By consent, this Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal.
2. The petitioner by invoking the provisions of Right to Information Act, 2005, sought information from the first respondent and since the said information was not provided, he approached the second respondent on 28.03.2015 by way of appeal, but the second respondent did not pass orders and therefore, he approached the third respondent by way of second appeal on 11.05.2015 and the third respondent, vide order dated 20.09.2016, has permitted the first respondent to provide the information sought for by the petitioner, within 30 days of receipt of the said order. The grievance expressed by the petitioner is that the first respondent did not provide the actual information, but provided wrong/misleading information and therefore he invoked
Section 20(1)(2) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in the form of second appeal dated 07.11.2016 and it was numbered as S.A.No.3572/2016.
3. The petitioner/party-in-person submitted that it would be suffice to direct the third respondent to dispose of the second appeal in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible.
4. Heard Mr.V.Lakshminarayanan, learned counsel who accepts notice on behalf of the respondents 1 and 2 and Mr.Niranjan Rajagopalan, learned counsel who accepts notice on behalf of the third respondent.
5. This Court, taking into consideration the limited scope of prayer sought for by the petitioner and without going into merits of the claim projected by the petitioner, directs the third respondent to consider and dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner in S.A.No.3572/2016, after putting on notice, the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board and pass orders as expeditiously as possible and not later than eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the decision taken, to the petitioner as well as to the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board.
6. This Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs.
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1.The Public Information Officer/Assistant Secretary II, Tamilnadu Wakf Board, No.1, Jaffar Syrang Street, Vallal Seethakathi Nagar, Chennai - 600 001.
2.The Appellate Authority/Chief Executive Officer, Tamilnadu Wakf Board, No.1, Jaffar Syrang Street, Vallal Seethakathi Nagar, Chennai - 600 001.
3.The Tamil Nadu Information Commission, No.2, Theagaraya Salai, Near Aalai Amman Koil, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 018.
M. SATHYANARAYANAN, J.
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