My father is a retired grade 2 zilla parishad headmaster of vijayanagaram district. He had retired in 1999 as per the vaguely available details with me. Now he had abandoned 9without legally separating) my mother to her fate due to the wrong misintertapretation and feedback given to him by inlaws when I was of 6 years age. Now I am 37 years age. I had filed an RTI on behalf of my mother on her name asking for my father's service records and pension details. I had not received a reply. I had filed first appeal, then I had received a letter from first appellate authority stating that since the service records are of personal nature as per section 8 (1) (i), they cannot be disclosed to any third party and also since my father retired in 1999 the information cannot be retrieved. Also they had asked me my father's pension number or from the school which he had lastly retired, so that they can pull out the details. Here, sirs please advice me the following :
1. Whether I should reply to the first appellate authority only from which my mother had received a reply or else shall I address the reply to second appellate authority. If so please let me know the second appellate authority (The initial rti application was filed with PIO, District Education Office, Vijayanamagaram district, Andhra Pradesh. The first appeal was filed with first appellate authority, district education office, vijayanagaram district, andhra pradesh, from which I had received reply which is not satisfactory and insufficient)
2. Will myself and my mother considered as third parties for disclosing such information ?
3. Please advice me how, when and to whom I should file reply for the above letter received from first appeallate authority and what all sections shall i mention in that reply to retreive my father's service record and pension details on behalf of my mother ? I am filing using her name only ?
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