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2011 (4) TMI 1054 - PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURTWrit petition – RTI - application filed by the petitioner was first rejected by the ASPIO, by means of single line impugned order and his complaint/appeal was also dismissed by the SIC, by virtue of impugned order - main ground, which appears to have been weighed with the SIC, was that since the information sought by the petitioner is a personal information and no public interest is involved, so, it cannot be supplied under Section 8(1)(d) of the Act - petitioner submitted that since the information sought cannot be denied to the Parliament or the State Legislature, so, the same cannot also be denied to the petitioner as well, as the information sought by the petitioner is factual in nature, therefore, the respondents cannot claim the exemption, as provided under Section 8(1)(d) of the Act, next submission of learned counsel for the respondents that the information relatable to a third party cannot be supplied to the petitioner, is again not tenable. The word “Third-Party” has been defined under Section 2(n) of the Act and even SIC is competent to direct ASPIO to provide the information relating to third party as envisaged under Section 11 of the Act – Held that:- it was obligatory on the part of ASPIO to provide the factual information sought by the petitioner, writ petition is allowed
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