Administration Response:	Yes.
Response Date:	17.05.2023 (Letter Recieved by post on 24.05.2023)

Comments:

In the Absence of an RTI Portal, The Applicant has one of 2 options: File an RTI in person, or by Post. Both of them have a very immediate and consequential Impact on the process: the Public Authority assigns no Registration Number. The date of registration of the application and registration number must be conveyed to the applicant. This ensures that the Application has been received, and will be acted upon. Along with that, the time consumed in commuting, locating the address of the relevant officer and arranging payment resources in filing in person or over the post is an entirely avoidable exercise. The State of Andhra Pradesh did not answer the sample RTI Application submitted by post and has made no contact with the Nagrik Project – indicating a concern that the necessity of online infrastructure is a hurdle in citizens’ access to their right to information. However, A letter was received from the Andhra Pradesh Government, Stating that the Department of ITE&C has taken note of the letter, and forwarded the reference to Genral Administration via letter dated 17.05.2024. Failure of goal due to bureaucracy is not always because of one big reason, but 1000 small reasons. This is why it’s important to implement solutions that provide acessibility when those solutions are matters of statutory rights.