The letter mentioned that the directive must be implemented in letter and spirit, without exception, to uphold transparency and accountability in governance. (Credit: Unsplash)The Haryana government has directed all State Public Information Officers (SPIOs) posted in the Haryana Civil Secretariat to strictly accept and process Right to Information (RTI) applications transferred by the RTI Cell, Office of the Chief Secretary. A letter in this regard was issued by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi Wednesday. “The directive comes in response to repeated instances where certain SPIOs have been refusing to accept such applications, despite the matters clearly falling within their jurisdiction. This practice has been seen as a violation of the spirit of the RTI Act, 2005, and detrimental to the transparency framework.