1 2025:CGHC:11692 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 1223 of 2025 1 - Bablu Banjare S/o Jawaharlal Banjare Aged About 38 Years R/o Police Line Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Secretary Department Of Home Mahanadi Bhawan New Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - State Information Commission New Raipur Atal Nagar Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Public Information OfÏcer Additional Superintendent Of Police (City) Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Public Information OfÏcer OfÏce Of Superintendent Of Police Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2025.03.10 17:11:36 +0530 2 ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Ravi Kumar Bhagat, Advocate. For Respondents/State : Shri Anmol Sharma, Panel Lawyer. For Respondent No. 2 : Shri Harsh Wardhan, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board 10.03.2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner is aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondent no. 2, who is not deciding the Second Appeal preferred under the Right to Information Act, 2005 which is pending since 14.02.2022 before the State Information Commission. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition be disposed of with a direction to the respondent/State Information Commission to decide the appeal pending since 2022. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the State Information Commission on instruction would submit that the appeal filed by the petitioner (Annexure P/4) will be decided in accordance with law within a stipulated period. 4. I have heard both the counsels for the parties and perused the pleading as well as the notice issued by the State Information Commission dated 18.07.2023. 5. It appears from the notice that matter was fixed earlier on 29.11.2023, however the Second Appeal filed by the petitioner is still pending and no decision has been taken by the learned State Commission. Hence, looking to the submission made by the 3 petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State Commission. The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 2 to decide the Second Appeal pending before him within a period of 30 days from today. 6. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Shoaib