[Civil Appeal No. 9095 of 2012 arising out of SLP(C) No.7529 of 2009]. The present appeal is directed against the judgment dated 18th December, 2008 of the High Court of Bombay at Aurangabad vide which the High Court declined to interfere with the order dated 26th February, 2008 passed by the State Information Commissioner under the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short 'the Act'). We may notice the facts in brief giving rise to the present appeal. One Shri Ram Narayan, respondent No.2, a political person belonging to the Nationalist Congress Party, Nanded filed an application on 3rd January, 2007, before the appellant who was a nominated authority under Section 5 of the Act and was responsible for providing the information sought by the applicants. This application was moved under Section 6(1) of the Act. In the application, the said respondent No.2 sought the following information: "The persons those who are appointed/selected through a reservation category, their names, when they have appointed on the said post. When they have joined the said post. The report of the Caste Verification Committee of the persons those who are/were selected from the reserved category.
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