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dated 16.07.2014 issued by the respondent No.1 in Complaint
No.57/2014 (Annexure-N-1) affirming the decision/order dated
22.10.2013 passed in Complaint No.97/2013 directing the respondent
No.2 to seek consent/opinion from the respective political parties with
respect to disclosure of their annual audited reports to the petitioner
No.1, should not be declared to have been passed without lawful
authority and is of no legal effect and/ or pass such other or further
order or orders as to this Court may seem fit and proper.
Facts, in short, are that the petitioner No.1 is the Secretary of
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SHUJAN), an organization in
Bangladesh, which conducts various activities with a view to
establishing and promoting democracy and good governance in the
country by creating awareness among the citizens and ensuring their
active participation for achieving transparency and rule of law at all
levels.
The petitioner Nos.2 to 6 are various office-bearers of
SHUJAN, and have been closely involved with various activities to
promote transparency in the public life and the right of the citizens to
information. It has also been contended that all the petitioners have
played active roles in pursuing the proceedings under the Right to
Information Act, 2009 (in short, RTI Act, 2009), which resulted in the
decision/order impugned in the instant writ petition, and have thus
genuine interest in the subject matter of the instant writ petition.
The respondent No.1 is the Information Commission,
Bangladesh, which has been constituted under the provisions of the