IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 19.11.2025 Pronounced on: 10.02.2026 Uploaded on: 10.02.2026 DAV College Trust and Management Society and others ….Petitioners Versus State Information Commissioner, Haryana and others ….Respondents

2) CWP-22121-2024 (O&M)

DAV College Trust and Management Society and others ….Petitioners Versus State Information Commissioner, Haryana and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Akshay Bhan, Senior Advocate, with Mr. R.S. Cheema, Advocate, and Mr. Rohit Nagpal, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

Respondent No.3-Ex parte.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J.

1) Since learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that a common question of law arises for consideration of this Court, both these writ petitions are amenable to be decided together. For a facility of reference, facts are being culled out from CWP-27949-2019

2) The petitioners, by way of instant writ petition, as cast under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, question the legality of the order dated 12.09.2016 (Annexure P-7), passed by the State Information Commissioner, Haryana-respondent No.1, vide