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Disclosure of information is subject to exemptions under section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act, 2005.

~.No. 4/2J2015-IRGovernment of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsDepartment of Personnel and Training

North Block, New DelhiDated 14thJanuary, 2016

Meeting Notice

Meeting of the Search Committee for recommending panel of names to theSelection Committee for appointment of Information Commissioners in theCentral Information Commission has been scheduled to be held under thechairmanship of Cabinet Secretary on 19.01.2016 at 11.00 A.M. in the CabinetSecretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan. Agenda note is enclosed.

2. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Encl: As above. ~t(lSQ

(G.S. Arora)Deputy Secretary (IR)

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Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.Additional Principal Secretary to PM, Prime Minister's Office, South Block,New Delhi.Secretary (Personnel), Dlo Personnel & Training, North Block, New Delhi.Secretary (I&B), Room No. 655, 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New DelhiSecretary, (Expenditure), Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi.Dr. Manoj Panda, (Director), Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi UniversityEnclave, Delhi 110007.

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Copy to:-PPS to Cabinet Secretary - to provide secretarial assistance to the SearchCommittee.

Agenda Note

Appointment of three Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission.

Rule Position

1. As per section 12 (2) of the Act, the Central Information Commission shall consist of

the Chief Information Commissioner and such number of Central Information Commissioners,

not exceeding ten, as may be deemed necessary. At present, the Central Information

Commission has Chief Information Commissioner and 7(seven) Information Commissioners.

2. Section 12 (3) of the Act stipulates that the Chief Information Commissioner end the

Information Commissioners shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of a

Committee consisting of the following:-

(i) the PrimeMinister who shall be the Chairman of the Committee,

(ii) the Leader of the Opposition in the LokSabha, and

(iii) a Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister.

The Act further explains that for the purpose of removal of doubts, it is hereby declared

that where the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People has not been recognized

as such, the Leader of the single largest group in opposition of the Government in the House

of the People shall be deemed to be the Leader of Opposition.

3. As per Section 12(5) of the RTIAct, 2005, the Chief Information Commissioner and

Information Commissioners shall be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge

and experience in "law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism,

mass media or administration and governance."

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Legal Position

4. Section 12(6) of the RTI Act, 2005 mandates that "The Chief Information

Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament or

Member of the Legislatureof any State or Union territory, as the case may be, or hold any

other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any businessor

pursuingany profession."

5. As per the past policy, the Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioners

are selected through the process of advertisement, short listing by Search Committee and

recommendations of Committee chaired by PrimeMinisterand thereafter appointed by the

President.

6. It is pertinent to mention that in a Review Petition filed by Union of India against

Hon'ble Supreme Court judgement dated 13.09.2012 in Namit Sharma case, the Hon'ble

SupremeCourt vide itsjudgement dated 03.09.2013,inter-alia, gave the following directions:-

(i) We direct that only persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and

experience in the fields mentioned in Sections 12 (5) and 15 (5) of the Act be

considered for appointment as Information Commissioner and Chief Information

Commissioner.

(ii) We further direct that persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and

experience in all the fields mentioned in Section 12 (5) and 15 (5) of the Act,

namely, law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism,

mass media or administration and governance, be considered by the Committee

under Sections 12 (3) and 15 (3) of the Act for appointment as Chief Information

Commissioner or Information Commissioners.

(iii) We further direct that the Committees under Section 12 (3) and 15 (3) of the Act

while making recommendations to the President or to the Governor, as the case

may be, for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information

Commissioners must mention against the name of each candidate recommended,

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the facts to indicate his eminence in public life, his knowledge in the particular field

and his experience in the particular field and these facts must be accessible to the

citizens as part of their right to information under the Act after the appointment is

made.

Background

7. In February 2014, the Govt. of India decided to fill up two posts of Information

Commissionersin the CIC. At that time, the CIC had Chief Information Commissionerand 08

Information Commissioners.

8. On 25.02.2014,DoPT invited applications from interested persons for the post of

Information Commissionersin the CIC, the last date for receipt of applications was 25.03.2014.

In responseto thiscircular a total number of 293applications were received.

9. The process of appointment of Information Commissionerswas started but before the

Selection Committee could meet, one of the Information Commissioners,Shri Rajiv Mathur

was elevated to the post of CIC on 22.05.2014 making the strength of Information

Commissionersseven.

10. A fresh advertisement was issuedon 16.07.2014.It was mentioned that those who had

applied against advertisement issuedon 25.2.2014need not apply afresh. In response to the

circular dated 16.7.2014,260 applications were received. Thusa total of 553 applications

were received for the post of Information Commissioners in response to advertisements

published on 25.2.2014and 16.7.2014.

11. Accordingly, all these 553 applications were broadly categorised into 7 categories

of knowledge and experience, as mentioned above. Few applications which did not fall

within those 7 categories, had been mentioned in "others" category.

Detailsof 553applications isat Annexure - I. However, for the sake of categorisation, only the

main field of knowledge and experience were mentioned, while the additional fields of

knowledge and experience, if any, were not indicated. Tabulated details on the basisof such

categorisation isas under:-

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Category No. of applications

Law 98

Science & Technology 64

Social Service 27

Management 70

Journalism 29

MassMedia 13

Administration and Governance 233

Others 19

Total 553

12. The Government had approved constitution of Search Committee for shortlisting a

panel of names for the post of Information Commissioners and Chief Information

Commissionerin Central Information Commissionas under:-

(i) Cabinet Secretary Chairman

(ii) Addl Principal Secretary to PM Member

(iii) Secretary (Personnel) Member

(iv) Home Secretary Member

(v) Secretary D/o Expenditure Member

(vi) ProfessorRameshChand Member

Director National Center for Agricultural Economics and Policy (NCAP)

13. In the meanwhile, Shri Rajiv Mathur completed his tenure as Chief Information

Commissioner and demitted the office on 22.8.2014.TheCentral Information Commission on

23.8.2014 was without a Chief Information Commissioner and had seven Information

Commissioners.

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14. Applications were invited from interested personsto fill up the post of Chief Information

Commissioner through advertisement on 24.10.2014.A total of 203 applications were

received by the last date i.e. 24.11.2014.

15. On 6th April. 2015,a writ Petition(C) 3386was filed by R.K.Jain & ors.VIs Unionof India

before HighCourt of Delhi regarding delay in appointment of Chief Information Commissioner

and Information Commissioner.The case was heard on 9.4.2015, 11.5.2015and 21.5.2015.

Hon'ble Court on 21.05.2015was informed that appointments are at advance stage of

finalization, however, Hon'ble Court reserved itsjudgment.

16. The 553applications for the post of Information Commissionersagainst advertisements

dated 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014and 203 applications for the post of Chief Information

Commissioneragainst the advertisement dated 24.10.2014were considered by the Search

Committee in its meetings on 16.1.2015,6.2.2015, 27.4.2015 and 14.5.2015.The Search

Committee prepared a panel of three applicants for the post of Chief Information

Commissionerand a panel of nine applicants for three posts of Information Commissioners.

Thesepanels were to be considered by the Selection Committee. TheSelection Committee

met on 23.5.2015and 1.6.2015,considered the panels suggested by Search Committee and

selected Shri Vijai Sharma, the then IC as Chief Information Commissioner and ShriSudhir

Bhargava as IC.Theywere appointed on 10.6.2015and 11.6.2015respectively. Thestrength of

Central Information Commissionon 12.6.2015was - one Chief Information Commissionerand

seven Information Commissioners.

17. The tenure of ShriVijai Sharma, Chief Information Commissionerwas upto 1.12.2015.It

was decided in September 2015, to start the process of appointment of new Chief

Information Commissioner and more (upto 3) Information Commissioners in the Central

Information Commission, through the prevailing policy of advertisement, shortlisting.

Accordingly, a combined advertisement inviting applications for the post of Chief Information

Commissionerand more (upto three) Information Commissionerswas published on 9.9.2015.

The lastdate for receiving the applications was 12.10.2015.

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18. A total of 341 applications (including Chief Information Commissioner) were received.

330 applications were received for the post Information Commissioners. A detailed list of 330

applications may be seen at Annexure - II.

Category wise breakup of 330applications isas under:-

Category No. of applications

IC Both Total

Law 26 24 50

Science & Technology 11 17 28

Social Service 14 7 21

Management 15 18 33

Journalism 12 5 17

MassMedia 7 4 11

Administration and Governance 67 93 160

Others 5 5 10

Grand Total 157 173 330#

# The number 330 includes 83 applications which are duplicate. The applicants had also

applied against the advertisements dated 25.2.2014and 16.7.2014.A detailed listof such 83

applications are at Annexure -III.

19. The Government, in the meanwhile, for the current round of selection, approved

constitution of Search Committee for short-listinga panel of names for the post of Information

Commissionersand Chief Information Commission in Central Information Commission as

under:-

0) Cabinet Secretary Chairman

(ii) Addl PrincipalSecretary to PM Member


(iv) Secretary (I&B) Member

(v) Secretary (Expenditure) Member

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(vi) Dr. Manoj Panda (Director) Member

Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University

20. On 24.09.2015, Hon'ble Delhi High Court re-notified the case W.P. No. 3386/2015 and

directed on 6.11.2015 as under:-

(i) The selection process that has already been commenced vide Notifications dated

25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be finalized within six weeks from today and the three

vacancies of Information Commissioners existing as of today shall be filled up amongst

the 553 applications that were received in response to the said two notifications.

(ii) Theselection process pursuant to the Circular dated 09.09.2015shall be confined for

selection and appointment of the Chief Information Commissionerin the vacancy that

would arisew.eJ. 02.12.2015and one Information Commissionerwhich is likely to arise

w.eJ.02.12.2015.

21. The Unionof India decided to challenge the order of Court on point (i) of para 24and

comply with point (ii) of the said para. Accordingly, the Search Committee consisting of

following met on 10.11.2015and 16.11.2015and shortlistedthree names for the post of Chief

Information Commissionerand sixnames for the post of Information Commissionerwhich was

likelyto arisew.eJ. 2.12.2015.

22. In response to notification dated 9.9.2015and in pursuance of direction of Hon'ble

High Court, the Govt. of India appointed ShriR.K.Mathur as Chief Information Commissioner

on 4.1.2016.

Supreme Court Directions

23. As regards, selection of ICs,pursuant to decision of Hon'ble High Court, the Govt.

had challenged the verdict of HighCourt, Delhi by way of SLPNo. 34495/2015in the Supreme

Court. The case was heard on 8.1.2016.TheHon'ble Supreme Court ordered (formal order yet

to be received) as under:

(i) To fill up three posts of Information Commissioners in the Central Information

Commissionwithin sixweeks.

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(ii) Three Information Commissionersto be selected from the personswho had applied

against advertisementsdated 25.2.2014,16.7.2014(553applications) and 9.9.2015(330

applications) i.e. a total of 883applications.

Selection of Information Commissioners

24. As per the directions of Hon'ble SupremeCourt, three Information Commissionersare

to be appointed from amongst the applicants who applied against three advertisements

dated 25.2.2014,16.7.2014(553applications) and 9.9.2015(330applications). 83 applicants

are common in two setsof applications.

cs:25. Asper past practice, DoPTseeksreports from _cst and vigilance clearance from the

respective cadre' controlling authorities in respect of shortlistedserving persons and IB in

respect of all the shortlistedpersonsand IBreport in respect of private personsand retired

bureaucrats.********************

Details of Annexures

Annexure - I :- Details of 553 applicants who applied for the post of ICs

Annexure - II :- Details of 330 applicants who applied for the post of ICs

Annexure - 111:-Details of 83 applicants which are common in Annexure I and Annexure III.

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Pages 430-591 contain particulars of 553 applicants whoapplied against advertisements dated 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014and particulars of 330 applicants who applied againstadvertisement dated 9.9.2015 for the posts of InformationCommissioner.

Particulars are personal in nature and exempt from disclosureunder section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act, 2005. However, a list ofnames is given.

