THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7067 of 2010 Dated:29.03.2010 Between: M.Bhavani Singh. …Petitioner And The District Revenue Officer-cum- Public Information Officer, Collectorate premises, Nampally, Hyderabad, And others. ...Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7067 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner submitted application to the first respondent under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (the Act), requesting for certified copies of documents with respect to the land admeasuring Acs.4.32 guntas in Survey Nos.86 to 92 (part) of Bagh Lingampally Village of Himayathnagar Mandal in Hyderabad for the years 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. By an endorsement dated 10.02.2009 he was informed that the files pertaining to the above survey numbers for 1952 to 1955 are not available. The petitioner then filed an appeal before the second respondent. As he did not receive any information, he approached the third respondent who by an order dated 31.07.2009 dismissed the same observing that the offices of the Revenue Divisional Officer and Tahsildar may furnish the documents if the files are located. The petitioner has now filed the present writ petition seeking for appropriate relief. After hearing the Counsel for the petitioner and the Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) this Court is convinced that when the public authority after making a search informs that files are not available, they cannot be compelled to furnish the certified copies of the documents. The right to information guaranteed under Section 3 of the Act can be enforced subject to provisions of the said Act which itself contemplates every public authority making utmost endeavor to furnish the copies. They cannot be directed to perform the impossible when the records are not available. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 29.03.2010 vs