SUDHIR KUMAR CHOUBEY Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Facts and circumstances giving rise to filing of present writ application, as delineated in the writ applications, are that the petitioner participated in the recruitment process for the post of Ct/GD held at Ranidanga on 07.12.2002 and was selected by the recruitment Board after passing through written, physical and medical test. But the said recruitment was cancelled by FHQ on the basis of some irregularities in recruitment process, which was communicated to the petitioner vide letter dated 06.02.2007.

(2.) Thereafter, the petitioner applied for the information under Right to Information Act vide application dated 13.01.2012 as to what was precise ground on which selection was cancelled and sought copy of the preliminary enquiry report, on which, the authority-concerned communicated vide letter dated 15.02012 that "It is informed that under Section 24 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, SSB is exempted from the provision of the said Act except in cases pertaining to corruption and Human Rights violation is involved in the instant case on the part of the Department." Being dissatisfied with the information given vide letter dated 15.02002, the petitioner filed appeal before Central Information Commission on 105.2012, during pendency of the present writ application, which was disposed of vide order dated 23.07.2013 observing that no case amounting to corruption is made out. Hence, the appellant (petitioner herein) has been appropriately replied in response to his RTI application.

(3.) In the backdrop of aforesaid facts, the petitioner has approached this Court for the following relief: