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2011 (1) TMI 1246 - HC - Indian LawsRTI application seeking information relating to the expenditure, movable and immovable properties of the petitioner posted as District Food and Supplies Controller, Yamuna Nagar. - Held that:- The word “Third-Party” has been defined under Section 2(n) of the Act, to mean a person other than the citizen making a request for information and includes a public authority (and not otherwise). - It is not a matter of dispute that respondent No. 5-Shamsher Singh sought the information from the SPIO and it was the SIC, which directed the SPIO to supply the information, vide impugned speaking orders (Annexures P-4 and P-14). Since, the matter was between respondent No. 5, SPIO and FAA, so, the question of providing any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, did not arise at all, as he cannot possibly be termed to be a third-party, as defined under Section 2(n) of the Act, in the obtaining circumstances of the case. If the argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner is accepted as such, then no information is permissible, which would certainly nullify the aims and objects of the Act. Therefore, the contrary arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner “stricto sensu” deserve to be and are hereby repelled under the present set of circumstances. - information under TRI to be provided - Decided against the petitioner.
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