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23 September 2026

updated · RTI Problems

Verifying an employee degree: the 2025 change to Section 8(1)(j)

Degree verification: the 13 November 2025 change to Section 8(1)(j): clause (j) was substituted with effect from 13 November 2025 and now reads only "information which relates to personal information". The page now says so, says the public-activity and unwarranted-invasion tests are gone and must not be pleaded, names the two routes that survive (Section 8(2) and the proviso to Section 11(1)), adds Section 8(3) for a degree more than twenty years old, and carries the forty-day rule in Section 11(3). It also notes that the decisions allowing record-level authenticity were decided under the old clause. The answered question at /rti-questions/is-there-a-fee-for-rti-first-appeal is corrected in the same change: it understated the position on first-appeal fees and put Maharashtra at Rs. 50, where rule 5(1) of the Maharashtra RTI Rules 2026 sets Rs. 20. Read from the Government consolidated bare Act and the Maharashtra gazette notification on 21 September 2026.

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updated · RTI Questions

Is there a fee for an RTI first appeal?

First-appeal fees: the answer now states the position by source. For a Central public authority the central RTI Rules, 2012 prescribe no appeal fee. Maharashtra charges Rs. 20 for a first appeal under rule 5(1) of the Maharashtra RTI Rules 2026, notified on 7 July 2026 (Gazette Extraordinary Part IV-A No. 273), which supersede the rules of 12 June 2026. The earlier answer put Maharashtra at Rs. 50 and generalised across other states without a source, so those states are no longer named. Read from the gazette on 20 September 2026.

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21 September 2026

updated · RTI Guides

Andhra Pradesh RTI guide: fee correction

RTI guide fee correction: Andhra Pradesh carried a flat Rs 10 on this page while rule 3 of the 2005 Rules (G.O.Ms.No.454 dated 13 October 2005) sets no fee at village level, Rs 5 at mandal level and Rs 10 above that, so a filer at a mandal office was told to pay double. Read from the G.O. on 20 September 2026.

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updated · RTI Guides

Maharashtra RTI guide: fee correction

RTI guide fee correction: The page said the Maharashtra RTI Rules 2026 charge Rs 30, Rs 5 a page and Rs 50 or Rs 100 on appeal, and require proof of citizenship or photo identity. The rules in force, notified 7 July 2026 in supersession of an earlier set of the same name, charge Rs 10, set copies at Rs 2 a page and each appeal at Rs 20, and contain no identity requirement at all. Read from the gazette on 20 September 2026.

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updated · RTI Guides

Punjab RTI guide: fee correction

RTI guide fee correction: Punjab showed Rs 50, which comes from rules the Punjab RTI Rules 2017 replaced. The 2017 Rules prescribe Rs 10 and allow an Indian Postal Order payable to the Accounts Officer. The state RTI portal was serving a maintenance page on 20 September 2026, so the page says where the figure comes from and asks the reader to confirm before paying.

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updated · RTI Guides

Telangana RTI guide: fee correction

RTI guide fee correction: Telangana carried a flat Rs 10 on this page while the 2005 Rules set a slab of nil at village level, Rs 5 at mandal level and Rs 10 above that. Read from the G.O. on 20 September 2026.

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22 August 2026

updated · RTI Problems

Mutation Pending on Bhu Bharati (Telangana)? The Official Route, How to Check Status, and Where RTI Fits

[bhubharati-phase2-20260822] Mutation keeper upgraded: official module and process flow named, Application Status route added, decision table and definitions added, unsupported "most common complaint" statistic removed, RTI 30-day wording corrected to Section 7(1) "ordinarily required".

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updated · RTI Problems

NALA Conversion Pending on Bhu Bharati (Telangana)? The Four Official NALA Modules, Status Check, and Where RTI Fits

[bhubharati-phase2-20260822] NALA keeper upgraded: the four official NALA-related modules distinguished from the Bhu Bharati FAQ, official process flows and Application Status route added, RTI 30-day wording corrected.

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updated · RTI Problems

Sada Bainama in Telangana: What Bhu Bharati Offers Today, How to Check an Earlier Application, and Where RTI Fits

[bhubharati-phase2-20260822] Sada Bainama keeper corrected (P0): text describing a regularisation module "on Bhubharati" removed because the portal lists none; fresh-application implications removed; unsupported "lakhs of applications" statistic removed; unverified press reports placed in a visible reviewer note; RTI 30-day wording corrected.

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updated · RTI Problems

Survey Number in the Prohibited Properties List (22-A)? The Official Bhu Bharati Grievance Route, and Where RTI Fits (Telangana)

[bhubharati-phase2-20260822] Prohibited-list keeper upgraded: official grievance module and prohibited-property search named, revenue-side vs registration-side (22-A) distinction added, decision table and definitions added, RTI 30-day wording corrected.

