Devi Shankar Mishra @ D.S. Mishra v. Utter Pradesh State Information Commission and 3 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 26813 of 2023 Petitioner :- Devi Shankar Mishra @ D.S. Mishra Respondent :- Utter Pradesh State Information Commission And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Saurabh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- Kunal Ravi Singh,Saurabh Kumar Pandey Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition praying to quash an order dated 28.02.2023 passed by respondent no. 2 and for a direction upon respondent no. 4 Public Information Officer, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sanatan Dharma Vidyalaya, Nawabganj, Kanpur Nagar to provide the information as asked by the petitioner. Sri Saurabh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a senior advocate in District Kanpur Nagar. He moved an application before respondent no. 4 requesting him to provide question booklet and answer copy of his son, who participated in entrance examinations of Class-IX with Roll No. 9055 on 13.02.2022 and with Roll No. 9219 in examination dated 13.03.2022. On being failed to garner the required information, the petitioner filed an appeal and thereafter second appeal, in which impugned order has been passed. On the basis of instructions, Sri Kunal Ravi Singh, learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 & 2 submits that the school in question is a private institute, wherein no government fund is provided, thus, it does not fall under the ambit of the bodies covered under the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, I do not find it a fit case to be interfered with by this Court. Accordingly, it is dismissed. No order as to costs. Order Date :- 31.10.2023 DS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad