'It is against the letter and spirit of the RTI Act to exclude information related to appointment of governor, high court judges, ministers, code of conduct for ministers and letters written by the governor to the president from its purview. Section 24(4) of the act doesn't apply as these matters are not related to intelligence or security organisations of the state,' said Tiwari.

The state government had issued the notification on June 7, 2009, stating that the five subjects will not come under the purview of the RTI Act, 2005. In an earlier order of civil aviation department on March 25, 2008, two units of civil aviation department were also removed from the purview of RTI Act, 2005.

NAPM requested the state government to retract any attempt to tamper with the RTI Act and restore the original scope of the act.