An extraordinary feature of the Act is the right to seek information relating to private parties also, which may be a person or organization. Such other person or organization is referred to as 'Third Party' under the Act. The application to obtain information about third party has to be filed with the Public Information Officer of the authority/office which either possesses the information or which can obtain the same from the third party under any Law of the Land.

For instance, if a private organization, a company or a business has obtained a loan from a bank under which the stock has been hypothecated, the Bank has the power to call for and inspect on the spot, the physical stock of this private organization. Bank is most likely to be a Public Authority. All Nationalized Banks are. Consequently, any person can request for information about the stock position of such a private body.

Third party information is not easy to obtain.The Right to Information Act fully protects the interest of third parties.When the third party treats the information as confidential, then it is the duty of the Public Information Officer to give an opportunity to the Third Party before giving the information to the applicant.The third party gets ten days to reply to the letter of the Public Information Officer. It can send its reply in writing or represent its point personally in meeting with the Public Information Officer.

If the Third Party has no objection to the information being given to applicant or does not respond within ten days, the Public Information officer can give the information.

If the third party objects to supply of the information the Public Information Officer has to take the objections into consideration while deciding the matter.

If Tte Public Information Officer still decides to supply the information, the third party has the right to file appeal.Till the appeal is finalized, the Public Information Officer cannot supply the information.