Fee Payable and Mode of Payment (Cash,DD,Cheque etc)
Application Fee
For providing information under sub-section(1) or sub-section (5) of section 7, a fee of Rs.10/- shall be charged, by affixing court fee stamps on the application or by way of cash or postal order or demand draft or bankers cheque, payable to the Pay Officer/TSTRANSCO in the form of IPO/DD or Court fee stamp or can be paid in cash to the Pay Officer / TGTRANSCO / VS / Hyderabad along with application for seeking information.
Fee to be charged for providing information
Priced material:
Publications printed mater, text, maps, plans, floppies, CDs samples, models or material in any other form, which are priced, the sale price thereof;
Other than Priced Material:?
(i)Material in printed or text form (in A4 or A3 size paper) Rs.2/- per each page per copy ;
(ii)Material in printed or text form in larger than A4 or A3 size paper actual cost thereof;
(iii)Maps and Plans – actual cost thereof;
(iv)Information in Electronic format viz., floppy, CD or DVD:
(a) Rupees fifty for Floppy of 1.44 MB;
(b) Rupees one hundred for CD of 700MB; and
(c) Rupees two hundred for CD(DVD);
(v)Samples and Models- actual cost thereof;
(vi)Inspection of records – no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each subsequent hours(or fraction thereof) thereafter. As amended vide G.O.Ms.No.454 GA(I&PR.II) Department, Dt.12-12-2005.
(vii)Material to be sent by post- the actual postal charges in additional to the charge payable as per these rules.
If the applicant belongs to below poverty line (BPL) category, he is not required to pay any fee. However, he should submit a proof in support of his claim to belong to the below poverty line. The application not accompanied by the prescribed fee of Rs.10/- or proof of the applicant’s belonging to below poverty line, as the case may be, shall not be a valid application under the Act and, therefore, does not entitle the applicant to get information.