S.No. Names1 AM Harish

2 A.B.Shukla

3 A.N Purushotham

4 A.S.Nikhade

5 Abhay KumarMishra

6 AbhishekAcharya

7 Aby Skaria

8 Achhru RamTalwar

9 Aditya Prakash

10 Aguru UmamaheswaraRao

11 Ajai Kumar

12 Ajay KumarTiwari

13 Ajay Singh

14 Ajit KumarRudra

15 Ajit KumarShrivastava

16 Akhtar Ali Naqvi

17 Alok Johri

18 Amarnath Sahay

19 Amit Kumar

20 Amita Sharma

21 Amitava Bhattacharyya

22 Amitra SudanChakrabortty

23 Anand Kishore

24 Anil Joshi

25 Anil Kaushal

26 Anil Kumar

27 Anil Kumar Purwar

28 Anil KumarSharan

29 Anil N. Saboo

30 Anil Roongta

31 Anita Gupta

32 Anita KamalJaiswal

33 Anju Banerjee

34 Anup KumarThakur

35 Anupam Saha

36 Anurag Kumar

37 Aparajita Priyadarsini

38 Apparao chadaram

39 Archana Datta

40 Arun Banwari LalYadav

41 Arun ChandraVerma

42 Arun Chaudhary

43 Arun Kumar

44 Arun KumarGoel

45 Arun KumarJain

46 Arun Kumar Misra

47 Arun Kumar Singh

48 Arunendra Kumar

49 AseemMohamedali Shaikh

50 Ashish Bahuguna

51 Ashish KumarSrivastava

52 AshishSharma

S.No. Names53 Ashok ChanderParkash

54 Ashok Kumar

55 Ashok KumarAttri

56 Ashok Sharma

57 AshokThakur

58 AshokVardhan

59 Ashutosh Kumar Pandey

60 Atul KumarMathur

61 Atul KumarSaxena

62 Awadh KumarSingh

63 Awadhesh Nandan Prasad

64 B.C.S.Baliga

65 B.K.Sinha

66 BabuLalChoudhary

67 BabuRamJain

68 Bal KrishnaAgarwal

69 Balaji PrasadPanday

70 Balwant RaiMittal

71 BhagwanSingh

72 Bharat KishoreSrivastava

73 BhaskarUddhavrao More

74 BhogadiVenkata Rayudu

75 Bhola Nath

76 BhupeshGarg

77 BhupeshSinghvi

78 BhusendraNath Gupta

79 Bibhab Dutta

80 Bipin Bihari Srivastava

81 Bommineni AgaReddy

82 Brahm Dutt

83 Brig (Retd)VA M Hussain

84 Brij BhushanSingh

85 Brij Mohan Sharma

86 Brij RajKishoreRanga

87 Brojendra PrasadKatakey

88 C.L.Bhairam

89 C.M. Tom Manohar

90 Chandra BhushanPaliwal

91 ChandraMohan Meena

92 Chappidi Venkateswara NanaRao

93 Chetan Koli

94 Chetna Khera

95 Chilkamarri Ravi

96 Col. KamleshChandra

97 D. Diptivilasa

98 D.Jothi Jagarajan

99 D.K.Mathur

100 D.K.Sharma

101 Davinder Jit Dhatt

102 DebbeeruV RamanaRao

103 Debendranath Panda

104 DeepaKrishan

105 DeepakKumawat

106 DeepakSengupta

107 DevendraSharma

108 Devinder PalSingh

109 DevuNarasimhaRao

110 Dharmpal

111 Dheeraj BhagatPorwal

112 DheerendraGautam

113 Dileep RajSinghChaudhary

114 Dilip Ganpatrao Kapdeo

115 Dilip Kumar

116 DineshChandSharma

117 DineshKumarGupta

118 DineshKumar Prajapat

119 Dipankar Mukhopadhyay

120 Dipankar Mukhopadhyay

121 Divijay SinghThakur

122 Divya Bhargava

123 Divyam Srivastava

124 Dr Daulat Jotwani

125 Dr PuppalaRajKumar

126 Dr Rajinder KSingla

127 Dr SureshKumarKhetarpal

128 Dr. A.V. NarsimhaRao

129 Dr. Ajit KumarMalhotra

130 Dr. Akhter HussainKhan

131 Dr. Alaka NandaDash

132 Dr. Alivelu M Ramisetty

133 Dr. Anil KumarSharma

134 Dr. Anjan PrakashKaur

135 Dr. Anuradha Verma

136 Dr. Arindam Ray

137 Dr. Ashok Saini

138 Dr. B. NaveenChandra

139 Dr. B.S.KrishnaPrasad

140 Dr. BahadurSingh

141 Dr. Bal KrishanPandey

142 Dr. BrahmAvtar Agrawal

143 Dr. ChanderaBhushanPrasad

144 Dr.Chennupati Divakar Babu

145 Dr. D.N.Reddy

146 Dr. D.V.Rao

147 Dr. Dev RajBirdi

148 Dr. Dhirendra KumarSriwastwa

149 Dr.G RJagadeesh

150 Dr.G. Madhurambal

151 Dr.G. Manoj Someswar

152 Dr. H.K.Mudgil

153 Dr. JadabKumar Pal

154 Dr. JayeshG.Macwan

155 Dr. KankariyaRajendraDagdulal

156 Dr. Katta Venkata RamaKrishna

157 Dr. Laxmi Priya N.

158 Dr. Madan Mohan Goel

159 Dr. Madan Mohan Pandey

160 Dr. Mahender KumarSharma

161 Dr. NandaVardhan Thumaty

162 Dr. P.S.Srinath

163 Dr. PallaviGupta

164 Dr. Parvinder Sohi Behuria

165 Dr. Prafful Ranjan

166 Dr. R.K.Khitoliya

167 Dr. RajivVikram SinghGautam

168 Dr. RakeshRajSharma

169 Dr. Rameshwarlal Srivastava

170 Dr. RavindraTukaramji Borkar

171 Dr. RayapuRameshBabu

172 Dr. S.Brindha

173 Dr. S.Karuthiah Pandian

174 Dr. S.S.Mantha

175 Dr. 5.5.Chahar

176 Dr. SamarSingh

177 Dr. SanjaySingh

178 Dr. SatyaDeoSingh

179 Dr. Shamsuddin

180 Dr. ShobhaPandey

181 Dr. Srikrishna DevaRao

182 Dr. SrinivasaRaoGochipata

183 Dr. Sriram Kannekanti

184 Dr. SubhashC. Gupta

185 Dr. SudhaSharma

186 Dr. Sudhir KumarRanga

187 Dr. SyamalKumarSarkar

188 Dr. T. RaviShankar

189 Dr. Thota Padma

190 Dr. Tuk Tuk (Ghosh)Kumar

191 Dr. UgrasenPandey

192 Dr. V. Balasubramanian

193 Dr.V. Rajagopalan

194 Dr. V. Ramaraj

195 Dr. V. VasundharaDevi

196 Dr. Vishwapati Trivedi

197 Dr.RajendramohanGonela

198 Dr.V.S.Jayakumar

199 FaizUr Rehman

200 G.Mohan Prasad

201 G.Shanthappa

202 G.Sreeramulu

203 G.Venkata SwamyGoud

204 G.A.Rajkumar

205 GaneshShankerTripathi

206 Gautam Dey

207 Gautam Kothari

208 Giridhari Mohanty

209 Girija KrishanVarma

210 Girija SankarPatnaik

211 Girish Mittal

212 Girish Mohan Mittal

213 Girish Sharma

214 Glojer Gerald Dsouza

215 Govind Singh

216 GpCapt. PraveenShukla

217 Guduru Yugandhar

218 Gurjot SinghMalhi

219 GurudasNag

220 Haldar Mahto

221 Harini Varala

222 HarishGupta

223 I. Raja

224 Inder Paul Bansal

225 Indrajit Pal

226 Indupalli Sekhar

227 Irfan-ur-Rahman Kidwai

228 J.P.Shukla

229 Jagbir SinghMalik

230 Jagtar Singh

231 Janipalli PrasadBabu

232 JayDatt Bhatt

233 Jyoti Narayan

234 Jyoti Sarup

235 Jyoti SwaroopAsthana

236 KNandabalan

237 K.RadhakrishnanNair

238 K.Shankar

239 K.SudhakaraReddy

240 K.L.Dhingra

241 KailashGupta

242 KallamSivaPrabhakaraReddy

243 KamalKishoreSrivastava

244 Kamalkumar Katwaru Jaiswal

245 Kamlendra Prasad

246 KandregulaVenkataRamana

247 Karamvir Singh

248 KasaleSubhashYalappa

249 KashiNath Kehsri

250 KesariRajshriVijaykumar

251 Ketki RGala

252 KiranOberoi Vasudev

253 Kirti Chaudhary

254 KishoreChandraSekharPanda

255 Kishori LalBablani

256 Kodati Viyyanna Rao

257 KonkyanaGaddenna

258 KrishanLalDixit

259 KrishnaDevDwivedi

260 KrishnaKantJha

261 KrishnaMohan

262 KrishnashishBhattacharya

263 KrunalThakkar

264 Kuldip Sharma

265 KumareshChandraMisra

266 KushalChaudhary

267 i.c. Aswal268 Lalit PrakashSaxena

269 LambaRicky

270 Law Kumar Mishra

271 LaxmanSingh

272 LiyakatAli

273 Lt. Gen. (Retd) NCMarwah

274 Lt. Gen.Anil Chait

275 M. Narendra

276 M. Perumal

277 M.N. Krishnamurthy

278 M.N. Vijay Kumar

279 M.P. Nathanael

280 Madhav Lal

281 Madhusudan PadmakarGavai

282 Maghipal Sharma

283 Mahesh Pareek

284 Maj GenAmil Kumar Shori

285 Majid Ali

286 Manchala Prasad

287 Manindra Dubey

288 Manish Malhotra

289 Manjit Singh

290 Manoj K.Srivastava

291 Mastan Vali Shaik

292 Meenakshi Mishra

293 Merla Shreesha

294 Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain

295 Mohammed Badrul Alam

296 Mohammed FayazuddinFarooqui

297 Mohan Singh

298 Mohd. SadiqAli

299 Moti LalMeena

300 Ms. AnshuTyagi

301 Ms. Namita Pradhan

302 Mukesh Kumar Mishra

303 Mukul Agarwal

304 Munnaluru Maruti Prasad

305 Muthamsetty LakshmanaSivaPrasad

306 N Pratap Reddy

307 N.Jayaram

308 N. P.SinghAzad

309 N.Vikramsimha

310 N.K.Prasad

311 N.V.Seshaprasad

312 NageshaRaoParthasarathi

313 Nallipogu ChandraMouly

314 Nand KishoreSapra

315 Nand LalVyas

316 NandanDube

317 Narender KumarTuli

318 Narinder KumarWadhawan

319 Navin KumarMaini

320 Neerad Nishchhal

321 Neeraj Kumar

322 Nemi KumarSaraf

323 Neraj Kumar

324 Nidhi BalaGupta

325 Nita Chowdhury

326 Nitin KumarSoni

327 Om PrakashMehta

328 OmPrakashSharma

329 OmPrakashSinghMalik

330 OsongSaroh

331 PPandiaRajan

332 P.G. DharChakrabarti

333 P.Madhava Rao

334 P.K.Lal

335 P.R.Devi Prasad

336 PadminiGopinath

337 PamidimukkalaVenkata RamanaMurthy

338 PankajJain

339 PankajJain

340 PankajKumarGaneshe

341 ParvezDewan

342 Patri Vasudevan

343 PattisapuSrinivas

344 PavanKumarChaudhary

345 PillaVenkata RamanaMurthy

346 Pilli Balaramudu

347 PinakRanjanChakravarty

348 PiyushAgarwal

349 PoonamDutt

350 PrabhakarRamchandraDalal

351 PradeepKumarMehta

352 PradeepKumar Misra

353 Pradipta KishoreBhuyan

354 Prafulla Kumar Pati

355 PrakashdeepTrivedi

356 Pramod Kumar Sinha

357 Pratap Kumar Panigrahi

358 Pratap Narain Mishra

359 Pratima Sanghavi

360 PraveenMahajan

361 PrayagaRamakrishna

362 PremKumarV

363 PremNarain

364 Prof Katta NarsimhaReddy

365 Prof. Dr. VandanapuJagannadham

366 Prof. Indrajit Bhattacharya

367 R.Bhardwaj

368 R.Ragupathi

369 R.Ramanujam

370 R.SudhakarNaidu

371 R.Venkateswarlu

372 R.C.Arora

373 R.K.Dubey

374 R.K.Jain

375 R.Rajaram

376 R.Vijaykumar

377 RadhaRanjanDash

378 RahulShankarChowdhury

379 RajKishoreTewari

380 RajKumarSharma

381 RajaRatnamGolla

382 RajanKMedhekar

383 RajashekarKanavi

384 RajeevKumar

385 RajenderKumar Padhye

386 RajendraKumar Deka

387 RajendraKumarTripathi

388 RajendraPrasad

389 RajendrakumarRanjitsinghChaudhari

390 RajinderChouhan

391 RajivKapoor

392 RajivTikoo

393 RajivaRanjanSahay

394 RakeshBabu

395 RakeshChopra

396 RakeshKumarSharma

397 RakeshKumarSharma

398 RakeshVasisht

399 RamChandraMishra

400 RamNiwas

401 RamanNanda

402 Rambihari Singh

403 RamfalSingh

404 Ramful Meena

405 RaminderSinghSidhu

406 Ramji LalMeena

407 RanabirDas

408 RanguRamachandraiah

409 RaviMathur

410 RaviParashar

411 Ravinder Kumar

412 Ravinder Singh

413 Reenu Yadav

414 Rohtash Kumar

415 Rupesh Kumar Agrawal

416 S Bal Shekar

417 S Satish

418 SVijay Kumar

419 S. Ramananda Swamy

420 S. Shivaram Prasad

421 S.K. Gaule

422 S.L. Subramanya

423 5.5. Bharadwaj

424 S.V. Krishna Mohan

425 Sachhin Sapra

426 Sachin Joshi

427 Sachin Panwar

428 Sadhana Dikshit

429 Sajan Bhardwaj

430 Samir Kumar

431 Samir Pravinchandra Rajdev

432 Samirendra Chatterjee

433 Sandeep Bhati

434 Sandhya Baliga

435 Sangita Gairola

436 Sanjay Bhaskar Gawai

437 Sanjay Kumar Panda

438 Sanjay Kumar Srivastava

439 Sanjay Sinha

440 Sanjeet Singh

441 Sarwan Singh Channy

442 Satya Prakash

443 Satyabadi Misra

444 Satyendra Nath Chakrabartty

445 Savita Bahmani

446 Savitur Prasad

447 Sayan Chatterjee

448 Seema Mishra

449 Shailendra Kumar Pathak

450 Shailesh Thakkar Natverlal

451 Shakeel Ahmed

452 Sharda Prasad

453 Shashi Kant Mehrotra

454 Sheila Sangwan

455 Shekhar Kumar Sinha

456 Shiv Sada Bajpai

457 Shiv Shankar Lal

458 Shiva Nand Sharma

459 Shivappa Alagawadi

460 Shivayya Swamy

461 Shravan Kumar Punjari

462 Shreedevi Nayar Lahiri

463 Shri B. Vijayan

464 Shubhendra Jha

465 Sidhartha Pradhan

466 Smita Pandey

467 Sohanram Meghwal

468 Sonalika Naik

469 Sourabh Chou bey

470 Sovon Siddhanta

471 SPN. Ramachander Simha

472 Srinivas Guthula

473 Srinivas Madhav

474 Stanley Coutinho

475 Stuti Narain Kacker

476 Subhash Joshi

477 Subhashish Sarkar

478 Sudhanshu Ranjan

479 Sudhir Bhandari

480 Sudhir Bhargava

481 Sudhir Krishna

482 Sudhir Kumar

483 Sukhdev Raj Sharma

484 Sukhpal Singh Kang

485 Sunil Kumar Gayaprasad Mishra

486 Surendra Singh Fonia

487 Suresh Kumar Jain

488 Susan Mathew

489 Sushama Vishwanath Dabak

490 Sushil Gupta

491 Sushmita Gongulee Thomas

492 Swapna Raghu Sanand

493 Syed Fakhrul Imam

494 T. Baskaran

495 T. Chandra Banu

496 T. P. Surya Chandra Rao

497 T.e. Gupta

498 Tapan Kumar Bhattacharyya

499 Tapas Kumar Dutta

500 Tarun Kumar Majumder

501 TBC Rozara

502 Tejinder Singh

503 Teki Suresh Kumar

504 TJPSVardhan

505 Tota Ram Gyanani

506 Trayambkeshwar Nath Vatsa

507 Tushar Medhe

508 Uday Kumar Varma

509 Uma Kant Mishra

510 Umakant Lakhera

511 Umesh Kumar Sharma

512 Upma Rai

513 Urmi Chowdhury

514 Usha Mathur

515 Usha Shukla

516 Uttam Bir Singh Bedi

517 V. Arsudeen518 V. Gopalakrishnan519 V. Jagadeeshwar Rao520 V. Sekar

521 V.K. Bajaj

522 V.K. Bhasin

523 V.K. Maheshwari524 V.K. Mohan525 V.P.Baligar526 Vadlamani Venkata Nagesh Sharma

527 Vamshi Badri528 Vandana Kumari Jena529 Varun Arya

530 Vedehi Charan Verma531 Venkatasubramanian Venkatesan

532 Vibhanshu Joshi533 Vijay Motwani

534 Vijay Trimbak Gokhale

535 Vijaya Moorthy

536 Vikas Sharma

537 Vikram Srivastava

538 Vineet Kumar Gupta

539 Vinod Kumar Parashar

540 Vinod Srivastava

541 Vipan Chander Sharma

542 Vipin Jha

543 Vipin Kumar Chilana

544 Virender Singla

545 Visvanathan Raj

546 Vivek Tripathi

547 Vivek Varshey

548 Wahab Mehdi Rizvi

549 Yogendra Nath Chaubey

550 Yogesh Kumar

551 Yudhishter Sharma

552 Yudhvir Singh Jain

553 Zohra Chatterji

List of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.201S or the posts ofChief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief

S.No. Name InformationCommissioner/InformationCommissioner and Both

1 A.V. Dattatreya Rao Both2 RamNarainSingh Both3 DivyaPrakashSinha Both4 SadaShivBajpai Both5 ASundaraMoorthy Information Commissioner6 A. J. Thomaskutty Information Commissioner7 A. Mohandoss Both8 A.B.Shukla Information Commissioner9 A.K.Ajmani Information Commissioner10 AbhayShankarMishra Both11 AcharyaAnkit Jhanjhot Information Commissioner12 Aditya Prakash Information Commissioner13 AfzalAmanullah Both14 Alka Pathak Information Commissioner15 Alok Garg Information Commissioner16 Alok Johri Both17 Alok Kumar Mishra Chief Information Commissioner18 Alok Rawat Both19 Amar ChandGoyal Information Commissioner20 Amar Prasad Both21 Amit KumarRoy Information Commissioner22 Amitava Bhattacharyya Both23 AnandVardhan Sinha Both24 Ani! Bhikaji Joshi Information Commissioner

25 Anil Kumar Both

26 Ani! Kumar Information Commissioner

27 Anil Kumar Both

28 Anil KumarSharma Both

29 Ani! KumarSingh Both

30 Anirudh Rai Information Commissioner

31 Anita Agnihotri Information Commissioner

32 Anita Gupta Information Commissioner

33 AnshuTyagi Information Commissioner

34 Anup KPujari Both

35 Anupam Mishra Both

36 AnuradhaVerma Information Commissioner

37 ArchanaDatta (nee Mukhopadhyay) Both

Arun Chaudhary Both38

Both39 Arun KumarJain

Both40 Arun KumarJha

Both41 Arun Kumar Misra

List of applic~nts who ha~ applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts ofChief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both



42 Arun Kumar Verma Information Commissioner43 Arvind Manjit Singh Information Commissioner44 Arvinda Sharan Both45 Ashim Khurana Both46 Ashok KVishandass Both47 Ashok Kumar Information Commissioner48 Ashok Kumar Agarwal Both49 Ashok Kumar Jain Information Commissioner50 Ashok Kumar Shukla Both51 Ashok Kumar Sinha Information Commissioner52 Ashok Pai Both53 Ashok Sajjanhar Both54 Asit Kumar Singh Both55 Awadhesh Nandan Prasad Both56 Ayodhya Das Manikpuri Both57 B. K. Beniwal Information Commissioner

58 B. Venkata Reddy Babu Both

59 B. Yoganath Singh Information Commissioner

60 Bal Krishna Agarwal Both

61 Balaji Kothandaraman Information Commissioner

62 Balaji Prasad Panday Information Commissioner

63 Balvinder Singh Information Commissioner

64 Bankim Chandra Nigam Both

65 Basant KGupta Both

66 Basant Seth Chief Information Commissioner

67 Bhim Sain Bassi Both

68 Bhoj Pal Both

69 Bhulan Sharma Information Commissioner

70 Bhupesh Garg Information Commissioner

71 BimalJulka Both

72 Bimal Kanti Sahu Information Commissioner

73 Bindu Both

74 BinodKumar Singh Information Commissioner

75 BrahamSwaroop Agrawal Information Commissioner

76 Brij BhushanBhatia Information Commissioner

77 Brij Mohan Dimri Information Commissioner

78 Brijendra Kumar Sanwariya Information Commissioner

79 C.M.Tom Manohar Both

80 ChandraBhushanPaliwal Information Commissioner

81 ChandraMohan Meena Information Commissioner

82 ChinnaKulandaiArumugam Information Commissioner

List of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts ofChief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both



83 OSManhas Both84 D.Diptivilasa Both85 O.K.Sharma Information Commissioner86 Debnath Shaw Information Commissioner87 DeepakKumar Both88 DeshmukhSudhakarVishnu Information Commissioner89 Devender Singh Information Commissioner90 Devendra Kumar Pathak Information Commissioner91 DevendraSinghai Both92 DevendraSwaroopSaksena Both93 Dileep KumarGupta Dinkar Both94 DineshKumarGupta Both95 Dr.Anil KumarGupta Information Commissioner96 Dr. B.Ramaswamy Both97 Dr. K.SundarNaik Information Commissioner98 Dr. Katta Venkata RamaKrishna Both99 Dr. ParvinderSohi Behuria Both100 Dr. R.Vivekanandan Information Commissioner101 Dr. TekChandKaushik Both102 Dr. V. Ramaraj Information Commissioner103 Dr. V.K.Aggarwal Information Commissioner104 E.MA. Masanamuthu Both105 G. Manoj Someswar Both106 G. Mohan Prasad Both107 G. Ravikularaman Both108 Gauri Shankar Information Commissioner

109 Gautam Dey Both

110 Giridhari Mohanty Both

111 Girija SankarPatnaik Both

112 Gokul PrasadPatwa Both

113 Gopal Krishna Both

114 Govind Singh Information Commissioner

115 Gurdial SinghSandhu Both

116 Gurugubelli SuryaprakasaRao Both

117 Harbhajan Singh Both

118 Hare KrushnaDash BothInformation Commissioner

119 Harendra GuptaBoth120 Hari Om MarathaInformation Commissioner

121 Hari ShankerSinghBoth122 Hari Vallabh SharmaInformation Commissioner

123 Harinder Bansi

List of applic~nts who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts ofChief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both


