1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 14.11.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN W.P.(MD)No.12309 of 2011 and M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2011 S.S.Manoharan ... Petitioner Vs 1. The State Information Commission, Krishna Vilas, 89, Dr.Alagappa Road, Purasaiwalkam, Chennai-600 084. 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tambaram, Chennai-600 045. 3. The Personal Assistant to Revenue Divisional Officer, Tambaram, Chennai-600 045. ... Respondents PRAYER : Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to furnish the information requested by the petitioner as per the request made to the third respondent dated 25.06.2011 forthwith within the stipulated time. For Petitioner : Mr.C.Jegannathan For Respondent 1 : Mr.K.K.Senthil For Respondents 2 & 3 : Mr.R.Karthikeyan Additional Government Pleader. O R D E R The petitioner has come up with the above writ petition seeking a mandamus to direct the respondents to furnish the information requested by the petitioner in his representation dated 25.06.2011. 2. Heard Mr.C.Jegannathan, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr.R.Karthikeyan, learned Additional Government Pleader for the respondents. 3. The petitioner's daughter by name M.Ambika died, under suspicious circumstances on 20.04.2011. A F.I.R. was registered in Cr.No.422 of 2011 under Section 174 Cr.P.C. Later, it was converted to Section 306 I.P.C. The postmortem was conducted on 21.04.2011. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer enquiry was also conducted, since it was a death within seven years of marriage. 4. The petitioner applied for copies of certain documents to the information officer viz., the third respondent. Since he was not furnished with anything, he has come up with the above writ petition. 5. Considering the nature of the grievance of the petitioner, it is clear that he is entitled to copies of the documents sought for, so long as they do not come within the prohibited categories under Section 8(H) of the Right to Information Act. Therefore, this writ petition is disposed of, directing the third respondent to consider the application of the petitioner for the supply of copies of documents and issue copies to the petitioner, which he is in law entitled to as per Right to Information Act, subject to the exempted categories. The third respondent shall furnish the copies within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. No costs. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(AS) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1. The State Information Commission, Krishna Vilas, 89, Dr.Alagappa Road, Purasaiwalkam, Chennai-600 084. 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tambaram, Chennai-600 045. 3. The Personal Assistant to Revenue Divisional Officer, Tambaram, Chennai-600 045. +1cc to the Special Govt.Pleader, Sr.No.39539 ssl ssk/15.11.2011 /5c -2p/- W.P.(MD)No. 12309 of 2011 and M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2011 14.11.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/