Economic Times: New Delhi: Monday,
May 23, 2016.
Expressing
concern over operations of flying clubs in the country, the CIC has ordered
Director General of Civil Aviation to furnish records of funds received by
Bombay Flying Club for Scheduled Castestudents and their disbursement among
other details.
The Bombay
Flying Club had refused to part with the information about scholarship funds
received from the Centre for SC students saying this does not come under the
RTI Act.
It said that
the club is governed by the rules and regulations under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 and it was complying with the relevant provisions of the
Societies Act.
The case
relates to information sought by a man named Jai Bhagwan Jatav about total
funds received by the club from Centre for SC students who got admission there
and who were found eligible to get financial support as scholarship for
covering various expenses.
Jatav had
also sought to know how many SC students were given financial
support/scholarship, details of SC students who were on roll in commercial
pilot licence training final class and have passed out and left, whether they
were charged full fee or whether they were not given any benefit of this
scholarship among other queries.
Information
Commissioner Bimal Julka said after detailed study of the activities undertaken
by such flying clubs and the regulations governing them, it is seen that all
these clubs perform certain critical functions in the larger public interest.
"On
perusal of the Civil Aviation Requirements, Section 7 Series 'D' Part I have
laid down the procedure and the minimum requirements relating to
infrastructure, manpower and procedure for grant of approval for undertaking
flying training activities," he said.
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