IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5905 of 2010 Kishun Deo Sah S/O Late Sakal Sah R/O Vill Budhwara, P.S. Riga, Distt- Sitamarhi Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Bihar State Information Commission through its Registrar Bihar, Patna 3. The Registrar, Bihar State Information Commission Bihar, Patna 4. The Sub-Divisional Officer Sitamarhi Sadar, Distt- Sitamarhi -Cum- Appellate Authority, Sitamarhi 5. The Circle Officer-Cum-Public Information Officer Riga, Distt- Sitamarhi ----------- 2 12.08.2011 Heard Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ritesh Kumar, learned A.C. to A.A.G.3 for the State. The writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondent authority to make information available to the petitioner as sought by him vide application dated 25.09.2008 placed at Annexure-1 to the writ petition. It is contended that the petitioner had filed an appropriate application invoking the provisions of Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) before the Public Information Officer-cum-Circle Officer, Riga, respondent No.5 for supply of information in respect of settlement of land situated in Thana No. 248 Plot No. 335 of Khata No. 86, Budhwara, P.S. Riga, District-Sitamarhi. As no information was made available by the respondent No.5 within the prescribed period provided under the Act, the petitioner filed first appeal under Section 19(1) of the Act before the Sub-Divisional Officer-cum-First Appellate Authority District- Sitamarhi under the Act. Although the appeal was entertained and the respondent No.5 was 2 directed to supply the required information to the petitioner but despite the direction the respondent No5, the Circle Officer, Riga, District- Sitamarhi has not complied with the directions. In such situation, where the respondent No.5, the Circle Officer-cum-Public Information Officer, Riga was not complying with the directions issued by the First Appellate Authority, the writ petitioner filed a second appeal before the State Information Commission under Section 19(3) of the Act, which was sent by registered post on 28.07.2009. It is the contention of the petitioner that despite the application having been filed before the Second Appellate Authority being the State Information Commission, Bihar, Patna as back as on 28.07.2009, the matter has not progressed and continues to remain at that stage and the petitioner has not been supplied with the information sought by him from the Public Information Officer-Circle Officer, Riga, the respondent No.3 as regarding the details of the settlement of the land bearing Khata No. 86, Khesra No. 335 situated in Budhwara, P.S. Riga, District-Sitamarhi. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the State Information Commission Bihar Patna to examine the grievance of the petitioner and dispose of the same in accordance with law, expeditiously and preferably within a period of 3 months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J.)