# How to File RTI at UP Bar Council

> Step-by-step guide to filing a physical RTI application with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh: address, fee, 30-day timeline, first and second appeal.

Source: https://sudhirrao.com/insights/how-to-file-rti-at-up-bar-council  
Author: Sudhir Rao — Advocate, Supreme Court of India  
Category: Other  
Published: 2026-09-21

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#### One of my clients recently had a case which I am explaining below and if you are stuck in such similar situation, here is what to do.

**Note:** Due to attorney-client privilege, I cannot disclose complete case details or identify the actual parties involved. However, I am sharing the essential facts and legal approach so that if you find yourself in a similar situation, you can understand the available solutions and legal remedies.

**TL;DR:** Filing an RTI at UP Bar Council is done on plain paper, addressed to the Public Information Officer by designation, with the prescribed fee paid against a receipt and a stamped acknowledgement taken. There's no mandatory online portal, and a physical or postal application is perfectly valid under the Right to Information Act, 2005. If the Council stays silent for thirty days, that silence itself is a refusal you can appeal.

Rohit Bansal moved his practice from Kanpur to Pune two years ago. Somewhere in that move, the original enrolment certificate issued by the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh went missing, and a bank that wanted to verify his standing as an advocate refused to accept a photocopy. He needed a certified copy of the entry in the Council's roll of advocates, plus the date the entry was made.

So he did what most people do. He travelled to the Council's office with a handwritten request on plain paper and handed it to the clerk at the counter. The clerk glanced at it, said there was no prescribed form and told him to come back later. He came back. Three visits across five weeks, two days of leave spent, and still nothing.

Then he approached the Chamber of Advocate Sudhir Rao. The first thing the office did was scrap the handwritten note and draft a proper application under Section 6 of the Right to Information

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