Santanu Mukherjee v. Union Of India And ORS.

08-09-2025 Item No.7 Subrata Bhattacharyya IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side AR(C) WPA No.20884 of 2025 Santanu Mukherjee -vsUnion of India & Ors.

Mr. Debanjan Mukherjee ...for the petitioner Mr. Anirban Mitra Mr. Ayanabha Raha ...for the respondent nos.1 & 7 Mr. Soumya Nag ...for the respondent nos.8 & 9 1.

The petitioner intends to obtain certain information under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

2.

The time period within which the information ought to have been provided has expired.

3.

As the petitioner is aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the authority to provide information, he has a remedy prescribed under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The instant writ petition on the said cause of action will not be maintainable.

4.

In view thereof, the writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed.

5.

It will be open for the petitioner to approach the competent forum for his remedy in accordance with law, if so advised.

6.

Certified copy of this order, if applied for, shall be made available to the parties.

[Amrita Sinha, J]