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Indian Olympic Association v. Harinder Dhingra

IOA held a 'public authority' under §2[h] due to substantial state support. Substantial financing includes concessional benefits (land, rates); IOA brought under.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Indian Olympic Association v. Harinder Dhingra,Central Information Commission (Full Bench) RTI,RTI §2,Indian Olympic Association,public authority,substantial financing,§2(h))&metatag-description=(IOA held a 'public authority' under §2[h] due to substantial state support. Substantial financing includes concessional benefits (land, rates); IOA brought under.)}}
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 +====== Indian Olympic Association v. Harinder Dhingra ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission (Full Bench)** · 2013-04-11 · Citation awaited · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**IOA held a 'public authority' under §2[h] due to substantial state support. Substantial financing includes concessional benefits (land, rates); IOA brought under.**
 +
 +//Substantial financing includes concessional benefits (land, rates); IOA brought under §2(h).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission (Full Bench) |
 +^ Decided | 2013-04-11 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Indian Olympic Association |
 +^ Respondent | Harinder Dhingra |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +IOA held a 'public authority' under §2(h) due to substantial state support.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +'Substantial financing' extends to indirect State benefits such as concessional land allotments, tax exemptions and equipment grants — not only direct cash grants.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Indian Olympic Association, public authority, substantial financing, §2(h)
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/thalappalam-coop-vs-state-of-kerala|Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala]] (SC 2013)
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-charitable-trust-public-authority-2017|Charitable trusts receiving State grants — CIC]] (CIC 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-section-2-h-ngo-receipt-2014|§2(h) applied to grant-receiving NGO]] (SC 2014)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/thalappalam-coop-vs-state-of-kerala|Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala]] (SC 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/dav-college-trust-v-director-2019-sc|D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society v. Director of Public Instructions]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/kerala-hc-cooperative-banks-rti-2017|Cooperative banks under RTI — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2017)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
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 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-2 landmark}}