RTI Rules 2019 - DoPT NOTIFICATION
Notification regarding RTI Rules 2019
DoPT Orders 2019
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th October, 2019
G.S.R. 810(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (ca) and (cb) of sub-section (2) of section 27 of Right to
Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called The Right to Information (Term of Office, Salaries,
Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chief Information Commissioner,Information Commissioners in the Central Information
Commission, State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioners in the State Information Commission) Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
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CHAPTER II
2.
Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) “Act” means the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005);
(b) “Central Information Commission” shall have the same meaning
assigned to it under clause (b) of section 2 of the Act ;
(c) “Chief Information Commissioner” and “Information Commissioner” shall
have the same meaning assigned to it under clause (d) of section 2 of the Act;
(d) “State Chief Information Commissioner” and “State
Information Commissioner” shall have the same meaning assigned to it under clause (l) of section 2 of the Act;
(e) “State Information
Commission” shall have the same meaning assigned to it under clause (k) of section 2 of the Act.
(2) The words and expressions used
and not defined under these rules, but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Act.
CHAPTER III
TERM OF OFFICE, SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND
INFORMATION COMMISSIONER IN THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
3.
Term of office.- The Chief Information Commissioner, or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, shall hold
office for a period of three years from the date on which he enters upon his office.
4.
Retirement from parent service on appointment.- The Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the
case may be, who on the date of his appointment to the Commission, was in the service of the Central or a State Government, shall be deemed
to have retired from such service with effect from the date of his appointment as Chief Information Commissioner or an Information
Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.
5.
Pay.- (1) The Chief Information Commissioner shall receive a pay of Rs. 2,50,000 (Rupees two lakh and fifty thousand)
(fixed) per mensem.
(2) An Information Commissioner shall receive a pay of Rs. 2,25,000 (Rupees two lakh and twenty five thousand)
(fixed) per mensem.
(3) In case the Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, at the time of
his appointment is, in receipt of any pension, the pay of such Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the case may
be, shall be reduced by the amount of that pension including any portion of pension which was commuted and pension equivalent of other
forms of retirement benefits excluding pension equivalent of retirement gratuity;
(4) In case the Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, at the time of his appointment, is
in receipt of retirement benefits in respect of any previous service rendered in Corporation established by or under any Central Act or
State Act or a Government company owned or controlled by the Central Government or the State Government, his pay in respect of the service
as the Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, shall be reduced by the amount of pension
equivalent to the retirement benefits.
6.
Dearness Allowance. - The Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, shall be
entitled to draw dearness allowance at the rate admissible to an officer holding a post carrying the same pay in the Central Government, as
revised from time to time.
7.
Leave.- (1) The Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, shall be entitled to
rights of leave as per admissibility to an officer holding a post carrying the same pay in the Central Government, as revised from time to
time.
(2) In case the Chief Information Commissioner, the competent authority to sanction the leave shall be the President of India and in
case of the Information Commissioners, the Chief Information Commissioner shall be the competent authority.
8.
Cash Payment in lieu of unutilised Earned Leave.- The Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as
the case may be, shall be entitled to encashment of fifty per cent. of earned leave to his credit at the time of completion of tenure:
Provided that for a Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner, as the case may be, who had retired from the service of
the Central or a State Government prior to appointment as a Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner, as the case may
be, the aggregate period for which the encashment of unutilised earned leave shall be entitled shall be subject to a maximum period as per
admissibility to an officer holding a post carrying the same pay in the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, as
revised from time to time.
9.
Medical Facilities.- The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners, as the case may be, shall be
entitled to medical treatment and Hospital facilities as provided in the Central Government Health Scheme and at places where the Central
Government Health Scheme is not in operation, the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall be entitled to medical
facilities as provided in the Central Service (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944.
10.
Accommodation.- (1) The Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, shall be
eligible subject to availability, to the use of official residence from the general pool accommodation of the type as admissible to an
officer holding a post carrying the same pay in the Central Government on the payment of the license fee at the rates prescribed by Central
Government from time to time.
(2) Where Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner is not provided with or does not avail himself of the
general pool accommodation referred to in sub-rule (1), he may be paid House Rent Allowance at the rate admissible to an officer holding a
post carrying the same pay in the Central Government.
11.
Leave Travel Concession, Travelling Allowance, Daily Allowance.- The Chief Information Commissioner or Information
Commissioners, as the case may be, shall be entitled to leave travel concession, travelling allowance and daily allowance as admissible to
an officer holding a post carrying the same pay in the Central Government as far as may be, apply to the Chief Information Commissioner and
Information Commissioner, as the case may be.
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