$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 19616/2025 SHISH PAL .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Indira Goswami, Adv.

(DHCLSC) with Mr. Bhavya Tokas, and Ms. Shraddha Rawat, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Appearance not given.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV

O R D E R

% 20.01.2026

1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties.

2. The present petition assails the order dated 03.07.2025 whereby, the petitioner’s second appeal against the original order dated 20.12.2023 came to be dismissed by the Central Information Commission [‘CIC’].

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the impugned order is illegal, improper, and contrary to the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 [‘RTI Act’] inasmuch as, the CIC has miserably failed to appreciate that the Department is bound to respond/furnish the information which are available in their normal course of business. It is, thus, stated that by no stretch of imagination, it can be accepted that the Department does not have the details of the money spent in engaging private advocates.

4. The aforesaid submissions are strongly opposed by learned counsel appear