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1 August 2026

published · Grievance Help

BWSSB Water Complaint Unresolved: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: lodge a Bengaluru water/sewerage complaint on BWSSB's public complaint system, track it by complaint number on the View Complaint page, and put the file on record with an RTI to BWSSB's SPIO - asking for the recorded status, any inspection or site-visit report, and the reasons recorded. No official complaint timeline is stated on this page: BWSSB's citizen charter is published in Kannada only and was not extracted.

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published · Grievance Help

Karnataka Police Complaint: Records + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: which official route applies to a lost article (e-Lost, contact-on-found), an FIR (FIR search), or an ordinary station complaint - for which no online follow-up route is published on the KSP portal (checked 1 Aug 2026), which is when an RTI record request matters. RTI questions are scenario-scoped and record-based (any entry or action recorded, if any), with the Section 8(1)(h) investigation exemption stated.

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published · RTI Portal Help

RTI Portal Not Working? How to Still File Your RTI

New symptom-first guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: low-risk checks for the common portal failures (page not loading, registration/login silently failing, OTP or email never arriving, payment debited without acknowledgement, department not listed, text/upload rejected), routing to the verified per-portal help pages, and the qualified postal route per the DoPT guide - with an explicit warning that filing an RTI does not pause or protect any other deadline.

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24 July 2026

published · Grievance Help

HMWSSB Water Complaint Unresolved: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: the CAN-based HMWSSB grievance route (register, track, follow-up channels), then the RTI record trail to HMWSSB's PIO - sourced to HMWSSB's own APIO/PIO/AA disclosure page.

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published · Grievance Help

Karnataka Grievance Router: Where to Complain First

New hub reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi, covering 7 verified Karnataka systems (Janaspandana/iPGRS, Sakala, Seva Sindhu, Bhoomi, Karnataka Police services, BWSSB, K-RERA) - which to use first, tracking, verified helplines, Sakala online appeals, and entity RTI pages where officially published. Every fact renders from a source cell verified on 24-Jul-2026; unverified details (including the BESCOM intake route and the Sakala compensation provision) are held, not published.

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published · Grievance Help

MeeSeva Application Stuck: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: track the application, identify the issuing authority from your receipt, use the 12 certificate-specific delay guides, and put the file on record with an RTI to the issuing authority's SPIO when it remains pending.

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published · Grievance Help

Prajavani Petition, No Action: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: track your Praja Bhavan petition by reference ID, understand that the forwarded department holds the action file, and use RTI to that department's SPIO for the action-taken record - including the verified notice that the old cpgrams.ts.nic.in portal was discontinued on 01-Jun-2026.

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published · Grievance Help

Telangana Grievance Router: Where to Complain First

New hub covering 7 verified Telangana grievance systems (Prajavani, MeeSeva, Bhu Bharati, Telangana Police petitions, TGRERA, HMWSSB, TGSPDCL) - which to use first, tracking, helplines, and the TGRERA Rs 1,000 complaint fee sourced to the official Rules. Every fact renders from a source cell verified on 23-Jul-2026; unverified details (including the GHMC intake route) are held, not published.

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published · Grievance Help

TGRERA Complaint: Fee, Process & RTI When It Stalls

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: the two TGRERA routes (Rule 34/Form M complaint to the Authority, Rule 35/Form N claim before the Adjudicating Officer), the Rs 1,000 fee per the official Rules, the sixty-day disposal rules under Sections 29(4) and 71(2) of the RERA Act, and the RTI record trail to TGRERA's own PIO - with the boundary stated plainly: RTI cannot decide the complaint.

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published · Grievance Help

TGSPDCL Electricity Complaint Unresolved: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: the UKSCNO-based TGSPDCL complaint route (online service requests, no-power complaints, 1912), then the RTI record trail to the PIO of your operation circle - sourced to TGSPDCL's published RTI Act 4(1)(b) manual.

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23 July 2026

published · Grievance Help

Central Government Grievance Router: Where to Complain First

New hub covering 10 official central grievance systems (CPGRAMS, EPFiGMS, CPENGRAMS, Passport Seva, cybercrime/1930, RailMadad, National Consumer Helpline, RBI CMS, UIDAI, AirSewa) - which to use first, tracking, official timelines where published, and escalation. Every fact renders from a verified source cell with visible verification dates; unverified details are held, not published.

