GANGTOK, India, June 15 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 15:

1. The Sikkim Public Service Commission (SPSC), Petitioner herein, is before this Court seeking the following reliefs;

"a. Quash and set aside the impugned order dated 17.06.2025 and 22.07.2025 passed by State Information Commission (Respondent No.1), as being without jurisdiction, contrary to the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005;

b. Hold and declare that the petitioner (SPIO) was justified in denying disclosure of the information sought being exempted under section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, 2005; c. Stay the operation and effect of the impugned order dated 17.06.2025 and 22.07.2025 passed by the Respondent No.1, during the pendency of this writ petition; d. Pass such order(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice."

2. While impugning the Orders dated 17-06-2025 and 22- 07-2025, passed by the Sikkim Information Commission, Gangtok, Sikkim, Respondent No.1 herein, in Appeal No.3/SIC/2025, dated 14-05-2025 [Mr. Ashif Pradhan vs. State Public Information Officer (SPIO), Sikkim Public Service Commission, Gangtok, Sikkim], it is averred that the Respondent No.2 herein, had filed an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter, "RTI Act"), dated 18-02-2025, before the Petitioner, State Public Information Officer (hereinafter, "SPIO"), SPSC, seeking certain information under the provisions of the RTI Act. The information sought inter alia pertained to making over to the Respondent No.2 the list of candidates who had cleared the Sikkim Services (Combined Recruitment) Mains Examination, 2022, for recruitment to the posts of Accounts Officer, Under Secretary and Deputy Superintendent of Police, along with their Roll numbers and marks obtained by them. The Respondent No.2 had also sought the list of candidates who were Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in the same examination, the marks obtained by them and categories of disability. The Petitioner vide letter dated 25-03-2025 furnished some of the information sought to the Respondent No.2.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcs.gov.in/hcs/hg_orders/201100000572025_6.pdf)

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