2011 (1) TMI 1240

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....a, for the Respondent. ORDER The conspectus of the facts, which needs a necessary mention for a limited purpose of deciding the core controversy involved in the instant writ petition and emanating from the record, is that Jai Singh son of Atma Ram (Respondent No. 2) filed an application (Annexure P2/T) before the petitioner-State Public Information Officer (for brevity "petitioner-SPIO")-cum-Sar....

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....1st Appellate Authority-cum-BDPO (for short "FAA") directed him (petitioner) to supply the information to Respondent No. 2, vide letter bearing No. 1568, dated 14-11-2008 (Annexure P3/T) within two days. Petitioner-SPIO, instead of supplying the information, again arbitrarily raised the demand of Rs. 9950/- for giving the information. 3. Still aggrieved by the inaction of petitioner-SPIO and....

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....ument of the learned counsel that there is no provision under the Act/Rules, vide which, the SIC can direct the petitioner-SPIO to supply the information free of costs to Respondent No. 2, is not only devoid of merit but misplaced as well. 7. What is not disputed here is that Respondent No. 2 filed an application (Annexure P2/T) seeking the indicated information and attached the postal order....

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....ided the information free of charge where a public authority fails to comply with the time-limits specified in sub-section (1). 10. As is evident from the record that the petitioner-SPIO did not comply with the time-limits specified in sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Act and did not supply the information, despite specific order/letter (Annexure P3/T) of FAA. In that eventuality, the SIC....