HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11892 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Shri Prateek Shrivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. It is not in dispute that the information, subject matter of this writ petition, was sought on 21st March, 2018 and the said information was provided to the information seeker on 4th November, 2019. It is also not in dispute that the present petitioner joined on the post of Public Information Officer/Basic Education Officer on place from where the information was sought for on 20th February, 2020. 3. In view of the aforesaid undisputed facts, we find that there is no occasion for the State Information Commission to impose penalty against the petitioner herein. 4. We, accordingly, are of the opinion that the orders impugned in this petition cannot be sustained in the eyes of law and is liable to be set aside. 5. Accordingly, the impugned orders dated 18.09.2020 and 26.04.2022 passed in Appeal No.S-03/3214/A/2018 and order dated 12.06.2023 passed in Appeal No.S-05/39/Punah/2023, Appeal No.S-03/3214/A/2018 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Prateek Shrivastava, Archana Verma Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Shikhar Anand Ajit Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Secondary Education Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) are quashed and set aside. 6. With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition is allowed. December 19, 2025 Ashutosh WRIC No. 11892 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench