APHC010277882017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3209]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA WRIT PETITION No.12252 of 2026 Between:

Y. Sri Manikanta ...PETITIONER AND Andhra Pradesh Information Commission and others ...RESPONDENT(S)

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. VEERAMANI K.

Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. Kambhampati Ramesh Babu, Standing Counsel for A.P. Information Commission.

The Court made the following ORDER:

Present Writ Petition is filed against Order dated 06.02.2026 passed by State Information Commissioner in Case No.11965/SIC-RB/2024.

1) Facts of the case in brief are, petitioner made an application on 23.07.2024, under Section 6 (1) of The Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short ‘the Act”), to the Public Information Officer-3^rd respondent, seeking information pertaining to Junior Line Men (JLM) recruitment during 2006–07 and 2014. The request was rejected under Section 8 (b) of the Act.

2) Against this order, petitioner preferred an appeal under Section 19 (1) of the Act before 4^th respondent herein. As no information was received from Appellate Author