As Per RTI Act 2005 College has Constitute a RTI Cell:

DECLARATION UNDER RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI)

STATUTORY DECLARATION ON RTI ACT

Section 4(1) (b) of RTI Act 2005 covers the statutory declaration of BirbhumMahavidyalaya, Suri, Birbhum. It covers all the rules and regulations which are implemented by the Govt of India, Govt ofWest Bengal, affiliating by The University of Burdwananddirected by the Governing Body of the college. The College comes under “Grant in Aid” category and therefore all financial transactions are auditedby the Government. The College has different committees to maintain discipline in the campus.All information about the college under Section 4(1)(b) of RTI Act 2005 are open for the public and can be obtained by a citizen of India.
Dr. ParthasarathiMukhopadhyay Principal BirbhumMahavidyalaya

Right to Information (RTI)

The “right to information” means, an access to the information which is held by or under the control of any public authority and includes the right to inspect the works, documents, records, notes, extracts or certified copies of document/record and certified samples of the material and obtaining information which is also stored in electronic form.

Right To Information Act, 2005

The Right To Information Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December, 2004. It was passed by both Houses of Parliament in May, 2005. The assent of the President was received on 15 June and the Act was notified in the Gazette of India on 21 June, 2005. The Right To Information Act has become operational by the 12 October, 2005 after the completion of 120 days from the date of the Presidential assent. Thus, the Freedom of Information Act passed by Parliament in 2002 has been repealed. The citizen’s right to information is not explicitly mentioned in the Fundamental Rights chapter of the Constitution. But in more than ten cases, the Supreme Court of India has declared that the Fundamental Right to Life and Liberty [Article 21] and the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression [Article 19(1)] include every citizen's fundamental right to access information. The Parliament passed the Right To Information Act (RTI Act) to enable all citizens to use their fundamental right to access information (Fig. 1) from public bodies.

Application Procedure

According to Section 3 of this Act , all citizens have the right to information. As per section 6 of this Act, any person who desires to obtain any information under this Act can apply specifying the particulars of the information sought by him or her in writing or electronically in English or local official language.

Application may be sent to

As per the Right To Information Act 2005, the BirbhumMahavidyalaya is providing available information as and when sought through proper application. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5(1) Section 19(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, Dr. Indra Kumar Mistri, Associate Professor of the BirbhumMahavidyalaya, is hereby designated as the State Public Information Officer. For obtaining information application may be sent to :- Dr. Indra Kumar Mistri State Public Information Officer(SPIO) (Under The Right To Information Act 2005) BirbhumMahavidyalaya Suri(Baruipara); Dist- Birbhum. Pin- 731101. Email: mistriindra@gmail.com Mobile: 9163657749 ** Please furnish application with contact details (Full address, telephone & fax no. if any) of the applicant. An applicant making request for information shall not be required to give any reason for requesting information. However, the applicant is required to provide necessary information required for contacting the applicant.

Application Fee

An application, containing a request in writing to the State Public Information Officer, made under Rule 3 of West Bengal Right to Information Rules 2006 of sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Right to Information Act 2005 for obtaining information, shall be accompanied with a court-fee of Rupees ten or a non-Judicial Stamp Paper of Rupees ten, or by Demand Draft or Bankers Cheque or Indian Postal Order, payable in favour of BirbhumMahavidyalaya (if not belonging to the below the poverty line category).

Fee for providing information

Save as otherwise provided in the provision to Rule 4 of West Bengal Right to Information Rules 2006 of sub-section (5) of section 7, the State Public Information Officer shall provide information under sub-section (1) and sub-section (5) of Section 7 upon receipt of a request under Section 6, on payment of a fee of - (a) Rupees two, for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied; or (b) actual charge or cost price, for a copy in large size paper; or (c) actual cost price, for sample or model; or (d) Rupees five for each fifteen minutes or fraction thereof, for inspection of records; or (e) Rupees fifty per diskette or floppy, for information provided in the diskette or floppy; or (f) actual charge fixed for publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts therefrom, for information provided in printed form.

Appeal

As per provision under section 19(1) of the Right to Information Act, Dr. ParthasarathiMukhopadhyay, Principal, BirbhumMahavidyalaya; Suri(Baruipara), Dist.- Birbhum, Pin-731101. (e-mail: parthasarathi.mukhopadhyay@rediffmail.com, Mobile- 09434027077 of the College is appointed as Appellate Authority. Any citizen can lodge appeal before the Appellate Authority as specified therein.