Ajay Pal Singh v. Uttar Pradesh Information Commission and Another

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 21711 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ajay Pal Singh Respondent :- Uttar Pradesh Information Commission And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ankita Singhal,Siddharth Singhal Counsel for Respondent :- Kaushalendra Nath Singh,Kunal Ravi Singh Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1Heard Shri Siddharth Singhal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri M.C. Chaturvedi, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Kaushalendra Nath Singh, learned counsel for the Authority/respondents.

¶2The present writ petition is preferred for a direction commanding the respondents to decide the first appeal under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Today, when the matter is taken up, Shri M.C. Chaturvedi has placed the order dated 04.12.2023 decided by the First Appellate Authority. He submits that the cause for filing the writ petition no more survives as the grievance of the petitioner has already redressed, even though, the Act itself is a self-contained Act. In case, he is still aggrieved with the first appellate order, he can approach to the second appellate authority under the Right to Information Act.

¶3Considering the facts and circumstances, we are not inclined to proceed on the merits of the case. We leave it open to the petitioner to invoke the remedy as available in law.

¶4With the aforesaid, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 12.12.2023 Rama Kant High Court of Judicature at Allahabad