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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 32 babus, RTI activists angling for CIC post by Dipak Kumar Dash

32 babus, RTI activists angling for CIC post by Dipak Kumar Dash

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published Published on Aug 29, 2010   modified Modified on Aug 29, 2010


From retired and serving babus to journalists to even RTI activists and academicians, everyone seems to be angling for the posts of chief information commissioner (CIC) and information commissioners (ICs). In a delicious irony, all the names have come out in an RTI reply.

Replying to an RTI plea filed by Mannish Bhatnagar, the department of personnel and training said 32 names were received for the posts of CIC and ICs since October 2009. While most of these were applications from those interested, there were recommendations from the PMO, a governor, and Cabinet and junior ministers. Half of them have applied for the post of CIC.

While the Tamil Nadu governor recommended Tajinder Singh Bedi, a bureaucrat, for the CIC's post, the PMO recommended one Ravi Sawney for this post. The name of a journalist was recommended by the minister of parliamentary affairs and water resources and the Patna MLA Dr Ashok Kumar.

Besides bureaucrats and social workers, entrepreneurs have also applied for this post. Former cop Kiran Bedi's name was recommended by Faridabad Congress Committee and Rashtrawadi Ulema-e-Hind.

Some of the bureaucrats who have applied for the IC's post include A K Jain, Nripendra Misra, Sachi Chaudhuri, A K Banerjee and S P Gaur. MoS for rural development has recommended the name of Deepankar Mukhopadhyay. Two prominent RTI activists Subhash Chandra Agrawal and Krishnaraj Rao also figure in the list.

A three-member committee comprising the Prime Minister, leader of opposition and a central minister nominated by PM will select the CIC and ICs. While the CIC's post has to be filled by September-end, one post of IC is vacant and two members are about to retire.


The Times of India, 30 August, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/32-babus-RTI-activists-angling-for-CIC-post/articleshow/6459022.cms


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