Chandigarh, Aug. 4 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has stayed a single judge order that declared the Chandigarh Golf Club a "public authority" under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.

Hearing an appeal from the club against the May 29 judgment, the division bench sought a response from the UT administration.

The single judge bench had held that the club comes under the ambit of the RTI Act and is liable to provide information under the law. Observing that the UT administration extends "substantial financing" to the club and thus exercises "substantial control" over it, the single bench judge had said, "Enough is enough. The time has now come to tell the Golf Club that if its members want to enjoy playing golf at the cos...