Ram Chander v. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral)

In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 18898 of 2009 Date of Decision: 9.12.2009 Ram Chander State of Haryana and Others Versus …Petitioner …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Raj Kapoor Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Grievance of the petitioner, in the present writ petition, is that the information sought was supplied after a delay of seven months, therefore, the erring official should have been fastened with liability under the provisions of Section 20(1) of the Right to Information Act,

2005. State Information Commissioner, Haryana, accepted the apology of the erring official and took into notice that delay in supplying the information and held that delay was not willful and cautioned the officer to remain careful in future. State Information Commissioner, Haryana, had also awarded compensation of Rs.1,000/- to the petitioner. In the present case, counsel for the petitioner prays that enhanced compensation should have been awarded to the petitioner. This Court is not for the redressal of the personal vendetta of the petitioner. In case the petitioner had sought information for public Civil Writ Petition No. 18898 of 2009 2 good, he cannot take the litigation for satisfying vengeance. Hence, there is no merit in the present writ petition and the same is dismissed. December 9, 2009 “DK” (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge