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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society v. Director of Public Instructions,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §2,§2(h),educational institutions,substantial financing,DAV)&metatag-description=(Non-government educational trusts receiving substantial government aid are 'public authorities' under §2[h]. Non-govt colleges receiving substantial State.)}}
+====== D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society v. Director of Public ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**Supreme Court of India** · 2019-09-17 · (2019) 9 SCC 185 · **★ Landmark**
+</WRAP>
+**Non-government educational trusts receiving substantial government aid are 'public authorities' under §2[h]. Non-govt colleges receiving substantial State.**
+//Non-govt colleges receiving substantial State financing fall within §2(h); must appoint PIOs.//
+===== Case details =====
+^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
+^ Decided | 2019-09-17 |
+^ Citation | (2019) 9 SCC 185 |
+^ Bench | L. Nageswara Rao, Deepak Gupta |
+^ Petitioner | D.A.V. College Trust |
+^ Respondent | Director of Public Instructions (Colleges) & Ors. |
+^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
+^ Outcome | Rejected |
+===== Outcome =====
+Non-government educational trusts receiving substantial government aid are 'public authorities' under §2(h).
+===== Ratio decidendi =====
+Educational institutions, including non-government colleges, that receive substantial government aid — measured against their overall operating budget — are 'public authorities' under §2(h) and must comply with the RTI Act.
+===== Keywords =====
+§2(h), educational institutions, substantial financing, DAV
+===== This case cites =====
+  * [[/important-decisions/thalappalam-coop-vs-state-of-kerala|Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala]] (SC 2013)
+===== Later rulings that cite this case =====
+  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-private-school-rti-2019|Aided private schools under RTI — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2019)
+===== 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/cic-iota-v-harinder-dhingra-2013|Indian Olympic Association v. Harinder Dhingra]] (CIC 2013)
+  * [[/cases/kerala-hc-cooperative-banks-rti-2017|Cooperative banks under RTI — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2017)
+===== Related =====
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
+  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
+  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
+  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
+  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
+  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27459334/|External reported text →]]
+<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-sc section-2 landmark}}