IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 407 OF 2010 SHRI. V. A. KAMAT ... Petitioner Versus GOA STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION AND 4 ORS., ... Respondents Mr. Valmiki Menezes, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S. Vahidulla, Government Advocate for Respondent Nos. 2 to 4. Coram:- S. C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. Date:- 18th March, 2011 P.C.: By this petition, the petitioner challenges orders passed by the Authority under Right to Information Act, 2005. 2. By Orders dated 16th March, 2009 and 26th March, 2009, respondent nos. 3 and 4 have refused a request made for furnishing information i.e. number of N.O.C's/permissions that are issued for construction/development from 1st July, 2008 till 16th March, 2009. 3. It is observed by the Public Information Officer that the work involved will take considerable amount of time and will divert the resources of his office. The technical staff dealing with day to day time bound applications will have to be engaged towards this work for tracking the information and giving details. Therefore, relying on Section 7(9) of the Right to Information Act, his request was rejected. 4. An appeal was filed challenging that order which came to be dismissed by the Goa State Information Commission on 17-03-2010. This is how the subject writ petition is filed. 5. The application dated 25-02-2009 made by the present petitioner sought the following information: Total number of NOCs/permissions issued for construction/development by Town & Country Planning Department in the State of Goa from 1st July, 2008 till date and give following details of each NOC/permission: (a) Name of the applicant (b) Date of application (c) Taluka (d) Village/town/city (e) Survey number (f) Type of construction (g) Built up area (h) FAR consumed, and (i) Date of approval 6. It is stated that information is to be collected from several offices in North and South Goa District and will involve considerable amount of time and divert funds. 7. However, the petitioner all throughout has stated that he is ready and willing to receive the information in Electronic Form and is not insisting that he should be supplied the data sought in writing. 8. After arguing this matter for sometime, both sides agreed that information sought by the petitioner could be made available by the Public Information Officer in Electronic Form. The petitioner is ready and willing to bear all expenses in that behalf. 9. Hence, it is directed that the information be supplied within two months from today. Needless to state that the impugned orders are set aside and the information sought by the petitioner be made available as directed. The petition is allowed in above terms with no order as to costs. Needless to state that information which is not in the record cannot be furnished and therefore, the information to be made available is from the records maintained by the Authorities. 10. Once again it is stated that the above directions are issued in the facts peculiar to this case. Needless to state that, orders of the Public Information Officer as well as the Goa State Information Commissioner are substituted with the above directions. 11. The Writ Petition is disposed off in the above terms. No costs. S. C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. EV