2012 (10) TMI 258

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..... rejecting the Writ Petition on the ground that as against the order of the SIC, Appeal lies under Section 19(1) of the RTI Act - Appeal is allowed - 10001 of 2011 - - - Dated:- 14-1-2011 - Dr. K. Bhakthavatsala and Arali Nagaraj, JJ. REPRESENTED BY : Shri Prashanth Kumar S. Gotur, Advocate, for the Appellant. Shri M. Kumar, Addl. Government Advocate, for the Respondent. [Judgment per : Bhakthavatsala, J.]. In this Appeal, the appellant has questioned the correctness of the order dated 10-11-2010 passed in W.P. No. 80834/2010 by learned Single Judge of this Court rejecting the Writ Petition on the ground that the appellant is entitled to file an Appeal under the Right to Information Act (in short, the RTI Act ) to the .....

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..... der Rule 6 of the Karnataka Right to Information Rules, 2005. In that view of the matter petitioner aggrieved by the order dated 29-1-2010 Annexure A of the State Information Commissioner is entitled to file an appeal to the State Chief Information Commissioner, the Appellate Authority and therefore. I decline to interfere with the verdict. Reserving liberty to appellant to file an appeal, the petition is rejected 7. As per Section 5 of the RTI Act, every public authority shall, within one hundred days of the enactment of the Act, designate as many officers as State Public Information Officers to provide the information to persons requesting for the information under the RTI Act. Under Section 6 of the RTI Act, a person, who desires to .....

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..... riat bearing No. GS 87 EST 2005, Bangalore, dated 17-9-2005, issued in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 5(1) and (19)(1) of the Right To Information Act, 2005. As per the above notification, the authorities viz, the SPIO and the First Appellate Authority have been designated as under : Public Authority Sections Public Information Officer First Appellate Authority (1) (2) (3) (4) Karnataka Governor s Secretariat 1. Administration 2. University Under Secretary to Governor (Administration) Joint Secretary to Governor 9. In the instant case, it is alleged that the SPIO did not furnish the information as requested by the applicant. .....

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