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published · Grievance Help

CPENGRAMS Pension Grievance Delayed: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: CPENGRAMS filing, tracking and appeal, with stage-based RTI routing - sanction records with the former department/Head of Office, accounting with the PAO, authorization with CPAO, and bank complaint route (then RBI CMS) for monthly-payment problems.

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published · Grievance Help

CPGRAMS Complaint Ignored or Closed Without Action: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: exhaust the official route (file, track, 21-day timeline, appeal after closure), then use RTI to obtain the action-taken record - with the record-trail questions to ask and the Section 7(1)/19(1) timelines, sourced to India Code.

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published · Grievance Help

Cybercrime Complaint Filed, No Update: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: report-first guidance, the official State/UT Nodal and Grievance Officer escalation, and what an RTI to the State police PIO may request about complaint status - with the Section 8(1)(h) investigation-exemption caveat stated plainly.

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published · Grievance Help

EPFiGMS Grievance Filed, PF Still Stuck: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: the EPFiGMS route (UAN/PPO filing, tracking, reminder and escalation), then the RTI record trail to the CPIO of the concerned PF office linked to your UAN/PPO - claim status, pending officer, recorded reasons.

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published · Grievance Help

Passport Grievance Filed, Application Still Stuck: Steps + RTI

New journey guide reviewed by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi: registering and tracking a Passport Seva grievance, the DPG escalation route, and RTIs to the RPO CPIO (and State police PIO for the verification leg) for the file status and dates.

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14 July 2026

published · Case Law

Certified Copy of a Court Order Delayed?

New advocate-reviewed guide in the court-records series: online copies and copy-application tracking first, then the RTI that gets the registry trail - status, movement between copying branch, record room and bench section, and any uncommunicated defect memo.

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published · Case Law

How to Get Court Case Records in India: Certified Copy vs RTI

Court records pillar reviewed and published: the honest route map - free online copies first, the court's certified-copy process second, RTI for the registry trail when it stalls. Reviewed in person by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi; all 25 court portal links verified.

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reviewed · Case Law

Section 8 of RTI Act: All Exemptions Explained

Reviewed in person by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi (RTI Advocate) - the exemption table, 20-year rule and case-law references verified.

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reviewed · Case Law

Verifying an Employee's Degree? What RTI Can and Cannot Do

Reviewed in person by Adv. Syed Musab Rahim Hashmi (RTI Advocate) - the Section 8(1)(j) and Section 11 third-party framing verified.

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published · Property

Neighbour's Illegal Construction? Get the Building Records

New guide: municipal complaint first, then the RTI for the sanctioned plan, inspection reports and action-taken record - the paper trail enforcement is built on.

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published · Property

Property Tax Looks Wrong? Get the Assessment Record

New guide: portal lookup and correction application first, then the RTI for the assessment record - measured area, category, rate and revision orders.

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published · Services

DBT Money Missing or in the Wrong Account?

New guide: how DBT follows your Aadhaar-seeded account, the PFMS check, and the RTI that gets the payment record, UTR and re-issue procedure on paper.

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published · Services

Old-Age / Widow / Disability Pension Stopped?

New guide: the RTI to the welfare office for the sanction status, verification report, stoppage reason and month-wise disbursement record.

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published · Services

PM-Kisan Instalment Not Received?

New guide: Know Your Status, eKYC and seeding checks first - then the RTI that gets the pending verification and recorded reason from the agriculture office.

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published · Services

Retired but Pension Not Started?

New guide: the stage-wise RTI - department, treasury/accounts, bank - that retrieves the PPO status and authorisation copy and ends the blame game.

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13 July 2026

published · Certificates

Decades-Old Marks Memo or Degree Proof

New guide: how marks/degree registers outlive individual files - the RTI that confirms your entry exists and gets a certified extract, or the recorded weeding basis.

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updated · Certificates

Degree & Certificate Verification Pending

Title and description sharpened to cover degree-verification searches that were landing on weaker pages.

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published · Certificates

Lost Marksheet or Degree Certificate? Duplicate + RTI

New guide: the board's duplicate procedure (loss report, fee), and the RTI that fixes the checklist on record and gets a certified register extract as interim proof.

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published · Certificates

Migration Certificate Delayed?

New guide: prescribed application and no-dues checks first, then the RTI for file status and recorded reasons when an admission deadline is at stake.

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published · Certificates

Transcripts for WES / Foreign Evaluation Stuck?

New guide: the transcript-cell route and evaluator format checks first, then the RTI that gets your application's status, timeline and recorded reason.

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published · Certificates

Verifying an Employee's Degree? What RTI Can and Cannot Do

New employer guide: the university verification cell and DigiLocker first, then record-based RTI framing - with the Section 8(1)(j) and Section 11 limits explained honestly.

