HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 7534 OF 2024

O R D E R:

This Writ Petition challenges refusal of Respondents

2 and 3 – Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of Police to furnish the information requested in RTI Application bearing Dy.No.8/Nov/2023 dated 02.11.2023.

2. The case of petitioner – party-in-person is that by way of RTI Application, he sought information with regard to the list of persons on whom PD Act (Telangana Prevention of Boot Legers Act, 1986) was imposed by the CP for period of 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Oct 2023. His grievance is that the 3^rd respondent refused to furnish the same by order dated 21-11-2023 taking the plea of Section 24 of the Right to Information Act,2005 (‘the Act’, for brevity). Aggrieved thereby, petitioner is stated to have preferred first appeal to the Additional DCP (Admin), Office of Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad which was forwarded to the 2nd Respondent. The said Appeal was dismissed on 13-02-2024 on the same plea.

3. Drawing attention to Proviso to Section 24(4) of the Act, petitioner submits that both the respondents committed an error while disposing the RTI Application and First Appeal respectively. The Hon’ble Apex Court