Priyanka land case adjourned for Dec 22

Legal Correspondent

Shimla, November 25

The HP High Court today adjourned the hearing on a petition filed by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra against the order of the state Information Commission whereby it had directed the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Shimla, to provide the details of the land purchased by her at Mashobra (Shimla).

Today, the case was listed before Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan but due to non-completion of service of the respondent, the matter could not be heard and the same was adjourned for December 22.

Priyanka had filed a petition challenging the order passed on June 29 by the state Information Commission on the ground that the commission has failed to appreciate that the information sought by RTI applicant Dev Ashish Bhatcharya was about the property of the petitioner and the information was thus personal to her.

The DC, Shimla, had denied the information in his order on January 27, 2015 on the ground that as she was an SPG protectee, the giving-out of the information could have a direct bearing on her security.

Aggrieved at the order of the DC, Shimla, the RTI applicant challenged the same before the Information Commission.

While disposing of the appeal of the RTI applicant, the Information Commission had directed the Deputy Commissioner, Shimla, to provide the entire information sought by Dev Ashish Bhattacharya within 10 days.