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Vaikunth, Counsel for the respondent stated that Sri <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Vedapureeswarar Sri Varadarajaperumal Devsthanam, Pondicherry is not a Public Authority under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act in the light of a Kerala High Court judgment, hence they are not supposed to provide information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commission on 07-11-2019 had observed that PIO had already provided a response to the appellant with regard to renovation works, donation, details of costs for various preparation made for <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Kumbabishekam etc. at Sri Vedapureeswarar Sri Varadarajaperumal Devsthanam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the stage of the second appeal, it was averred that <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Sri Vedapureeswarar Sri Varadarajaperumal Devsthanam is not a Public Authority, hence, outside the purview of the RTI Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above-stated, Commission in its interim decision had directed the <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">respondent to send a written submission highlighting the factum as to how the averred Devasthanam is exempt under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act alongwith relevant legal citation\/proposition in support of their arguments.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>FINAL DECISION<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On perusal of the contentions of both the parties, Commission observed that appellant largely relied on conjecture suggesting the evasiveness towards <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">transparency, alleged vested interest or rather deliberate conduct of the Executive Officer in withholding the information and has even questioned the merits of the appointment of the present Executive Officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding to the above, the Commission stated that no substantial submission was put forward by the appellant to prove that the respondent&#8217;s office is covered under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commission held that in the absence of any substantial argument of the appellant to prove that the respondent temple is a public authority as per Section 2(h) of RTI Act, the ratio laid down in Kerala High Court&#8217;s decision in <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><em>A.C. Bhanunni v. Commr.,Hindu Religious &amp; Charitable Endowments <\/em>dated 11-03-2011, as well as Hyderabad High Court&#8217;s decision of G. Rajenderanath Goud v. Government of A.P. on 14-11-2018, restrict the amenability of Respondent temple to the provisions of RTI Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><em>Sri Vedapureeswarer Sri Varadaraja Perumal Devasthanam<\/em> cannot be deemed as a public authority under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act. [S Suresh v. 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