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Barkatullah University changes tune, to accept cash from RTI applicants

-The Times of India
 
Barkatullah University will have a separate counter to accept cash from RTI applicants seeking information related to BU issues soon. The facility will save RTI applicants from paying more money, the university registrarsaid.

The decision came a day after the TOI carried a story on how RTI applicants are forced to cough up Rs 27 for a photo copy because the university doesn't accept cash and insists on a challan of Rs 2, for which the bank charges a commission of Rs 25.

"We will have a separate counter to accept the cash. We do not want any RTI applicant to suffer," Barkatullah University registrar Sanjay Tiwari said.

Former chief information commissioner (CIC) PP Tiwari had told TOI that the applicants could not be forced to deposit RTI fees through challan or postal order. "It is the applicant's choice to deposit money as per his convenience. It is wrong, if the university is forcing applicants and taking more money than the prescribed amount," Tiwari had said.