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 ====== West Bengal RTI Rules ======
+===== Application fee =====
+An application containing a request in writing to the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer, as the case may be, made under sub-section (I) of Section 6 for obtaining information, shall be accompanied with a court-fee of rupees ten.
+===== Fee for providing information =====
+Save as otherwise provided in the provision to sub-section (5) of Section '7, the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall provide Information under sub-section (I), and sub-section (5), of Section 7 upon receipt or a request under Section 6, on payment of a fee of -
+  - rupees two, for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied; or
+  - actual charge or cost price, for a copy in large size paper; or
+  - actual cost price, for sample or model; or
+  - rupees five for each fifteen minutes or fraction thereof, for inspection of records; or
+  - rupees fifty per diskette or floppy, for information provided in the diskette or floppy; or
+  - actual charge fixed for publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts there from for information provided in printed form.
+===== Contents of appeal to Commission under sub-Section (3) of Section 19 =====
+An appeal to the Commission under sub-section (3) of Section 19, shall contain the following information, namely:-
+  - Name and address of the applicant;
+  - Name and address of the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public
+  - Information Officer, as the case may be, who passed the order;
+  - Particulars of the order against which the appeal is made including its number and date;
+  - Brief facts of the case;
+  - Prayer or relief sought for by the appellant;
+  - Grounds for such prayer relief; and
+  - Verification by the appellant
+===== Documents to accompany appeal to Commission under sub-section (3) of Section 19 =====
+Every appeal made to the Commission shall be accompanied by the following documents, namely:-
+  - the attested true copy of the order against which the appeal is being preferred;
+  - the copies of the documents relied upon by the appellant and referred to in the appeal; and
+  - an index of the documents referred to in the appeal.
+===== Procedure in deciding appeal to Commission under sub-section (30 of Section 19 =====
+In deciding the appeal to the commission, the commission shall :-
+  - Hear, oral or written, evidence on oath or on affidavit from the concerned or interested person;
+  - Peruse or inspect documents, public records or copies thereof.
+  - Enquire through the authorized, officer for further details or facts;
+  - Hear the State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer or such officer who decided the first appeal mentioned in sub-section (I) of Section 19, as the case may be;
+  - Hear the third party if required; and
+  - Receive evidence on "affidavits from State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer or such officer who decided the first appeal mentioned in sub-section (I) of Section 19 orfrom the third party; if any
+(2) In deciding the appeal the Commission may ask the appellant to add any other information other than the information included in the contents of the second appeal under rule 5.
+===== Service of notice by Commission =====
+The notice required to be issued under sub-section (9) of Section 19, by the Commission may be served in any of the following modes, namely:-
+  - service by the p~ itself;
+  - service by hand delivery through the process server;
+  - service by the registered post with acknowledgement due
+  - service through the head of office or the Department;
+===== Signing of order =====
+The order of the Commission pronounced in open proceedings shall be in writing and authenticated by the Registrar of any other officer authorized by the Commission in this behalf.