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The Appellate Authority under the RTI (Right to Information) Act of the Securities and Exchange Board of India comprising Mr. Anand Baiwar, who adjudicated in the matter of Ravindra Singh Vs. CPIO, SEBI, Mumbai (Appeal No. 4354 of 2021), dealt with an issue where the appellant filed an application via RTI MIS Portal on the ground of deficiency in response by the respondent.

In the present case, the appellant had filed an application on 01 June 2021, to which the respondent replied through a letter on 2^nd June 2021. The appellant thereby filed an appeal against such a response. In the application, the appellant was seeking information regarding the status of the complaint lodged with NSDL, SEBI, and was also seeking reasons for the closure of that complaint. To which the respondent submitted that they already had sent the response to the queries of the appellant. Appellant had filed the appeal on the ground that such information was fake, misleading, and incomplete.

After going through the queries and the responses, it was viewed that no deficiency was found in the response of the respondent. Also, it was observed that – “the appellant had filed an appeal dated February 24, 2021, on the ground that no response was provided with respect to his application dated January 22, 2021, within the time limit. This forum, vide order dated March 19, 2021 (in Appeal no. 4110 of 2021) had held that the appeal was infructuous as the response was provided within the stipulated time as laid down in the RTI Act.” It was also held in the order that the appellant has the liberty to file a fresh appeal as per law, in case he was not satisfied with the response of the respondent. Thereby the appeal was dismissed.

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