S.No. NameInformation

Commissioner/InformationCommissioner and Both

124 Harinder Dhingra Both125 Inder Paul Bansal Both126 Indrajit Pal Both127 J PS Dalal Both128 J.R.Aryan Information Commissioner129 Jadab Kumar Pal Information Commissioner130 Jagdish Prasad Information Commissioner131 Jai Prakash Goyal Information Commissioner

132 Janipalli Prasad Babu Information Commissioner

133 Jatin Mahoncha Information Commissioner

134 Jayant Dasgupta Both

135 Jyoti Prakash Singh Both

136 Jyoti S. A. Bhat Information Commissioner

137 K.L. Dhingra Information Commissioner

138 K.P. Srivasuki Both

139 Kamlendra Prasad Information Commissioner

140 Kancharla Ramaiah Information Commissioner

141 Kandregula VenkataRamana Information Commissioner

142 Kanhaiya lal Jogi Information Commissioner

143 Kashi Nath Keshri Information Commissioner

144 Kasimalla Kukteshia Ra Rao Chief Information Commissioner

145 Kishan Kumar Sharma Information Commissioner

146 Krishna Kant Jha Information Commissioner

147 Krishna Kumar Gupta Both

148 Krishna Mohan Both

149 Krishna Murari Acharya Chief Information Commissioner

150 Kuladhar Saikia Both

151 Kumod Kumar Thakur Information Commissioner

152 Kushal Khare Information Commissioner

153 L.C. Goyal Information' Commissioner

154 lalatendu Dikhit Information Commissioner

155 lamba Ricky Information Commissioner

156 lipika Majumdar Roy Choudhury Both

157 lovVerma Both

158 M. Naveen kumar Information Commissioner

159 M. Aniruthan Both

160 M. Devadass Both

161 M. Killivalavan Information Commissioner

162 M. Madan Babu Both

163 M. Sridhar Acharyulu Chief Information Commissioner

164 M.A. Khan YusufiChief Information Commissioner


Applied for the posts of ChiefS.No. Name Information


165 M.N. Krishnamurthy Both166 M.S.Raghavan Both167 Madhav lal Both168 Madhav PrasadDwedi Information Commissioner169 Mahender KUmarSharma Information Commissioner170 Maj. Gen.P.S.Rathore Both171 Malay Mukherjee Information Commissioner172 Manish Kumar Both173 Manish RajendrakumarVisa Both174 Manoj Kumar Both175 Masood Ali Information Commissioner176 Mastan Vali Shaik Information Commissioner177 MD KhurshidAnsari Both178 Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain Both179 Mohammed Afzal Information Commissioner180 Mohammed FayazuddinFarooqui Both181 Mohan tal Information Commissioner182 Mohinder Kumar Both183 Mohit Pandey Information Commissioner184 Mohmed Shafi Information Commissioner185 Mrs. Manjula Prasher Chief Information Commissioner186 Mukul Chatterjee Information Commissioner187 Mukul Kumar Pandey Information Commissioner188 Munish KumarSharma Both189 Muthamsetty lakshmana SivaPrasad Information Commissioner190 NShankar Information Commissioner191 N. Ramalingam Information Commissioner192 N.V.l.N. Prasaad Both193 NageshM. Mugadur Information Commissioner194 Nandan Dube Both195 Nandita Chatterjee Information Commissioner

196 Narender KumarTuli BothNavneet KumarGupta Both197

Information Commissioner198 Navneet RajanWasanBoth199 Nilanjan SanyalBoth200 Nisheeth M. MisraBoth201 Nivedita P.Haran

Om PrakashSinghMalik Both202Information Commissioner203 P.KushwahaBoth204 P.ManimekalaiInformation Commissioner

205 P.V. Jeyanthi Aiyengar



S.No. Name InformationCommissioner/I nformationCommissioner and Both

206 P.J.Sudhakar Both207 P.K. Grover Both208 P.N.V.V. Satyanarayana Information Commissioner209 P.R.Sudhakar Information Commissioner210 P.S.Srinath Information Commissioner211 P.S.R.C.Murthy Information Commissioner212 Pankaj Jain Both213 Papiya Lahiri Both214 Patri Vasudevan Information Commissioner215 Pawan Both216 Pawan Kumar Chaudhary Information Commissioner217 Poondla Bhaskara Mohan Both218 Prabhu Pateria Both219 Pradeep Pandit Both220 Prafulla Ranjan Both221 Prakash M. Swamy Information Commissioner222 Prakash Patel Information Commissioner

223 Pramod Kumar Misra Information Commissioner

224 Pranay Sahay Both

225 Praveen Joshi Information Commissioner

226 Prem Kumar Malhotra Both

227 Prem Lata Both

228 Pukhraj Singh Malik Information Commissioner

229 Punju Rama Oevi Both

230 R P SKhurana Information Commissioner

231 R. K. Mathur Both

232 R. Ragupathi Both

233 R. Ramanujam Both

234 R. Seshagiri Rao Jammula Both

235 R.Kannan Both

236 Rajak Khan Haidar Both

237 Rajarshi Bhattacharya Both

238 Rajinder Kumar BothInformation Commissioner

239 Rajiv Kumar KhareBoth

240- Rajiva Ranjan VermaInformation Commissioner

241 Rakesh Raj SharmaInformation Commissioner

242 Ramadevi SInformation Commissioner

243 Ramesh Chandra PadhiRamesh Kumar Khanna Both

244 Information Commissioner245 Ramesh Sharma

Information Commissioner246 Ramji Lal Meena

List of applic~nts who ha~ applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts ofChief InformatIon Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of ChiefS.No. Name Information


247 RanbirSinghInformation Commissioner248 RanglalJamuda Information Commissioner249 Ranjit KumarMohanty Information Commissioner250 RaviKantChopra Both

251 RaviPrabhat Information Commissioner252 RaviR.Tripathi Both253 RavinderKumarJain Both254 RavindraKumar Maheshwari Chief Information Commissioner255 RavindraSingh Both256 RoshanLalBhagat Both257 S.Brindha Information Commissioner258 S.KhajaSyedShahulHameed Both259 S.Muhnot Information Commissioner260 S.Ravichandran Both261 S.Srinivasan Both262 S.M. Khan Information Commissioner263 SadhanaDikshit Information Commissioner264 SadhuRamBansal Both265 SandhyaBaliga Information Commissioner266 SangitaGairola Both267 SanjayKumar Panda Both268 SanjayKumarVerma Both269 Sanjiv KrishanSood Information Commissioner270 Sant LalJhaSuman Information Commissioner271 SatishChandraJha Information Commissioner272 SatyaPrakash Information Commissioner273 Shanti Swaroop Verma Both274 SharadKumar Both275 SharatSabharwal Chief Information Commissioner276 ShashikantTiwari Information Commissioner277 ShirishChandraPandey Information Commissioner278 ShivayyaSwamy Information Commissioner279 SiramdasuNagarjunaRao Information Commissioner280 SrinivasBhoosarapu Both281 SrinivasMadhav Both282 SrinivasMantha Information Commissioner283 StanleyCoutinho Both284 SubhashDhuliya Information Commissioner

285 SubhashGoyal Information Commissioner

286 SubodhKumarGupta Both

287 SudhaUlagaali Both

List of applic~nts who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts ofChief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both


S.No. Name InformationCommissioner/I nformationCommissioner and Both

288 SudhanshuShekharKhan Information Commissioner289 Sudhir Bhargava Chief Information Commissioner290 Sudhir Krishna Both291 Sudhir Kumar Both292 Sudhir KumarRanga Both293 SujanNegi Both294 SukhLal Information Commissioner295 Sukhbir SinghMalik Both296 SukhrajSingh Both297 SulabhKumarJain Both298 SumanSaxena Both299 Sunil Kumar Both300 SurajSingh Information Commissioner301 Surendra KumarYadav Both302 SureshKumarChoudhary Information Commissioner303 SureshM. Ramchandani Both304 Surinder Kumar Information Commissioner305 Surjit KChaudhary Both306 SushiIGupta Information Commissioner307 SushmaVishwanath Dabak Both308 SyamalKumarSarkar Information Commissioner309 T. RadhaKrishnan Both310 T.R.Sivaramakrishnan Both311 TapanKumar Bhattacharyya Both312 Tarun Kumar Majumder Both

313 Tejinder Singh Information Commissioner

314 Teki SureshKumar Both

315 Uday KumarVarma Both

316 Uma Kant Mishra Information Commissioner

317 V Balasubramanian Both

318 V. M. Xavier ChrissoNayagam Information Commissioner

319 V. Murali Information Commissioner

320 V. SeethaRamaAvadhani Both

321 V.K.Bajaj Information Commissioner

322 V.N.Wakpanjar Information Commissioner

323 V.Sekar Information Commissioner

324 VandanaSrivastava Information Commissioner

325 Vidya SagarShukla Information Commissioner

326 Vijay Kumar Singh Information Commissioner

327 Vijay Pratap Singh Information Commissioner

328 Vijay Singh Both

list of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts ofChief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and 80th

Applied for the posts of ChiefS.No. Name InformationCommissioner/InformationCommissioner and 80th

329 Vijaya MoorthyBoth330 Vijaykumar ChintamaniVinodInformation Commissioner331 Vimla MehraBoth332 Vinod KumarInformation Commissioner333 Virendra Nath Singh Both334 Vishnu Kumar Both

335 Vishnu Narain Singh Information Commissioner336 Vishwapati Trivedi Both337 Vivek Varshey Information Commissioner338 YalamanchiliVenkateswaraRao Information Commissioner339 YashovardhanAzad Chief Information Commissioner340 ZeeshanaKhan Information Commissioner341 ZishanAli Information Commissioner

~;ftc:;J ~, m.Jl.~.~SUNIL ARORA, lASSECRETARY

Most Immediate'aJffiJ tt '<q)1'< S ~ /

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA~ VIm' MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

SHASTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI· 110001

D.O. No.8/Secy(I&B)/20 16 18th January, 2016

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Kindly refer to DOPT meeting notice No. F.No.4/2/2015-IR dated14.1.2016 regarding the meeting of the Search Committee forrecommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointmentof Information Commissioners in CIC. In this context kind attention is invitedto my DO Letter No.233/Secy(I&B)/2015 dated 30.10.2015 (copy enclosed).Since elder brother of my wife is also a candidate for the post of InformationCommissioner, I may kindly be permitted to recusemyself from this exercise.

Yours sincerely,

8'--7(Sunil Arora)

Shri Sanjay Kothari, lASSecretaryDepartment of Personnel & TrainingNorth BlockNew Delhi

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Tel. : 011-23382639 Fax.

D.O. No.233/Secy(I&B)/201530thOctober, 2015

This has reference to the meeting notice No.F.No.4/2/2015-IR dated27thOctober, 2015 issued by Department of Personnel & Training, wherebythe undersigned has been nominated as a Member on the Search Committeefor shortlisting the names for the post of Chief Information Commissioner andInformation Commissioners in the CIC. This meeting is being held on 2.11.15at 5.30 PM in the Cabinet Secretariat.

It is indeed an honour for any Civil Servant to be associated with aSearch Committee of this nature. However, I would like to bring to your kindnotice that since the elder brother of my wife is also one of the candidates, itwould be against the norms of propriety for me to be sitting on this Committeeas a Member.. 1 would, therefore, like to recuse myselffrom this exercise. Thismay kindly be permitted.

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Yours sincerely,

(Sunil Arora)

Shri Sanjay Kothari, lASSecretaryDepartment of Personnel & TrainingNorth BlockNew Delhi

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Mukul Rohatgivttorney General for India

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Fax: 23782101

19th January, 2016

My dear Dr, Kothari,

»>Sub: Union of India v. R.K. Jain - SLP (C) No. ) i 0 ).)of 2015.

The aforesaid matter came up for hearing before the Supreme Courton 8/01/2016, The Supreme Court has directed that the three posts ofInformation Commissioners, currently vacant, to be filled up within sixweeks.

The Court has further allowed the Government to fill up thevacancies from the applicants who applied under the two advertisementsof 2014 as also the advertisement of September, 2015.

Please ensure that the needful is done well before the deadline.

With regards,

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Sanjay KothariSecretary,Department of Personnel & Training,North Block,New Delhi.

Office: 59, Sunder Naga4r6'8~4E-mail: [email protected]: +91-11-435

Minutes. of. the meeting of the Search Committee held on 19.01.2016for shortllstmg persons for three posts of Information Commissioners

in the Central Information Commission

The following Search Committee has been constituted with theapproval of Prime Minister vide order dated 26.10.2015:

Shri P.K. Sinha, Cabinet SecretaryShri P.K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to PMShri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Personnel)Shri Ratan P. Watal, Secretary (Expenditure)Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary (Information & Broadcasting)Dr. Manoj Panda, Director, Institute of EconomicGrowth,

Delhi University

The Search Committee was informed that Shri Sunil Arora hassought to recuse himself.

2. The Search Committee was informed that as per Section 12(2)(b) ofthe RTI Act, the Central Information Commission shall consist of suchnumber of Information Commissioners (ICs), not exceeding ten, as may bedeemed necessary. At present there is one CIC and seven ICs in theCentral Information Commission (a list of the existing ICs is at AnnexureI). The Committee took note of the provisions of Section 12(5) of the RTIAct that the CIC and IC shall be persons of eminence in public life withwide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology, socialservice, management, journalism, mass media or administration andgovernance.

3. The Committee was informed that during the last round of selectionofIC, Shri Sudhir Bhargava was appointed on 11.6.2015 after considering553 applications received against advertisements dated 25.02.2014 and16.07.2014.

4. The Committee was informed that Circular No. 4/2/2015-IR dated09.09.2015 seeking applications from interested persons for the posts ofCIC and ICs was posted on the website of Department of Personnel andTraining (DoPT) and adveiiisement was published in The Hindu, Times of

India (English) and 0 . 'k 8-6- ". ami haskar and H' d "editions m India on 09.09.2015 Th In usta.n (Hindi) in all their12.10.2015. A total of 330 ap'r t~ last date for receipt of applications wasfor the post of ICs. The Co p itte Ions had b~en received by the last dateare common to the ad rtiss ee was also informed that 83 applications

. ve isement dated 09.09.2015 and the earlieradvertisements dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014.

~. The Committee was further informed that High Court of Delhi vide itsJudgmentdated 06.11.2015 had given the following directions:

(i) The, .se/~ction process that has already been commenced videNotlticeiions dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be finalizedwithin six weeks from today and the three vacancies of InformationCommissioners existing as of today shall be filled up amongst the553 applications that were received in response to the said twonotifications.

(ii) The selection process pursuant to the Circular dated 09.09.2015shall be confined for selection and appointment of the ChiefInformation Commissioner in the vacancy that would arise w.e.f.02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner which is likely toarise w.e.f. 02.12.2015.

6. The Committee had accordingly proposed a panel of names for thepost of CIC and IC in its meetings dated 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015. Thepanel for IC was to be utilized in case Shri Basant Seth was recommendedfor the post of CIC by the Selection Committee. The Selection Committeerecommended Shri R.K.Mathur for the post of CIC and hence the panel forthe post of IC was not utilized.

7. The Committee was informed that the Union of India challenged theorder of High Court on point (i) of para 6 by way of SLP No. 34495/2015wherein the Supreme Court passed an order on 08.01.2016. Though copyof the order is not available online, Attorney General who was present inthe Court has informed that the operative portion of the order is as under:

(i) To fill up three posts of Information Commissioners in the CentralInformation Commission within six weeks.

(ii) Three Information Commissioners to be selected from the personswho had applied against advertisements dated 25.02.2014,16.07.2014 (553 applications) and 09.09.2015 (330 applications).

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{e71,f8. With a.v.ie.~to shortlisting the candidates, the Committee deliberate:upon the eligibility and suitability of each candidate in terms of her/hiskno~ledge, eminence and experience In the categories mentioned inSection 12(5) of the RTI Act.

9. After scrutinizing all applications received against the above threeadvertisements and after detailed deliberations, the Committee shortlistedthe following applicants (in alphabetical order of surname) for three posts ofIC:

S.No.

Lt Gen (Retd.)Anil Chait(00B:08.06.1954)

RemarksName (Shri/Ms)

1 Bhim Sain Bassi,IPS (UT:1977)(OoB:20.02.1956)

Presently, he is working as Commissioner ofPolice, Delhi. He possesses more than 35 yearsof experience In Policing and PublicAdministration. His educational qualificationsinclude B.Com (Hons.), LLB and PG Diploma inPublic Administration. His key postings includeDirector General of Police in Goa for more thantwo years, Inspector General of Police InChandigarh and Deputy Commissioner/JointCommissioner of Police and SpecialCommissioner of Police in Delhi.

2 AmitavaBhattacharya,IAS(Retd.)(GJ:1980)(00B:02.12.1953)

He is a retired lAS officer with more than 36years of experience. His educationalqualifications include M.Sc.(Physics). He hasserved as Chairman, Staff SelectionCommission and Secretary, Union PublicService Commission. He is adept in handlingfinance and accounts. As the head of LandRevenue Appellate Authority In Gujarat, heworked In quasi- judicial capacity andadjudicated cases against orders of Collectors.He also interpreted various acts and regulationsrelating to land revenue, land ceiling and landacquisition.

3 He is a retired Army officer with more than 40years of experience. His educationalqualifications include M.Sc.(Oefence Studies)and M.Phil. He served in various capacities inthe Army. He commanded various Regimentssuch as Western Command, Infantry Division,

(-I---/sitiikecon;;~~~~_-:--_i/0g1 Strike Corps A W ( ..I C' rmy ar College and Central1

ommand. He also served as Chief ofIntegrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefsof Staff Committee.

