Ghanaram Kashyap v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
RTI Act 2005 Section 6(1) application fee; Rule 3 Right to Information Rules 2012; blank/unfilled Indian Postal Order invalid tender of fee; PIO Gram Panchayat Secretary Chhattisgarh; return of defective RTI application not refusal under Section 7; Section 19(1) first appeal; Section 19(3) second appeal 90-day limitation condonation; Section 20(1) penalty Rs 25,000 arbitrary; Section 6(3) transfer of application; forgery interpolation negotiable instrument; Chhattisgarh State Information Commission order quashed; writ jurisdiction Article 226; TDS information request; batch disposal 30 writ petitions WPC 2024; single judge Arvind Kumar Verma; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order dated 29.11.2023 of the Chhattisgarh State Information Commission in Second Appeal No. A/2441/2020/Raigarh imposing penalty on the PIOs quashed and set aside; no order as to costs; respondent No.4 at liberty to file a fresh RTI application accompanied by a postal order duly filled with requisite particulars.