[HumJanenge] Goa Cricket Association moves to High Court against the order of Information commission

GCA moves High Court

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United News of India
Panaji, Nov 9:
Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has moved the Bombay High Court,
challenging the order of the Goa State Information Commission which
had ruled that the GCA comes under the ambit of the Right to
Information Act.
The petition will come up for hearing before the vacation judge of the
Bombay High Court at Goa Justice N A Britto on November 10.
On a complaint filed by Advocate Aires Rodrigues, the State Chief
Information Commissioner Motilal Keny had on October 7 in a 23-page
landmark order directed the Goa Cricket Assocation to furnish Advocate
Rodrigues within 30 days the information sought by him on the fees
paid by the GCA to its lawyer Subodh Kantak.
The State Chief Information Commissioner ruled that the government
notification dated July 8, 2010 that sports organizations and Sports
Associations recognized by Sports Authority of Goa are covered under
the RTI Act was binding on the GCA.
After Advocate Rodrigues sought information from the GCA on the fees
paid to their lawyer Mr Kantak, the cricket body which is headed by
Goa's former Law Minister Dayanand Narvekar took a stand that it does
not come under the purview of the RTI Act.
Rodrigues, in a release here today, said the GCA claimed that the
Right to Information Act was not applicable to it as it had not
received any financial or other assistance from the Goa Government or
the Sports Authority of Goa.
However, Rodrigues submitted documentary proof to the effect that the
Goa Government had granted to the GCA on a 99-year-lease land
admeasuring 1,30,328 sq meters at Tivim for the construction of a
cricket stadium at a nominal rent of Rs 50,000/- per year.
Rodrigues also submitted evidence that the Sports Authority of Goa had
also given GCA financial assistance of Rs 50 lakhs.
Rodrigues submitted further evidence to the effect that the Sports
Authority of Goa was also paying the salaries of cricket coaches given
to the GCA, the release added.

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