CWP No.11878 of 2011 (O&M) The Nawanshahr Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. VERSUS The State Information Commissioner, Punjab and others Present :Mr.D.V.Sharma, Senior Advocate with Ms.Shivani Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** The petitioner, the Nawanshahr Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., lays challenge to an order dated 14.06.2011, passed by the Chief Information Commissioner, Punjab, primarily on the plea that as the petitioner, a Cooperative Society, does not receive any governmental assistance and nor does the government hold any shares, the Right to Information Act, 2005, does not apply to the petitioner. I have heard counsel for the petitioner and express my inability to issue the writ as prayed in view of the judgment of this Court in Hindu Urban Co-operative Bank Limited V/s State Information Commission and others, 2011(2), RCR (Civil) 915, wherein after considering the provisions of the Act and judgments of the various High Courts, it has been clearly held that the provisions of the Act apply to a Co-operative Society. I find no reason whether in fact or in law to adopt a different view. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed. 15.07.2011 [ RAJIVE BHALLA ] shamsher JUDGE