NARINDER PAL SHARMA vs CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION & ORS

CWP-720-2014 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-720-2014 (O&M) Date of decision: 05.05.2026 Narinder Pal Sharma ….Petitioner Versus Central Information Commission and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Harbans Sharma, Advocate, and Mr. Harnoor Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Dharam Chand Mittal, Senior Panel Counsel, for respondent No.1. Mr. Parminder Singh Kanwar, Additional Standing Counsel, Mr. Tajeshwar Sullar, Panel Counsel, for respondent No.3. **** KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral) 1. The instant writ petition, as cast under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is directed against the order dated 11.12.2013 (Annexure P-10), vide which, the Chief Information Commissioner, has imposed a penalty of Rs.25,000/- upon the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Chief Information Commissioner failed to record its satisfaction that the delay, if any, was willful and intentional at the end of the petitioner, therefore, the penalty ought not to have been imposed upon him. Further, he submits that, in fact, the application dated 18.03.2013 (Annexure P-2), filed by respondent