HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 1326 of 2008 DATE: 29.01.2008 Between: Mohd. Abdul Hameed Siddiquie … Petitioner and The State, Rep., by its Principal Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 2 others. … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 1326 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: The petitioner claims that the third respondent, his brother, has concocted a lease deed as though executed by the petitioner in favour of the third respondent and submitted the same to the respondents 1 and 2 for obtaining permission/sanction for starting an Educational Institution by name Reliance Grammar High School at Misrigunj, Sanabagh, Hyderabad. The petitioner made a series of representations to the respondents 1 and 2 seeking a copy of the alleged lease deed dated 08-05-2005 allegedly concocted by the third respondent. Since the respondents 1 and 2 have not responded to the pleas of the petitioner, the writ petition is instituted seeking appropriate relief of a direction to the respondents 1 and 2. To enable a citizen a remedy in such matters, the Parliament enacted the Right to Information Act, 2005 which enables a citizen to obtain information in respect of any proceedings or material available with Executive Authorities. It is an effective remedy. The petitioner has not taken recourse to this available effective statutory remedy. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed, but, with liberty to the petitioner to pursue appropriate remedies under the Right to Information Act, 2005. No order as to costs. ------------------------------ GODA RAGHURAM, J Date: 29.01.2008 KLP