Central Information Commission
Mr. Anil Bajirao Badgujar vs Supreme Court Of India on 6 March, 2013
Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/SM/A/2012/001031
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 6 March 2013
Date of decision : 6 March 2013
Name of the Appellant : Shri Anil Bajirao Badgujar,
S/o. Bajirao Dipchand Badgujar,
Gandhipura Mainroad, Erandol,
Distt - Jalgaon - 425 109.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Supreme Court of India,
New Delhi.
The Appellant was present.
On behalf of the Respondent, the following were present;
(i) Smt. Smita Vats Sharma, CPIO,
(ii) Ms. Sania Husaini, Advocate,
(iii) Shri Rajesh Inamdar, Advocate
Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. The Appellant was present in the Jalgaon studio of the NIC. The Respondents were present in our chamber. We heard all their submissions.
3. In his RTI application, the Appellant had wanted to know about the action taken on a petition he had filed before the Supreme Court. The CPIO had informed him that his petition had been received and decided to be filed as CIC/SM/A/2012/001031 it was found not to be covered under the PIL guidelines. The Appellate Authority had approved this decision.
4. During the hearing, the Appellant submitted that he had a lot of hope from the Supreme Court and was rather surprised that his petition had been filed. He demanded that the orders by which his petition was filed should be provided to him. We see no difficulty in disclosing this information. We direct the CPIO to write to the Appellant within 10 working days of receiving this order and to provide to him the photocopy of the orders/ file noting dated 12 May 2011 relating to the decision of the Registrar to file this particular petition.
5. The appeal is disposed off accordingly.
6. Copies of this order be given free of cost to the parties.
(Satyananda Mishra) Chief Information Commissioner Authenticated true copy. Additional copies of orders shall be supplied against application and payment of the charges prescribed under the Act to the CPIO of this Commission.
(Vijay Bhalla) Deputy Registrar CIC/SM/A/2012/001031