4 Bimal Julka, lAS(Retired)(MP:1979)(00B:27.08.1955)

He retired as Secretary, Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting in Government of India. Hehas more than 35 years of experience inAdministration and Governance. He has doneMA ~Psych.ology)from Delhi University. His keypostinqs In Government of India includeAdditional Secretary in Department of EconomicAffairs and Special Secretary & FinancialAdvisor/Additional Secretary & Financial Advisorin Ministry of External Affairs.

5 Vijaya Moorthy,IA&AS (Retired)(1978)(00B:09.02.1954)

She retired as Deputy Comptroller and AuditorGeneral (Defence, Railways andCommunication) with more than 36 years ofexperience in audit and accounts. She hasdone MA in History. She has worked asAdditional Comptroller and Auditor General,Principal Accountant General and JointSecretary & Financial Advisor in Lok SabhaSecretariat.

KumarlAS

He is a retired lAS officer with 35 years ofexperience. He has done M.Sc.(Chemistry) andMBA( (Human Resources). He has served asSecretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government ofIndia and Chief Secretary, Government ofTripura. He has wide experience of working insectors such as Health and Family Welfare,Planning, Social Justice & Empowerment,Sports & youth Affairs and Textiles. He hasreceived Excellence Award 2010 for MNREGAImplementation and Aadhar Excellence Awardfor achieving maximum coverage of the targetpopulation based on Census 2011 figures.

6 SanjayPanda,(Retired)(TR:1980)(DoB:07.12.1955)

7 Anup K Pujari,lAS (KN:1980)(00B:01.02.1956)

Presently, he is working as Secretary, Ministry ofMicro, Small and Medium Enterprises inGovernment of India. He has experience of 4years in Teaching and Research and 35 years ~nAdministration and Governance. HISeducational qualifications include MA, LLB and aDoctorate from Boston University. He has alsocompleted National Defence College course onSecurity and StrategiC Studies. Other key

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8 Syamal KumarSarkar, lAS(Retired)(WB:1979)(DoB:18.07.1954)

He retired as Secretary, Department ofPerso.nnel and Training with 35 years ofexpenence . In Administration, Governance,lrnplernentatron and Propagation of RTI. Hiseduc~tional qualifications include M.Sc.(Physics) and PhD. He is a distinguished fellowo~The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).HIs key assignments in Government of Indiainclude Secretary in Ministry of WaterResources and Joint Secretary/AdditionalSecretary/Special Secretary in OoPT where hewas involved in the implementation of the RTIAct.

9 Ravi R. Tripathi(00B:06.05.1953)

Retired as Judge, Gujarat High Court (workedfor more than five years), he has experience of16 years in Law with 27 years as teachingfaculty. He has done M.Com. and LLM (PublicInternational Law). His area of expertise isService Law and Constitutional Law. He is aresource person for National Judicial Academy,Bhopal and Gujarat State Judicial Academy. Hehas also worked as Assistant GovernmentPleader and Additional Public Prosecutor inGujarat High Court.

10. The Committee decided that vigilance clearance from the respectiveCadre Controlling Authority in respect of shortlisted serving officers andinputs from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired officers be obtainedbefore placing the recommendations of the Search Committee to theSelection Committee.

VA- ~~ f~,~L(Manoj Panda)

~(lh-eX~(Ratan P.Watal)

~~AIII16(Sanjay Kothari)

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(P.K. Mishra)~~

(P.K. Sinha)

Pages 600-602 has vigilance related papers. Exempt fromdisclosure under section 8 (i) (j) of the RTIAct, 2005.

F.No. 13/5/2015-IRGovernment of Indio

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsDeportment of Personnel and Training

To

Smt. Sushma SuriAdditional Secretory (CAS)Supreme Court of IndioDelhi

North Block, New DelhiDoted 22nd January, 2016

Subject: SLPNo.34495/2015- UOI Vs. R.K.Join and Others - supply of certified copy -Regarding

Madam,

The undersigned isdirected to soy that SLPNo. 34495/2015in the matter of UOIVs.R.K.Join and Others relating to appointment of Information Commissionersin the CentralInformation Commission was lost heard by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 8.1.2016and itdirected Union of Indio, inter-olio, to appoint three Information Commissionerswithin sixweeks time. The copy of the order is, however, not available on the website of Hon'bleCourt ..

2. Union of Indio has token steps to comply with the order of Hon'ble Court and acertified copy of the order is required urgently. You are therefore requested to kindlyarrange to supply a certified copy of order.

Yoursfaithfully,

th;/~.(R.K.Girdhar)

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Pages 604-618 has vigilance related papers. Exempt fromdisclosure under section 8 (f) (j) of the RTIAct, 2005.

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Sub: Meeting of the Selection Committee for appointment to thepost of Information Commissioners

The meeting of the Selection Committee for appointment to thepost of Information Commissioners will take place at 1630 hrs onFebruary 9,2016, at RCR, New Delhi.

2. The detailed briefing for appointment to the post of InformationCommissioners is also scheduled at 1730 hrs. on February 3, 2016,at RCR, New Delhi.

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Meeting Notice

The meeting of the Selection Committee for selection of InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission is scheduled to be held underthe Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 09.02.2016 (Tuesday) at 4.30P.M. at 7 Race Course Road, New Delhi. The Agenda of the meeting is enclosed.

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Meeting Notice

The meeting of the Selection Committee for selection of InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission is scheduled to be held underthe Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 09.02.2016 (Tuesday) at 4.30P.M. at 7 Race Course Road, New Delhi. The Agenda of the meeting is enclosed.

2. You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

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INDEX

s. No. Item Page number

1. Agenda Note 1 - 7

2. Incumbency position in CIC Annexure -I[p. 8]

3. Rule position related to qualification, tenure, Annexure -IIetc. of ClC and ICs [po 9 - 10]

4. Operative part of the Judgement dated Annexure -III03.09.2013 of Supreme Court in RP(C) [ p. 11 ]No.2309/2012 in case of Uol Vs. NamitSharma

5. Tabulated particulars of 553 applicants for Annexure -IVthe post of IC [ p. 12 - 111]

6. Tabulated particulars of 330 applicants for Annexure -Vthe post of IC [ p. 112 - 190 ]

7. List of applications received after the last Annexure - VIdate [ p. 191 ]

8. High Court of Delhi Order dated 06.11.2015in Annexure -VIIWP(C) 3386/2015 [ p. 192 - 200 ]

9. Minutes of the Selection Committee Annexure -VIIImeetings held on 11.12.2015and 16.12.2015 [ p. 201 - 203 ]

10. Minutes of the Search Committee meeting Annexure -IXheld on 19.1.2016 [ p. 204 - 208 ]

11. Bio-data of the shortlisted persons for the Annexure -Xposts of IC [ p. 209 - 283 ]

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AGENDA NOTE FORTHESElECTION COMMITTEE FORTHEPOSTSOF

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER IN THECENTRALINFORMATION COMMISSION

Date: 09.02.2016, Time: 04.30 pm at 7 RCR

1. Introduction

Section 12(2) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, mandates

constitution of a Central Information Commission consisting of the Chief

Information Commissioner (CIC) and such number of Information

Commissioners (ICs) not exceeding ten, as may be deemed necessary. The

Commission adjudicates appeals and complaints under the RTIAct. At

present, the Central Information Commission has Chief Information

Commissioner and seven Information Commissioners.The current constitution

of the CIC isat Annexure-'J'.

2. Rule and Legal position

2.1 The Rule position with respect to qualification, tenure etc. of Information

Commissioner isat Annexure - 'II'.

2.2 Constitution of the Committee

Section 12 (3) of the Act stipulates that the Chief Information

Commissioner and the Information Commissionersshall be appointed by the

President on the recommendation of a Committee which has been

constituted with the following composition:

I. The PrimeMinisterwho shall be the Chairman of the committee,

II. Leader of single Larg~stParty in opposition in LokSabha (ShriMallikarjun

Kharge, INC).

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III. Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister i.e. Shri

Arun Jaitley (UnionFinanceMinister).

2.3 Hon'ble Supreme Court in its judgment dated 03.09.2013in a Review

Petition filed by Union of India against Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment

dated 13.09.2012in Namit Sharma case gave certain directions for making

appointments to the post of Chief Information Commissionerand Information

Commissioners.The operative part of the judgment is placed at Annexure

'III'. Forthe sake of emphasis, some of the directions are mentioned below:

(i) We further direct that persons of eminence in public life with wide

knowledge and experience in all the fields mentioned in Sections

12(5) and 15(5) of the Act, namely, law, .science and technology,

social service, management, journalism, mass media or

administration and governance, be considered by the Committees

under Sections 12(3)and 15(3)of the Act for appointment as Chief

Information Commissioneror Information Commissioners.

(ii) We further direct that the Committees under Sections 12(3) and

15(3)of the Act while making recommendations to the Presidentor

to the Governor, as the case may be, for appointment of Chief

Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners must

mention against the name of each candidate recommended, the

facts to indicate his eminence in public life, his knowledge in the

particular field and his experience in the particular field and these

facts must be accessible to the citizens as part of their right to

information under the Act after the appointment ismade.

3 Search Procedure

Background of the case

3.1 It is pertinent to note that the process for selection of Information

Commissioners was initiated on 17.02.2014, with inviting applications

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through advertisements dated 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014. A totai of 553

applications were received and the details are at Annexure IV.

3.2 A writ Petition(C) 3386was filed by R.K.Jain & ors.vis Union of India in

Public Interest under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before Hon'ble

High Court of Delhi regarding delay in appointment of Chief Information

Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information

Commission. After hearing both the sides on 21.5.2015, the Hon'ble Court

reserved the matter for orders. Meanwhile, the selection committee decided

to fill only one post of Information Commissioner in addition to the Chief

Information Commissioner. Accordingly, based on the Committee's

recommendations, Shri Vijai Sharma was appointed as Chief Information

Commissioner on 10.06.2015 and Shri Sudhir Bhargava as Information

Commissioneron 11.06.2015.

3.3 A Circular dated 9.9.2015seeking applications from interested persons

for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information

Commissioners in the Central Information Commission was posted on the

website of DoPT on 9.9.2015 after approval of the competent authority.

Advertisement was also published in The Hindu and Timesof India in English,

Dainik Bhaskarand Hindustan in Hindi in all its edition in India on 9.9.2015.The

last date of receiving applications was 12.10.2015.

3.4 A total of 341 applications [11 for CIC, 157for IC and 173for both posts

of CIC and IC] had been received by the last date. The number of

applications for IC comes to 330 (157+173)and the details of applicants can

be seen at Annexure V. Sixapplications were received after the last date and

were not considered, the details of which are in Annexure VI.

3.5 Meanwhile, the above-mentioned case was re-notified for hearing on

09.10.2015.After hearing the arguments, the Hon'ble Court had pronounced

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its order on 06.11.2015 In WP(C) 3386 (Annexure-VII) and gave following

directions:

(i) The selection process that had commenced vide Notifications

dated 25.02.2014and 16.07.2014shall be finalized within six weeks

from today and the three vacancies of Information Commissioners

existing as of today shall be filled up from amongst the 553

applications that were received in response to the said two

notifications.

(ii) The selection process pursuant to the circular dated 09.09.2015

shall be confined for selection and appointment of the Chief

Information Commissioner in the vacancy that would arise w.e.f.

02.12.2015and one Information Commissionerwhich is likely to arise

w.e.f.02.12.2015.

3.6 The Union of India decided to challenge the order of the Court on

point (i) of para 3.5 and to comply with point (ii) of the said para.

4. Search Committee and shortlisting of candidates

4.1 PrimeMinister on 26.10.2015had approved re-constitution of a Search

Committee for the present round of selection process, as given below:-

(i) Cabinet Secretary Chairman

(ii) Additional Principal Secretary to PrimeMinister Member


(iv) Secretary (I&B) Member

(v) Secretary % Expenditure Member

(vi) Dr.Manoj Pando Member

Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University

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4.2 Accordingly, the Search Committee consisting of the above met on

10.11.2015and 16.11.2015and shortlisted three names for the post of Chief

Information Commissioner and six names for the post of Information

Commissioner. The six names for IC were to be utilized in case the name of

any existing Information Commissionerswas recommended by the Selection

Committee for the post of Chief Information Commissioner.

4.3 In response to the notification dated 9.9.2015 and in pursuance of

direction of Hon'ble High Court, the selection committee chaired by Prime

Minister met on 11.12.2015 and 16.12.2015. Consequent to the

recommendations of the selection committee, Government of India

appointed ShriR.K.Mathur as Chief Information Commissioner on 04.01.2016.

(Theminutes of the selection committee are at Annexure VIII).

Supreme Court Directions

5 As regards selection of ICs pursuant to decision of Hon'ble High Court,

(as mentioned in para 3.6 of pre-page) the Government had challenged the

verdict of Hon'ble High Court, Delhi by way of SLPNo. 34495/2015 in the

Hon'ble Supreme Court. The case was heard on 08.01.2016. The certified

copy of the order of Hon'ble Supreme Court is not yet received. However, Ld.

Attorney General, who appeared for Union of India, vide communication

dated 19.01.2016has informed as under:

"The Hon'ble Supreme Court has directed that the three posts of Information

Commissioners,currently vacant, to be filled up within sixweeks. Thecourt has

further allowed the Government to fill up the vacancies from the applicants,

who applied under the two advertisements of 2014as also the advertisement

of September, 2015."

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Selection of Information Commissioners

6. In pursuance of directions dated 08.01.2016of Hon'ble Supreme Court,

the Search Committee, as in para 4.1 above, met on 19.01.2016 and

considered applications received against advertisements dated 25.02.2014

and 16.07.2014 (Annexure - IV) and the applications received against

advertisement dated 09.09.2015 (Annexure - V). The Search Committee

shortlisted the following 9 applicants (in the alphabetical order of surname):

From the applications received against advertisement dated 25.02.2014and

16.07.2014

1) Shri Amitava Bhattacharya (former Chairman, Staff SelectionCommission),(annexure IV, Serial No 43: Administration andGovernance)

2) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Anil Chait (former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff,Government of India), ( annexure IV,Serial No 200:Administration andGovernance)

3) Ms. Vijaya Moorthy (former Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General,C&AG) )( annexure IV,Serial No 176:Administration and Governance)

4) Shri Sanjay Kumar Panda (former Secretary, Ministry of

Textiles),(annexure IV,SerialNo 47:Administration and Governance)

5) ShriSyamal Kumar Sarkar (former Secretary, Department of Personneland Training),(annexure IV, Serial No 33: Administration andGovernance)

Fromthe applications received against advertisement dated 09.09.2015

6) Shri Bhim Sen Bassi(Commissioner of Police, Delhi), (annexure V, SerialNo 76:Administration and Governance)

7) Shri Bimal Julka (former Secretary, Ministry of Information andBroadcasting), (annexure V, Serial No 5: Administration andGovernance)

8) Shri Anup K Pujari (former Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises), (annexure V, Serial No 78: Administration andGovernance)

9) Shri Ravi R. Tripathi (former Judge, Gujarat High Court), (annexure V,Serial No 6: Law)

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Shri Amitava Bhattacharya, Ms. Vijaya Moorthy, Shri Sanjay Kumar

Panda and Shri Syamal Kumar Sarkar have also applied against

advertisement dated 09.09.2015.Theminutes of the Search Committee are at

(Annexure - IX).

7. The bio-data of the shortlisted persons for the posts of Information

Commissionersare at Annexure - 'X'. Thebio-data of all the other candidates

would be placed before the Selection Committee at the time of the meeting.

8. The Search Committee decided that vigilance clearance from the

respective Cadre Controlling Authority in respect of shortlistedserving officers

and inputs from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired officers be

obtained before placing the recommendations of the Search Committee to

the Selection Committee. These inputs will be placed before the selection

committee during the meeting.

9. The agenda note is submitted for kind consideration of the Selection

Committee. The Committee may kindly recommend names of candidates for

three posts of Information Commissioner in the Central Information

Commissionfor appointment by the Presidentof India.

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Annexure -I

Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in CIC

(as on 01.02.2016)

SI.No. Name Date of Birth Date of Date of Field ofAppointment completion Excellence

of tenure

1. ShriR.K.Mathur, Chief 05.05.1953 04.01.2016 05.05.2018 AdministrationInformation Commisioner, lAS

2. ShriBasant Seth 16.02.1952 01.03.2012 15.02.2017 Management

Banker

3. ShriYashovardhan Azad 12.03.1954 22.11.2013 21.11.2018 Administration

IPS,M.P.

4. ShriSharat Sabharwal 23.09.1952 22.11.2013 22.09.2017 Administration

IFS

5. Ms. Manjula Prasher 16.01.1953 22.11.2013 15.01.2018 Administration

IPoS

6. ShriM.A. Khan Yusufi 01.01.1952 22.11.2013 31.12.2016 Law

ILS

7. ShriMadabhusanam Sridhar 10.11.1956 22.11.2013 21.11.2018 LawAcharyulu

Professor,Law

Sh~Sudh~Bhargava 12.01.1955 11.06.2015 11.01.2020 Administration

lAS,RJ

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Annexure - II

The qualification, tenure etc of Chief Information Commissioner and InformationCommissioner.

1. Section 12(3)of the RTIAct;- TheChief InformationCommissionerand theInformation Commissioners are appointed by the President on therecommendation of a Committee consistingof -i. ThePrimeMinister;ii. TheLeader of Oppositionin LokSabha ; andiii. A UnionCabinet Ministerto be nominated by the PrimeMinister

Exp/anation.-For the purposes of removal of doubts, it is hereby declared thatwhere the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People has not beenrecognised as such, the Leader of the single largest group in opposition of theGovernment in the House of the People shall be deemed to be the Leader ofOpposition.

Ministry of Law and Justice has opined that in the absence of Leader ofopposition, the Leader of the single largest party in opposition can beconsidered as the leader of the single largest group in opposition, only for thelimited purpose of RTf Act.

