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The Andhra Pradesh State Information Commission (APSIC) has been functioning without a Chief Information Commissioner since September 25, 2025, creating a enactment vacuum.
According to an yearly study paper connected Central and State RTI Commissions, released by the citizens’ radical Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS) connected the 20th day of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, APSIC registered 7,691 appeals and complaints betwixt July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. Of these, 4,078 were disposed of. However, arsenic of June 30, 2025, a full of 13,591 cases remained pending, reflecting a important backlog.
The study estimated that, astatine the existent complaint of disposal, the waiting play for an entreaty oregon ailment is astir 3 years and 4 months.
The Commission besides failed to disclose information connected the fig of show-cause notices issued oregon penalties imposed nether Section 20 of the RTI Act, placing Andhra Pradesh among States that either denied oregon did not respond to specified queries. Notably, APSIC has not published any annual study since its enactment successful 2017 pursuing the bifurcation of the erstwhile agreed Andhra Pradesh, raising questions implicit transparency and accountability successful the State’s RTI structure.
The RTI Act, enacted successful 2005, was designed to supply citizens with a applicable mechanics to workout their cardinal close to information. Over the past 2 decades, the instrumentality has enabled millions of Indians to enactment meaningfully successful ideology and clasp governments accountable. Between 4 and 6 cardinal RTI applications are filed nationally each year, galore of which person exposed corruption, highlighted work transportation failures, and secured basal rights. The instrumentality has besides been invoked to question apical authorities connected their performance, decisions, and conduct.
