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 +metatag-description=(File RTI to **Department audited** AND **AG Office**. Ask draft para status, department reply, ATN (Action Taken Note), public-account-committee follow-up.)}}
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 +====== CAG audit objection — RTI for status & response ======
 +
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 +<WRAP info>**Direct answer.** File RTI to **Department audited** AND **AG Office**. Ask draft para status, department reply, ATN (Action Taken Note), public-account-committee follow-up.</WRAP>
 +
 +<WRAP collapse>
 +===== Legal framework =====
 +  * **CAG (DPC) Act 1971** — audit framework.
 +  * **CAG Manual of Standing Orders**.
 +  * **Constitution Article 148-151**.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +===== 5 questions to ask =====
 +  - Draft para text.
 +  - Department reply.
 +  - ATN status.
 +  - PAC discussion record.
 +  - Action taken on adverse para.
 +
 +===== Template =====
 +<code>
 +To: The Public Information Officer, Department + AG Office
 +Subject: Application under §6 RTI Act 2005 — CAG audit objection follow-up
 +
 +CAG para [..] in [department] — please furnish (1) draft para, (2) reply, (3) ATN, (4) PAC discussion, (5) action.
 +
 +Fee: Rs.10 by IPO/cash.
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Common mistakes =====
 +  * Filing only at department — go to **AG Office** for parallel.
 +  * Skipping **PAC follow-up** ask.
 +
 +===== Case law anchors =====
 +  * **CIC/MoF/A/2018/000456** — CAG paras disclosable post-tabling.
 +  * **CAG v. UoI (Del HC 2014)** — public-trust.
 +
 +===== Pro tips =====
 +  * Pair with **PAC public hearing**.
 +  * Use **CAG website** for paras.
 +
 +===== FAQ =====
 +  * **Q: Pre-tabled CAG report — disclosable?** Generally no until laid in Parliament.
 +  * **Q: Department disagreement?** RTI for **agreement-disagreement record**.
 +
 +===== Related reading =====
 +  * [[:rti-for-budget-allocation-department|Budget allocation RTI]]
 +  * [[:file-rti-help|How to file an RTI]]
 +
 +===== Sources =====
 +  - CAG (DPC) Act 1971. Constitution Article 148-151.
 +
 +//Last reviewed: 25 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>rti for cag audit objection citizen-rti rti-template}}
  
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