A person who desires to obtain information shall make an application in ‘FORM A’ or in a neatly typed or hand written application containing all essential details described in ‘FORM A’ accompanying with the fees Rs 20 (Twenty) prescribed in Rule 5 (a) or through the e-media to the Public Information Officer of the concerned Public Authority:
The fees as provided in Rule 5 (a) shall be paid by:
- Demand draft or
- Pay order or
- Non judicial stamp paper or
- Stamping through franking or electronic stamping or
- Court fee stamp or
- Indian postal order or
- Revenue stamp
Provided further that no fees prescribed in clause (a) of Rule 5 shall be payable by a person belonging to the Below Poverty Line families (BPL); if such person enclosed with the application, a certified copy or a true copy of the Below Poverty Line Card or a certificate issued in that behalf by the concerned authority.