Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 27: Justice Sanjeev Kumar held that a private unaided institution is not a public authority and hence cannot be accessed directly to seek an information under RTI Act.
While disposing of a petition, Justice Sanjeev Kumar held that Tyndale Biscoe & Mallinson Society, which is running the educational institutions, is not a public authority as defined in Section 2(h) of the Act of 2005 and, therefore, information in its exclusive possession cannot be accessed directly from it by the information seeker under the provisions of the Act of 2005.
“Information seeker may, however, approach the public authority to obtain information relating to the petitioners and the public authority shall be bound to provide such information in relation to petitioners as may be in its possession or which can be accessed by it under any other law for the time being in force,” ruled the court.
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