IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11913 of 2009 Shekhar Chandra Verma son of late Pradip Narayan Prasad, resident of Mohalla Raj Banshi Nagar, P.S. Shastri Nagar, Patna Versus 1. The State Information Commissioner, Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary cum Joint Registrar, State Information Commission, 4th Floor Suchana Bhawan, Bailey Road, Bihar, Patna 3. Sanjay Kumar Azad, son of late Kameshwar Prasad, resident of Bharaopar, Murarpur, P.S. Laheri, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda ----------- 02/ 10.09.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the State Information Commissioner, bearing Memo No. 7462 dated 29.7.2009, Annexure-6 to this application, whereunder he has been punished with penalty of Rs. 25,000/-. 3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the information available in his office was furnished to the information seeker under letter no. 200 dated 26.5.2008, Annexure-2 pursuant to the request of the information seeker contained in application dated 24.4.2008, whereafter petitioner was transferred as Additional Collector, Lakhisarai with effect from 1.12.2008 and after his transfer the successor in office furnished further information to the information seeker under letter no. 285 dated 14.4.2009, Annexure-5 on the basis of the report submitted by one Executive Magistrate, vide report dated 2.2.2009 and the impugned order has been passed ignoring collection of further facts by the Committee of officers on the basis of which report dated 2.2.2009 was submitted. 2 4. I regret not to accept such submission. From the impugned order dated 29.7.2009, Annexure-6, passed by the Information Commissioner, it is evident that the petitioner was responsible for withholding the desired information sought in Form ( d) dated 24.5.2008 and was available in the office until he was transferred in January, 2009. Such finding has been recorded by the Information Commissioner after perusing the records. 5. In the circumstances, I do not see any merit in this writ application, which is, accordingly, dismissed. Arjun/ ( V.N. Sinha, J.)