Chandigarh, May 30 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has held that the Chandigarh Golf Club (CGC) comes under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and is liable to provide information as per law.

Disposing of a petition from the club, pending since 2012, the HC bench of justice Kuldeep Tiwari said the UT administration exercises substantial control over, and extends substantial financing indirectly to, the club. " .thereby bringing it within the definition of a public authority under Section 2(h)(ii) of the RTI Act. There is no illegality or infirmity in the impugned order declaring the Golf Club a public authority and directing it to put in place an appropriate mechanism for compliance with the provisions of the RTI A...