{"id":188745,"date":"2010-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-n-nagaraj-vs-karnataka-information-on-18-october-2010"},"modified":"2016-01-23T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T15:55:16","slug":"sri-h-n-nagaraj-vs-karnataka-information-on-18-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-n-nagaraj-vs-karnataka-information-on-18-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sri H N Nagaraj vs Karnataka Information … on 18 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri H N Nagaraj vs Karnataka Information … on 18 October, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar<\/div>\n
IN me HIGH coum or RARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 13*\" DAY OF ocTom=-:R 2010\n\nBEFORE :\n\nme HON'Bi_E MRJUSTICE MOHAN sHANTANAGouft:);a;'rg--,t:\"'.\nWRIT PETITIQN Ng.17\u00a7\u00a7[2Q1Q(\u00a7M-Rggi.)  \"' \"\n\nBgjgwggn :   \u00e9\n\nH.N. Nagaraj\n\nS\/0 H.K. Narasimhegowda\n\nAged about 57 years\n\nOcc : Tahasildar & Public\n\nInformation Officer\n\nChinthamani Taluk\n\nChinthamani * '  'a_  .   \nChikkaballapur District. '-      __.7~..PetEtioner\n\n(By Sr': Basavarai GA-}<C.Ioda3Chi%a   '~ \n\n1. Karnataka' Inforrria_tto.r1 "Cj\u00a7m4mission\nRep by its Author\u00e9sved Representative\nM.S;.?-Buitiding, 3"? Stage, 3" Floor\n\n  V.  -Dr." "Arnb'ed kar Street'\n \u00bbl3engVa!u_m%-*5V6'@ Q01.\n\n2. S\u00abrhttr'SuVbb'ama31'a\nW\/or fate N_ar.aAyanaswamy\n~V Age"Maj'Qr,'Pa1epaEIE Village\n'-\u00bb.Shettih.a_H'i Post\n\n Annbaajidturga Hobii\n\n _ACh}_nthamani Taluk\n\n Czhikkaballapur District. ..Resp0ndents\n\n S.B. Shahapur, AGA., for R1)\n\n\n\n-2-\n\nThis Writ Petition is fifed under Articies 226 & 227 of\nthe Constitution of India praying to quash\/set aside the order\n\ndated 3.11.2009 made in KIC 8524 COM .2008 passedb-;}f"jtifi"e,\nR1 herein as per Annexure-A being totaiiy':..ar4tji'trary\u00a7;.._._y'.\n\nerroneous and not sustainabie in law and~i\u00ab-dis.-'nis.s: .the_'" \n\ncompiaint of the R2 herein.\n\nThis Writ Petition coming Vonfor p'reii'minaryV'i' \n'B' group this day, the Court made"s\u00abtVhe foiEowi.n_g'-:..'.= " \nQ__.R D._E"R=,"  1'\nPetitioner is the Tah'asi_i'da'rv--.of:'  Taluk and\n\nconsequentiy he is\u00aba.,;P:t:bii\u00a3j_AIn,format'ioii_\u00bb.Qfficer of Chintamani\n\nTaluk. TheHrespondentihioj.'2..:herei_n"'submitted an appiication<\/pre>\n
seeking  of Darakastu appiication,<\/p>\n
AvahaiuV.Takte,~~ _surv’eyi”v.sV|'<"\u00e9tch, revenue sketch, viliage<\/p>\n
._'j'rnahaz'ar'e:t<:.,\u00abof paVrti'c'ut'ar property. Such an appiication<\/p>\n
ciahifie' 28.2.2007. The petitioner's office did<\/p>\n
 mnot proyideV_t.h'e'1-inlformation for a long period of 14 months.<\/p>\n
-ii_f.i’_j;.\u00abi-_iowever, 11.5.2009, only a part of information was<\/p>\n
 iproyidled”A_\u00abto respondent No.2 by the office of the petitioner.<\/p>\n
.   there was deiay of about 14 months. Hence, the State<\/p>\n
1\/><\/p>\n
Information Commissioner issued show cause notice to the<\/p>\n
petitioner directing the petitioner to show cause as4.to\u00bb-lwhy<\/p>\n
action should not be taken against him under <\/p>\n
of Right to Information Act, 2oo5. The peti~tioti:e.r:’did-gnoyt”  <\/p>\n
reply to the said show _cause not._ice,-..,\u00e9fi’h”ii.s,..,thiefstatet<\/p>\n
Information Commissioner rightly-..heid ‘that the i.pet,it.i:Qner_T\u00a7has <\/p>\n
no explanation to offer to the   Ultimately,
\nthe impugned order as  111.2399 is
\npassed, directing the petviAt.i.onei’.  of \u20ac25,000\/~.
