HC suspends RTI chief’s order against it

Times of India: Hyderabad: Thursday, 18 December 2014.

Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao of Hyderabad high court suspended an order of the AP information commissioner on Wednesday directing it to furnish details of judicial officers working in subordinate judiciary in AP and Telangana to an applicant. The applicant is N Purushottam Reddy, president of the Telangana employees association in the high court.

The judge gave the interim order while hearing a petition filed by the HC's registrar (vigilance) who challenged the order of the information commissioner on the ground that this information cannot be given to the applicant because 'it pertains to two states and also because it serves no public interest'.

Justice Rao, who heard the petition on Wednesday, issued notices to the AP information commission and other respondents directing them to file replies within four weeks and suspended the order of the RTI commissioner.