TMI Blog2008 (8) TMI 468X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e core principles of administrative law, that a decision has to contain its reasons. This is on account of different reasons. - Section 3 of the RTI Act provides that all citizens shall have the right to information subject to the provisions of that Act. Section 4(1)(d) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 Act provides that every public authority shall provide reasons for its administrative or qu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nistrative law have found expression in provisions like the one noticed in this judgment, from the RTI Act. They are laws to be always remembered and obeyed by the administrative, or other, authorities, who are public authorities. - 9265 of 2008(C) - - - Dated:- 26-8-2008 - Shri P.N. Mohanan, for the Petitioner. Government Pleader, for the Respondent. [Judgment]. - "C.R.": The petition ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... law. But, it is of the core principles of administrative law, that a decision has to contain its reasons. This is on account of different reasons. One is that, if the aggrieved person carries the matter to a higher authority, or requests for judicial review of that decision, fundamentally, reasons and lawful procedures are those which will sustain the decision making process and ultimately the de ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iety has agreed. Therefore, the petitioner has the statutory right in terms of Section 4(1)(d) of the RTI Act to be provided with the reasons for the administrative decision of the Government that has led to the issuance of Ext. P6 order. Bereft of that, Ext. P6 is issued in infraction of that provision of the RTI Act. This, in turn, results in Ext. P6 being an arbitrary exercise of authority, in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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