WPPIL/16/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION C/WPPIL/16/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 21/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:27680-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/WRIT PETITION (PIL) (WRIT PETITION (PIL)) NO. 16 of 2026 ============================================= MAHESH DAVE Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ============================================= Appearance: ARJUN R SHETH(7589) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS.HETAL PATEL, ASST.GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the Opponent(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5 ============================================= CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 21/04/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL) 1. The present petition has been filed by a person, who claims to be a resident of Jasra Lakhni, District Vaav-Tharad, in the State of Gujarat. 2. In a casual statement made in the writ petition, the petitioner states that he is a farmer, a lawyer by profession and a social activist, who seeks to agitate the issue of corruption and irregularities in the Government departments based on the information collected by him under the Right to Information Act’ 2005 and the complaints to different authorities. Uplo