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Case studies / TransUnion CIBIL / 2026

Not maintainable

Third attempt on the same grievance closed as duplicate

Credit bureau · Credit report · duplicate credit-report

Complaint no.
N202627016020488
Against
TransUnion CIBIL
Filed
5 Oct 2026
Closed
14 Oct 2026
Time taken
9 days
Scheme
RB-IOS 2026
Closure clause
16(1)(a) r/w 10(1)(i)
Did it help?
Did not help
Compensation
None

What happened

A further complaint on the credit profile issue.

What I asked the Ombudsman for

Examination of events after the first closure.

What the entity said

Not asked to respond.

What the Ombudsman decided

Closed in 9 days: the earlier complaint on a similar subject had already been dealt with.

Did not help

Did the Ombudsman help?

No. Closed as a duplicate although it concerned things that happened after the earlier closure.

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What I took from it

When a closure is wrong and non-appealable, another complaint is not the route. An RTI reply told me that grievances about how an Ombudsman office handled a case go to the RBI's Consumer Education and Protection Department, and I wrote there instead.

Related complaints

Summarised from the RBI closure letter and my own correspondence. Names of individuals, account numbers and reference numbers other than the complaint number have been removed.