +Yes. §7(5) of the Act is a statutory waiver; the fee rules do not, and cannot, override it.
 +
 +==== Where do Chandigarh administration appeals go? ====
 +
 +To the Central Information Commission, because Chandigarh is a Union Territory — not to the Haryana commission.
 +
 +===== Sources =====
 +
 +  * [[https://cicharyana.gov.in|State Information Commission, Haryana]] — address and forms
 +  * Fee rules published at cicharyana.gov.in under RTI Haryana Government — Fees
 +  * RTI Act 2005, §7(5), §19
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[/rti-fees-by-state|State-wise RTI fees — all states compared]]
 +  * [[/state-rti-portals-directory|All state RTI portals in one list]]
 +  * [[/helplines/start|All helplines and grievance routes]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/first-appeal-app.html|First Appeal Builder]]
 +  * [[/book|The RTI Playbook]]
 +
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