Overview
- Information Commissioner Sudha Rani Relangi dismissed a second appeal tied to a terminated fruits-and-vegetables supply contract at a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Haryana.
- The appellant, an advocate, had sought records for his brother, and the CIC said representative use is impermissible without showing why the principal could not apply.
- Relying on Madras High Court precedent, the order affirms that a practising lawyer may request information as a citizen but not for cases handled for clients.
- The CPIO’s response was upheld after the authority reported records lost in a July 2024 office fire and denied personal data under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
- The Commission disposed of the appeal and directed that copies of written submissions be provided to the appellant.