1. Since common issues are involved in all these writ petitions, they were heard together and they are disposed of by means of this common order.

2. In all the writ petitions, the petitioner is one and the same. He had asked for information from various Public Information Officers. The information sought for relate to the records pertaining to the Estates in the entire Theni and Dindigul Districts, relating to the pre-independence period as well as post-independence period. Without specifying the particular record, the petitioner has asked for information relating to the registers maintained under the Estates Land Act, 1908 and Estate Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act, 1948, Pimash Registers, names and other details of the Estate holders and some more details. The petitioner also submitted applications to the appellate authority, namely, the State Information Commissioner, the 1st respondent herein. The 1st respondent passed the impugned orders, wherein, he has stated as under:

“The petitioner is informed that as per the RTI Act, information should not be asked excessively which will affect the regular function of the Public Authority. He is directed to ask for inf