JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records relating to the impugned order of the first respondent passed in Case No. 2606/Re-enquiry (

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kW tprhuiz)/D/2014 dated 09.10.2015 and quash the same.)

1. The order dated 09.10.2015, passed by the State Information Commission, is sought to be quashed.

2. The third respondent filed an application on 13.06.2012 under the Right to Information Act, seeking certain informations. The said application was not responded within the time as contemplated. Thus, the petitioner approached the State Information Commission, who in turn conducted an enquiry and finally imposed the penalty of a sum of Rs.25,000/- on the petitioner.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner made a submission that the petitioner joined as a Public Information Officer at later point of time and he cannot be held liable for the belated communication of the informations sought for by the third respondent.

4. It is not in dispute that the informations sought for by the third respondent had already been provided. However, there was a delay in providing su