Can I get officer’s mobile tariff and monthly bill under RTI? Can we seek Mobile phone number of officers working in government offices where their mobile phone tariff & bills are purely borne by Government for official work under RTI Act?
Under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, citizens can request information from public authorities that fall under the purview of the Act. However, the disclosure of personal information, including mobile phone numbers of government officers, may not be considered relevant to the public interest and may be exempted from disclosure under Section 8 of the RTI Act.
Furthermore, the use of mobile phones and payment of tariffs and bills by the government for official work does not necessarily imply that the mobile phone number can be disclosed to the public. The disclosure of personal information, even if it is used for official purposes, must be balanced against the privacy interests of the individual.
Therefore, it is unlikely that the mobile phone numbers of government officers will be provided under the RTI Act, unless it can be established that such information is in the larger public interest and does not infringe on the privacy rights of the individual officer.
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