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Dissatisfied by the same, the appellant filed the instant appeal. The respondents claimed that a response had been provided to the appellant in each point mentioned in his application. They also submitted a receipt of written submission. A copy of reply was also presented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commission perused Sections 2(f) and 2(j) of the RTI Act 2005 and also referred to the Supreme Court decision in<em> CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/jB1sa5P8\">(2011) 8 SCC 497,<\/a> wherein it was held that the reference to \u2018opinion\u2019 or \u2018advice\u2019 in the definition of \u2018information\u2019 in Section 2(f) only refers to such material as is available in the records of public authority. Further, under the Act, an applicant is entitled to get a copy of opinion, advice, circular, etc. but he cannot ask as to why such material had been passed. 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