JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records relating to the first respondent in his proceedings Case No. 7384/Enquiry/ B/2013 (50696/B/2013) dated 29.1.15 and to quash the same.)

1. This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the Order passed by the 1st respondent through proceedings dated 29.1.2015, wherein a penalty was imposed under Section 20 (1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) and the petitioner was directed to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/- and this amount was directed to be deducted from his salary.

2. The petitioner joined as the Deputy Tahsildar in the headquarters on 15.5.2012 and by virtue of his post, he became the Information Officer. The 3rd respondent submitted a petition seeking for certain information under the Act on 03.05.2012 and this petition was placed before the petitioner on 19.05.2012. On going through the petition, the petitioner found that the petition was more in the nature of a complaint involving a family dispute. Hence, the petitioner through a letter dated 19.05.2012, sent an information to the 3rd res