Haora is one of the districts of West Bengal. This is the administrative unit of West Bengal. All the public works are sanctioned from here, for rural and urban development. This is one of the administrative units of West Bengal. There are several issues that people of Haora are grappling with, like Flood, droughts, water shortage, poor road connectivity etc. To obtain information from Haora you need to write an RTI application addressed to the PIO of Haora District officials, like election officer, Social welfare department, Panchaytiraj and rural development department. For all these issues just one RTI application will help you out.

West Bengal is one of the states of union of india. In this state of West Bengal there are numerous issues that media is hiding and people are eager to know them. Health sanitation problems, Road and transport issues. Despite government's assurances and efforts electricity outages is a common issue here. State transport service is average. Road connectivity of rural areas to urban areas is yet to be accomplished. Government RTI fee in West Bengal is just rs 10, by way of cash against proper receipt/ipo/ dd/ (court fee stamp), payable to the pio or the officer so appointed by the govt. To collect RTI fees. Time limits for RTI application and first appeal is 30 days from the date of receipt of RTI application in the concerned office. In some cases it is 45 days if the pio has taken help of other officials. In case no reply is received within 30 days from the date of filing RTI, one can go for first appeal, before the official higher in rank of the pio concerned. In case no reply/decision is given by the first appellate authority on can approach information commission of West Bengal with second appeal.

As per the Right to Information Act, 2005 it is mandatory on the part of Public Information Officer either to provide the information or reject the request for any of the reasons specified by the RTI Act within 30 days of receipt of the request. However, information concerning life and liberty of a person has to be provided within forty-eight hours of the receipt of RTI request.

If an RTI is filed with the public authority (PIO/APIO), it is possible that the required answers are not obtained on the first time, and in some cases, information is not received at all. In such cases, First appeal is to be filed to receive the required information to the satisfaction of the citizen .

As per the RTI Act, an appeal shall be disposed off within 30 days on the receipt of the appeal by the First Appellate Authority or within such extended period not exceeding a total of 45 days from the date of filing thereof, as the case may be, for reasons to be recorded in writing.

Anybody who is unhappy or dissatisfied with the decision of the First Appellate Authority can file Second Appeal to the Information Commission at the Centre or respective States. You need to send your appeal to the relevant Information Commission in writing.

As per the RTI Act, an appeal shall be disposed off within 30 days on the receipt of the appeal by the First Appellate Authority or within such extended period not exceeding a total of 45 days from the date of filing thereof, as the case may be, for reasons to be recorded in writing.

An appeal to the Central/ State Information Commission is required to be filed as per Section 19 (3) of the RTI Act against the decision of First Appellate Authority and, therefore, can be filed only after the decision of FAA or after stipulated time limit(45 days) for such decision by FAA has elapsed, as per provisions under Section 19(3) of the RTI Act.

The Act, however, does not prescribe time limit or target for disposal of 2nd appeal/complaint by the Central/ State Information Commission. Appeals/Complaints in the information commissions are disposed off as per the convenience of them.