the collection of donations for the event in question subject to various conditions including the filing of accounts within one month of the completion of the event. The grievance of the Petitioner is that an application was submitted to the Charity Commissioner under Section 41C only after the Petition was lodged before this Court on 19 March 2010. Though the order of the Charity Commissioner noted earlier is based on an application dated 30 March 2010, it has been stated on behalf of the First Respondent that an application was as a matter of fact submitted in the month of February to the Charity Commissioner. That application, however, it is urged was not in the prescribed format and consequently a proper application as required was submitted on 30 March 2010. The disclosure of information to the Petitioner under the Right to Information Act by the Information Officer on 8 March 2010 is consistent with this insofar as it records that for 2010 an application as of the date of the letter had not been received in the prescribed form for the collection of donations under Section 41C for the Police Welfare Fund. The letter, however, records that an application had been made The letter of disclosure states that an application had been received, a copy of which could be made available in accordance with the existing rules. As of 8 March 2010 the Charity Commissioner had not granted permission. The Charity Commissioner granted permission for the collection of donations for the Police Welfare Fund on 30 March 2010. Hence, the foundation of the petition which is that donations have not been permitted by the
