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BCCI covered under RTI, rules Central Information Commission
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is covered under the Right To Information (RTI) Act and is therefore answerable to the people, the Central Information Commission informed on Monday.
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The Central Information Commission (CIC), which is the top justice body in RTI matters, thoroughly read the law and orders of the Supreme Court, the Law Commission of India’s report as well as the reports submitted by the Public Information Officer in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, before ruling that the BCCI is covered under RTI and fulfills the required conditions of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act.
“The SC has also reaffirmed that the BCCI is the ‘approved’ national-level body holding virtually monopoly rights to organize cricketing events in the country,” Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu said in his order, reports PTI.
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In the 37-page long order, he directed the president, secretary and Committee of Administrators in the top cricket body to designate personnel in the role of central public information officers, central assistant public information officers and first appellate authorities as required under the law.
The cricket federation must also set-up, within 15 days, online and offline mechanisms to receive applications asking for information under the RTI Act, said the order.
“The BCCI should be listed as an NSF covered under the RTI Act. The RTI Act should be made applicable to the BCCI along with its entire constituent member cricketing associations, provided they fulfill the criteria applicable to the BCCI, as discussed in the Law Commission’s report,” he added, as quoted by the agency.
It was after the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports failed to give a satisfactory answer to an RTI applicant, Geeta Rani, who had sought to know the provisions and guidelines under which the BCCI has been representing India and selecting players for the country.
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