On a Writ Petition under the RTI Act, 2005, the Court ordered the Central Information Commission to dispose of the petitioner's second appeal within three months due to delay.
The Central Information Commission was directed to dispose of the petitioner's second appeal within three months. The WPO was disposed of.
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ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction ORIGINAL SIDE
WPO/1532/2022
SWAPAN KUMAR DAS VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.
BEFORE:
The Hon'ble JUSTICE RAJASEKHAR MANTHA Date : 23rd March, 2022
Appearance: Mr. Tapas Dutta,. Adv. … for the petitioner.
Mr. Navneet Misra, Adv. … for the respondents.
The Court :- The petitioner is aggrieved by non-receipt of information from the respondents. The petitioner has applied for Right to Information Act, 2005 and has preferred first and the second appeals. The second appeal is yet to be disposed of.
In that view of the matter, Central Information Commission, being the respondent no. 4 shall dispose of the petitioner’s appeal being file No. CIC/IARMY/A2021/132581 preferably within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order.
WPO No. 1532 of 2022 is, accordingly, disposed of.
(RAJASEKHAR MANTHA, J.)
mg/S. Chandra
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Central Information Commission should dispose of the pending second appeal regarding non-receipt of information.
SWAPAN KUMAR DAS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.
RAJASEKHAR MANTHA
As recorded by the court registry
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