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Delhi High Court<\/div>\n
E.C.S.E.P. Council vs Central Information Commission & … on 1 September, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Mukul Mudgal<\/div>\n
*      IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI\n\n+                  LPA 1802\/2006 & CM 11865\/2006\n\n                                      Date of Decision: 1st September, 2008.\n\n       E.C.S.E.P. COUNCIL                               ..... Appellant\n                   Through      Mr. Kailash Vasdev, Sr. Adv. with\n                                Mr. Virender Mehta, Adv.\n\n                   versus\n\n   CENTRAL INFORMATION\n   COMMISSION & ORS.                        ..... Respondents\n            Through  Mr. K. K. Nigam, Adv. for R-1.\n                     Ms. Asha Jain Madan, Adv. for R-2.\n                     Mr. S.K. Dubey with Mr. Nitin Kumar Sharma,\n                     Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advs. for UOI.\nCORAM:\nHON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKUL MUDGAL\nHON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN\n\n1.     Whether the Reporters of local papers\n       may be allowed to see the judgment?                     Yes\n2.     To be referred to the Reporter or not?                  Yes\n\n3.     Whether the judgment should be\n       reported in the Digest?                                 Yes\n\n                                JUDGMENT(Oral)\n<\/pre>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                          Page 1 of 10<\/span><\/p>\n
 : MUKUL MUDGAL,J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
1.     Admit. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this appeal<\/p>\n
is taken up for final hearing.\n<\/p>\n
                                                       th\n<\/p>\n
2.     This is an appeal challenging the order dated 19 July 2006 of the learned<\/p>\n
Single Judge in Writ Petition No.11434\/.2006. The original writ petitioner is<\/p>\n
                                                               nd
\nthe appellant before us and has challenged the order dated 22 March 2006 and<\/p>\n
                      th
\nthe order dated 18         May 2006 passed by the respondent no.1 Central<\/p>\n
Information Commission directing the appellant, i.e., CPIO, Department of<\/p>\n
Information Technology (DIT)\/Electronics & Computer Software Export<\/p>\n
Promotion Council (ESC) to supply the requisite information to the respondent<\/p>\n
no.2 Smt. Navneet Kaur on the ground that the appellant is not amenable to the<\/p>\n
Right of Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”).<\/p>\n
3.     The respondents no.1 CIC’s finding was affirmed by the learned Single<\/p>\n
Judge to the effect that out of sum of Rs.11.8 crores income for the year 2004-<\/p>\n
05, the Grant-in-aid from the Department of Commerce and Information<\/p>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                         Page 2 of 10<\/span>
\n Technology was about Rs.6.8 crore, and consequently, the finding was that the<\/p>\n
petitioner, the appellant herein was substantially financed by the Government.<\/p>\n
While the issue as to whether the appellant is a government organization is<\/p>\n
pending in the Hon’ble Supreme Court , we have proceeded to decide this<\/p>\n
Appeal on the basis that the appellant is a non-governmental organization. The<\/p>\n
plea of the learned counsel Shri Kailash Vasdev is that not only is the appellant<\/p>\n
a non-government organization but is not substantially funded by the<\/p>\n
Government as required by Section 2(h) of the Act.             ‘Public Authority’ as<\/p>\n
defined in Section 2(h) of the Act reads as follows:<\/p>\n
                   “(h) “Public authority” means any
\n                   authority or body or institution of self-
\n                   government established or constituted,-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                   (a)      by or under the Constitution;\n                   (b)      by any other law made by\n                   Parliament;\n                   (c)      by an other law made by State\n                   Legislature;\n                   (d)      by notification issued or order\n                   made by the appropriate Government, and\n                   includes any-\n                       (i)      body owned, controlled or\n                       substantially financed;\n                       (ii)     non-Government Organization\n                       substantially financed,\n\n\nLPA No.1802\/2006                                                          Page 3 of 10<\/span>\n                        directly or indirectly by funds\n                       provided   by    the   appropriate\n                       Government;\"\n\n\n<\/pre>\n
4.     Both the learned counsel have not disputed that a public authority is<\/p>\n
amenable to the said Act. Consequently, the learned Single Judge in view of the<\/p>\n
above finding of substantial funding by the Government dismissed the writ<\/p>\n
petition leading to the present appeal.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
5.     We are proceeding on the assumption that the appellant is a non-<\/p>\n
governmental organization and only deciding whether the appellant is included<\/p>\n
in the definition of non-governmental organization substantially financed by the<\/p>\n
Government.\n<\/p>\n
6.     Shri Kailash Vasdev, the learned Senior Counsel, appearing on behalf of<\/p>\n
the appellant, has contended that the appellant being an ‘autonomous body’ as<\/p>\n
evident from the Gazette communication of the Government could not be said to<\/p>\n
be an organization amenable to Section 2(h) of the Act as it was not<\/p>\n
substantially financed by the Government. In support of the said plea, the<\/p>\n
learned counsel for the appellant relied upon the communication issued by the<\/p>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                      Page 4 of 10<\/span>
\n Marketing Development Assistance, Code for Export Promotion Efforts,<\/p>\n
Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of<\/p>\n
Commerce (E&MDA Division), Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi in the month of<\/p>\n
June 2001. In Particular, Reliance has been placed on Clause 10(i) of the said<\/p>\n
Code which reads as follows:\n<\/p>\n
                   “(i)    Export Promotion Councils (EPCs)
\n                   are autonomous in administrative matters
\n                   and no financial assistance is provided to
\n                   them from MDA for administrative
\n                   expenditure (non-code).          List of
\n                   recognized EPCs is given in Annexure X.\n<\/p>\n
                   The EPCs can, however, be considered for
\n                   assistance from MDA in modernization,
\n                   computerization for data collection,
\n                   analysis, dissemination and to reduce
\n                   recurring administrative expenses by
\n                   cutting down identified surplus manpower
\n                   through Voluntary Retirement Scheme so
\n                   that they can provided efficient, online
\n                   and cost effective better services to the
\n                   trade etc.”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
7.     It is contended that since the Export Promotion Council, such as the<\/p>\n
appellant is an autonomous body and had no financial assistance, provided to<\/p>\n
them from Marketing Development Assistance, Code for Export Promotion<\/p>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                     Page 5 of 10<\/span>
\n Efforts, Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of<\/p>\n
Commerce (E&MDA Division), Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi. In fact, the main<\/p>\n
thrust of the appeal is founded on the pleas of the appellant that grand-in-aid<\/p>\n
from the government is not for establishment of the council and hence the<\/p>\n
appellant is not substantially financed by the Government. The learned counsel<\/p>\n
for the appellant submitted that since the Code referred to above provided that<\/p>\n
the appellant was not given funds for                  administrative expenses of the<\/p>\n
respondent, consequently, the Act can not be said to be applicable to the<\/p>\n
appellant council.\n<\/p>\n
8.     In our view, in construing the effect of Section 2(h) of the Act, it is<\/p>\n
necessary to see the aims and objects of the Act which provides information to<\/p>\n
the querist. The preamble of the Act is instructive and reads as under:<\/p>\n
                            AND WHEREAS democracy requires an
\n                     informed citizenry and transparency of
\n                     information which are vital to its functioning and
\n                     also to contain corruption and to hold
\n                     governments      and    their     instrumentalities
\n                     accountable to the governed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                            AND       WHEREAS          revelation      of
\n                     information in actual practice is likely to conflict<\/p>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                            Page 6 of 10<\/span>
\n                    with other public interests including efficient
\n                   operations of the Governments, optimum use of
\n                   limited fiscal resources and the preservation of
\n                   confidentiality of sensitive information;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                          AND WHEREAS it is necessary to
\n                   harmonize these conflicting interests while
\n                   preserving the paramountcy of the democratic
\n                   ideal;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
9.     Since the appellant has not challenged the figure of Rs.6.8 crore out of<\/p>\n
