JUDGMENT :

D.N. PATEL, J.

Proceedings have been conducted through video conferencing.

1. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied by the judgment and order of the Learned Single Judge in W.P. (C) No. 7976/2020 dated 12.01.2021 as modified vide order dated 29.01.2021 (Annexure P-1 collectively to the memo of this appeal), the Appellant has filed the present Appeal. The impugned orders are assailed by the Appellant (Original Petitioner) on the ground that the Appellant was entitled to be provided with the information sought for under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Act’) seeking the details of the Residential Address and Father’s Name of all the selected candidates, who were appointed to the post of Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) by Respondent No. 1.

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2. The Appellant (Original Petitioner) preferred an application dated 06.08.2018 under the Act in respect of certain appointments of MTS at the Presidential Estate, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi and requested for information on six points. Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Respondent No. 1 responded to the said application vide its reply dated 24.08.2018 and provided information with respect to Queri