Suren Chandra Patir v. the Union of India and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition WP(C)/7172/2025, Gauhati High Court, Justice Kardak Ete, order dated 04.05.2026. Petitioner Suren Chandra Patir against Union of India (Ministry of Home Affairs), Public Information Officer of the Principal Accountant General (A and E) Assam, Appellate Authority/Public Information Officer of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and Chief Central Information Commission. Petition withdrawn and closed with liberty to approach the Information Commission under the right to Information Act, 2005 and file afresh; disposed on withdrawal, no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Withdrawal of the writ petition permitted; petitioner given liberty to approach the Information Commission under the right to Information Act, 2005 and to file a fresh petition as prayed for. ¶22