IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24805 of 2007 Between: S.Ravi shankar S/o.Late Nagaiah R/o.5-5-299, S.D.Layout tirupathi, Chittoor District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner, AP Information Commission HACA Bhava, Opp: Public Gardens, Hyderabad. 2 The Registrar-cum-Public Information officer Sri Venkateshwara univeristy, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the aﬃdavit ﬁled herein, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Certiorari calling for the records pertaining to the order in Appeal No.3269/SIC-ASR/2006, dated 20.3.2007, on the ﬁle of the 1st respondent and set aside the same as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and contrary to the provisions of Rights to Information Act, 2005 (Act 22/2005) and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to issue the certiﬁed copies of all bills, vouchers of payment (certiﬁcates thereon given by various oﬃcials), made by Prof. S. Jayarami Reddy (Vice Chancellor) as principal S.V.U.College of Arts and Science for various purchases and works during his tenure as Principal from college special fee account and college development fund account along with sanction orders, connected note ﬁle copies for the above mentioned payments. COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER: PARTY-IN-PERSON COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT No.1: SMT CH.VEDAVANI COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT No.2: SRI KASA JAGAN MOHAN REDDY, S.C. FOR S.V.UNIVERSITY. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.24805 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioner states that he ﬁled an application dated 29.08.2006 under the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) before the 2nd respondent, namely the Registrar-cum-Public Information Oﬃcer, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, praying to issue certiﬁed copies of all the bills, vouchers of payment (certiﬁcates thereon given by various oﬃcials) made by Prof. S. Jayarami Reddy (Vice-Chancellor) as Principal of S.V.U. College of Arts and Science for various purchases and works during his tenure as Principal of the said college, from out of the college special fee account and college development fund account, along with sanction orders and connected note ﬁle copies for the above mentioned payment. As the said request of the petitioner was not complied, he ﬁled an appeal, dated 06.10.2006, before the Vice Chancellor, S.V. University, Tirupati, but even the same was not acted upon. Thereupon, the petitioner ﬁled an appeal before the 1st respondent, namely the Commissioner, A.P. Information Commission, who vide orders in No.2140/SIC-ASR/2006, dated 27.01.2007, disposed of the appeal of the petitioner, observing that as the Registrar had made all records available on 31.10.2006 for inspection by the petitioner, his request for furnishing of copies, cannot be acceded. Hence, he filed the present writ petition The grievance of the petitioner is that though he preferred appeal to the 1st respondent under the Right to Information Act, 2005, for issuance of certiﬁed copies of the documents as specified above, the 1st respondent on the ground that the Registrar had made available the records to him for inspection, refused to direct the University to furnish the copies of the documents sought for by him, and the said action of the 1st respondent is contrary to the provisions of the Act, and prayed that the impugned orders passed by the respondents be set aside and direction be given to the University to furnish the copies of the documents, as sought for by him. 2. Heard the party-in-person, learned counsel for the 1st respondent and the learned Standing counsel for the 2nd respondent. 3. Learned Standing Counsel for the 2nd respondent contended that the request of the petitioner seeking certiﬁed copies of certain documents is very vague, he does not clearly specify the documents that he requires, and under such circumstances, it is not possible for the University, to furnish the certiﬁed copies of the documents required by the petitioner. He further submitted that the Correspondent of the College, is willing to furnish the copies of the documents sought by the petitioner, provided he furnishes the details of the documents, such as its proceeding numbers and dates. 4. The request made by the petitioner, admittedly, is very vague. Inasmuch as the University has agreed to make available the documents to the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: 5. The Correspondent of S.V.U. College of Arts and Science, shall make available the bills, vouchers of payment made by the Principal, S.V.U. College of Arts and Sciences, for the period from 01.05.2002 to 31.05.2004 under College Development Fund Account and College Special Fee Account, along with sanction orders and connected note ﬁle copies for the above mentioned payments, to enable the petitioner to inspect those documents. The petitioner, upon perusing the records, shall identify the documents required by him, and furnish the details thereof to the authorities of the College, to enable them to furnish the same, in accordance with law. 6. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA,J 03.11.2008 ksr / v v