Dismissed
B. Venu Gopal Reddy v. The State Public Inofrmation Officer
Telangana HCWP/34543/2011
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The petitioner filed a Writ Petition challenging non-furnishing of information regarding house allotment under the Andhra Pradesh Rajiv Swagruha Scheme. The Court noted the availability of an alternative remedy via second appeal to the State Information Commissioner under Section 19(3) of the RTI Act and dismissed the petition as not maintainable at this stage.
What did the court decide?
The Writ Petition is dismissed without going into the merits, with liberty to the petitioner to approach the State Information Commissioner under Section 19(3) of the RTI Act.