Court. No. 236 v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Soumitra Bandopadhyay, Mr. Srinath Singha Roy … for the Petitioners. … for the State.

Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today is taken on record.

At the time of hearing learned advocate for the writ petitioners submits before this Court that though in the prayer portion of the writ petition it has been written by the writ petitioners that they have been aggrieved for non-consideration of the representation dated August 20, 2024, but for the present an appropriate order may be passed directing the respondent authority, more specifically respondent no.3 to provide informations with regard to the questionnaires pursuant to an application under Section 6 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 under cover of the said letter dated August 23, 2024.

Such prayer is vehemently opposed on behalf of the respondent State.

On careful consideration of the copy of the letter dated August 23, 2024 as written by the writ petitioners addressed to the respondent no.3, it appears to this Court that under the provisions of Right 2 Information Act, 2005 the writ petitioners have asked for some informations as mentioned in the said letter from the respondent no.3.

No materials could be placed that the informations as sought for have been supplied to the writ petitioners though the answers to the questions have been called for under Section 6 of the Right to Information Act,

In view of such while disposing the instant writ petition, this Court directs the respondent no.3 and/or SPIO, North 24 Parganas to provide the informations as sought for by the writ petitioners under cover of the letter dated August 23, 2024, forthwith if the said informations do not fall under the category of Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Liberty is given to the writ petitioners to communicate the server copy of this order to the respondent no.3 as well as to the District Magistrate, North 24 Parganas for their immediate compliance. The respondent no.3 as well as the District Magistrate, North 24 Parganas are directed to act on the server copy of this order.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities. (Partha Sarathi Sen, J.)