Biplab Kumar Chowdhury v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

22.03.2022 Sl. No. 41 Court No.13 B.M.

WPA 16599 of 2021 Biplab Kumar Chowdhury Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

(Via Video Conference) Mr. Debnath Ganguly Mr. Aranya Saha Mr. Supriyo Dutta Ms. Aishwarya Pratihar ... for the petitioner Mr. Ziaul Islam Mr. Hare Krishna Halder ... for the State Mr. Raja Saha Mrs. Arpita Saha Mr. Sanjay Mukherjee ... for the State Information Commission The petitioner is aggrieved that the State Information Commission has not disposed of a second appeal under the RTI Act in respect of information sought from the Municipality in question.

The appeal is pending for a substantial period of time. Counsel for the State submits that given the huge volume of cases, the disposal is taking time. Having regard to the submissions made by the parties, this court directs the State Information Commission to dispose of the second appeal of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four months from the date of communication of this order.

With the aforesaid observations the writ petition is disposed of.

(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)