• Dr. Naresh Lata Singla
• Prof. Mukesh Kumar

The RTI Act, 2005 empowers the citizens of India to access the records lying in the custody of public authorities. The Act is passed in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. The State Information Commission plays a pivotal role in effective implementation of the RTI Act and to achieve the goal behind passing the Act. It has the sanctioning powers under the Act. It is equipped with the powers to provide compensation to the information seeker for agony and to impose penalty and recommend disciplinary action against the erring Public Information Officer/State Public Information Officer (PIO/SPIO). It is obvious that for the effective implementation of the statute in letter and spirit, action on behalf of the SIC has always been required. The PIO should know that in case of the violation of the RTI Act, penal provision may be initiated against him. Moreover, action is the mother of peace. At the same time SIC makes balance between the disclosable and non-disclosable information to maintain the sanctity of the Act. The main aim of this research paper is to study the powers and functions of the State Information Commission, Haryana, reality of the compliance of the RTI Act, find out the lacunas in the implementation of the Act and to give suggestions to make RTI Act a mile stone to contain malpractice, to promote transparency and fix accountability of the erring public servants. The study will be confined to the Haryana State Information Commission. The doctrinal method will be used in completion of the research article.

Right to information, access public records, State Information Commission, penalty

"HARYANA STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.h379-h385, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403752.pdf

"HARYANA STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. pph379-h385, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403752.pdf