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1 - 2 of 2 (0.19 seconds)Bihar Public Service Commn vs Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi & Anr on 13 December, 2012
Relevant facts emerging during the Hearing, Discussion and Decision
The Appellant stated that the entire information sought by him has been withheld.
He was informed by us that he had sought elaborate information on 25 points. This would
File No. CIC/SH/A/2015/000798
be voluminous. Therefore, he could either inspect all the records at the office of the
Respondents in Mumbai or he should indicate five or six important points on which he
needs information, so that the Respondents could be directed to provide such information
as could be disclosed under the RTI Act. The Appellant preferred the second option and
mentioned point Nos. 6, 8, 10, 12, 18 and 20 of his RTI application. The Respondents
stated that the matter concerning the selection process, in the context of which
information has been sought, is pending before the High Courts of Guwahati and Patna
and the Assistant Labour Commissioner at Bhopal. Therefore, the information cannot be
provided. However, in response to our query, they stated that no court of law or tribunal
has expressly forbidden disclosure of the information sought by the Appellant. They also
cited the Supreme Court judgment in Bihar Public Service Commission Vs. Saiyed
Hussain Abbas Rizwi & Anr. (Civil Appeal No. 9052 of 2012).
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