{"id":229693,"date":"2009-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-public-information-officer-vs-n-anbarasm-on-26-august-2009"},"modified":"2014-05-30T14:25:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T08:55:16","slug":"state-public-information-officer-vs-n-anbarasm-on-26-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-public-information-officer-vs-n-anbarasm-on-26-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"State Public Information Officer vs N Anbarasm on 26 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">State Public Information Officer vs N Anbarasm on 26 August, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar<\/div>\n<pre>\n\n5  \n\n5 I' \n-- I ~   \/2;\n\nE a \n\n\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATA KA AT BANGALOQE\n\nDATED THIS THE 26\"' my OF AUGUST  \n\nBEFORE 2\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE MOHAl\\i*,SH;\u20ac\\M'Ti4:\\iA\/.$fOi}b'AR\"'4.j\u00e9. %\n\nwan pgjrrrom No.941is\/zoos ceM.aE5;  \n\nBetween :\n\nState Public Information Officer. V ~ \n8: Deputy Registrar (Estabiishiiieri\ufb02 * \nThe High Court of Kamataka ' * \" '\nHigh Court Building,   , \"\nDr.Ambedkar V\u20ac:'edi1_i--\u00ab.  b   V.  \nBanga1ore-560     ~   .. Petitioner\n\n( By Sri N.=;iganai1ti\u00e9;;vVS;:';\u00a7Z?ou&lt;:1o&#039;eI._ for f\n\nSriranga &#039;Assoc1&#039;at_eS~)f v,  _ \n\nAND :\n\n2  iiiiii H\nRe_sidir1g. at Appie4VSOft,\nNo.3o9,&quot;io$tCr_o&#039;s-5 &quot; V _ Q\n15&#039; Main&quot;, --.ShiVar1;3gar,V\n\n  &#039;Nest of Chord. Road,\n Bangalore&#039;-&#039;56!) 0&#039;10. .. Respondent\n\n&#039; &quot; &#039;{ By Sr:;\\I.A\ufb01barasan, Party-in--person }\n\n\n\nThis Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 8: .227 of the\nConstitution of India praying to quash the order dated\n\n14.5.2008 [Annexure--G) passed by the Karnataka Infozinahtioizvvp\n\nCommission.\n\nThis Writ Petition coming on for hearingtpthi-sop  llpthewl  0 \n\nCourt made the following :\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>Heard the learned advocates aippeafingl on of<\/p>\n<p>parties and perused the stateInentVl4l&#8217;oI_l&#8221;1:objections l\ufb01lledl\ufb01by the<\/p>\n<p>respondent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Petitionerpphas   the order at<br \/>\nAnnexure-&#8216;G&#8217;      the Karnataka<br \/>\nInformation  _   Egtate Chief Information<br \/>\nCommissioner .li&#8217;as\ufb01d\u00a3.1&#8217;fectedl&#8221;&#8216;thpe&#8217;*&#8211;.petitioner to furnish certain<\/p>\n<p>records free of cost to thellcoinplainant.<\/p>\n<p>  3.V-&#8216;:c_j&#8217;l&#8217;l1e..erestpondenthelrein \ufb01led an application before the<\/p>\n<p>P{f3.1ic.=llnforrnatioiii;:Cfficer&#8211;Deputy Registrar of High Court of<\/p>\n<p> e,_.A_.ppKarnataip{at,l  for furnishing the certified copies of the<\/p>\n<p>_llgfo1i&#8217;owing linfoijmation\/documents as per the provisions of<\/p>\n<p> 1.] of the Right to Information Act, 2005 :<\/p>\n<p>Guidelines, rules pertaining to scrutiny of <\/p>\n<p>Writ Petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>Guidelines, rules pertaining to classifica&#8217;tion_:u&#8217;ii&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>of Writ Petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>Guidelines, rules which pres:eribe&#8217;sA.&#8217;to lpostla   <\/p>\n<p>Writ Petition only on eaVrly.4_hear&#8217;i&#8217;11glapplicatiorla <\/p>\n<p>Of 1T1\u20ac1&#8217;Il0.\n<\/p>\n<p>Procedure, guidelines and rules._foll&#8217;owed when<br \/>\nthe respondent has  not. 7filed._  V G&#8217; Written<br \/>\nstatement as per  l~Honourable<\/p>\n<p>Number\u00bb.oi&#8221;o::easi0.nsVtirnesreduests made by<br \/>\nRespond&#8217;en_ts_&#8217;for potstponirig the hearing and<\/p>\n<p>the ifeas ons p&#8217;r.ojeeted&#8221;&#8216;by them.<\/p>\n<p>l\\lumbet&#8221; of hearings&#8217;: held in Writ Petition<\/p>\n<p>  26\u00e9&#8217;57g2.o04.