IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2019 BEFORE BETWEEN:
THE HON' BLE MR. JUSTICE B. VEERAPPA WRIT PETITION No.51176/2019(GM-RES) SRI M. KARUNA, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, OCC. SOCIAL WORKER, NO.5, ANUGRAHA, 1ST FLOOR, PADMAVATHI KALYAN MANTAPA ROAD, RAJARAJESHWARI NAGAR, BANGALORE 560098.
...PETITIONER (BY SRI PRABHU L., ADVOCATE FOR SRI S.S. HALALLI, ADVOCATE) AND:
1 . THE CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER NPCC LTD., REGD. OFFICE, PLOT NO.30-31, RAJA HOUSE, NEHRU PLACE, NEW DELHI 110019.
2 . THE GENERAL MANAGER THE NATIONAL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION (NPCC) GOVT. OF INDIA, 1316, 2ND CROSS, KHB COLONY, MAGADI ROAD, BANGALORE 560079.
3 . THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER NATIONAL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LTD. (NPCC), GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE, PLOT NO.148, SECTOR -44, GURUGRAM (HARYANA) 122003 4 . M/S INGENUITAS DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD.
1ST FLOOR, NO.249, 24TH MAIN, JP NAGAR, 5TH PHASE, BANGALORE 560078.
REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR.
…RESPONDENTS …… THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R1 TO R3 AUTHORITIES TO CONSIDER THE APPLICATION DATED 22.04.2019 FILED UNDER RTI AT ANNEXURE-A AND PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTS SOUGHT IN THE APPLICATION.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER A frivolous writ petition is filed by the petitioner challenging order passed by the Public Information Officer dated 07.05.2019, as per Annexure-E and the Order passed by the Appellate Authority dated 30.05.2019 vide Annexure-H.
2. The petitioner is seeking for a writ of mandamus to direct the respondent Nos.1 to 3 to consider the application dated 22.04.2019 filed under Right to Information Act, 2005, vide Annexure-A and provide the documents sought in the application, which is negated by the authorities as per Annexures-E and H. Instead of challenging the said orders, the petitioner has approached this Court for the relief sought for, which is nothing but abuse of process of the Court.
2. In view of the above, though this Court inclined to dismiss the writ petition with heavy costs, at this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner filed Memo seeking to withdraw the writ petition.
3. The memo is placed on record.
4. The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with a warning to the petitioner not to repeat such mistakes in future.
Sd/- JUDGE Kcm