IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 14360 of 2008 Between: Mrs.Dabbiru Ramanamma W/o.Late D.Sachipathi Rao R/o.Rangavari STreet, Ramnagar Ellamanchili PO,. Visakhaptnam District ..... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by the District Collector, Visakhapatnam District .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondent in not furnishing the information requested by the petitioner under Rights to Information Act dated 31.3.2008 regarding (1) Rejection order of the husband of the petitioner late Sachipathi Rao, At Sl.No.161/1973 and (2) report sent to Government to the oﬃce of the respondent Vide Sl.No.161/A9 dated 8.4.1974 as being illegal, unjust arbitrary, and violative of Articles, 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.E.V.BHAGIRATHA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a writ of mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondent in not furnishing the information to the petitioner under Right to Information Act regarding the rejection order of her husband late D. Sachipathi Rao, at Sl.No.161/1973 and the report sent to the oﬃce of the respondent vide Sl.No.161/A9, dated 08.04.1974, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Revenue has produced before this Court, a copy of the memo dated 23.09.2008, to the eﬀect that the copy of the report of District Collector in SR No.161/A9 dated 08.04.1974 is not available with the Government and that the District Collector, Visakhaptnam has also furnished the report stating that as per the Rules, the concerned ﬁle was destroyed long back as it relates to the year 1978. 3. Inasmuch as the Government of Andhra Pradesh, vide memo dated 23.09.2008, stated that the report sent to the oﬃce of the respondent vide Sl.No.161/A9 dated 08.04.1974 is not available with the Government and that the same was destroyed long back as per the Rules, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in this writ petition. 4. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date:23.10.2008 sj ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The District Collector, State of Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam District. 2.2CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court Building, Hyderabad. (OUT) 3.2CD copies. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}