\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;times the Writ Petition Number<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;  &#8220;?;&#8217;665&#8243;i&#8217;.1\/f2.\u20acV).&#8217;04 posted for hearing.<\/p>\n<p>  p Ofdets of Hon.Judge in all hearings of Writ<br \/>\n _ &#8220;Petition Number 26657\/2004.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>9.<\/p>\n<p>10.<\/p>\n<p>1}.\n<\/p>\n<p>12.<\/p>\n<p>13.<\/p>\n<p>14.<\/p>\n<p>Objections, Written submission, Written<\/p>\n<p>statements filed by the respondents in W1-it<\/p>\n<p>Petition Number 26657\/2004.\n<\/p>\n<p>Procedure, Guidelines, rules f0H0&#8217;\\2iI\u20ac\u00ab&#8217;Z1,.&#8221;_:&#8217;:&#8221;j:1&#8211;i~,,\/L.i<\/p>\n<p>Writ Petition&#8221; ~ .. &#8216;Nu:-xiigsi\u00e9. _  <\/p>\n<p>posting the<br \/>\n26657 \/ 2004,<\/p>\n<p>Early hearing applicatio&#8217;n.;&#8221;&#8216;=meInox_ gird.   <\/p>\n<p>other request made by&#8230; &#8220;advocaite&#8230;_,for\u00a7<\/p>\n<p>petitioner<br \/>\n2665772004.\n<\/p>\n<p>in    Number<br \/>\nNumber    Petition<br \/>\nNumber 1,f;*935;&lt;2ooe;-   .&#8211; &quot; V<br \/>\n  WritdWPetition Number<br \/>\n1  \/2006 \ufb01e-sted. for beating.\n<\/p>\n<p>_Ordersau&#8217;of:V1~Io.n.Judge: in ali hearings in Writ<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Petition Nuhm&#8217;oer&#8230;1&lt;7935\/2006.<\/p>\n<p> Written submission, Written<\/p>\n<p>W&#039;  \ufb01ied by the respondents in Writ<\/p>\n<p>W  is.\n<\/p>\n<p>Z Hposting<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Procedure.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Petition Number 17935\/2006.\n<\/p>\n<p>Guidelines, rules followed in<\/p>\n<p>the Writ Petition<br \/>\n1 7935 \/2006.\n<\/p>\n<p>Number<\/p>\n<p>17. Early hearing application, memo and any<\/p>\n<p>other request made by the advocate <\/p>\n<p>petitioner in Writ Petition Numlger\u00bb  <\/p>\n<p>17935\/2006.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>The Public information Officer <\/p>\n<p>Annexure~&#8217;B&#8217; dated 3rd August 2007, inforrning the,.&#8217;ifespondenti V<\/p>\n<p>herein that the information sough&#8217;t:for by&#8221; the  in<br \/>\nrespect of the guidelines, rules   of the<br \/>\nwrit petition, guidelines and  tovlclgassi\ufb01cation of<br \/>\nthe writ petition, the.lproce(\u00a7lure,&#8217;v&#8217; rules followed<br \/>\nby the High  has not filed his<br \/>\nstatement,   High Court Act and<br \/>\nRules, 195fa:;&#8217;&#8211;._   relating to Sl.No.2, the<br \/>\nPublic InforrnationOfficerV  the respondent herein that<br \/>\n pgshoulgg lviciepositwnd  to furnish the list regarding<\/p>\n<p>cIass\u00bbificatiVori_ of __writ petition. As regards information<\/p>\n<p> relatiungfto&#8217;  request of the respondent was not<\/p>\n<p> considered as the request was not specific. As regards S1.Nos.6<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;the cohcerned of\ufb01cer informed the respondent herein<\/p>\n<p>  itoay obtain the certified copies of the order sheet<\/p>\n<p> [pertaining to the Writ Petition No.2e657\/2004 and Writ<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">-6-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Petition No.1&#8217;7935\/2006 in accordance with the Rules. Being<\/p>\n<p>aggrieved by the said order at Annexure~&#8217;B&#8217;, the <\/p>\n<p>herein filed complaint under Section 18 (1) of the  V&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Information Act, 2005 as per Ann.eX,ure&#8211;&#8216;iCllmbelfo\u00e9re&#8221; the<\/p>\n<p>Karnataka Information Commission. Itwis i:&#8217;e1evant.to  <\/p>\n<p>the respondent did not challenge&#8217;flthe. order<br \/>\nThus, the order Annexure&#8211;&#8220;B&#8217; has  finality,&#8221; However,<\/p>\n<p>the respondent herein chose.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>to file  under Section<br \/>\n18(1) of the Right toA,_Infor&#8217;;rv;f1_at&#8211;i:f.&gt;.I?  2008,<br \/>\ncontending therein?