ASN 1 WP-2938.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2938 OF 2011 Union of India through General Manager, Western Railway. ..Petitioner. Vs. Dr. P.R.Chauhan and anr. ..Respondents. Ms. Neelam Jadhav i/by Suresh Kumar for the Petitioner. Mr.P.R.Chauhan in person present for Respondents. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. AND ANOOP V. MOHTA, J. DATE : 30 th June, 2011 PC: In this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the Union of India through the General Manager, Western Railway challenges the order dated 24th September, 2010 of the Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission at Exh.A attached to the petition. The petitioner had sought certain information about the service career including the information against Point No.2- Name and Designation of Reporting authority, Reviewing authority and Accepting authority of his ACRs. for the years 1990-1993, 1996-1997, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000. ASN 2 WP-2938.sxw 2 Respondent No.1 was supplied all other information except the names and designations of the Reporting authority, Reviewing authority and Accepting authority of his ACRs for the above years. Hence, respondent No.1 filed RTI application before the Central Information Commissioner-respondent No.2 herein. The Information Commissioner disposed of the application by directing the petitioner to provide the above information to the first respondent. The direction was contained in the order dated 24th September, 2010 and the direction was to be complied with by 25th October, 2010. 3 In this appeal filed on 14th March, 2011, the Union of India through the General Manager, Western Railway challenges the direction of the Information Commissioner on the ground that the disclosure of the names of the authorities would adversely affect them and therefore, no disclosure can be made without their consent. 4 Having perused the relevant entries in the ACRs of the relevant years, we do not find any justification for withholding the information sought for by the first respondent. Respondent No.1 who is a Sr. Divisional Medical Officer, has merely sought the names of the Reporting authority, Reviewing authority and the Accepting authority. 5 In the facts and circumstances of the case, we do not find any merit in this petition. The petition is therefore, summarily rejected. ASN 3 WP-2938.sxw 6 The information sought by the first respondent indicated herein above shall be provided to first respondent within one month from today i.e. by 30th July, 2011. CHIEF JUSTICE ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.