Sri. Prakashchandrarao v. the Deputy Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral citation: NC: 2025:KHC:36947 (HC-KAR); WP No. 64042 of 2016 (GM-RES), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 16.09.2025 by Justice R. Nataraj (single Judge, Oral Order). Petitioner: Sri. Prakashchandrarao (counsel Sri. D. Nagaraja Reddy, absent). Respondents: (1) Deputy Commissioner/Public Information Officer/First Appellate Authority (Sri. Mahantesh Shettar, Additional Government Advocate); (2) Karnataka Information Commission (Sri. G.B. Sharath Gowda). Subject matter: challenge to KIC order No.KIC 752 COM 2015 dated 27.05.2016 (RTI appellate authority matter). Outcome: dismissed for non-prosecution; no merits decided.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution as there was no representation for the petitioner, the learned counsel having been absent despite taking time on the last date of hearing.