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published · Police

NCR or CSR Copy Not Given by Police?

New guide: which register your matter sits in, the station-first request, and the RTI that gets a certified copy of the entry with its recorded status.

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updated · Police

Police Complaint Status Unknown

Added the closure-report asks: the disposal record, recorded reasons, ordering officer and the provision under which a complaint was closed.

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published · Police

Police Not Registering Your FIR?

New guide: the BNSS escalation route (written complaint, SP, Magistrate) as the remedy - and the RTI that builds the paper trail: GD entry, action-taken status and recorded reasons.

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updated · Property

Remove Property from the 22A Prohibited List (Telangana)

Added how to check whether a survey number appears in the 22A list, with the portal lookup route and the RTI that gets the entry's recorded basis.

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published · Services

Ration Card Application Pending? Get the Recorded Status

New guide: EPDS status and the 1967 PDS helpline first, then the RTI to the supply office for the verification report and recorded reason.

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published · Services

Scholarship Sanctioned but Not Credited? Trace the Payment

New guide: NSP/PFMS and bank-seeding checks first, then the RTI that gets the disbursement record, transaction reference and recorded reason.

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published · Tools

Filed an RTI and Heard Nothing? How to Check Status

New guide: where to check RTI status on every filing route, what deemed refusal means at 30 days, and how the First Appeal drafting (separate service) (Rs.599 incl. GST) works - with the Deadline Clock and Appeal Generator linked.

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11 July 2026

updated · Case Law

Section 8 of RTI Act: All Exemptions Explained

Section 8(1)(f) row completed in the at-a-glance table and eight case-law references added showing how courts have applied the exemptions, with a pointer to the case-law library.

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updated · Certificates

EWS Income & Asset Certificate Delayed (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: quote your MeeSeva application number and recorded status before filing the RTI.

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updated · Certificates

Family Member Certificate Delayed (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: quote your MeeSeva application number and recorded status before filing the RTI.

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updated · Certificates

Income Certificate Delayed on MeeSeva (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: quote your MeeSeva application number and recorded status before filing the RTI.

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updated · Certificates

Residence / Nativity Certificate Delayed (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: quote your MeeSeva application number and recorded status before filing the RTI.

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updated · Property

Bhoomi RTC (Pahani) Online: Karnataka Land Records

Task quick-navigation added, direct links to the five Bhoomi problem guides, and fee guidance updated to direct users to the amount displayed by the official portal at checkout.

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updated · Property

Court Order Not Implemented (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Document Registration Refused (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Encumbrance Certificate (EC) Issues (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Khata Merging Pending (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Land Details / ROR Wrong (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Land in the 22A Prohibited List (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Land Survey Delay (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Mutation Pending on Bhu Bharati (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

NALA Conversion Pending (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Passbook Data Correction Pending (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Pattadar Passbook Not Issued (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Registered Document Not Reflecting (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Sada Bainama Regularisation Pending (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

Succession Entry Pending (Telangana)

Check-first guidance added: Bhu Bharati portal status and grievance reference before filing the RTI, with the Telangana portal-help route.

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updated · Property

TSLR Town Survey Land Record via MeeSeva (Telangana)

Stale Dharani references corrected to Bhu Bharati, and MeeSeva application-number check-first guidance added.

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updated · Services

RTI for Bhu Bharati Land Records & Registration (Telangana)

Full guide added: Tahsildar/MRO and Sub-Registrar routing, check-the-portal-first steps, copy-paste RTI application and links to the Bhu Bharati problem guides.

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updated · Services

RTI for Meebhoomi Land Records (Andhra Pradesh)

Full guide added: 1B/Adangal check-first steps, Tahsildar/MRO routing and a copy-paste RTI application.

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updated · Services

RTI for Passport & Police Verification Delays (Telangana)

Full guide added: which authority to file to (RPO Hyderabad vs Telangana Police), copy-paste RTI to the RPO, and FAQ wording tightened to record-based answers.

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updated · State Guides

Chhattisgarh RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · State Guides

Himachal Pradesh RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · State Guides

Jammu & Kashmir RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · State Guides

Kerala RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · State Guides

Odisha RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · State Guides

Punjab RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · State Guides

Uttarakhand RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · State Guides

West Bengal RTI Guide

Quick answer added (portal, fee, appeal route), common RTI problems block, portal-fails offline route and PIO guidance. Guide reviewed July 2026.

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updated · Tools

RTI Fees in India (2026)

Quick answer added: the Rs. 10 rule, BPL exemption, copy charges and the Section 7(6) rule that late information must be provided free.

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