2 (4) MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION Through the Secretary Department of Telecommunications Sanchar Bhawan 20 Ashoka Road New Delhi – 110 001 RESPONDENT NO. 4 A PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FILED IN PUBLIC INTEREST To, The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and His Companion Judges of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India The Humble Petition of the Petitioner above named MOST RESPECTFULLY SHOWETH 1. The present Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, filed in public interest, seeks to challenge the constitutional validity of Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 [“IT Act”] and The Information Technology (Procedure for Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009 [“2009 IT Rules”] enacted pursuant to Section 69(2) read with Section 87(2)(y) of the Act, for being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(a) and 21 of the Constitution. Consequently, the Petitioners seek a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction to quash the Notification dated 20.12.2018 (bearing No. 14/07/2011-T) [“Impugned Notification”], wherein ten (10) Security and Intelligence Agencies [“Authorised Agencies”] of the Central Government have been authorised to intercept, monitor, and decrypt [collectively as “Electronic Surveillance”] any information generated, transmitted, received, or stored in any computer resource. True Copy of The Information Technology