While most public-authorities accept blank-left postal-orders for payee’s name to be filled by themselves as per their requirement, some public-authorities deliberately harass RTI applicants by returning such postal-orders, not immediately on receipt, but on last 30th day of responding by revealing blank-left postal-orders are not acceptable, like was done by Puneet Kulshreshtha PIO (IMFL) from Department of Excise, Entertainment & Luxury Tax (Delhi Government), mentioning that date of RTI petition would be considered on receipt of properly endorsed postal-order.

Only remedy is that Department of Posts may be directed to immediately issue special free-of-commission RTI postal-orders of rupees ten payable at par at all post-offices in India with “Accounts Officer” printed as payee’s name. In the meanwhile, blank-left postal-orders for payee’s name may be acceptable by all public-authorities.