HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.31455 of 2010 Date : 10-11-2011 Between : B. Manmohan Reddy .. Petitioner And The Commissioner, Civil Supplies, Civil Supplies Bhavan, Hyderabad and another .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri Subrahmanyam Kurella Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following: ORDER: The short and simple grievance of the petitioner is that his application filed before respondent No.2 for furnishing information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short "the Act") is kept pending and respondent No.2 vide his letter dated 6-10-2010 issued notice to the proprietor of M/s.Manikeswar Service Station to submit his consent in writing whether or not to disclose the information on record sought for by the petitioner. Even though the case was adjourned to enable the respondents to file a counter-affidavit, no counter-affidavit is filed nor instructions have been reported. The procedure adopted by respondent No.2 is rather peculiar, as being the Information Officer, he shall consider the petitioner’s application and take a decision thereon in the light of the provisions of the Act. There is no provision of the Act under which the consent of the person concerned is needed. Unless respondent No.2 is of the view that any information sought for by the petitioner falls within the exceptions of Section 8 of the Act, he is bound to furnish the same. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s application in the light of the provisions of the Act, without reference to the consent from the purported proprietor of M/s.Manikeswar Service Station, and communicate his decision to the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receipt of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.40014/2010 is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 10-11-2011 AM