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Where a PIO fails to give a decision on a life-or-liberty RTI request within the prescribed forty-eight hours, the consequence under the RTI Act, 2005 is that:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. The Lesson 16 paragraph on the duties of a PIO expressly states the deemed-refusal consequence.
2. Where information concerns life or liberty, the same shall be provided within 48 hours of receipt.
3. "If the PIO fails to give decision on the request within the period specified, he shall be deemed to have refused the request."
4. This deemed refusal triggers the appellate remedy under Section 19; the applicant need not wait for an explicit refusal.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 16: Right to Information Act, 2005, pp. 391-405._
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