Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010071252024 2026:GAU-AS:8559 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/2020/2024 NAYAN MONI HAZARIKA SON OF SRI BIPUL HAZARIKA, RESIDENT OF GANESH MANDIR PATH, NEW GUWAHATI, P.O.- NOONMATI, P.S.- NOONMATI, GUWAHATI-20, DISTRICT- KAMRUP(M), ASSAM. VERSUS THE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION AND 2 ORS CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION, BABA GANGNATH MARG, MUNIRKA, NEW DELHI- 110067. 2:THE FIRST APPELLATE AUTHORITY-CUM-CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (MAINTENANCE) NUMALIGARH REFINERY LIMITED UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005 NUMALIGARH REFINERY LIMITED NUMALIGARH GOLAGHAT ASSAM PIN- 785699. 3:THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER-CUM-GENERAL MANAGER (HR) NUMALIGARH REFINERY LIMITED NUMALIGARH GOLAGHAT Page No.# 2/4 ASSAM PIN- 785699 For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Nayan Moni Hazarika, Petitioner-in-Person For the Respondent(s) : Mr. S. S. Roy, CGC BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH O R D E R 15.06.2026 Heard Mr. Nayan Moni Hazarika, the Petitioner-in-Person. Mr. S. S. Roy, the learned counsel appears on behalf of the Respondent Nos.1 to 3. 2. The Petitioner-in-person has assailed the order dated 19.01.2024 passed by the Central Information Commission on the ground that there is a mention in the said order that the Public Information Officer (PIO), while providing the information, shall redact that information which is exempted from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005 and then serve the copy of the agreement signed between VKMRF and NRL. 3. This Court has duly taken note of the information which was sought for by the Petitioner-in-Person which is duly mentioned in the body of the order dated 19.01.2024. There is no quarrel with Page No.# 3/4 the proposition that the information in respect to the Question Nos.1, 2 & 4 were duly provided to the Petitioner-in-Person. However, as regards the Information No. 3 which was sought for, the said document was not provided by the PIO on the ground that the said document is a non-commercial document signed with a charitable institution. It is further taken note of that vide the order dated 19.01.2024, the Chief Central Information Commissioner directed the PIO to provide the Deed of Agreement signed between VKMRF and NRL, and accordingly, it is the case of the Petitioner-in-Person that he has duly received the said agreement which is a part of the additional affidavit filed by the Petitioner on 24.07.2024. 4. The Petitioner-in-Person, however, submitted that the said agreement so provided is only for the year 2021. However, the other agreements have not been provided. 5. This Court duly takes note of that the Petitioner never sought for the copy of any other agreement and he did not seek a copy of the Deed of Agreement between the management of Numaligarh Refinery and the management of Vivekananda Kendra Numaligarh Refinery Hospital specific to a particular year or years. Under such circumstances, it is the opinion of this Court that there is no question of interfering with the order dated 19.01.2024. 6. This Court also takes note of the allegation of the Petitioner- Page No.# 4/4 in-Person that the PIO of the Numaligarh Refinery Limited is taking advantage of the observations made in the order dated 19.01.2024 that the information which are exempted from disclosure must not be disclosed to the Petitioner-in-Person and the same must be redacted under Section 10 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 prior to the said disclosure. 7. In the opinion of this Court, the said observations would not impact the Petitioner-in-Person in obtaining information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 and the PIO of the Numaligarh Refinery Limited cannot deny providing the information unless such information comes within the exempted provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 and the Petitioner-in-Person is duly informed as to under what provision of the Right to Information Act, 2005 such disclosure is not provided. 8. With the above the instant writ petitions stand disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant