Government of Tripura
General Administration (AR) Department
Agartala,Tripura
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Rates of fees, mode of payment of fees, etc.

3. Rates of fees for providing information

            A person who makes a request for obtaining any information from a State Public Information Officer shall pay fee at the following rates :-

Item

Rate

(a)        Application fee at the time of making the request for obtaining information

  Rupees  ten

(b)        Fee for copy of any information or record in paper.

(i)    Rupees two per page    ( per impression)  in  A-4 or A-3 size paper or part thereof.

Item

Rate

 

(ii)   Actual charge or cost  price of a copy in larger size paper.

 

(c)      Fee for samples or models

Actual cost or price for samples or models. 

 

(d)        Fee for inspection of records

No fee for the first hour or part thereof and rupees five for every subsequent  fifteen minutes or part thereafter.

(e) For information to be provided in computer diskette or floppy 

Rupees fifty per diskette or floppy, provided the computerized information is available .  

 

(f) For information in printed publication

At the price fixed for such publication or rupees two  per page of photocopy for extracts for the publication.

 

4.Mode of payment of fees by applicants.

 

(1) An applicant shall pay the fees  in cash against  a money receipt to be issued by the State Assistant Public Information Officer concerned in  Form No.1  appended to these rules.

 

(2) The Assistant State Public Information Officer shall deposit into Treasury on weekly basis  the amount  so received by him as fees  against the Receipt Head  of Account  that may be specified by the Finance Department and the State Assistant  Public Information Officer must account for the same.

 

(3) Application fee has to be paid along with the application for obtaining information and the State Assistant Public Information Officer  shall record on the body of the application that the applicant has paid the application fee of Rs.10/-(Rupees ten) vide receipt No……….. dated …………..and forward the application to the Public Information Officer within five days of  its receipt.

 

5.Intimation about  acceptance  of application.    

 

(1) When the Public Information Officer accepts the application for providing the information as sought for, he has to send to the applicant an intimation in Form No. 2  appended to these rules  about the exact amount of  additional fee to be deposited by the applicant along with a calculation as how the amount has been determined.

 

(2) The time taken by the applicant from the date of dispatch of the intimation for depositing the fee shall be excluded from the period of 30(thirty)  days within which the Public Information Officer has to furnish the information.

 

6. Intimation about  part supply of information  or rejection of application.

When a request for obtaining information is accepted for part supply of information or  rejected by the Public Information Officer, the applicant shall be given an intimation to that effect in Form No.3  appended to these rules.

 

7.Proof of submission of application 

The date on which the money receipt against payment of the application fee is issued in Form No. 1 as stated in sub-rule(1) of rule-4, shall be deemed to be the date of receipt of the application and the money receipt shall be a proof of receipt of the application for obtaining information.

 

8.Supply of information in electronic mode.

 

Supply of information or copy of record  in computer diskette or floppy, shall depend on the availability of  information in electronic form with the public authority and the facility for providing such information in  diskette or floppy.

 

9.Supply of sample of any material. 

(1) In supplying sample of any material used by a public authority  for any work, the State Public Information Officer shall intimate   the applicant  the date, time and venue  when  the applicant can obtain  a sample  of the material or  inspect the information or work. The State Public Information Officer shall also give notice in writing  to the authority who has got the work done or from whose custody  the sample is to be taken.   

(2) While supplying a sample  all precautionary measures  should be taken to prevent tempering with the sample and the sample should be  properly packed   and sealed  in presence of witnesses and may be handed over to the applicant. 

(3) At the time of inspection of any information or work, at least one official  should remain present  to supervise  the inspection. 

(4) For the purpose of obtaining a sample or making an inspection, the applicant  may bring with him  a helper of his choice.  

10. Issue of  certified copy. 

Copy of information in the form of document or record may be certified  to be  copy of the original by the  State Public Information Officer or the State Assistant Public Information Officer under his seal and signature.

 

These instructions prepared in consultation with the Law Department of the State Government & issued on Public Interest  by Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Tripura, General Administration (AR) Department.