Petitioner challenged CCI order directing free certified copies within 21 days. Court clarified direction is specific to respondent and disposed petition accordingly.
None; petition disposed of with clarification regarding the applicability of CCI's order.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
$~30
UNION OF INDIA ..... Petitioner
Through Mr. P.Bhardwaj, CGSC with Ms. Akanksha Mishra, Advs.
versus
MR.R.K. AGRAWAL
..... Respondent
Through Mr. R.K. Agrawal, in person.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESH KUMAR KAIT
O R D E R
% 13.11.2018
Vide the present petition the petitioner has challenged the order dated 17.07.2017 whereby the Central Information Commission has directed as under:
“The Commission suggests the respondent authority to act sensibly and recommends Chief Postmaster General, New Delhi to instruct all the post masters to discourage demanding of money for documents less than 25 pages or cost not exceeding Rs.50. The Post Offices should be inclined to facilitate inspection to the applicants when they are seeking information involving records/files/documents consisting of more than 25 pages. They should not harass the people. The Commission directs the respondent authority to provide certified copies of the information as sought, free of cost, within 21 days from the date of receipt of this order. Disposed of.”
Counsel for the petitioner submits that under RTI, if any information is sought that to be given by charging the amount as prescribed in the Act.
This Court does not dispute the provisions of the Act. However, it is clarified that the directions to the petitioner herein to provide certified copies of the information as sought, free of cost within 21 days from the date of receipt of the order is qua the respondent herein, it is not a general direction passed to the petitioner.
The present petition is disposed of accordingly.
SURESH KUMAR KAIT, J
NOVEMBER 13, 2018 gb
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the direction by the Central Information Commission to the petitioner to provide certified copies free of cost is valid and applicable to this petitioner.
UNION OF INDIA
MR. R.K. AGRAWAL
SURESH KUMAR KAIT
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
