Vinod Kumar v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38381 of 2023 Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Raj Narayan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J.

¶1Heard Shri Raj Narayan, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

¶2This writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of Mandamus commanding the respondent No. 4 to produce copies of Science, Mathematics, Hindi, Sanskrit/Urdu and Computer.

¶3By placing reliance upon the judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Central Board of Secondary Education and another vs Aditya Bandopadhyay and others, reported in 2011(8) SCC 497, learned Standing Counsel submits that the petitioner has a remedy to apply under the Right to Information Act, 2005. However, even under the said Act, copies can be furnished upon the petitioner only when the same have not yet been weeded out as per the Government Order dated 18.08.2023.

¶4Leaving the petitioner's rights to apply under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the writ petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid observation. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 Sazia High Court of Judicature at Allahabad