The correct answer is: A. a-1, b-2, c-3
The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act)
is an Act of the Parliament of India that gives the right to information to the citizens of India. The Act provides for setting up of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions to receive complaints from citizens about non-disclosure of information and to provide redressal to such complaints.Under the RTI Act, a person can make a request for information to a public authority. The public authority is required to provide the information within 30 days of the receipt of the request. If the public authority does not provide the information within the stipulated time, the person can make a first appeal to the First Appellate Authority. The First Appellate Authority is an officer who is senior in rank to the Public Information Officer (PIO). The First Appellate Authority is required to dispose of the appeal within 30 days of the receipt of the appeal. If the First Appellate Authority does not dispose of the appeal within the stipulated time, the person can make a second appeal to the Central/State Information Commission. The Central/State Information Commission is a statutory body that is set up to oversee the implementation of the RTI Act. The Central/State Information Commission is required to dispose of the appeal within 90 days of the receipt of the appeal.
In the given question, List-I contains the three types of appeals that can be made under the RTI Act and List-II contains the authorities to whom these appeals can be made. The correct match is:
a. First appeal 1. First Appellate Authority
b. Second appeal 2. To the officer senior in rank to the PIO
c. Third appeal 3. Central/State Information Commission