The Sports Authority of Goa directed Goa Cricket Association to comply with the Right to Information Act

Digital Goa : Panaji, August 31 :

The Sports Authority of Goa has directed Goa Cricket Association headed by Goa’s former Law Minister Mr. Dayanand Narvekar to comply with the Right to Information Act and furnish information requested by Adv. Aires Rodrigues.

The Goa Cricket Association had declined to furnish information sought by Aires Rodrigues on the fees paid to its lawyer Mr. Subodh Kantak while claiming that the Goa Cricket Association does not come within the purview of the RTI Act.

Responding to Goa Cricket Association’s claim that the RTI was not applicable to it, the Sports authority of Goa has in a letter to the Secretary of Goa Cricket Association last night stated that Sports Authority of Goa had been providing assistance to the Goa Cricket Association through various means such as sparing the services of coaches, sports infrastructure as and when it was requisitioned.

The Sports Authority of Goa has drawn the attention of Goa Cricket Association that it had also recently signed an M.O.U with Sports Authority of Goa on 27th July 2010 to book the Nehru Stadium at Fatorda for the ODI match scheduled for 24th October.

While stating that the Goa Cricket Association was a constituent member of the Sports Authority of Goa on its General body as well as the Governing Council, the Sports Authority of Goa has told the Goa Cricket Association that it was a Public Authority and did come within the purview of the RTI Act.

Stating that the Goa Cricket Association’s claim that it does not come under RTI does not hold good, the Sports Authority of Goa by its letter directed the Goa Cricket Association to abide by the Government guidelines that it does come under the RTI Act.