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Calcutta High CourtWPA/28135/2023disposed

Hasanuzzaman And ORS v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

2024-05-15Hon'Ble Justice Gaurang Kanth2 pages

15.05.2024 Item No.112 Ct. No. 28 CHC W.P.A. 28135 of 2023 Hasanuzzaman&ors.

-VsThe State of West Bengal &ors.

Mr. Ali AhasanAlamgir, Mr. SimantaKabir, Mrs. RabiaKhatoon, Mr. AvikPramanick, Ms. Soma Mal, ... for the petitioner Mr. Maniruzzaman, Mrs. Dipa Bhattacharya ...for the State Affidavit-of-service filed in Court be taken on record.

The Petitioner has sought certain information from the SPIO under RTI Act, however SPIO failed to respond to the said application. Hence, the Petitioner moved to the first appellate authority. The first appellate authority directed the SPIO (RTI) to dispose of the Petitioner's application dated 25.08.2023 within 30 days. It is the case of the petitioner that the application has still not been decided.

Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of directing the Respondent No. 5 to comply with the order of the

appellate authority and dispose of the RTI application of the petitioner within 30 days, if not already disposed of.

With this direction, the present writ petition is disposed of.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties, on priority basis.

(GaurangKanth, J.)