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2019 (6) TMI 61 - HC - Indian LawsSupply of information to the Tehsildar/Sub-Divisional Magistrate, as has been sought by him as per an application received under the Right to Information Act - HELD THAT:- In the present case, the information, which has been sought by the Public Information Officer, O/o Tehsildar/Sub-Divisional Magistrate, is required to be supplied to the said authority for the reasons, as have been detailed in the order dated 12.09.2018 passed by the Chief Information Commissioner, Punjab, with which reasons this Court agrees as it is a statutory duty cast upon the Document Writers which they are fulfilling. As regards the fiduciary relationship is concerned, there is no such relationship between the petitioners and the third party whose documents are being sought to be registered and entries thereof made in the registers/documents maintained by them. What is required and rightly so observed by the Chief Information Commissioner in his order dated 12.09.2018 is that the petitioners are bound to supply the information as available on their records to the Public Information Officer which they maintained in their statutory duties, which, thereafter, has to be processed keeping in view the provisions of Section 8 (1) and Section 9 of the Right to Information Act by the Public Information Officer. The duties, therefore, which are cast upon the Public Information Officer, cannot be exercised by the petitioners, who are the Document Writers. They are mandated to supply the said information to the Registrar-cum-Tehsildar, who shall, thereafter, proceed to deal with the said information as per the provisions of the Right to Information Act. Petition dismissed.
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