Appointment of First Appellate Authority / Public Information Officer under Right to Information Act, 2005- modification reg.

1. Appointment of Officers

The following officers have been appointed as Assistant Public Information Officers, Public Information Officers, and Appellate Authorities for various branches of the Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai.

• Name, Designation, and Office Address: Click here to view the list of appointed officers.

2. RTI Application and Reply Procedure

All RTI applications received in the concerned branches will be examined, and replies will be issued directly to the applicant by the Public Information Officer appointed for the concerned branch.

• RTI-MIS Portal: All appointed officers should register themselves on the "RTI Request & Appeal Management Information System (RTI-MIS) portal" at https://rtionline.gov.in/RTI-MIS/login/index.php and reply to RTI applications online within the prescribed time limit.
• Reply by Post: Replies can also be sent by post, if requested by the applicant.

3. Handover of Existing RTI IDs and Passwords

All First Appellate Authority (FAA), Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), and Appellate Authority (APIO) are requested to handover existing IDs and passwords of the RTI Request and Appeal Management Information System (RTI-MIS) to their successors.

4. Consolidated Reply for Multi-Branch RTI Applications

If an RTI application pertains to information related to more than one branch, the branch to which the first question relates will give the reply. The consolidated reply should be sent to the applicant after taking inputs from the other related branches.

5. Disposal of RTI Requests in the Absence of CPIO and FAA

In the absence of the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) and First Appellate Authority (FAA) of the concerned branch, the link officer may deal with the disposal of RTI requests within the time limit.