\nThe jurisdictiorialv  also directed to
\ninitiate dgistipliynaiiig  i,sgaiiiysti the petitioner in
\naccordance  the Ka rnataka Civil services<\/p>\n
(Classification, Colnt-ro’l*.an.d:”Appeal) Rules, 1957.
\n2,. This “Coiirt..does not find any error in the impugned<\/p>\n
I-‘,’VV’oi*d\u00a2r}’i~~\u00abi”ni.-.”so”i’far asvitirelates to imposition of DenaltY is<\/p>\n
 as, the petitioner has failed to explain<\/p>\n
befoireithe. Information Commissioner as to why the<\/p>\n
.._lf’_j’j;-g.__information* sought for by respondent No.2 was not provided<\/p>\n
l\/3<\/p>\n
-4-<\/span>
\nwithin the specified period of 30 days. As aforementioned,<\/p>\n
only part of the information was provided on 11.5.2009.\n<\/p>\n
3. The case of the petitioner is that he has assumed<\/p>\n
charge as Tahsiidar & Public Information Officer”-,Tof<\/p>\n
Chintamani Taiuk on 13.11.2008 and immediateiy_.t.h4ere_a\u00a7ft~er” <\/p>\n
the information was supplied to respondent-._: <\/p>\n
11.5.2009. Since the earlier off?vcer'”was*\u00ab._ai:’ <\/p>\n
petitioner prays that he should not bev4pena._iised..g  \u00bb. 1. ”<\/p>\n
4. It is not in dispute that_V_t’n.e peti’tiorre_r’hVas~..assumed * 2′<\/p>\n
office of7.__the\u00ab1;fa’hsilda.rb”Q-..i5fu~bE’ic Information Officer on<\/p>\n
13.11.2008. filed application seeking<\/p>\n
_inform\u00bbaftion,on  Thus, it is clear that the earlier<\/p>\n
 Enforrr.lati_on Officer has not supplied the information<\/p>\n
to”‘respoAn’d4ent__ illipv.-212 from 28.2.2007 till 13.11.2008. The<\/p>\n
 petitioner .–..cannot be blamed for the same. However the<\/p>\n
:”‘v4.44’p.et:itionerVdid not make endeavor to supply full information to<\/p>\n
4’_’_th’e._VVres’pondent No.2 within 30 days from the date of<\/p>\n
if lilassufming his office. But, he lgas furnished part of the<\/p>\n
4’!<\/p>\n
V7<\/p>\n
-5 _
\ninformation oniy on 11.5.2009 i.e., after the iapse of about<\/p>\n
six months from the date of assuming office. Fuli information<\/p>\n
as sought for by respondent No.2 is not provided. <\/p>\n
regard to the totality of the facts and circumsta_nce’s’,” _<\/p>\n
considered opinion, interest of justice; ,wii_i_ be me— if:’_th’e’~:oi”de::4 ”<\/p>\n
passed by the 15′ respondent in sov’\u00bb_far;”as:’  <\/p>\n
direction issued to the Deputy”\ufb01omiimissioneriiittuinitiate <\/p>\n
disciplinary action againstthe pety_i_.t4_i:i’c’:,.;i:e.-,5?  firhe rest:
\nof the impugned order gbe’coi’:fgivrr:no.d’, inasmuch as,
\nthe petitioner is ‘aiso aipfauiit  the fuii
\ninformation   even after he
\nassuming’:VofficeiVin-\u00abyifeyy”%f”th__e–afboye, the foilowing order is
\nmade : A if V H<\/p>\n
. . I
\nThe ‘~impug’n.ed_ _____ __crder vide Annexure-‘A’ dated<\/p>\n
 __by the 1″ respondent in so far as it relates<\/p>\n
to ‘.iss’u~i.n’gV”a’\u00e9Vd_i:ectVi’on to the Deputy Commissioner to initiate<\/p>\n
 discipiina.ry.AVaction against the petitioner as per Karnataka<\/p>\n
 ‘seryices (Classification, Control and Appeai) Ruies,<\/p>\n
 …1–9’5′:7′,i’stands quashed. Rest of the order passed by the<\/p>\n
V\/><\/p>\n
13’ respondent IS con\ufb01rmed. The impugned order IS modified<\/p>\n
to that extent oniy.\n<\/p>\n
Writ petition disposed of accordingfy.\n<\/p>\n
*bk\/ nk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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