VIKAS NAGAR vs CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION THROUGH ITS CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER & ORS.

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$~41 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 13989/2024 Date of decision: 19.02.2026 VIKAS NAGAR .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner in person. versus CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION THROUGH ITS CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC with Mr. Aryan Dhaka, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition challenging the order dated 05.03.2024 passed by the Central Information Commission in Second Appeal No. CIC/CGHSD/A/2023/608478, whereby his second appeal under Section 19(3) read with Section 18(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) came to be dismissed. The petitioner also seeks appropriate directions to the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), CGHS (HQ), Delhi, to furnish the information sought by him under the RTI Act. 2. The record would indicate that the petitioner was married to Late Smt. Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEHA CHOPRA Signed Signing Date:26.02.2026 By:PURUSHAINDRA 12:37:17 KUMAR KAURAV Ambika on 07.12.2014 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. It is not in dispute that Smt. Ambika was the daughter of Shri Shyam Singh Khinchee, a retired Central Government official. Due to matrimonial discord, she was residing with her father; however, there was no judicial separation or decree of divorce between the petitioner and his wife. The petitioner asserts that pursuant to order dated 27.02.2020 passed by this Court in Criminal Revision Petition No.24/2020, he was providing monthly maintenance as well as full cashless medical facilities under the ESIC scheme to his wife. Smt. Ambika subsequently expired on 17.03.2021. 3. On 11.06.2020, Shri Shyam S