Anil Kumar Jain v. Canara Bank General Administration Section Regional Office West & ANR.

$~28 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6057/2020 ANIL KUMAR JAIN ..... Petitioner Through Mr.RajeevMehra, Sr.Adv. with Mr.R.

K. Gupta and Ms.Swaralipi Deb Roy, Advs.

versus CANARA BANK GENERAL ADMINISTRATION SECTION REGIONAL OFFICE WEST & ANR.

..... Respondents Through Mr.Premtosh Mishra, Mr.Mayank Tripathi, Advs. for R-1.

Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, SPP, for Respondent- 2 / CBI.

Mr.GaurangKanth, SC for CIC with Ms. Biji Rajesh, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA

O R D E R

% 10.09.2020 This hearing has been held by video conferencing. CM No.21781/2020 (Exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

CM No.21782/2020 This application has been filed seeking permission to file lengthy synopsis and list of dates.

For the reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed. W.P.(C) 6057/2020 1.

The learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that by way of

the present petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the Central Information Commission (CIC) to hear the appeal filed by the petitioner against the order dated 16.12.2019 of the Appellate Authority of the Canara Bank under the Right to Information Act, 2005, expeditiously. He submits that a similar prayer was made to the CIC on 27.08.2020. 2.

The present petition is disposed of directing the Central Information Commission to consider the request of the petitioner for expeditious hearing of the appeal filed by the petitioner and pending before it. The petitioner shall be at liberty to mention the same before CIC. 3.

It is clarified that this court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the said appeal of the petitioner.

NAVIN CHAWLA, J SEPTEMBER 10, 2020/Arya