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Need help in locating your PIO?
Step 1: If you do not know the details of your PIO, you may get help from following websites:
Central Government Departments: click on link
State Government Departments: click on link
Step 2: If you are still at a loss, don't worry. Do you know the address of the head of the Department from whom you want information? If yes, you could write the address of the PIO as:
Public Information Officer (PIO),
C/o (Head of the Department and his address)
According to the law, you can file your application with any PIO in the same Department. It is his duty to forward it to the right PIO. Even if you file your application with a PIO in a totally different Government Department, the receiving PIO is required to forward it to the right PIO u/s 6(3) of RTI Act. He has to do this within 5 days of receipt of your application, as per sec 6(3) of the Act. In that case you should get a reply in 35 days rather than 30 days.
Step 3: If you still need any help, please go to your state on this website and click on the volunteer section. This section contains details of several volunteers working on RTI in your state. They may be able to guide you on any issue of RTI.
Step 4: If the Department concerned is a central Government Department, then you don't need to find the PIO. 629 post offices across the country (list of these post offices with addresses is available on the website http://www.indiapost.gov.in/rtimanual16a.html) have been designated by the Central Government to accept RTI applications for any Central Govt Department. Just go to the nearest designated post office with your application form. They will tell you your PIO, accept your fee along with the form and issue you a receipt.