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2016 Supreme(P&H) 1164

G.S.SANDHAWALIA
Subhash – Appellant
Versus
State Information Commission, Haryana – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Pardeep Kumar Rapria.
For the Respondents: Mr. Gaurav Jindal, Mr. Randhir Singh.

JUDGMENT :

G.S. SANDHAWALIA, J.

The petitioner challenges order dated 2.4.2014 (Annexure P/6) whereby the respondent-Commission has upheld order dated 20.11.2013 (Annexure P/2) passed by respondent no. 2-State Public Information Officer-cum-Deputy Secretary to Government, Haryana, Personnel Department and the order dated 16.12.2013 (Annexure P/4) passed by the Secretary to Government, Haryana Personnel Department-cum-First Appellate Authority. The respondent-Commission came to the conclusion that the information had been rightly denied to the petitioner while placing reliance upon the judgment of the Apex Court in Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. Central Information Commissioner 2012 (8) SCR 1097 and a finding was recorded that the information which was sought was primarily between the employee and the employer and therefore disclosure of which had no relationship to any public authority or public interest. The petitioner's argument that citizen has a right to know the action taken against public servants involved in corruption charges was accordingly not taken into consideration while upholding the orders passed by the authorities below. Resultantly, the present writ petition has been














































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