IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 6723 of 2025 Decided on 25th April 2025 The Shimla Urban Cooperative Bank …Petitioner Versus State Information Commission and others …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge 1Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioner: Mr. Vijay Singh Thakur, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Sumit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) A perusal of the petition demonstrates that it has been filed through a Grade-IV Clerk, who, as per the learned counsel has been authorized by the Bank to file this writ petition. 2. This Court is of the considered view that authorization or no authorization, the Bank cannot maintain this writ petition on the basis of the affidavit filed by a Grade-IV Clerk, more so, when the proceedings, which were there under the Right to Information Act, were being defended by the Bank 2 by Officers higher in rank. 3. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner prays for and is permitted to withdraw this petition but with liberty to file a fresh petition on the same cause through appropriate Authority. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge April 25, 2024 (Vinod)