11.8 crore, we proceed on the assumption that the aforesaid finding is correct.<\/p>\n
From the Preamble, it is apparent that the intent of the Act is to ensure that there<\/p>\n
is an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are necessary to<\/p>\n
prevent corruption and hold the government and its instrumentalities<\/p>\n
accountable to the governed.\n<\/p>\n
10.    The ‘public authority’ is amenable to the jurisdiction of the respondent<\/p>\n
no.1 on the basis of it being a non-governmental organization which is<\/p>\n
substantially financed by the Union of India. The respondent no.1 has recorded<\/p>\n
and the learned Single Judge has affirmed that out of funds of the sum of<\/p>\n
Rs.11.8 crore income for the year 2004-05, the Grant-in-aid to the appellant<\/p>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                          Page 7 of 10<\/span>
\n from the Department of Commerce and Information Technology was about<\/p>\n
Rs.6.8 crore and consequently, it was held by the respondent no.1 and affirmed<\/p>\n
by the learned Single Judge that the appellant was substantially financed by the<\/p>\n
Government.        The appellant has challenged the above finding not on the<\/p>\n
quantum of the aid given but on the ground that the grant-in-aid is provided by<\/p>\n
the Government for specific promotional programmes and projects and not for<\/p>\n
administrative expenses.\n<\/p>\n
11.    In our view, all that the Act requires is that the non-governmental<\/p>\n
organization ought to be substantially financed by the Government.                The<\/p>\n
dictionary meaning of ‘substantial’ is instructive and reads as follows:<\/p>\n
   \u2022   Oxford English Dictionary<\/p>\n
       “Constituting or involving an essential point or feature; essential,
\n       material.”\n<\/p>\n
12.    We are satisfied that grant of a sum of Rs.6.8 crore out of 11.8 crore<\/p>\n
amounts to substantial financing of the appellant by the Government. Whether<\/p>\n
the grant is for its project, establishment or otherwise, the requirements of the<\/p>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                           Page 8 of 10<\/span>
\n Act are fully satisfied. The fact that the grant-in-aid from the Government was<\/p>\n
not for administrative expenses cannot detract from the fact and its legal effect<\/p>\n
that the appellant was substantially financed by the Government.<\/p>\n
13.    The Memorandum of Association clearly shows that out of 15 members<\/p>\n
of the council, only Serial No.13, 14 and 15 are government nominees thus the<\/p>\n
control of the council does exist according to the appellant, in the council and<\/p>\n
not in the government. We are not going into that issue as we are only required<\/p>\n
to construe Section 2 (h) of the Act which requires the non-governmental<\/p>\n
organization to be substantially financed. Moreover, we have proceeded on the<\/p>\n
assumption that the appellant is a non-governmental organization.<\/p>\n
14.    The learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the council’s<\/p>\n
expenditures on establishment, salaries and other operations for the financial<\/p>\n
year 2004-2005 was Rs.2.08 crores which was totally met out of Membership<\/p>\n
Fees and Trade Contribution amounting to Rs.2.19 core for that year. A copy of<\/p>\n
the annual report containing the audited annual accounts and the balance sheet<\/p>\n
for the year 2004-05 has been enclosed. In our view, this plea of the appellant<\/p>\n
LPA No.1802\/2006                                                       Page 9 of 10<\/span>
\n does not advance the cause of the appellant as in fact, the aim and object of the<\/p>\n
appellant is to support, protect, maintain, increase and promote the exports of<\/p>\n
electronic goods, computer software and related services and promote and<\/p>\n
develop use of electronics in other products by such methods as may be deemed<\/p>\n
necessary. Therefore, in pursuance of the objects of the council\/appellant if it<\/p>\n
received a grant of a sum of Rs.6.8 crore out of Rs.11.8 crore for various<\/p>\n
projects, then such grants are in pursuance to the objects of the appellant. This<\/p>\n
also supports our view that the appellant was substantially financed by the<\/p>\n
government, even if the grant-in-aid     was provided by the government for<\/p>\n
specific promotional programmes and projects and not for administrative<\/p>\n
expenses. The government grants certainly fall within the purview of the aims<\/p>\n
and object of the appellant.\n<\/p>\n
15.    Consequently, there is no merit in the appeal and it is dismissed with no<\/p>\n
orders as to costs.\n<\/p>\n
                                                  MUKUL MUDGAL, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
SEPTEMBER 01, 2008\/dr                             MANMOHAN, J.\n\nLPA No.1802\/2006                                                      Page 10 of 10<\/span>\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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