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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REFUSED TO ACCEPT MY RTI APPLICATION

So what next when the Public Information Officer refuses RTI Application for Passport. There are two options for you (I chose both) :

 [1] You can send your RTI Application through ACPIO or APIO or CAPIO or Assistant Public Information Officer.
Since the Public Information Officer is not in every city so government has assigned Assistant Public Information Officer to whom you can submit the RTI Application with the fees. Mostly these APIO are again government officials/workers in various department like : Police commissioner, Post masters etc. I chose this option and asked my Parents and wife to write separate RTI Application for Passport under Section 19 Of the Right to Information Act.
With 3 RTI Application for passport I went to the APIO e.g the head postmaster of Dhanbad Post Office and gave these application. He happily cooperated and took the application and postal order. I collected the confirmation date of receipt from them 2 days later.
The RTI Application of my Father for reference can be downloaded from : My RTI for Passport
The list of Assistant Public Information Officer (Postal) can be found at : http://www.indiapost.gov.in/CPIOs/CAPIOs.aspx Choose your state and you will get the details of APIO.

 [2] Appeal directly to CIC (Central Information Commission) , the highest authority in this RTI Chain. I failed to understand why my RTI Application for Passport was refused by Public Information Officer as I was close blood relation to the applicant. I mean, when I can apply for their Passport, why cannot I request information for the delay in their passport. So I also applied to Central Information Commission (CIC) against this action of Public Information Officer (PIO) seeking information under Section 18 Of the Right to Information Act.
I applied online through Central Information Commission (CIC) Website and my personal opinion is that Central Information Commission (CIC) website : www.rti.india.gov.in is far more informative than rti.gov.in
You can find my application at http://www.rti.india.gov.in/rti_report.php?cat=compl&user_id=RC/UG/11/1241vb8l
My RTI Application to CIC for reference can be downloaded from My RTI for Passport