The Prime Minister on 28.8.2015 has nominated Shri Arun Jaitley, UnionFinance Minister as the Member of the Selection Committee under Section 12(3)of the RTf Act.

2. Section 12 (5) of the RTIAct;- The Chief Information CommissionerandInformation Commissionersshall be personsof eminence in public life with wideknowledge and experience in law, science and technology, social service,management, journalism,massmedia or administrationand governance.

3. Section 12(6) of the RTIAct;- The Chief Information CommissionerandInformation Commissionershall not be a Member of Parliament or Member ofLegislatureof any state or Union Territoryor hold any other office of profit orconnected with any political party or carrying on any businessor pursuinganyprofession.

4. Section 13(1) of the RTIAct;- The Chief Information Commissioner shallhold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon hisoffice and shall not be eligible for reappointment: Provided that no ChiefInformation Commissioner shall hold office as such after he has attained the ageof sixty-five years.

5. Section 13 (2) of the RTIAct;- Every Information Commissioner shall holdoffice for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office ortill he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier, and shall not be eligiblefor reappointment as such Information Commissioner:

Provided that every Information Commissioner shall, on vacating his officeunder this sub-section be eligible for appointment as the Chief InformationCommissioner in the manner specified in sub-section (3) of section 12:

Provided further that where the Information Commissioner is appointed asthe Chief Information Commissioner, his term of office shall not be more thanfive years in aggregate as the Information Commissioner and the ChiefInformation Commissioner.

Annexure -III

Operative part in the Judgement dated 3.9.2013 of Hon'ble Supreme Court in theReview Petition CCl No. 2309 of 2012 in the case of Union of India Vs Namit Sharma

(i) We declare that Sections 12(5) and 15(5) of the Act are not ultra vires theConstitution.

(ii) We declare that Sections 12(6)and 15(6)of the Act do not debar a Member ofParliamentor Member of the Legislatureof any State or UnionTerritory,as the case maybe, or a person holding any other office of profit or connected with any political partyor carrying on any businessor pursuing any profession from being considered forappointment as Chief Information Commissioneror Information Commissioner,but aftersuch person is appointed as Chief Information Commissioner or InformationCommissioner, he has to discontinue as Member of Parliament or Member of theLegislatureof any State or Union Territory,or discontinue to hold any other office ofprofit or remain connected with any political party or carry on any businessor pursueany professionduring the period he functions as Chief Information CommissionerorInformation Commissioner.

(iii) We direct that only personsof eminence in public life with wide knowledge andexperience in the fieldsmentioned in Sections12(5)and 15(5)of the Act be consideredfor appointment as'InformationCommissionerand Chief InformationCommissioner.

(iv)We further direct that personsof eminence in public life with wide knowledge andexperience in all the fields mentioned in Sections 12(5)and 15(5)of the Act, namely,law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism,massmedia oradministration and governance, be considered by the Committees under Sections12(3) and 15(3) of the Act for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner orInformation Commissioners.

(v) We further direct that the Committees under Sections 12(3)and 15(3) of the Actwhile making recommendations to the Presidentor to the Governor, as the case maybe, for appointment of Chief Information Commissionerand InformationCommissionersmust mention against the name of each candidate recommended, the facts toindicate his eminence in public life, his knowledge in the particular field and hisexperience in the particular field and these facts must be accessible to the citizensaspart of their right to information under the Act after the appointment ismade.

(vi) We also direct that wherever Chief Information Commissionerisof the opinion thatintricate questionsof law will have to be decided in a matter coming up before theInformation Commission, he will ensure that the matter is heard by an InformationCommissionerwho haswide knowledge and experience in the field of law.

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Pages 633-726 contain particulars of applicants for the post ofInformation Commissioners which are exempt from disclosureunder section 8 (1) (j) of the RTIAct, 2005.

A list of names of applicants is placed in between pages number429 and 592.

list of applications received after due date (12.10.2015) for the post(s) of Chief Information Commissionerand Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission

list of applications received after due date 12.10.2015

S.No. Name Date of receipt Mode Applied for the post of

1 V Venkata Ramana 14.10.2015/19.10.2015 email/mail Information Commissioner

2 Saroj Parmar 15.10.2015 email Information Commissioner

3 Sanjay Kumar Srivastava 13.10.2015 mail Both

4 Nihar Ranjan Dash 13.10.2015 mail Both

5 Hidayatullah Khan 14.10.2015 mail Information Commissioner

6 Jyoti Narayan 27.10.2015 email Information Commissioner

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VI/

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Pronounced on: 06 November, 2015+ W.P.(C) 338612015

R.K. JAIN & ORS ..... PetitionersThrough: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Mr. Pranav

Sachdeva, Mr. O. Kuttan .and Ms.Neha Rathi, Advs.

Versus

UNION OF INDIA ..... RespondentThrough: Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG with Mr.

Jasmeet Singh, CGSC and Ms. NoorAnand, Adv. for VOl.Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Devadatt Kamat and Mr. JawedurRahman, Adv. for applicants /interveners in CM No.9304-06/2015.

CORAM:HON'BLE THE CIDEF JUSTICEHON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW

JUDGMENT

G.ROHINI, CHIEF JUSTICE

1. This petition as a Public Interest Litigation, is filed alleging inaction

on the part of the respondents in filling up the vacancies of Chief

Information Commissioner and three Information Commissioners in the

Central Information Commission and contending that the same has

frustrated the very object of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short

'RTI Act').

2. We have heard the learned counsel for both the parties.

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3. As per Section 12 of the RTI Act which provides for constitution of

Central Information Commission, the Central Information Commission shall

consist of the Chief Information Commissioner and such number of Central

Information Commissioners not exceeding 10 as may be deemed necessary.

4. As against the total sanctioned strength of Information

Commissioners of 10, by the date of filing of the petition on 06.04.2015,

three posts were lying vacant for the past one year in addition to the post of

Chief Information Commissioner which was lying vacant since 23.08.2014.

5. It is explained by the Under Secretary, Department of Personnel and

Training, Government of India in his affidavit dated 09.04.2015 that an

advertisement was published on 28.02.2014 in two English newspapers and

one Hindi newspaper inviting applications for filling up two posts of

Information Commissioners that were lying vacant by that time and in

response to the same, 293 applications were received. The Search

Committee which met on 21.04.2014 considered the applications and

recommended panels for consideration of the Selection Committee

constituted under Section 12(3) of the RTI Act. Even before the Selection

Committee could meet, one of the Central Information Commissioners

(Shri Rajeev Mathur) was elevated to the post of Chief Information

Commissioner on 22.05.2014 and thus one more vacancy of the Central

Information Commissioner arose. Therefore, a fresh advertisement was

issued on 16.07.2014 inviting applications making it clear that those who

have applied earlier in response to the earlier advertisement need not apply

afresh. In pursuance thereof, 260 fresh applications were received by the

last date i.e. 19.08.2014. Thus, the total applications received were 553

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(293+260). While so, the tenure of the Chief Information Commissioner

(Shri Rajeev Mathur) expired on 22.08.2014 and thus the post of CIC also

fell vacant. On 24.10.2014, a Circular was posted on the website of

Department of Personnel and Training inviting applications for the post of

CIC and in response to the same a total number of 203 applications were

received. It was further stated that the Search Committee met twice on

16.01.2015 and 06.02.2015 to shortlist the applicants for the Chief

Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners respectively

and that the selection would be made by the Selection Committee as

provided under Section 12(3) of the RTI Act after the IBICBI inputs and

Vigilance Clearances were received.

6. Having taken note of the contents of the said affidavit, we passed the

following order on 09.04.2015:

"In pursuance of the order passed by us on 08.04.2015, adetailed affidavit has been filed by the Under Secretary,Department of Personnel & Training explaining the steps thathave already been taken for filling up the vacancies of the postsof the Chief Information Commissioner and the 3 CentralInformation Commissioners and assuring that the entire processof selection and appointment would be completedexpeditiously.

We have heard the learned counsel for both the parties.Having regard to the undisputed fact that the non-appointmentof the Chief Information Commissioner has virtually frustratedthe very purpose of the Right to Information Act, 2005, we areof the view that it is necessary for this court to monitor the stepsthat are being taken for filling up the vacancies in question soas to ensure that all the vacancies are filled up within atimeframe.

W.P.(C) No.3386j2015 . Page3 of9

Therefore, let the petition be listed on 11.05.2015 bywhich date the respondents shall report to this court theprogress made.

Since it is pointed out by the learned ASG that therespondent has been wrongly described in the memo of partiesand that as a matter of fact the Union of India is represented bythe Department of Personnel & Training, the respondent in thememo of parties shall stand substituted as under:-

'Union of India through the Department of Personnel &Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &Pensions, North Block, New Delhi'.

The amended memo of parties be filed by the petitionerwithin one week from today."

7. When the petition was listed again on 21.05.2015, a status note on

behalf of the Respondent - Union of India (DoPT) has been filed stating that

the process of appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner and

Information Commissioners is at an advanced stage and that the Search

Committee met on 27.04.2015 and shortlisted the applicants. It is also

stated that the selection would be made soon after the vigilance clearance

from the respective Cadre Controlling Authority in respect of shortlisted

serving officers and inputs from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired

officers is received. In the circumstances, it was submitted by Shri Sanjay

Jain, the learned ASG that no further orders are necessary in the petition.

However, Shri Prashant Bhushan, the learned counsel appearing for the

petitioner submitted that it is necessary to issue directions to complete the

selection process within a time schedule in view of the fact that more than

35,000 cases are pending in the Central Information Commission as of

today.

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015Page 4 of 9

8. After we have reserved the judgment on 21.05.2015, the petitioners

filed a fresh application being CM No.20965/2015 bringing to the notice of

this court that on 08.06.2015 the senior most Information Commissioner by

name Shri Vijay Sharma was appointed as the Chief Information

Commissioner and in the vacancy arose, Shri Sudhir Bhargava was

appointed as the Information Commissioner. While pointing out that the

three vacancies of Information Commissioners have not been filled up so

far, it is further stated that the Department of P&T has issued a fresh

Circular dated 09.09.2015 inviting applications for the post of Chief

Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners.

Contending that the said Circular dated 09.09.2015 is nothing but an attempt

to delay the entire process of appointment of the Information

Commissioners against the existing 3 vacancies, the petitioners sought a

direction to forthwith appoint the remaining three Information

Commissioners in CIC and to set aside the Circular dated 09.09.2015.

9. The learned counsel for the petitioners Shri Prashant Bhushan

submitted that the Circular dated 09.09.2015 is bad firstly for the reason that

despite the pendency of the present writ petition, the respondent failed to

take the leave of this court to put up a fresh Circular inviting applications

and secondly there is no reason to terminate the process of selection that was

already initiated on 25.02.2014. It is also contended that the Circular dated

09.09.2015 is absolutely vague and did not even disclose the number of

vacancies intended to be filled up.

10. The Circular dated 09.09.2015 issued by the Department of Personnel

and Training reads as under:

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"F.No.4/2/201S -IRGovernment of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New DelhiDated: 9th September, 2015

Subject: Appointment of Chief InformationCommissioner and Information Commissioners in theCentral Information Commission.

The Government of India has constituted a body underthe Right to Information Act, 2005 (the Act) known as theCentral Information Commission (Commission) to exercise thepowers conferred on and to perform the functions assigned to itunder the Act. It is located in New Delhi. The Commissionshall have the Chief Information Commissioner and upto tenInformation Commissioners. The powers and functions of theChief Information Commissioner in the Central InformationCommission are as per the RTI Act.

2. It is proposed to appoint Chief InformationCommissioner and more Information Commissioners in theCommission. The Act provides that the Chief InformationCommissioner and Information Commissioner shall be personof eminence inpublic life with wide knowledge and experiencein law, science and technology, social service, management,journalism, mass-media or administration and governance.

3. Further, the Chief Information Commissioner andInformation Commissioner shall not be a Member ofParliament or Member of the Legislature of any State or UnionTerritory, as the case may be, or hold any other office of profitor connected with any political party or carrying on anybusiness or pursuing any profession. It is clarified thatcessation/termination of holding of office of profit, pursuingany profession or carrying any business is a condition precedentto the appointment of a person as Chief InformationCommissioner and Information Commissioner.

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page6 of9

4. The Chief Information Commissioner and InformationCommissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from thedate on which he enters upon his office or till he attains the ageof 65 years, whichever is earlier. The salary and allowancespayable to the Chief Information Commissioner shall be thesame as that of the Chief Election Commissioner and ElectionCommissioner respectively, subject to adjustment of thepensionary/retirement benefits availed by him, if any, inaccordance with the provisions of the Act.

5. Persons fulfilling the criteria and interested forappointment to the post of Chief Information Commissionerand/or Information Commissioner may send their particulars inthe enclosed proforma by post to Under Secretary CRTI),Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, NewDelhi or through e-mail to [email protected] by lih October,2015. Persons who are serving under the State/CentralGovernment or any other Organization, should send theirparticulars through proper channel (administrative Ministry /Department / State / UTs). In case an advance copy of theapplication is sent before the due date the applications throughproper channel should be furnished as soon as possible to beconsidered for further processing.

(G.S. Arora)DS (IR)

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11. Having perused the Circular dated 09.09.2015, we found that it is

absolutely silent about the process of selection that was already initiated

vide Notifications dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014. It also does not

disclose the number of vacancies that are sought to be filled up. In the status

note dated 07.05.2015 filed by the Department of Personnel and Training, it

was stated that in response to the earlier advertisements, altogether 553

applications were received. It was also stated that the said applicants were

already shortlisted and vide communication dated 05.05.2015 and

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Page 7 of 9

02.05.2015, the vigilance clearance was sought from the respective Cadre

Controlling Authority in respect of shortlisted serving officers and inputs

from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired officers. We have taken

note of the fact that during the pendency of the writ petition, the vacancy of

Chief Information Commissioner has been filled up and one Information

Commissioner has been appointed in the fresh vacancy that arose. That

being so, we are unable to understand as to why the Respondents have again

issued a fresh notification dated 09.09.2015.

12. However, the list of the Chief Information Commissioner and the

Information Commissioners holding office as of today, furnished by the

learned Standing Counsel for Central Government, reflects that the tenure of

one of the Information Commissioners out of seven would expire on

31.12.2016 and the others have a long tenure of more than two years. As is

evident, there is no likelihood of any vacancy of Information Commissioner

in near future. However, the Chief Information Commissioner's tenure will

be completed on 01.12.2015. In case one of the serving Information

Commissioners is appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner in the

vacancy that would arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015, one more vacancy of the

Information Commissioner is likely to arise.

13. In these circumstances, instead of setting aside the Notification dated

09.09.2015, we consider it appropriate to issue the following directions:

(i) The selection process that has already been commenced vide

Notifications dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be

finalized within six weeks from today and the three vacancies

of Information Commissioners existing as of today shall be

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filled up amongst the 553 applications that were received in

response to the said two notifications.

(ii) The selection process pursuant to the Circular dated 09.09.2015


Information Commissioner in the vacancy that would arise

w.e.f. 02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner which is

likely to arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015.

14. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of.

CHIEF JUSTICE

RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW, J.NOVEMBER 06, 2015kks

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page 9 of 9

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE HELD ON 11th DECEMBER,2015 AT 4.00 PM AND 16th DECEMBER, 2015 AT 5.00 PM IN 10 PARLIAMENTHOUSE, NEW DELHI FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTOF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER IN THE CENTRAL INFORMATIONCOMMISSION.

The Committee constituted under Section 12 (3) of the Right to InformationAct, 2005 met under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India at 4.00 pm on11.12.2015 and then at 5.00 pm on 16.12.2015 in Room No 10 Parliament House,New Delhi to make recommendation for appointment of Chief InformationCommissioner in the CIC.

The meeting was attended by the following:

Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, ChairmanShri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Indian National Congress, the singielargest party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, MemberShri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister, Member(iii)

Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Pubiic Grievancesand Pensions, and Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Personnel) also attended themeeting and assisted the Committee.

2. The Committee was apprised that there could be a maximum of ten InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission. At present, there are sevenInformation Commissioners. There is no Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) as theprevious CIC has demitted office on 01.12.2015. The Committee was also apprisedthat the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall bepersons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, scienceand technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media oradministration and governance.

3. The Committee considered the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in aReview Petition No. 2309/2012 filed by Union of India against Hon'ble Supreme Courtjudgement dated 13.9.2012 in the matter of Namit Sharma versus Union of India.

4. The Committee also considered the orders of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi issuedon 06.11.2015 and the opinion of Ld. Attorney General for India in the matter of WP(C)3386 filed by R.K. Jain & ors. versus Union of India. The operative parts of the abovementioned order as given in para 13 of the judgment are as fol!ows:

(i) The selection process that has already been commenced videnotifications dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be finalised within sixweeks from today and the three vacancies of Information Commissioners

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existing as of today shall be filled up amongst the 553 applications that were

received in response to the said notifications-

(ii) The selection process pursuant to the circular dated 09.09.2015 shall beconfined for selection and appointment of the Chief Information Commissionerin the vacancy that would arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015 and one Information

Commissioner which is likely to arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015.

5. It was noted that consequent to the Notification dated 09.09.2015 there were184 applicants for Chief Information Commissioner and 330 applicants for InformationCommissioners. The Search Committee met on 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015 andshortlisted names for Chief Information Commissioner and names of Information

Commissioner.

6. The Committee perused the detailed agenda including the process involved in thesearch procedure for short-listing the applicants for consideration. Notwithstanding theshort-listing done, the Committee considered all eligible applicants who applied inresponse to advertisement made on 09.09.2015 for the post of Chief Information

Commissioner.

