Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026
These Rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and cost) Rules, 2006.
Application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against proper receipt or by Demand Draft or Banker's Cheque payable to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat.
For providing information, fee shall be charged at the following rates
(a) rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied,
(b) actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper,
(c ) actual cost or price for samples or models, and
(d) for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour, and a fee of rupees five for each subsequent hour (or fraction thereof).
Where access to information is to be provided in printed or electronic format, the fee shall be charged at the following rates:-
(a) for information provided in diskette or floppy, rupees fifty per diskette or floppy, and
(b) for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.
For providing information under Sub-Section (1) of Section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by Demand or Banker's Cheque payable to he Drawing and Disbursing Officer, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat, at the following rates :-
Publications, printed matter, text, maps, plans, floppies, CDs samples, models or material in any other form, which are priced, the sale price thereof.
Any person who, does not receive a decision within the- time specified in sub-section (1) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) or Section 7 or is aggrieved by an order of the Public Information Officer may, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of the Public Information Officer, prefer an appeal to the appellate authority (Secretary to State Legislature) on plain paper in the format specified in Form-B which shall be accompanied by an appeal fee of rupees twenty by way of cash or by demand draft or banker's cheque payable to the Drawing and Disburisng Officer, Andhra Pradesh Legislature Secretariat against proper receipt.
Appeal under section 19(1) of the Right to Information Act, 20051)