Me hinder Singh Sullar , J.:- As strange as it may seem, but strictly speaking, the tendency and frequency, of some of the Institutions, of not supplying and taking somersault in denying the informations, have been tremendously increasing day by day, leaving the public at large in general and the information seekers in particular, in lurch to damage the edifice of the democracy and larger public interest. The matter in hand is a burning example of such like cases.

2. As identical questions of law and facts are involved and collectively argued by learned counsel for the parties, therefore, I propose to dispose of the instant writ petitions, by virtue of this common judgment, in order to avoid the repetition in this regard. Be that as it may, the facts of individual institutions, which need a necessary mention, for deciding the core controversy, involved in the instant writ petitions, would be separately discussed at the appropriate place and stage in the subsequent part of this judgment.

3. The matrix of the facts, culminating in the commencement, relevant for disposal of the present writ petitions and emanating from the record, is that the different information-seekers-priv