JUDGMENT

Sanjay Kumar, CJ. - Writ Appeal No.42 of 2018 arises out of the judgment and order dated 04.10.2018 passed by a learned Judge of this Court in W.P(C) No.833 of 2018. Manipur Public Service Commission, the appellant, was the petitioner in the said writ petition. Cause for grievance therein was the direction of the Manipur Information Commission, vide order dated 10.08.2018, that the Manipur Public Service Commission should provide certified copies of the answer sheets of 82 candidates selected in the Manipur Civil Services (Combined Competitive Examination), 2016, to Th. Lucy Devi, a third-party applicant under the Right to Information Act, 2005, respondent No.2 in the appeal. The complaint of the Manipur Public Service Commission was that an opportunity should have been given by the Manipur Information Commission to the 82 selected candidates before their answer scripts were directed to be furnished to a third party. By the judgment and order dated 04.10.2018, the learned Judge dismissed the writ petition with costs of Rs.5000/-.

2. Earlier, Writ Appeal No. 54 of 2018 was filed against the very same judgment dated 04.10.2018 in W.P(C) No.833 of 2018. The appellants therein,