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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government refuses to divulge CIC's appointment details -Nidhi Sharma

Government refuses to divulge CIC's appointment details -Nidhi Sharma

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published Published on Jan 9, 2016   modified Modified on Jan 9, 2016
-The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Call it ironical or plain bureaucratic secrecy, the government does not want to share the details of appointment of new Chief Information Commissioner RK Mathur.

Anjali Bhardwaj of National Campaign for People's Right to Information had filed an application under Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking details of the appointment process including names of people considered, number of applications received, file notings and whether a search committee was formed. Though the government had appointed former defence secretary R K Mathur as the new chief on December 19, the department of personnel and training refused to divulge the information saying "The decision is not yet over".

In its reply dated December 28, nine days after the decision was taken and announced by minister Jitender Singh, cites Section 8 (1) (i) to justify the secrecy. It says, "... papers related.. are exempted under Section 8 (1) Ii) and shall be made public after the decision has been taken, and the matter is complete, or over." The quoted section of the Act applies to Cabinet papers and not the decision which is taken by a committee headed by Prime Minister and approved by the President. The section says "Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen Cabinet papers including records of deliberations of Council of Ministers, secretaries and other officers."

Speaking to ET, Bhardwaj said, "It is not clear why the decision is not complete. The reply was sent 9 days after the actual decision was announced. It is complete. DoPT has cited a section that exempts Cabinet papers and not these decisions. In any case the decision is complete as it is announced." Mathur was administered oath of office on Monday by President Pranab Mukherjee.

The reply comes after Supreme Court had given strict directives to the government to maintain transparency in the appointment process.

The Economic Times, 5 January, 2016, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/government-refuses-to-divulge-cics-appointment-details/articleshow/50457465.cms


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