__&#8217;:th;;$t:i:. the information<br \/>\nis not furnishedlto  lfees within the time<br \/>\nlimit. The themstatement of objections<br \/>\nbefore the Kax*na&#8217;taha  Cornmission. After hearing,<br \/>\nthe impugned order._:ViAs&#8217; -passedltas per Annexure&#8211;&#8216;G&#8217; to the writ<br \/>\npetition&#8217;xthelbetiltioner to furnish High Court Act 81<\/p>\n<p>Rules ..or&#8217;dVei::sj&#8217;neet in two writ petitions free of cost to<\/p>\n<p>Q A A A ..the complainant,&#8217; &#8221;  &#8216;<\/p>\n<p> information as sought for by the respondent in<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab_lr&#8217;es;;ec&#8217;t._lof Item Nos}, 3 and 4 mentioned above are available in<\/p>\n<p>  High Court Act and Rules made thereunder. The<\/p>\n<p>said Act and Rules are available in market. If not available,<\/p>\n<p>the respondent has to obtain copies of the same fron1s\ufb02thle..<\/p>\n<p>publishers. it is not open for the respondent to  M<\/p>\n<p>of the same from the petitioner. But st1iangely,_&#8217;the if<\/p>\n<p>Information Commission has directed the petitioner&#8221;&#8216;to&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>the copies of the Karnataka High Court   of<br \/>\ncost under Right to Information Aet4\u00a7&gt;&#8221;v\u00ab_l&#8217;I&#8217;l1e  order in<\/p>\n<p>respect of the same is illegal: and <\/p>\n<p>The information. in respectfpof&#8217;  to 17 is<\/p>\n<p>relating to Writ  N\u00a7i2i3\u00ab$57.g2eo4l:\u00e9&#8217;:{d Writ Petition<\/p>\n<p>No.17935\/2006,   diswal party to the said<br \/>\nproceedings:V&#8217;.._A&#8217;Ihus,vlaccordiiig\ufb02top: Rules of the High Court, it<br \/>\nIS open for the&#8221;&#8216;respVonlde.nt_t&#8217;o:li&#8217;le an application for certified<br \/>\ncopies of order-&#8216; A.  or the relevant documents for<br \/>\n(&#8216;See Chapter&#8211;17 of Karnataka High Court<\/p>\n<p>Rules;   open for the respondent to obtain<\/p>\n<p>lvjrlcertified copies &#8216; the order sheet pending as Well as the<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;  of matters, the State Chief Information Commissioner<\/p>\n<p> is not justified in directing the petitioner to furnish copies of<\/p>\n<p> free of costs. If the order of the State Chief<\/p>\n<p>lk\/9<\/p>\n<p>_3,.\n<\/p>\n<p>Information Commissioner is to be implemented, then, it-..fwill<\/p>\n<p>lead to illegal demands. Under the Rules, any persoIitW&#8221;ho.,:is..<\/p>\n<p>party or not a party to the proceedings, can obtain   it<\/p>\n<p>the High Court as per the procedure  it<\/p>\n<p>mentioned supra. The State Chief Inf&#8217;or1n:a&#8217;tio&#8217;n eon:mis4s15_11ef&#8217;eiii<\/p>\n<p>has passed the order Without app-lying his &#8216;mind to&#8217;,the._:re-levant<\/p>\n<p>Rules of the High Court.  Chiefllnfovrlmation<br \/>\nCommissioner should have   Court Rules<br \/>\nbefore proceeding further. &#8216;order is illegal<br \/>\nand arbitrary, the ;&#8217;safae&#8217;is.lia&#8217;o?le&#8221;.&#8221;totbevvdiiasned. Accordingly,<br \/>\nthe following order :\u00bb   &#8216;C it C<\/p>\n<p>The impu&#8217;=gned&#8221;l54.5.2OO8 vide Ar1nexure&#8211;&#8216;G&#8217;<br \/>\npassed by the Karnatal\u00a7a&#8217;lnfo&#8217;rrr:;ation Commission, is quashed.<\/p>\n<p>Writ petiti is . allotlied ,ae_e_oi&#8221;dingly.<\/p>\n<p>sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>woes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court State Public Information Officer vs N Anbarasm on 26 August, 2009 Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar 5 5 I&#8217; &#8212; I ~ \/2; E a IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATA KA AT BANGALOQE DATED THIS THE 26&#8243;&#8216; my OF AUGUST BEFORE 2 THE HON&#8217;BLE MRJUSTICE MOHAl\\i*,SH;\u20ac\\M&#8217;Ti4:\\iA\/.$fOi}b&#8217;AR&#8221;&#8216;4.j\u00e9. % wan pgjrrrom No.941is\/zoos ceM.aE5; Between : [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Public Information Officer vs N Anbarasm on 26 August, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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