1. Please provide a list and copy of the written notice sent to Chief Inspector as per Section 7 of Factories Act 1948 by any industry involved with asbestos milling, products or processing and may include, but not limited to asbestos cement roofing manufacture.
2. As per section 9 of Factories Act 1948, please provide the factory and year wise list of examinations of premises/plant/machinery/article or substance made by Chief Inspector(or name as per State) of any industry involved with asbestos milling, products or processing and may include, but not limited to asbestos cement roofing manufacture.
3. As per section 12 of Factories Act 1948, please provide authority prescribed for treatment I wasted and effluents due to manufacturing process in premises/plant of any industry involved with asbestos milling, products or processing and may include, but not limited to asbestos cement roofing manufacture.
4. As per section 40 of Factories Act 1948, please provide the year wise list and copy of orders in issued to factories/premises/plants made by Chief Inspector (or name as per State) of any industry involved with asbestos milling, products or processing and may include, but not limited to asbestos cement roofing manufacture.
5. As per Section 41B of the Factories Act, 1948, please provide a year wise copy of compulsory disclosures involving hazardous processes received by Chief Inspector (or name as per State) of any industry involved with asbestos milling, products or processing and may include, but not limited to asbestos cement roofing manufactures in the state.
6. Please provide a form of register of adult workers, its place of registration and the time period for which data is preserved for workers of any industry involved with asbestos milling, products or processing and may include, but not limited to asbestos cement roofing manufacture as per Section 62 of the Factories Act, 1948.
7. Please provide a copy of the rules as per Section 87 made by the state for any industry involved with asbestos milling, products or processing and may include, but not limited to asbestos cement roofing manufactures in the state.
8. Please provide the year wise numbers of the asbestosis cases received by the State as per Section 89 of the Factories Act 1958.
9. Please provide the list of the year wise instances where any enquiry has been initiated as per Section 90 for diseases caused by any factory.
10. Please provide any guideline, circular or memorandum or any document with any other name related to asbestos, asbestosis, mesothelioma or related issues by the dated in the context of industries in the state.
DOPT has introduced the concept of Nodal RTI Office. In this regard, the nodal rti officer has to analyse and apply his or her mind and either arrange for the information from the PIOs or transfer the application under Section 6(3) of the RTI Act under intimation to the application within 5 days. This has been reaffirmed in WPC 900 of 2021 Rakesh Kumar vs CPIO Delhi High Court which stated that PIO cannot act as post office and has to apply his or her mind.