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Such schools would not be a `public authority' for the purpose of RTI Act in India. For the purpose of quashing of Transfer Certificates issued by the school, which is an action wholly within the administration and control of management of the school, no writ can be issued. Merely because School Charter is prescribed by the Indian Embassy cannot make the school amenable to writ jurisdiction

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