AP HC: RTI not right forum to appeal against court's verdict

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today upheld Chief Information Commissioner C D Arha’s order that if the appellant is aggrieved by the verdict of a judge, he should appeal it in a court of competent jurisdiction and Right to Information(RTI) Act is not the forum for redressal of his grievances. Dissatisfied with the orders of the first Appellate Authority in a case, K Gandaiah had appealed before Mr Arha on April 7, 2007 and raised some queries. The CIC in his order, dated November 20, 2007, had rejected the appeal, maintaining that RTI was not the right forum for redressal of his grievances. The Appellant, however, filed a writ petition in the High Court, challenging his order, a press release here said. Upholding the orders issued by CIC, the division bench of the High Court said, ‘We do not find any error in the orders passed by the respondent...If the petitioner is aggrieved by the order the remedy lies elsewhere ,but not the one, which he has chosen to avail under the provisions of the Act.’