Vipin Sanghi, J.

1. The present writ petitions have been preferred under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, to assail the Common order dated 05.03.2010 passed by the Central Information Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “CIC”) in Complaint no. CIC/SG/C/2009/001472+001312 & Appeal No. CIC/SG/C/2009/000341, whereby the CIC has held the Petitioner Company to be a “Public Authority” under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”).

2. The facts leading to the filing of the present writ petitions are as follows:

2.1 The petitioner company was incorporated on 19.04.2006 as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the “GNCTD”), for the purpose of implementing “Integrated multi-modal transit Network Projects”. The initial paid up share capital of the petitioner company was Rs.7,30,39,000/- divided into 73039 equity shares of Rs.1,000/- each, and the same was entirely held by GNCTD.

2.2 On 04.07.2007, a Shareholder’s Agreement (SHA) was entered into between the GNCTD and Infrastructure Development Finance Company (hereinafter referred to as the “IDFC”), wh