Mohamed Khader Meeran A S, v. The Chief Secretary,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 13.06.2023 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR.SANJAY V.GANGAPURWALA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU Mohamed Khader Meeran A S ..

Petitioner Vs 1.The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamilnadu, Fort St. George, Chennai.

2.The Secretary to Government, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Government of Tamilnadu, Fort. St. George, Chennai.

3.The State Informatics Officer, Tamilnadu State Center, E-Wing, I Floor, Rajaji Bhavan, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600 019.

4.Union of India, rep. by its Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi.

5.The Director General, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003.

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Respondents Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioner representation dated 12.5.2017 and consequently direct the first respondent to direct all departments of Tamilnadu to disclose the proactive disclosure mandated by RTI Act in their respective websites and direct the respondents to launch RTI online portal.

For the Petitioner : No appearance For the Respondents : Mr.K.M.D.Muhilan Addl. Government Pleader for respondents 1 and 2 : Mr.K.Gunasekar for respondents 3 to 5

ORDER

(Order of the court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) None appeared for the petitioner when the matter is called out.

2. Respondents 1 and 2 have filed the status report. As per the status report, the Right to Information online web-portal was

implemented in Human Resources Management Department (formerly Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department), Secretariat, Chennai from 25.06.2021. It is further stated in the counter that the Right to Information online facility was implemented in all the departments of Secretariat in phases after giving necessary training to the officials concerned and the same is functioning well.

3. In the light of that, the writ petition is dismissed. There will be no order as to costs.

(S.V.G., CJ.) (P.D.A., J.) 13.06.2023 Index :

Yes/No :

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To 1.The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamilnadu, Fort St. George, Chennai.

2.The Secretary to Government, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Government of Tamilnadu, Fort. St. George, Chennai.

3.The State Informatics Officer, Tamilnadu State Center, E-Wing, I Floor, Rajaji Bhavan, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600 019.

4.The Secretary, Union of India, Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi.

5.The Director General, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003.

THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND P.D.AUDIKESAVALU, J.

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