7. The Committee decided that recommendations will be done while complyingwith para 13(ii) of the orders dated 06.11.2015 of hon'ble High Court in of WP(C) 3386filed by RK. Jain & ors. versus Union of India. Regarding para 13(i) of the order,appropriate action will be taken based on the outcome of the Special Leave Petition

filed in the matter.

8. After taking into account all the relevant factors, the Committee recommendedthe following for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner in the CentralInformation Commission:

(i) Sri R K Mathur lAS (Retd.) (MT:77) - Chief Information Commissioner

9. A profile of Sri R K Mathur showing his eminence in public life, knowledge and

experience is at Annexure-l.

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Prime Minister

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Name/Service Eminence Knowledge Experience

RK. Mathur Retired as Defence He possesses He has more than 35

Secretary. Prior to that MBA, M.Tech, yeaffi of experience in the

lAS (Retd.) (MT:77) he was B.Tech Degrees. field of Administration and

Secretary, Ministry of Governance. He has

Micro, Small and experience in sectors such

Medium Enterprises. as Defence, Land andAgriculture,Resources,

Land

Revenue,HumanHandicrafts,

He served in variouscapacities in StateGovernment of Tripura.

Administration, Power,Industrial Licensing andFDls. He also looked afteraffairs of Central PublicSector Undertakings HECand MAMC.

Minutes of the meeting of the Search Committee held on 19.01.2016for shortlisting persons for three posts of Information Commissioners

in the Central Information Commission

The following Search Committee has been constituted with theapproval of Prime Minister vide order dated 26.10.2015:

Shri P.K. Sinha, Cabinet SecretaryShri P.K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to PMShri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Personnel)Shri Ratan P. Watal, Secretary (Expenditure)Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary (Information & Broadcasting)Dr. Manoj Panda, Director, Institute of Economic Growth,

Delhi University

The Search Committee was informed that Shri Sunil Arora hassought to recuse himself.

2. The Search Committee was informed that as per Section 12(2)(b) ofthe RTI Act, the Central Information Commission shall consist of suchnumber of Information Commissioners (ICs), not exceeding ten, as may bedeemed necessary. At present there is one CIC and seven ICs in the.Central Information Commission (a list of the existing ICs is at AnnexureI). The Committee took note of the provisions of Section 12(5) of the RTIAct that the CIC and IC shall be persons of eminence in public life withwide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology, socialservice, management, journalism, mass media or administration andgovernance.

3. The Committee was informed that during the last round of selection ofIC, Shri Sudhir Bhargava was appointed on 11.6.2015 after considering553 applications received against advertisements dated 25.02.2014 and16.07.2014.

4. The Committee was informed that Circular No. 4/2/2015-IR dated09.09.2015 seeking applications from interested persons for the posts ofCIC and ICs was posted on the website of Department of Personnel andTraining (DoPT) and advertisement was published in The Hindu, Times of

India (English) and Oainik Bhaskar and Hindustan (Hindi) in all their=diticns in India on 09.09.2015. The last date for receipt of applications was12.10.2015. A total of 330 applications had been received by the last datefor the post of ICs. The Committee was also informed that 83 applicationsare common to the advertisement dated 09.09.2015 and the earlier

advertisements dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014.

5. The Committee was further informed that High Court of Delhi vide itsjudgment dated 06.11.2015 had given the following directions:

(i) _The selection process that has already been commenced videNotifications dated 25. 02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be finalizedwithin six weeks from today and the three vacancies of InformationCommissioners existing as of today shall be filled up amongst the553 applications that were received in response to the said twonotifications.

(ii) The selection process pursuant to the Circular dated 09.09.2015shall be confined for selection and appointment of the ChiefInformation Commissioner in the vacancy that would arise w.e.f.02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner vl'hich is likely toarise w.e.i. 02.12.2015.

6. The Committee had accordingly proposed a panel of names for thepost of CIC and Ie in its meetings dated 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015. Thepanel for IC was to be utilized in case Shri Basant Seth was recommended.for the post of CIC by the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee. recommended Shri R.K.Mathur for the post of CIC and hence the panel forthe post of IC was not utilized.

7. The Committee was informed that the Union of India challenged theorder of High Court on point (i) of para 6 by way of SLP No. 34495/2015wherein the Supreme Court passed an order on 08.01.2016. Though copyof the order is not available online, Attorney General who was present inthe Court has informed that the operative portion of the order is as under:

(i) To fill up three posts of Information Commissioners in the CentralInformation Commission within six weeks.

(ii) Three Information Commissioners to be selected from the personswho had applied against advertisements dated 25.02.2014,16.07.2014 (553 applications) and 09.09.2015 (330 applications).

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8. With a view to shortlisting the candidates, the Committee deliberatedupon the eligibility and suitability of each candidate in terms of her/hisknowledge, eminence and experience in the categories mentioned inSection 12(5) of the RTI Act.

9. After scrutinizing all applications received against the above threeadvertisements and after detailed deliberations, the Committee shortlistedthe following applicants (in alphabetical order of surname) for three posts of

IC:

Bhim Sain Bassi, Presently, he is working as Commissioner ofIPS (UT: 1977) Police, Delhi. He possesses more than 35 years(008:20.02.1956) of experience In Policing and Public

.. Administration. His educational qualificationsinclude B.Com (Hons.), LLB and PG Diploma inPublic Administration. His key postings includeDirector General of Police in Goa for more thantwo years, Inspector General of Police InChandigarh and Deputy Commissioner/JointCommissioner of Police and SpecialCommissioner of Police in Delhi.He is a retired lAS officer with more than 36years of : experience. His educational

.. qualifications include M.Sc.(Physics). He hasserved as Chairman, Staff SelectionCommission and Secretary, Union PublicService Commission. He is adept in handlingfinance and accounts. As the head of LandRevenue Appellate Authority In Gujarat, heworked In quasl- judicial capacity andadjudicated cases against orders of Collectors.He also interpreted various acts and regulationsrelating to land revenue, land ceiling and landacquisition.

(Retd.) He is a retired Army officer with more than 40years of experience. His educationalqualifications include M.Sc.(Defence Studies)and M.Phil. He served in various capacities inthe Army. He commanded various Regimentssuch as Western Command, Infantry Division,

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Name (Shri/Ms)

2 AmitavaBhattacharya,IAS(Retd.)(GJ:1980)(00B:02.12.1953)

3 Lt GenAnil Chait(008:08.06.1954)

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Strike Corps, Army War College and CentralCommand. He also served as Chief ofIntegrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefsof Staff Committee.

4 Bimal Julka, lAS(Retired)(MP: 1979)(DoB:27.08.1955)

He retired as Secretary, Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting in Government of India. Hehas more than 35 years of expenence In

Administration and Governance. He has doneMA (Psychology) from Delhi University. His keypostings In Government of India includeAdditional Secretary in Department of Economic

. Affairs and Special Secretary & FinancialAdvisor/Additional Secretary & Financial Advisorin Ministry of External Affairs.

5 Vijaya Moorthy,IA&AS (Retired)(1978)(00B:09.02.1954)

She retired as Deputy Comptroller and AuditorGeneral (Defence, Railways andCommunication) with more than 36 years ofexperience in audit and accounts. She hasdone MA In History. She has worked asAdditional Comptroller and Auditor General,Principal Accountant General and JointSecretary & Financial Advisor in Lok SabhaSecretariat.

Kumar He is a retired lAS officer with 35 years oflAS. experience. He has done M.Sc.(Chemistry) and

MBA( (Human Resources). He has served asSecretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government ofIndia and Chief Secretary, Government ofTripura. He has wide experience of working insectors such as Health and Family Welfare,

. Planning, Social Justice & Empowerment,sports & youth Affairs and Textiles. He hasreceived Excellence Award 2010 for MNREGAImplementation and Aadhar Excellence Awardfor achieving maximum coverage of the targetpopulation based on Census 2011 figures.

6 SanjayPanda,(Retired)(TR:1980)(00B:07.12.1955)

7 Anup K Pujari, Presently, he is working as Secretary, Ministry oflAS (KN: 1980) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises In(00B:01.02.1956) Government of India. He has experience of 4

years in Teaching and Research and 35 years inAdministration and Governance. Hiseducational qualifications include MA, LLB and aDoctorate from Boston University. He has alsocompleted National Defence College course onSecurity and Strategic Studies. Other key

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Retired as Judge, Gujarat High Court (workedfor more than five years), he has experience of16 years In Law with 27 years as teachingfaculty. He has done M.Com. and LLM (PublicInternational Law). His area of expertise ISService Law and Constitutional Law. He IS aresource person for National Judicial Academy,Bhopal and Gujarat State Judicial Academy. Hehas also worked as Assistant GovernmentPleader and Additional Public Prosecutor InGujarat High Court.

assignments In Government of India includeJoint Secretary In Department of EconomicAffairs for about four years, Director General ofForeign Trade and Secretary in Department ofMines.

8 Syamal KumarSarkar, lAS(Retired)(W8:1979)(008:18.07.1954)

He retired as. Secretary, Department ofPersonnel and Training with 35 years ofexpenence In Administration,' Governance,Implementation and Propagation ".otRTL Hiseducational q~U'alificati6ns' 'inClude tV1.Sc.(Physics) and PhD. He is a distinguished fellowof The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).His key assignments In Government of Indiainclude Secretary In Ministry of WaterResources and Joint Secretary/AdditionalSecretary/Special Secretary in DoPT where hewas involved in the implementation of the RTIAct.

9 Ravi R. Tripathi(DoB:06.05.1953)

10. The Committee decided that vigilance clearance from the respectiveCadre Controlling Authority in respect of shortlisted serving officers andinputs from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired officers be obtainedbefore placing the recommendations of the Search Committee to theSelection Committee.

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3rd February 2016Dear Dr. Jitendra Singh ji,

This has continuation of our telephonic talk we hadwith regard to the meeting for appointment of InformationCommissioners. I had agreed to fix the meeting either 8thor 9th of February 2016. On that day, I was not awarethat tne Bye-Elc\...lions' to the State Assembly, ZiliaPanchayat and Taluk PanCh3}'at in Karnataka. wen::scheduled to be held during this period. I may not be ina position to attend the said meeting fixed on 9L!: instant.Kindly fix the meeting any day during the ensuingParliament Session.

VVith regards,

Yours Sincerely,"

Dr. Jitendra Singh,t"1inister of State For PMO,North Block,New Delhi.

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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge,Member of Parliament,Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha,No.9, Safdarjung Road,NewDelhi - 110011.

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2. In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that thematter related to selection of Information Commissioners came up forhearing before the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 08.01.2016. The Hon'bleSupreme Court, after hearing, has given directions to Union Governmentthat the three posts of Information Commissioners, currently vacant, befilled up within six weeks.


Therefore, I will request that you may kindly agree. for having themeeting as per the original schedule i.e. 09.02.2016 at 4.30 PM at 7 RCR,New Delhi.


'Yty(Dr. Jitendra Singh)

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge,Member of Parliament,Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha,No.9, Safdarjung Road,New Delhi - 110011.

Vigyan Bhavan Annexe.Maulana Azad Road. New Delh}- I 100IITeL: 011-23022400, 2302240 I.Fax. : 011-23062754

South Block, New Delhi-ll0011Tel.: 011-23010191 Fax: 011-2307931North Block, New Delhi-IlOOOITel. : 011-23092475 Fax: 011-23092716

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ITEM NO.40 COURT NO.3 SECTION XIV

SUP REM E C 0 U R T 0 FIN D I ARECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 34495/2015

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 06/11/2015in WPC No. 3386/2015 passed by the High Court Of Delhi At NewDelhi)

UNION OF INDIA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

R. K. JAIN & ORS.(with office report)

Respondent(s)

Date :.08/01/2016 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGDISH SINGH KHEHARHON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AGMs. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv.Ms. Meenakshi Grover, Adv.Mr. Abhinav Mukherjee, Adv.for Ms. SushrnaSuri,AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv.Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Adv.Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the followingo R D E R

The learned Attorney General for India appearing for the

petitioner states, that direction (ii) contained in paragraph 13 of

the impugned order dated 6.11.2015 has siricebeen complied with.

Insofar as direction (i) contained in the afore-mentioned paragraph

sg~)l're~.,Veri'dfthe impugned order dated 6.11.2015 is concerned, it isOl9lta~dParveen 1S{!rn, hawtaDate: 20r .11

~2;';s'~mitted,that candidates who had responded to the notifications

dated 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014 were considered, and on such

consideration, two Information Commissioners have since been

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appointed. He however fairly states, that there are still three

subsisting vacancies of Information Commissioners as on today. It

is the submission of the learned Attorney General for India, that

the petitioner may be permitted six weeks' time, so as to enable it

to fill up the remaining three vacancies of Information

Commissioners, out of the candidates who had responded to the

notifications dated 25.2.2014, 16.7.2014 and 9.9.2015.

Prayer is allowed.

Needful be done within six weeks from today.

List for further consideration on 26.02.2016.

(Renuka Sadana)Court Master

(Parveen Kr. Chawla)AR-cum-PS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELID AT NEW DELHI

Pronounced on: 06 November, 2015+ W.P.(C) 3386/2015

R.K. JAIN & ORS ..... PetitionersThrough: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Mr. Pranav

Sachdeva, Mr. O. Kuttan and Ms.Neha Rathi, Advs.

Versus

UNION OF INDIA ..... RespondentThrough: Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG with Mr.

Jasmeet Singh, CGSC and Ms. NoorAnand, Adv. for UOLMs. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Devadatt Kamat and Mr. JawedurRahman, Adv. for applicants 1interveners in CM No.9304-06/2015.

CORAM:HON'BLE THE CIDEF JUSTICEHON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW

JUDGMENT

G.ROHINI, CHIEF JUSTICE

1. This petition as a Public Interest Litigation, is filed alleging inaction

on the part of the respondents in filling up the vacancies of Chief

Information Commissioner and three Information Commissioners in the

Central Information Commission and contending that the same has

frustrated the very object of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short

'RTI Act').

2. We have heard the learned counsel for both the parties .

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3. As per Section 12 of the RTI Act which provides for constitution of

Central Information Commission, the Central Information Commission shall

consist of the Chief Information CommissioJer and such number of Central/

Information Commissioners not exceeding 10 as may be deemed necessary.

4. As against the total sanctioned strength of Information

Commissioners of 10, by the date of filing of the petition on 06.04.2015,

three posts were lying vacant for the past one year in addition to the post of

Chief Information Commissioner which was lying vacant since 23.08.2014.

5. It is explained by the Under Secretary, Department of Personnel and

Training, Government of India in his affidavit dated 09.04.2015 that an

advertisement was published on 28.02.2014 in two English newspapers and

one Hindi newspaper inviting applications for filling up two posts of

Information Commissioners that were lying vacant by that time and inIresponse to the same, 293 applications were received. The Search

Committee which met on 2l.04.2014 considered the applications and

recommended panels for consideration of the Selection Committee

constituted under Section 12(3) of the RTI Act. Even before the Selection

Committee could meet, one of the Central Information Commissioners

(Shri Rajeev Mathur) was elevated to the post of Chief Information

Commissioner on 22.05.2014 and thus one more vacancy of the Central

Information Commissioner arose. Therefore, a fresh advertisement was

issued on 16.07.2014 inviting applications making it clear that those who

have applied earlier in response to the earlier advertisement need not apply

afresh. In pursuance thereof, 260 fresh applications were received by the

last date i.e. 19.08.2014. Thus, the total applications received were 553

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r: (293+260). While so, the tenure of the Chief Information Commissioner

(Shri Rajeev Mathur) expired on 22.08.2014 and thus the post of CIC also

fell vacant. On 24.10.2014, a Circular was posted on the website of

Department of Personnel and Training inviting applications for the post of

CIC and in response to the same a total number of 203 applications were

received. It was further stated that the Search Committee met twice on

16.01.2015 and 06.02.2015 to shortlist the applicants for the Chief

Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners respectively

and that the selection would be made by the Selection Committee as

provided under Section 12(3) of the RTI Act after the IB/CBI inputs and

Vigilance Clearanceswere received.

6. Having taken note of the contents of the said affidavit, we passed the

following order on 09.04.2015:

"In pursuance of the order passed by us on 08.04.2015, adetailed affidavit has been filed by the Under Secretary,Department of Personnel & Training explaining the steps thathave already been taken for filling up the vacancies of the postsof the Chief Information Commissioner and the 3 CentralInformation Commissioners and assuring that the entire processof selection and appointment would be completedexpeditiously.

We have heard the learned counsel for both the parties.Having regard to the undisputed fact that the non-appointmentof the Chief Information Commissioner has virtually frustratedthe very purpose of the Right to Information Act, 2005, we areof the view that it is necessary for this court to monitor the stepsthat are being taken for filling up the vacancies in question soas to ensure that all the vacancies are filled up within atimeframe.

W.P.{C) No.3386/2015Page 3 of 9

Therefore, let the petition be listed on 11.05.2015 bywhich date the respondents shall report to this court theprogress made.

Since it is pointed out by the learned ASG that therespondent has been wrongly described in the memo of partiesand that as a matter of fact the Union of India is represented bythe Department of Personnel & Training, the respondent in the/memo of parties shall stand substituted as under:-

'Union of India through the Department of Personnel &Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &Pensions, North Block, New Delhi'.

The amended memo of parties be filed by the petitionerwithin one week from today.":

7. When the petition was listed again on 21.05.2015, a status note on

behalf of the Respondent - Union of India (DoPT) has been filed stating that

the process of appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner and

Information Commissioners is at an advanced stage and that the Search

Committee met on 27.04.2015 and shortlisted the applicants. It is also

stated that the selection would be made soon after the vigilance clearance

from the respective Cadre Controlling Authority in respect of shortlisted

serving officers and inputs from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired

officers is received. In the circumstances, it was submitted by Shri Sanjay

Jain, the learned ASG that no further orders are necessary in the petition.

