Under Section 18 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, it is the duty of the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be, to conduct inquiry, inter alia, on the complaint of a person who believes that he or she has been given incomplete, misleading or false information under this Act.
So, you can file a complaint with the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be about false information given to you in the RTI reply.
Further, under Section 20 of the said Act, where the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal is of the opinion that the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, has, without any reasonable cause, inter alia, knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or misleading information, it has the power to impose penalty on such officer not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees.
In addition to this, furnishing false information may also be an offence under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code, in appropriate cases.
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