Dehradun, Oct. 8 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Nainital, 7 Oct: Uttarakhand High Court has ruled that the State Information Commission cannot direct any officer to conduct an inquiry under Section 18 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. A Division Bench comprising Justices Ravindra Maithani and Alok Verma held that the Commission's powers are confined to examining reasons for delay or denial of information and imposing penalties, but do not extend to ordering inquiries by other officers.

The judgment came in a special appeal challenging a single Judge's order of August 2017, which had upheld a directive issued by the Uttarakhand Information Commission. In this particular case, the Commission, acting on a complainant's application, had ...