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2025 DAILYLAW 83986 (ALL)

PANKAJ KUMAR PANDEY v. STATE OF U.P. AND 5 OTHERS

WRIC/26990/2025 · 2025-08-11

Prakash Padia

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:136542 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 26990 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pankaj Kumar Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akhilesh Kumar Shukla,Himanshu Singh,Shreyansh Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- Avneesh Tripathi,C.S.C.,Kunal Ravi Singh Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. 1. Heard Sri Himanshu Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent no.1, Sri Kunal Ravi Singh, learned counsel for the respondents no.2 & 3, Sri Avneesh Tripathi, learned counsel for the respondents no.4 & 5 and perused the records. 2. The petitioner has preferred present writ petition inter-alia with the following prayers :- "i. to issue a writ, order or direction in nature of certiorari quashing the impugne order dated 09.07.2025 passed by Uttar Pradesh Information Commissioner Room No-07 and directed the respondent No - 03, 04 and 06 to provide complete information to the petitioner in view of his RTI application dated -18.11.2024." 3. A preliminary objection has been raised by learned counsel for the respondents that against the aforesaid order statutory alternative remedy is available to the petitioner to file recall application before the same authority as provided under Rule 12 of Right to Information Rules, 2015. 4. In this view of the matter, present writ petition is dismissed on the ground of statutory alternative remedy available to the petitioner. It is made clear that in case such an application is filed within three weeks from today before the authority concerned, the authority concerned is directed to decide the same within three months, thereafter. The order impugned, which are under challenge in the present writ petition will be subject to final decision taken by the authority concerned. Order Date :- 12.8.2025 Pramod Tripathi Digitally signed by :- PRAMOD TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad