Dear Sarbajit, Thanks a lot for posting this DHC order.
Not only ICSG but also every other ICs(Central/State) are more or less afflicted with this malady. i.e. giving out "UNREASONED ORDERS" in whimsical & careless manner. Hope all ICs would heed to DHC judgment hereafter. Sidharth Misra On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:45 AM, sroy1947 <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://lobis.nic.in/dhc/SKN/judgement/19-09-2009/SKN15092009CW83632008.pdf > > "2. The impugned order dated 7th November, 2008 suffers from two > infirmities. Firstly, it is a non-speaking order and secondly the impugned > order was passed without notice to the third parties, i.e. the petitioner and > Ms. Sangeeta Paul, Principal of the petitioner school about whom certain > information was sought by the respondent No. 4. On these two grounds, the > impugned order cannot be sustained and has to be set aside." > > "6 ... The appeal filed before the Information Commissioner has > been allowed by order dated 7th November, 2008. As noted above, the > Information Commissioner has allowed the appeal without giving any > reasons and has merely stated that the exemption claimed under Section > 8(1)(j) is only a ploy to deny the information. This does not meet the > requirement of the Section, the Act and principle of administrative law, > i.e., giving of reasons." >
