A.B. Chaudhari, J)

1. Heard.

2. Admit.

3. Assistant Government Pleader waives service for respondent nos. 2 and 3.

4. The instant appeal is taken up for final disposal by the consent of the learned Counsel for the rival parties.

5. The judgment and order dt. 16.8.2010 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No. 3871 of 2010 is under challenge in the present Letters Patent Appeal. In support of the appeal, Mr.Anupam Desai, learned Counsel for the appellant made the following submissions :

a) The appellant/Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Arvi is not a 'public authority' within the meaning of Section 2 (h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as “the RTI Act”) and therefore, the RTI Act is not applicable to the Appellant/Committee. If the Act itself does not apply to the Committee, the question of supplying an information even under Section 2 (f) of the RTI Act does not arise and therefore, the learned Single Judge erred in dismissing the Writ Petition filed by the appellant.

b) A Single Judge of this Court in the case of Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Urban Cooperative Bank, Amravati vs. State Information Commissioner, Vida