RTI Online Maharashtra — private drafting & filing assistance

An RTI application in Maharashtra is governed by the Right to Information Act, 2005 read with the state's RTI Rules. You address the application to the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the specific public authority that holds the record — the collectorate, municipal body, police commissionerate, transport authority, university or utility concerned. Sending it to the wrong office is the single most common reason applicants lose weeks: the receiving authority must transfer the request under Section 6(3) within five days, and the 30-day clock then restarts at the new office.

Fee and mode of payment in Maharashtra

The statutory application fee is ₹10. Court fee stamp of Rs 10 accepted statewide. Applicants holding a valid Below Poverty Line certificate are exempt from the application fee and from additional charges for photocopies, but the certificate copy must accompany the application. Extra charges — typically ₹2 per A4 page, plus the actual cost of a CD or a certified copy — are demanded separately by the PIO after your request is admitted, and the reply clock pauses while that demand is pending.

Timelines and appeals

The PIO must reply within 30 days of receipt, 48 hours where life or liberty is involved, and 35 days when the application is routed through an Assistant PIO. If the reply is silent, evasive or refuses information without citing a valid exemption under Sections 8 or 9, you may file a First Appeal within 30 days before the First Appellate Authority of the same department. A Second Appeal lies with the Maharashtra State Information Commission within 90 days of the First Appeal decision, and the commission can impose a penalty of ₹250 per day on a PIO who has delayed without reasonable cause.

What our drafters do for Maharashtra applications

Our team reads your facts, identifies the correct public authority and PIO address in Maharashtra, and writes numbered, record-specific questions — file numbers, noting sheets, movement registers, muster rolls or measurement books rather than open-ended "why" questions that a PIO can lawfully refuse. On the Full Filing plan we dispatch the application by speed post or the relevant online portal, log the tracking number, monitor the 30-day deadline, and tell you exactly when the First Appeal window opens. Nothing is auto-generated: every draft is written by hand by a person who has read your submission.