TMI Blog2012 (7) TMI 1014X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... c Information Officer and the Deputy Commissioner of Transport, Mumbai. Since the application was filed on 24.7.2009, normally the information ought to have been supplied to the respondent within a period of 30 days, as prescribed by the provisions of the Act. The last date for supplying the information free of costs was 23.8.2009. It appears that the appellant had issued a communication to the respondent, dated 20.8.2009 and posted on 24.8.2009, asking the respondent to pay an amount of ₹ 3,310/- for the information sought by the respondent, the documents of which ran into nearly 3419 pages. The appellants did not furnish the information within a period of 30 days. The respondent filed an appeal under Section 19 (1) of the Act as the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tant Government Pleader submitted that though it is necessary for the Public Information Officer to supply the information within a period of 30 days, the law would not compel a party to do that what is impossible. It is submitted that it was impossible for the appellants to furnish the information running into 3419 pages within a period of 30 days. In any case, according to the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the period of 30 days expired on 23.8.2009 and the letter asking the respondent to pay the necessary charges for supplying the information was issued on the very next day on 24.8.2009. The learned Assistant Government Pleader took this Court through the application filed by the respondent under Section 6 of the Act to point out ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... intention and the respondent had misused the provisions of the Act by seeking the information. It appears on a reading of the application that the time period relating to the information extended from 01.01.2001 to 24.07.2009. It would be necessary to reproduce the information sought by the respondent by the said application from the Officer. (1) It is reported in the Newspaper Lokmat that large number of imported vehicles were registered illegally and the taxes were evaded. Kindly give the copy of the letters written by the Transport Secretary to the Transport Commissioner and vice versa. (Kindly give the copies of the entire communication between the office of transport secretary and the office of transport commissioner). (2) Kindly ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... neral information on scores of matters. The application is vague and the application does not make it clear to the Information Officer as to what information is actually sought by the respondent from the Officer. It was literally impossible for the appellants, as pointed by the learned Assistant Government Pleader, to supply the entire information sought by the respondent to the respondent within a period of 30 days. The documents ran into 3419 pages. We had asked the respondent while hearing of this letters patent appeal as to what action did the respondent take in pursuance of the information sought by the respondent after the information was supplied and it was replied by the respondent appearing in person that nothing was done on the ba ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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