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'Info panel selections faulty'

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published Published on Aug 30, 2011   modified Modified on Aug 30, 2011

-The Times of India

 

Central information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi on Sunday faulted the process of selection of information commissioners. "My selection is a flawed process. The process of selection of information commissioner is faulty," Gandhi told reporters here.

Stating that the biggest threat to right to information was from the central and state commissions, Gandhi said prolonged pendency of cases with the commissions and faulty selection process of commissioners would defeat the purpose of RTI. Gandhi was in Bhubaneswar to attend a state-level convention on RTI.

Gandhi suggested that a transparent process should be in place to select the commissioners. "It should be a two-step process. First, a search committee should be constituted sufficiently in advance before a post lies vacant. The committee should advertise the vacancy, screen and shortlist candidates for the post. Secondly, an interview of the short-listed candidates should be held in a transparent and accountable manner," he said.

The information commissioner said that each commission should have deadlines to dispose of cases in a time-bound manner. "Too much delay in imparting information defeats the purpose of seeking it," he said, suggesting that each commission should be set a target to dispose of a fixed number of cases.

Gandhi said he "strongly favoured" that RTI should be applicable to public private partnership (PPP) projects because these involved public money, adding that these PPP should have public information officers just as other the government departments. Gandhi said public awareness can strengthen the act further by creating pressure on the government and the commission.

The Times of India, 29 August, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Info-panel-selections-faulty/articleshow/9780205.cms


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