However, Shri Prashant Bhushan, the learned counsel appearing for the

petitioner submitted that it is necessary to issue directions to complete the

selection process within a time schedule in view of the fact that more than

35,000 cases are pending in the Central Information Commission as of

today.

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page 4 of 9

8. After we have reserved the judgment on 21.05.2015, the petitioners

filed a fresh application being CM NO.20965l2015 bringing to the notice of

this court that on 08.06.2015 the senior most Information Commissioner by

name Shri Vijay Sharma was appointed as the Chief Information

Commissioner and in the vacancy arose, Shri Sudhir Bhargava was

appointed as the Information Commissioner. While pointing out that the

three vacancies of Information Commissioners have not been filled up so

far, it is further stated that the Department of P&T has issued a fresh

Circular dated 09.09.2015 inviting applications for the post of Chief

Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners.

Contending that the said Circular dated 09.09.2015 is nothing but an attempt

to delay the entire process of appointment of the Information

Commissioners against the existing 3 vacancies, the petitioners sought a

direction to forthwith appoint the remammg three Information

Commissioners in CIC and to set aside the Circular dated 09.09.2015.

9. The learned counsel for the petitioners Shri Prashant Bhushan

submitted that the Circular dated 09.09.2015 is bad firstly for the reason that

despite the pendency of the present writ petition, the respondent failed to

take the leave of this court to put up a fresh Circular inviting applications

and secondly there is no reason to terminate the process of selection that was

already initiated on 25.02.2014. It is also contended that the Circular dated

09.09.2015 is absolutely vague and did not even disclose the number of

vacancies intended to be filled up.

10. The Circular dated 09.09.2015 issued by the Department of Personnel

and Training reads as under:

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"F.No.4/2/201S -IRGovernment of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New DelhiDated: 9th September, 2015

Subject: Appointment of Chief InformationCommissioner and Information Commissioners in theCentral Information Commission.

The Government of India has constituted a body underthe Right to Information Act, 2005 (the Act) known as the.Central Information Commission (Commission) to exercise thepowers conferred on and to perform the functions assigned to itunder the Act. It is located in New Delhi. The Commissionshall have the Chief Information Commissioner and upto tenInformation Commissioners. The powers and functions of theChief Information Commissioner in the Central InformationCommission are as per the RTI Act.

2. It is proposed to appoint Chief InformationCommissioner and more Information Commissioners in theCommission. The Act provides that the Chief InformationCommissioner and Information Commissioner shall be personof eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experiencein law, science and technology, social service, management,journalism, mass-media or administration and governance.

3. Further, the Chief Information Commissioner andInformation Commissioner' shall not be a Member ofParliament or Member of the Legislature of any State or UnionTerritory, as the case may be, or hold any other office of profitor connected with any political party or carrying on anybusiness or pursuing any profession. It is clarified thatcessation/termination of holding of office of profit, pursuingany profession or carrying any business is a condition precedentto' the appointment of a person as Chief InformationCommissioner and Information Commissioner.

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page 6 of 9

4. The Chief Information Commissioner and InformationCommissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from thedate on which he enters upon his office or till he attains the ageof 65 years, whichever is earlier. The salary and allowancespayable to the Chief Information commissioner shall be thesame as that of the Chief Election commissioner and ElectionCommissioner respectively, subject to adjustment of thepensionary/retirement benefits availed by him, if any, inaccordance with the provisions of the Act.

5. Persons fulfilling the criteria and interested forappointment to the post of Chief Information Commissionerand/or Information Commissioner may send their particulars inthe enclosed proforma by post to Under Secretary (RTI) ,Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, NewDelhi or through e-mail to [email protected] by 12th October,2015. Persons who are serving under the State/CentralGovernment or any other Organization, should send theirparticulars through proper channel (administrative Ministry /Department / State / UTs). In case an advance copy of theapplication is sent before the due date the applications throughproper channel should be furnished as soori as possible to beconsidered for further processing.

(G.S. Arora)DS (IR)

Tel: 23092755"

11. Having perused the Circular dated 09.09.2015, we found that it is

absolutely silent about the process of selection that was already initiated

vide Notifications dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014. It also does not

disclose the number of vacancies that are sought to be filled up. In the status

note dated 07.05.2015 filed by the Department of Personnel and Training, it

was stated that in response to the earlier advertisements, altogether 553

applications were received. It was also stated that the said applicants were

already shortlisted and vide communication dated 05.05.2015 and

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02.05.2015, the vigilance clearance was sought from the respective Cadre

Controlling Authority in respect of shortlisted serving officers and inputs

from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired officers. We have taken

note of the fact that during the pendency of the writ petition, the vacancy of

Chief Information Commissioner has been filled up and one Information

Commissioner has been appointed in the fresh vacancy that arose. That

being so, we are unable to understand as to why the Respondents have again

issued a fresh notification dated 09.09.2015.

12. However, the list of the Chief Information Commissioner and the

Information Commissioners holding office as of today, furnished by the

learned Standing Counsel for Central Government, reflects that the tenure of

one of the Information Commissioners out of seven would expire on

31.12.2016 and the others have a long tenure of more than two years. As is

evident, there is no likelihood of any vacancy of Information Commissioner

in near future. However, the Chief Information Commissioner's tenure will

be completed on 01.12.2015. In case one of the serving Information

Commissioners is appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner in the

vacancy that would arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015, one more vacancy of the

Information Commissioner is likely to arise.

13. In these circumstances, instead of setting aside the Notification dated

09.09.2015, we consider it appropriate to issue the following directions:

(i) The selection process that has already been commenced vide

Notifications dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be

finalized within six weeks from today and the three vacancies

of Information Commissioners existing as of today shall be

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filled up amongst the 553 applications that were received in

response to the said two notifications.

(ii) The selection process pursuant to the Circular dated 09.09.2015


Information Commissioner in the vacancy that would arise

w.e.f. 02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner which is

likely to arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015.

14. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of.

CHIEF JUSTICE

RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW, J.NOVEMBER 06, 2015kks

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ITEM NO.40 COURT NO.3SECTION3~~¥ 8 4 9

SUP REM E C 0 U R T 0 FIN D I ARECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 34495/2015

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 06/11/2015in WPC No. 3386/2015 passed by the High Court Of Delhi At NewDelhi)

UNION OF INDIA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

R. K. JAIN & ORS.(with office report)

Respondent(s)

Date: 08/01/2016 This petition was·called on for hearing today.

CORAM :HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE.~4GPISH SINGH KHEHARHON"'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AGMs. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv.Ms. Meenakshi Grover, Adv.Mr. Abhinav Mukherjee, Adv.fox Ms. Sushma Suri,AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Prashant Bhushan,Adv.Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Adv.Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the followingo R D E R

The learned Attorney General for India appearing for the

petitioner states, that direction (ii) contained in paragraph 13 of

the impugned order dated 6.11.2015 has since been complied with.

Insofar as direction (i) contained in the afore-mentioned paragraph

the impugned order dated 6.11.2015 is concerned, it is

that candidates who had responded to the notifications

dated 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014 were considered, and on such

consideration, two Information Commissioners have since been

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appointed. He however fairly states, that there are still three

subsisting vacancies of Information Commissioners as on today. It

is the submission of the learned Attorney General for India, that

the petitioner may be permitted six weeks' time, so as to enable it

to fill up the remaining three vacancies of Information

Commissioners, out of the candidates who had responded to the

notifications dated 25.2.2014, 16.7.2014 and 9.9.2015.

Prayer is allowed.

Needful be done within six weeks from today.

(Renuka adna)List for further consideration on 26.02.2016.

J(Parveen Kr./Chawla)

AR-cum-PSCourt Master

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North Block, New DelhiDated.B" February, 2016

Meeting Notice

The meeting of the Selection Committee for selection of InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission scheduled to be held underthe Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 09.02.2016 (Tuesday) at 4.30P.M. at 7 Race Course Road, New Delhi has been postponed.

2. Fresh date,time and venue of the meeting will be intimated shortly.

~\Y\~(Devesh Chaturvedi)

Joint SecretaryTel.23094398

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge,Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha,9, Safdarjung Road,New Delhi-11 0 011



North Block, New DelhiDated: 8th February, 2016

Subject- Appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central InformationCommission- regarding.

******

In continuation of this Department's communication of even number dated

2nd February, 2016 conveying thereby date and time of meeting of Selection

Committee for selection of Information Commissioners in the Central Information

Commission along with the agenda note, the undersigned is directed to forward

herewith a copy of record of proceeding of the Supreme Court of India dated

08.01.2016 in SLP(C) No. 34495/2015 in the matter of Union of India Vs. RK. Jain &

Ors., duly certified by the competent authority of the Supreme Court for perusal.

(De~4~~\~~edi)Joint SecretaryTel.2309 4398

PS to Minister of Finance, Government of India with the request to apprise theHon'ble Minister of Finance.

Copy to:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Prime Minister2. PS to MoS (PP)3. PSG to Secretary (P)


Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievancesand PensionsDepartment of Personneland Training

North Block, New DelhiDated:8th February, 2016

Meeting Notice

The meeting of the Selection Committee for selection of InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission scheduled to be held under theChairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 09.02.2016 (Tuesday) at 4.30 P.M. at 7 RaceCourse Road, New Delh has been postponed.

2. Fresh date, time and venue will be intimated shortly.

evesh Chaturvedi}Joint SecretaryTel.23094398

PS to Minister of Finance, Government of India with the request to apprise the Hon'bleMinister of Finance to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Copyto:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Prime Minister2. PSto MoS {PP}3. PSOto Secretary (P)

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Department of Personnel & Training(LR.Section)

Sl.No Name and Designation of CommunicationNo. Signature of thethe Recipient Recipient

(1) Shri Mallikarjuna Letter NoA/2/2015-IRKharge,Member of Meeting PostponementParliament and NoticeLeader of Single LargestParty in Lok Sabha9, Safdarjung Road,New Delhi

Challan dated 08.02.2016

Department of Personnel & Training(I.R.Section)

Challan dated 08 02 2016Sl.No Name and Designation of Communication No. Signature of the

the Recipient Recipient(1) Shri Mallikarjuna Letter No.4/212015-IR

Kharge,Member ofParliament andLeader of Single LargestParty in Lok Sabha9, Safdarjung Road,New Delhi

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F.No.4/2/201S-IRGovernment of India


North Block, New DelhiDated: lOth February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference isinvited to this Department's communication of evennumber dated 8th February,2016 informing postponement of the meeting ofthe Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble PrimeMinister,for selection of Information Commissionersin the Central InformationCommissionto be held on 09.02.2016at 4.30p.m. in 7 RCR,Delhi.

2. Thisis to inform that the meeting will now be held on 19.02.2016 (Friday)at 11.00 a.m. in 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi. Agenda for the meeting hasalready been sent. I' flJ

~~v1lb(DeveshChaturvedi)

Joint SecretaryTel.23094398

PSto Minister of Finance, Government of India with the request to apprise theHon'ble Minister of Finance to kindly make it convenient to attend themeeting.

Copy to:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble PrimeMinister2. PSto MoS (PP)3. PSOto Secretary (P)

F.No.4/2/201S-IRGovernment of India


North Block, New DelhiDotedl O'" February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of evennumber dated 8th February, 2016 informing postponement of the meeting ofthe Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble PrimeMinister, for selection of Information Commissionersin the Central InformationCommissionto be held on 09.02.2016at 4.30p.m. in 7 RCR,Delhi.

2. Thisis to inform that the meeting will now be held on 19.02.2016 (Friday)at 11.00 a.m. in 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi. Agenda for the meeting hasalready been sent.

3. You are requested to kindlymake it convenient to attend the meeting.

(Dev~~~tedilJoint SecretaryTel.23094398

ShriMallikarjun Kharge,Hon'ble Member of Parliament andLeader of the single largest Party in Opposition in LokSabha,9,Safdarjung Road,New Delhi-ll 0011

PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE[POLITICAL SECTION]

South Block, New Delhi -110011

Sub: Meeting of the Selection Committee for appointment to the post ofInformation Commissioners

Reference is invited to this office's J.D. note of even number dated01.02.2016 on the above subject.

2. The undersigned is directed to convey that the meeting of the Selectioncommittee for appointment to the post of Information Commissioners has beenrescheduled and will take place at 1100 hrs on February 19, 2016 at RCR,New Delhi.

CfuJv(V. Sheshadri)

DirectorTel. 2301 3485Fax. 2301 6857

SecretaDated: 09.02.2016



North Block, New DelhiDated:18th February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of evennumber dated 10th. February, 2016 informing meeting of the SelectionCommittee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister, forselection of Information Commissionersin the Central Information Commissionto be held on 19.02.2016(Friday)at 11.00p.m. in 7 RCR,Delhi.

2. Thisis to inform that the meeting will now be held in Prime Minister'sOffice, South Block, New Delhi. Date and time of the meeting remains same.Agenda for the meeting hasalready been sent.


~~\~~edi)Joint SecretaryTel.23094398

ShriMallikarjun Kharge,Hon'ble Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in LokSabha,9,Safdarjung Road,New Delhi-110011

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North Block, New DelhiDated: 18th February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of evennumber dated 10th February, 2016 informing meeting of the SelectionCommittee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister, forselection of Information Commissionersin the Central Information Commissionto be held on 19.02.2016(Friday)at 11.00p.m. in 7 RCR,Delhi.

2. Thisis to informthat the meeting· will now be held in Prime Minister'sOffice, South Block, New Delhi. Date and time of the meeting remains same.Agenda for the meeting hasalready been sent.

f\

(Dev~\~l~rvedilJoint SecretaryTel.23094398

PSto Minister of Finance, Government of India with the request to apprise theHon'ble Minister of Finance to kindly make it convenient to attend themeeting.

Copy to:-

1. PrivateSecretary to the Hon'ble PrimeMinister2. PSto MoS (PP)3. PSOto Secretary (P)

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NoA/2/20l5-IRDepartment of Personnel & Training

(IR Division)North Block, New Delhi.

****The meeting of the Selection Committee, headed by Hon'ble Prime Minister for

appointment to the posts of Information Commissionerslin the Central InformationCommission is scheduled to be held on 11.00 AM on 19th February, 2016 (Friday) inPMO, South Block, New Delhi (Copy of the meeting notice is enclosed).

2. Voluminous and large number of documents /records relating to the abovemeeting are required to be carried to the PMO for perusal by the Hon'ble Members of theCommittee in the said meeting. It is, therefore, requested that passes for entry in the PMOmay please be issued in respect of the following officials ofDoPT.

S1.No Name of the Officials Designation T Card No. J1. Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi Joint Secretary

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2. Ms. Gayatri Mishra Director

3. R.K. Girdhar Under Secretary4. Shri Manoj Maiti Assistant Section

Officer5. Shri Inder Pal Assistant !

6. Shri Dharam Bir Singh MTS r':1t:. __~,

3. The above mentioned officials may also be permitted to carry documents/recordsto the meeting venue in the South Block. The documents are essential for conduct of theabove meeting.

4. Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary and Ms. Gayatri Mishra, Director, may beallowed to carrytheir mobile phones and a pen drive in the South Block.

5. . ;0) carrying large number of document infile boxes may also be allowed in the South Block.

~(Gayatri Mishra)Director (IR)18.02.2016

Tel Fax: 23092755Encl: as above

1. Shri Sanjay Bhavsar, OSD to Prime Minister, South Block, New Delhi.2. Shri Sundaram, Section Officer, Appointment Section, Prime Minister's Office,

South Block, New Dell1i

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F. No. 4/2/2015-IRGovernment of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances& PensionsDepartment of Personnel and Training

***North Block,New Delhi

Dated 18th February, 2016

MEETING NOTICE

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of even no. dated18.02.2016 informing meeting of the Selection Committee, under theChairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister for selection of InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission to be held on 19.02.2016( Friday) in the Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi and to saythat the said meeting will be held at 11:00 A.M. instead of 11:00 P.M. ascommunicated earlier inadvertently.

2. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.


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Joint SecretaryTele: 23094398

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge,Hon'ble Member of Parliament and Leader of the single largest Party inOpposition in Lok Sabha,9, Safdarjung Road,New Delhi- 110011


Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & PensionsDepartment of Personnel and Training



MEETING NOTICE

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of even no. dated1,8.02.2016 informing meeting. of the Selection Committee, under theChairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister for selection of InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission to be held on 19.02.2016( Friday) in the Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi and to saythat the said meeting will be held at 11:00 A.M. instead of 11 :00 P.M. ascommunicated earlier inadvertently.

\ \I~\~yi~J~sh Chaturvedi)

Joint SecretaryTele: 23094398


3. You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting


Copy to:-

~rivate Secretay to the Hon'ble Prime Minister2. PS to MaS (PP)3. PSO to Secretary (P)


Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & PensionsDepartment of Personnel and Training



MEETING NOTICE

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of even no. dated18.02.2016 informing meeting of the Selection Committee, under theChairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister for selection of InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission to be held on 19.02.2016( Friday) in the Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi and to saythat the said meeting will be held at 11:00 A.M. instead of 11:00 Jl/M. ascommunicated earlier inadvertently.


3. You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting

\i~~~ry~atuNedi)Joint SecretaryTele: 23094398


Copy to:-

1. Private Secretay to the Hon'ble Prime Minister2. PS to MoS (PP)

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Minutes of the meeting of the Selection Committee held on 19th February, 2016at 11 am in South Block, New Delhi for making recommendation forappointment of Information Commissioners in the Central InformationCommission.

The Committee constituted under Section 12 (3) of the Right to InformationAct, 2005 met under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India at 11 am on19.02.2016 in South Block, New Delhi to make recommendation for appointment ofInformation Commissioners in the Central InformationCommission.

