Info of private home of user

Two parts to your question — let me separate them:

**(a) RTI on a *private* individual's home** — RTI Act §2(h) only covers "public authorities", so the home of a private person is not directly RTIable. BUT, a lot of derivative information sitting with public authorities IS: - Property tax records (Municipal Corporation) - Electricity / water connection records (DISCOM / Jal Board) - Building plan sanction (local building authority) - Land/khasra records (Revenue Dept.)

Worked-through templates: https://righttoinformation.wiki/rti-for-property-records

(b) MP/MLA house allotment quota — this IS public. House allotment by the Directorate of Estates (for MPs) and by State Pool (for MLAs) is RTIable. Allotment lists, vacancy lists, occupation period etc. all come out cleanly under §4 proactive disclosure + RTI. - https://righttoinformation.wiki/mp-mla-house-allotment-rti

Chapter 8 of The RTI Playbook is dedicated to "indirect-info RTIs" — exactly this kind of case.

On the private-individual angle, Income Tax department info is generally a no-go (§8(1)(j) + IT Act bar), but if the property is being used for commercial purpose, GST registration is publicly searchable on the GSTN portal — no RTI needed.

The MP house allotment angle is excellent — used the Directorate of Estates RTI last year to get a list of bungalows held beyond entitlement and the press picked it up. The proactive-disclosure list on doe.gov.in is also useful as a starting point.

Question — does this apply to MLAs' constituency residences too, or only the Delhi MLA pool? Asking because my state assembly speaker's official residence has been a long-running concern.

Two parts to your question — let me separate them:

**(a) RTI on a *private* individual's home** — RTI Act §2(h) only covers "public authorities", so the home of a private person is not directly RTIable. BUT, a lot of derivative information sitting with public authorities IS: - Property tax records (Municipal Corporation) - Electricity / water connection records (DISCOM / Jal Board) - Building plan sanction (local building authority) - Land/khasra records (Revenue Dept.)

Worked-through templates: https://righttoinformation.wiki/rti-for-property-records

(b) MP/MLA house allotment quota — this IS public. House allotment by the Directorate of Estates (for MPs) and by State Pool (for MLAs) is RTIable. Allotment lists, vacancy lists, occupation period etc. all come out cleanly under §4 proactive disclosure + RTI. - https://righttoinformation.wiki/mp-mla-house-allotment-rti

Chapter 8 of The RTI Playbook is dedicated to "indirect-info RTIs" — exactly this kind of case.

On the private-individual angle, Income Tax department info is generally a no-go (§8(1)(j) + IT Act bar), but if the property is being used for commercial purpose, GST registration is publicly searchable on the GSTN portal — no RTI needed.

The MP house allotment angle is excellent — used the Directorate of Estates RTI last year to get a list of bungalows held beyond entitlement and the press picked it up. The proactive-disclosure list on doe.gov.in is also useful as a starting point.

Question — does this apply to MLAs' constituency residences too, or only the Delhi MLA pool? Asking because my state assembly speaker's official residence has been a long-running concern.