‘No’ to RTI plea for copy of warrant of appointment of Haryana Governor
The Hindu
It’s communication between two constitutional functionaries in a fiduciary relationship, says President’s secretariat
The President’s secretariat has refused to give copy of order of appointment of Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya under the Right To Information Act, 2005, on the pretext that the warrant of appointment is a communication between two constitutional functionaries (President and Governor) in a fiduciary relationship. Hemant Kumar, an advocate at the Punjab and Haryana High Court had through the RTI, sought the copy as issued by the President under his hand and seal under Article 155. Mr. Dattatreya had been the Governor of Himachal Pradesh since September 11, 2019. He took oath as the 18th Governor of Haryana on July 15. In reply to the RTI application, the President’s secretariat on July 23, said: “The Warrant of Appointment of the Governor is a communication between two constitutional functionaries in a fiduciary relationship. Hence a copy of the same can’t be provided in terms of Section 8(1)(e)of the RTI Act, 2005.”
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