The meeting was attended by the following:

(i) Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, Chairman(ii) Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Indian National Congress, the single largest

party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, Member(iii) Shri Arun Jaitley, FinanceMinister, Member

Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievancesand Pensions, and Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Personnel) also attended themeeting and assisted the Committee.

2. The Committee was apprised that as per Section 12 (2) of the Right toInformation Act, 2005, the Central Information Commission consists of the ChiefInformation Commissioner; and such number of Central InformationCommissioners,not exceeding ten, as may be deemed necessary. At present, there are sevenInformation Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. The Committeewas also apprised that the Information Commissioner shall be a person of eminencein public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology,social service, management, journalism, mass media or administration andgovernance.

3. The Committee considered the directions dated 03.09.2013 of the SupremeCourt in Review Petition No. 2309/2012 filed by Union of India against its judgmentdated 13.09.2012 in the matter of Namit Sharma versus Union of India.

4. The Committee also considered the record of proceedingsof Supreme Court ofIndia for the hearing held on 08.01.2016 in SLP number 34495/2015 in the matter ofUnion of India versus R.K. Jain & ors, The Court had allowed six weeks time toenable Union of India to fill up the remaining three vacancies of InformationCommissioners out of the candidates who had responded to the notifications dated25.02.2014, 16.07.2014 and 09.09.2015. The case is listed for further considerationon 26.02.2016. . . ~

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5. The Committee noted that in the notifications dated 25.02.2014, 16.07.2014and 09.09.2015, it had been mentioned that applications are being invited forInformation Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. It was also notedthat consequent to the Notifications dated 25.02.2014, 16.07.2014 there were 553applicants for the post of Information Commissioners and against the notificationdated 09.09.2015, the number of applicants for such posts was 330. The SearchCommittee chaired by Cabinet Secretary had met on 19.01.2016 and shortlistednames for filling up the vacancies of Information Commissioners.

6. The Committee perused the detailed agenda including the process involved in thesearcf procedure for short-listing the applicants for consideration. Notwithstandingthe short-listing done, the Committee considered all eligible applicants who applied inresponse to advertisements dated 25.02.2014, 16.07.2014 and 09.09.2015 for thepost of Information Commissioner.

7. After taking into account all the relevant factors and inputs provided, theCommittee recommended the following for appointment as InformationCommissioner in the Central Information Commission:

(i) Shri Amitava Bhattacharya, lAS (Retd) (GJ:1980) - InformationCommissioner(ii) Shri Bimal Julka, lAS (Retd) (MP:1979) - Information Commissioner(iii) Shri D.P. Sinha, IPS (Retd) (MT:1979) - InformationCommissioner

8. The details on eminence in public life, knowledge and experience in therespective field in respect of the above recommended persons is at Annexure-I. Themeeting thereafter ended.

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Details of Information Commissioners

Sr. Name/ServiceNo.

Experience

IPS (Retd) (MT: 1979)

(OoB: 26.09.1955)

Eminence Knowledge

1 Amitava Bhattacharya

lAS (Retd.) (GJ: 1980)

(00B:02.12.1953)

He retired as Chairman,Staff SelectionCommission. He alsoserved as Secretary,UPSC. He also servedin various capacities inState Government ofGujarat.

He possesses aMasters Degreein Science[Physics].

He has more than 36 years ofexperience in the field ofAdministration and Governance.He is adept in handling finance andaccounts. As the head of LandRevenue Appellate Authority inGujarat, he worked in quasi-judicialcapacity and adjudicated casesagainst orders of Collectors. Healso interpreted various acts andregulations relating to landrevenue, land ceiling and landacquisition.

2 Bimal Julka

lAS (Retd.) (MP:1979)

(00B:27.08.1955)

He possesses aMasters Degreein Psychology.

He has more than 35 years ofexperience in the field ofAdministration and Governance.He also has experience of handling

like Rural/UrbansectorsInfrastructure, Human ResourceDevelopment, Textiles andAgriculture/ Cooperatives etc.

3 Divya Prakash Sinha Hon. He possesses 33 years ofexperience in security, whichinvolved keeping track ofdevelopments on internationalborders. He was awarded PoliceMedal for meritorious services in1997 and President's Police Medalfor distinguished services in 2004.

He retired as Secretary,Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting inGovernment of India.He also served asAdditional Secretary inDepartment ofEconomics Affairs andSpecial Secretary andFinancial Advisor inMinistry of ExternalAffairs.

Retired as Secretary B.Sc.(Security) in the (Physics)Government of India.

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I am happy to inform you that you have been selected for appointmentas Information Commissionerin the Central Information Commissionfor a term offive yearsfrom the date on which you enter upon the office or till attain the ageof sixtyfive years,whichever isearlier. You are requested to confirm that offer ofappointment as Information Commissioner in the Central InformationCommissionisacceptable to you.

2. Termsof appointment in the Commissionwill be regulated in accordancewith the provisionsof the Rightto Information Act, 2005.

3. Section 12 (6) of the RTIAct, 2005 provides that the Chief InformationCommissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member ofParliament or Member of Legislatureof any State or UnionTerritory,as the casemay be, or hold any other office of profit or connected with any political partyor carrying on any businessor pursuingany profession.If you are associated withany other office/organization in any capacity which is otherwise debarred /prohibited under the above Act, it would be necessary for you to resigntherefrom before appointment as Information Commissioner in the CentralInformation Commission.

4. Pleaseaccept our bestwishesin your new assignment.

ShriAmitava Bhattacharyya,J-1972,C.R.ParkNew Delhi- 110019.

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2. Termsof appointment in the Commissionwill be regulated in accordancewith the provisionsof the Right to InformationAct, 2005.

3. Section 12 (6) of the RTIAct, 2005 provides that the Chief InformationCommissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member ofParliament or Member of Legislatureof any State or UnionTerritory,as the casemay be, or hold any other office of profit or connected with any political partyor carrying on any businessor pursuingany profession.If you are associatedwithany other office/organization in any capacity which is otherwise debarred /prohibited under the above Act, it would be necessary for you to resigntherefrom before appointment as Information Commissioner in the CentralInformation Commission.

4. Pleaseaccept our best wishesin your new assignment.

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2. Terms of appointment in the Commission will be regulated in accordancewith the provisions of the Right to Information Act. 2005.

3. Section 12 (6) of the RTIAct. 2005 provides that the Chief InformationCommissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member ofParliament or Member of Legislature of any State or Union Territory. as the casemay be. or hold any other office of profit or connected with any political partyor carrying on any business or pursuing any profession. If you are associated withany other office/organization in any capacity which is otherwise debarred /prohibited under the above Act. it would be necessary for you to resigntherefrom before appointment as Information Commissioner in the CentralInformation Commission.

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The Hon'ble President has approved the appointment of of ShriAmitava Bhattacharyya, Shri Bimal Julka and Shri Divya Prakash Sinhaas Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission,who have to be administered oath in terms of sub-section(3) of section13 of the RTI Act, 2005.

2. Section 13(3) of the RTI Act, 2005 reads as follows:

"The Chief Information Commissioner or an InformationCommissioner shall before he enters upon his office make andsubscribe before the President or some other person appointed byhim in that behalf, an oath or affirmation according to the form setout for the purpose in the First Schedule".

3. You are requested to kindly inform whether the Hon'ble Presidentwould be pleased to administer oath to the above persons himself orwould appoint some other person to administer oath to them.

4. In case the President pleases to appoint some other person toadminister the oath, the name of that person may kindly be informed.On the last occasion, the President had appointed the Central ChiefInformation Commissioner for the said purpose (copy enclosed).

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Subject: Oath to the newly appointed Information Commissioners

Madam,

Hon'ble President has approved the appointment of Shri AmitavaBhattacharyya, Shri Bimal Julka and Shri Divya Prakash Sinha as InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission. In this regard AdditionalSecretary to the President of India vide D.O. letter No. F 53-CA(I)/2016 dated 22ndFebruary,2016 has conveyed that the President has desired that the newlyappointed Information Commissioners may make and subscribe oath or affirmationbefore the Chief Information Commissioner as provided under Section 13(3) of theRight to Information Act, 2005. (copy enclosed)

2 You may take necessary action accordingly.

ours faithfully,

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or affirmation before the Chief Information Commissioner as provided

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Eminence

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Sr. Name/ServiceNo.

Amitava Bhattacharya

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Shri K.S.DhatwaliaADG (M&C)Press Information BureauNorth Block, New Delhi

Subject: Appointment of Information Commissioners in Central InformationCommission.

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Sir,

Hon'ble President has approved the appointment of Shri AmitavaBhattacharyya, Shri Bimal Julka and Shri Divya Prakash Sinha as InformationCommissioners in the Central Information Commission. A PressNote duly approvedby Joint Secretary(DC) isenclosed.

2. You are requested to take necessary action.

Yoursfaithfully,

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Hon'ble President of India has approved the appointment of Shri

Amitava Bhattacharyya, Indian AdministrativeService(GJ:1980),retired

Chairman, Staff Selection Commission, Shri Bimal Julka, Indian

Administrative Service (MP:1979), retired Secretary, Ministry of

Information and Broadcasting and Shri Divya PrakashSinha, Indian

Police Service (MT:1979), retired Secretary (Security), Cabinet

Secretariat, as Information Commissionersin the Central Information

Commission,New Delhi for a term of five years from the date on which

they enter upon their office or till they attain the age of sixty five years,

whichever isearlier, as per the provisionsof the Rightto Information Act,

2005.

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E-mail: [email protected]: httpllwww.cic.gov.in

Dated: 24thFebruary, 2016

Kindly refer to DoPT's letter No. 4/2/2015-IR dated 24thFebruary, 2016regarding the appointment of Shri Amitava Bhattacharya, Shri Bimal Julka andShri Divya Prakash Sinha as Information Commissioners in the CentralInformation Commission and the oath to be taken by them before the ChiefInformation Commissioner.

In this regard, I wish to inform that the Chief Information Commissionerwill administer the oath of office of the Information Commissioners in RoomNo. F-254, RVNL, first floor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhawan, Bhikaji CamaPlace, New Delhi on zs" February, 2016 at 1700 hrs.

Your kind presence is solicited. In case of your pre-occupation, I requestyou to please depute your representative for the Swearing-in ceremony.

Shri Sanjay KothariSecretary (P),Department of Personnel & Training,North Block, New Delhi.

Yours sincerely,

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Government of IndiaMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the February, 2016

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S.O (E). - The President, on the recommendation of the tommittee

constituted under sub-section (3) of section 12of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22

of 2005), is pleased to appoint ShriAmitava Bhattacharyya as the Central Information

Commissioner in the Central Information Commission with effect from the 25th day of

February, 2016.

[F.No.4/2/2015-IR]

(Devesh Chaturvedi)Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Copy to:

1. The Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2ndFloor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, BhikajiCama Place, New Delhi-110066.

2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, AugustKranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066.

3. ShriAmitava Bhottacharyya.4. President's Secretariat (Sh. Thomas Mathew, Add. Secretary), Roshtrapati

Bhavan, New Delhi.5. PSto Hon' ble Prime Minister, South Block, New Delhi.6. Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.7. PSOto Secretary (P)/AS&FA (Home)/PS to JS(SV-I).8. PPSto E.O., DoPT,North Block, New Delhi.9. Pay & Accounts Office, CAR, Dalhousie Road, New Delhi.10.Guard file.11. 20 spare copies.

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constituted under sub-section (3) of section 12 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22

of 2005), is pleased to appoint ShriDivya Prakash Sinha as the Central Information


February, 2016.

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Copy to:

1. The Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2ndFloor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, BhikajiCama Place, New Delhi-ll 0066.

2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, AugustKranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-ll 0066.

3. ShriDivya Prakash Sinha.4. President's Secretariat (Sh. Thomas Mathew, Add. Secretary), Rashtrapati

Bhavan, New Delhi.5. PSto Hon' ble Prime Minister, South Block, New Delhi.6. Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.7. PSOto Secretary (P)/AS&FA (Home)/PS to JS(SV-I).8. PPSto E.O.,DoPT,North Block, New Delhi.9. Pay & Accounts Office, CAR, Dalhousie Road, New Delhi.10.Guard file.11. 20 spare copies.

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s.o IE). - The President,on the recommendationof the &mittee


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in the Central Information Commission with effect from the 25th day of February, 2016.

[F.No.4/2/2015-IR]


Copy to:

1. The Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2ndFloor, 'B'. Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, BhikajiComa Place, New Delhi-110066.

2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (ClC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, AugustKranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066.

3. ShriBimal Julka.4. President's Secretariat (Sh. Thomas Mathew, Add. Secretary), Rashtrapati

Bhavan, New Delhi.5. PSto Hon' ble Prime Minister, South Block, New Delhi.6. Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.7. PSOto Secretary (P)/AS&FA (Home)/PS to JS (SV-I).8. PPSto E.O., DoPT,North Block, New Delhi.9. Pay & Accounts Office, CAR, Dalhousie Road, New Delhi.10.Guard file.11. 20 spare copies.

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Sub: 'Oath to the newly appointed three Information Commissioners.

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With reference to your letter No. 4l2/201S-IR dated 24th February, 2016on the above subject, I am to inform you that Shri Bimal Julka, Shri DivyaPrakash Sinha and Shri Amitava Bhattacharyya have taken and subscribed theoath before the Chief Information Commissioner today as provided under.Section 13(3) oftheRTI Act, 2005.

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OUT TODAY

No.FA/2/2015-IRGovernment of India

Ministry of Personnel, PGand PensionsDepartment of Personnel& Training

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To

The ManagerGovt. of India PressMayapuriNew Delhi

Sir,

I forward herewith three notifications, in Englishand Hindi, to be published in Part

II, Section 3, sub-section (ii) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, today itself. These

notifications are to be produced as an evidence before Hon'ble Supreme Court

tomorrow the 26th February, 2016. Soft copies of these notification are also enclosed.

2. You are requested to hand over five copies each of the three printed

notifications to ShriManoj Kumar MaitL ASO, MHA !D No. 153460000243,the bearer of

this letter.

\ :~r;hfUIIY'(De~~aturvedil

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of IndiaTel. 23094398

Encl: As above

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[TO BEPUBLISHEDIN THEGAZETIEOF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY,PARTII, SECTION3, SUB

SECTION(ii) ]


(Department of Personneland Training)

NOTIFICATION

New DeihL the 25th February, 2016

S.O........ (E). - The President, on the recommendation of the committee


of 2005), is pleased to appoint ShriAmitava Bhattacharyya as the Central Information


February, 2016.

(0 esh Chaturvedi)Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Copy to:

1. The Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2ndFloor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, BhikajiCama Place, New Delhi-ll 0066.

2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, AugustKranti Bhavan, BhikajiCama Place, New Delhi-110066.

3. ShriAmitava Bhattacharyya.4. President's Secretariat (Sh. Thomas Mathew, Add. Secretary), Rashtrapati

Bhavan, New Delhi.5. PSto Hon'ble PrimeMinister. South Block, New Delhi.6. Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.7. PSOto Secretary (P)/AS&FA(Home)/PS to JS(SV-I).8. PPSto E.O., DoPT.North Block, New Delhi.9. Pay & Accounts Office, CAR, Dalhousie Road, New Delhi.10.Guard file.11.20 spare copies.

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Government of IndiaMinistry of Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions


NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 25th February, 2016

S.O..;..... (E). - The President, on the recommendation of the committee


of 2005), is pleased to appoint ShriBirnol Julka as the Central Information Commissioner

in the Central Information Commission with effect from the 25th day of February, 2016.

[F.No.4/2/2015-IR]

IDev1thoturvediJJoint Secretary to the Government of India

Copy to:

1. The Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), z=Floor, 'B'. Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066.

2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, AugustKranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066.

3. ShriBimal Julka.4. President's Secretariat (Sh. Thomas Mathew, Add. Secretary), Rashtrapati

Bhavan, New Delhi.5. PSto Hon Ible Prime Minister,South Block, New Delhi.6. Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.7. PSOto Secretary (P)/AS&FA (Home)/PS to JS (SV-I).8. PPSto E.O.,DoPT,North Block, New Delhi.9. Pay & Accounts Office, CAR, Dalhousie Road, New Delhi.10.Guard file.11.20 spare copies.

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NOTIFICATION


S.O........ (E). - The President, on the recommendation of the committee


of 2005), is pleased to appoint Shri Divya Prakash Sinha as the Central Information


February, 2016.

[F. o.4/2/2015-IRj

(0 esh Chaturvedi)Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Copy to:

1. The Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), z=Floor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, BhikajiComa Place, New Delhi-110066.

2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (ClC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, AugustKranti Bhavan, BhikajiComa Place, New Delhi-ll 0066.

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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS


NOTIFICATION


S.O. 601(E).-The President, on the recommendation of the committee constituted under sub-section (3)of section 12 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), is pleased to appoint Shri AmitavaBhattacharyya as the Central Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission with effectfrom the 25th day of February, 2016.

[F. No. 4/2/2015-IR]

DEVESH CHATIJRVEDI, Jt. Secy.

970 GII2016 (1)

2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PARTII-SEC. 3(ii)]

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NOTIFICATION


S.O. 602(E).-The President, on the recommendation of the committee constituted under sub-section (3)of section 12 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), is pleased to appoint Shri Bimal Julka as theCentral Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission with effect from the 25th day ofFebruary, 2016.

[F. No. 4/2/2015-IR]

DEVESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.

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NOTIFICATION


S.O. 603(E).-The President, on the recommendation of the committee constituted under sub-section (3)of section 12 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), is pleased to appoint Shri Divya PrakashSinha as the Central Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission with effect from the25th day of February, 2016.

[F. No. 412/2015-IR]

DEVESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.

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