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2023 Supreme(Jhk) 236

RAJESH SHANKAR
Punam Kachap – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand, through the Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation Department – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ranjan Kumar.
For the Respondents: Ms. Sunita Kumari, Mr. Sanjay Piprawall.

JUDGMENT :

1. Keeping in view the order dated 08.11.2019, let the Jharkhand State Information Commission, through its Secretary be impleaded as the respondent No.4 in the present writ petition.

2. Necessary insertion in the cause title of the present writ petition be made by the office.

3. Since Mr. Sanjay Piprawall, Advocate, has been appearing on behalf of the respondent No.4, there is no need to issue any notice to him.

4. Though Vakalatnama has been filed on behalf of the respondent No.3, no one appears on behalf of the said respondent.

5. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 29.06.2018 passed by the Information Commissioner, Jharkhand State Information Commission [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commission’] in Appeal Case No. 2816/2015 and communicated to the petitioner vide memo No. 9040 dated 19.07.2018 (Annexure-6 to the writ petition) whereby she has been imposed a penalty of Rs.25,000/- under Section 20(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act, 2005’] with further direction to get the same deposited in the concerned district treasury in five equal monthly instalments of Rs.5,000/-.

6. Learned counsel fo

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