The phrase "acting on a request" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of responding to or fulfilling a request made by someone.
Example: "The team is currently acting on a request from the client to revise the project timeline."
Alternatives: "responding to a request" or "fulfilling a request".
The commissioner, Richard Thomas, acting on a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, said his ruling was based on "the gravity and controversial nature" of Britain's decision to go to war and would not, as government officials have argued, set a "dangerous precedent" for releasing cabinet papers that have traditionally remained secret for 30 years.
In making the arrest, the Senegalese were acting on a request from the United States.
The letter from attorneys in her office said they were acting on a request from California's DMV.
They were acting on a request from Italian cultural officials, who said that the intricately patterned gold bowl had been smuggled out of Sicily and sold illegally.
Today, Judge Sybil R. Moses of State Superior Court, acting on a request from Mr. Schuber for an injunction against the sheriff, said the work must continue.
Dr Emily Keram, a California-based psychiatrist who has assessed prisoners in the US and abroad at the request of US courts and lawyers, was acting on a request by Mr Aamer's legal representatives.
Separately, an administrative judge, acting on a city request, suspended the company's operating license.
B1 Unsatisfactory Jail Conditions A federal judge, acting on a city request to end two decades of court monitoring of city jails, ruled that several shortcomings persist, including foul air and very cold and unsanitary conditions in some jails.
It was the principle behind the detention of the Chilean ex-dictator, Augusto Pinochet, in London in 1998, acting on a Spanish request, and it was the reason Israeli ministers were wary of travelling to Britain five years ago.
They would be among the 15 nations acting on a Palestinian request for UN membership.
His file-sharing company, Megaupload, was forced to shut down when New Zealand police, acting on an American request, conducted an armed raid on his property.
