By consent, this Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal.
2. Grievance expressed by the petitioner is that the first respondent has furnished wrong/false information in respect of the query raised by him under the Right to Information Act, 2005 and therefore, he approached the second respondent in the form of appeal dated 04.01.2017, but the second respondent did not pass orders so far and therefore, he approached the third respondent by way of second appeal dated 18.01.2017 and though it has been numbered as SA.No.460/2017, it has not been disposed of and therefore, came forward with this writ petition.
3. Heard the submissions of the petitioner/party-in-person, 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.
4. 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.460/2017, after putting on notice, the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board and pass orders within a period of 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.
5. This Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs.
14.03.2017 Index : yes/no Internet: yes/no jvm/rsi M. SATHYANARAYANAN, J.
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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.
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