IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 03.09.2025 Saraswati Kunj, Cooperative Housing Building Society Ltd. ….Petitioner Versus State Information Commission, Haryana and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Raghav Dayal Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Bhupender Sngh, Additional A.G., Haryana.

Mr. Pardeep Kumar Rapria, Advocate, for respondent No.5.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner, which is a Private Cooperative House Building Society, registered under the erstwhile Punjab Cooperative Societies Act, 1961, (now governed under the Haryana Cooperative Societies Act, 1984), has knocked the doors of this Court, for quashing of the final order dated 28.02.2024 (Annexure P-11), passed by the State Information Commissioner, Haryana-respondent No.2, and also the notice/order dated 03.05.2024 (Annexure P-12), issued by respondent No.1, directing it to provide information sought by respondent No.5, under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘the RTI Act’).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner, being a Private Cooperative House Building Society, is not