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2007 (12) TMI 412 - HC - Indian LawsRight to Information - Held that:- As is submitted by the petitioner, he merely seeks access to the preliminary reports investigation pursuant to which notices under Sections 131, 143(2) and 148 of the Income-tax, have been issued and not as to the outcome of the investigation and reassessment carried on by the Assessing Officer. As held in the preceding part of the judgment, without a disclosure as to how the investigation process would be hampered by sharing the materials collected till the notices were issued to the assessee, the respondents could not have rejected the request for granting information. The CIC, even after overruling the objection, should not have imposed the condition that information could be disclosed only after recovery was made. In view of the foregoing discussion the order of the CIC dated 8th May, 2006 in so far as it withholds information until tax recovery orders are made, is set aside. The second and third respondents are directed to release the information sought, on the basis of the materials available and collected with them, within two weeks.
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