RAJENDRA MENON, ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY
Pramod Narain Tiwari, son of Shri Shambhunath Tiwari – Appellant
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State of Bihar through the Home Secretary, Department of Home, Old Secretariat, Patna – Respondent
ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY, J.
1. Right to Information Act heralded a new era of transparency and accountability in the working of public authority. The information under the Right to Information Act has exposed falsehood of many authorities in the decision making process. It is the information obtained by the petitioners of this case under the Right to Information Act on 20th of May, 2010 that proved to be a boon for these petitioners and they could be able to substantiate before the Division Bench hearing Civil Review No. 226 of 2012, that the counter affidavit filed in this case was result of misrepresentation and as such there was complete failure of justice. The Division Bench on consideration of the noting of file in connection with relaxation of the rigorous physical test, allowed the review petition vide judgment and order dated 28.7.2014 passed in Civil Review No. 226 of 2012 and restored CWJC No. 5631 of 1999 to its original file for disposal. The relevant part of the order dated 28.7.2014 is axiomatic and for ready reference the same is reproduced as follows:-
“Paragraph-12 of the impugned judgment is self eloquent of the opinion formed by the writ court that the terminati
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