Shailesh Kumar Shukla v. State Information Commission Thru. State Chief Information Commissioner and 3 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 8973 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shailesh Kumar Shukla Respondent :- State Information Commission Thru. State Chief Information Commissioner And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Atul Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- Shikhar Anand,C.S.C.,Shikhar Anand Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Shikhar Anand, learned counsel for respondent nos.1 and 2.

¶2Present writ petition is filed by petitioner for the following main relief: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite party no.2 to decide the Appeal filed by the petitioner bearing Second Appeal No.S-03-153/A/2023, within a stipulated time frame as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper."

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that grievance of the petitioner would be sufficiently met in case respondent no.2 considers and decides the aforesaid second appeal in a time bound manner.

¶4Looking into the facts and circumstances of the case, without entering into the merits of the case, respondent no.2-Chief Information Commissioner, State Information Commission, U.P., Lucknow is directed to proceed with Second Appeal No.S-03-153/A/2023 and decide the same in accordance with law, by a reasoned and speaking order, as expeditiously as possible, say within a period of two months from the date, a certified copy of this order is placed before him, after hearing all the parties concerned.

¶5With the aforesaid direction, present writ petition is disposed of. [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] Order Date :- 16.10.2023/Sachin High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench