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This part file is in continuation of earlier uploaded File No. 4/2/2015-IR and contains information relating to appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. Disclosure of information is subject to exemptions under section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act, 2005. ~.No. 4/2J2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated 14thJanuary, 2016

Meeting Notice

Meeting of the Search Committee for recommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission has been scheduled to be held under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary on 19.01.2016 at 11.00 A.M. in the Cabinet Secretariat, 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) 23092755

1. Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. ~ Additional Principal Secretary to PM, Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi. 3. Secretary (Personnel), Dlo Personnel & Training, North Block, New Delhi. 4. Secretary (I&B), Room No. 655, 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi 5. Secretary, (Expenditure), Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi. 6. Dr. Manoj Panda, (Director), Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave, Delhi 110007.

Copy to:- PPS to Cabinet Secretary - to provide secretarial assistance to the Search Committee. 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 Prime Minister who shall be the Chairman of the Committee, (ii) the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, 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."

1 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 Legislature of 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 Prime Ministerand thereafter appointed by the President.

Legal Position

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 Supreme Court 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,

2 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 293 applications 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 issued on 25.2.2014need not apply afresh. In response to the circular dated 16.7.2014,260 applications were received. Thus a 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 553 applications 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:-

3 No. of applications Category

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.The Central 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 Union of India before High Court 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 553 applications for the post of Information Commissionersagainst advertisements dated 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014and 203 applications for the post of Chief Information Commissioner against 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 Commissioner and a panel of nine applicants for three posts of Information Commissioners. Thesepanels were to be considered by the Selection Committee. The Selection 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 Shri Sudhir 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 Commissioner and more (upto three) Information Commissionerswas published on 9.9.2015. The last date for receiving the applications was 12.10.2015.

5 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 50 Law 26 24 Science & Technology 11 17 28 21 Social Service 14 7 33 Management 15 18 17 Journalism 12 5 11 MassMedia 7 4 160 Administration and Governance 67 93 10 Others 5 5 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 Commissioners and Chief Information Commission in Central Information Commission as under:-

0) Cabinet Secretary Chairman (ii) Addl PrincipalSecretary to PM Member (iii) Secretary (Personnel) Member (iv) Secretary (I&B) Member (v) Secretary (Expenditure) Member 6 (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) The selection process pursuant to the Circular dated 09.09.2015shall be confined for selection and appointment of the Chief Information Commissionerin the vacancy that would arise w.eJ. 02.12.2015and one Information Commissionerwhich is likely to arise w.eJ.02.12.2015.

21. The Union of India decided to challenge the order of Court on point (i) of para 24 and 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 Commissioner which was likelyto arise w.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 High Court, Delhi by way of SLPNo. 34495/2015in the Supreme Court. The case was heard on 8.1.2016.The Hon'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.

7 (ii) Three Information Commissionersto be selected from the persons who had applied against advertisements dated 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 Supreme Court, 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. As per past practice, DoPTseeksreportsfrom _cst and vigilance clearance from the respective cadre' controlling authorities in respect of shortlisted serving persons and IB in respect of all the shortlisted persons and 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.

8 Pages 430-591 contain particulars of 553 applicants who applied against advertisements dated 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014 and particulars of 330 applicants who applied against advertisement dated 9.9.2015 for the posts of Information Commissioner.

Particulars are personal in nature and exempt from disclosure under section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act, 2005. However, a list of names is given. S.No. Names S.No. Names 1 AM Harish 53 Ashok Chander Parkash 2 A.B. Shukla 54 Ashok Kumar 3 A.N Purushotham 55 Ashok Kumar Attri 4 A.S.Nikhade 56 Ashok Sharma 5 Abhay Kumar Mishra 57 Ashok Thakur 6 Abhishek Acharya 58 Ashok Vardhan 7 Aby Skaria 59 Ashutosh Kumar Pandey 8 Achhru RamTalwar 60 Atul Kumar Mathur 9 Aditya Prakash 61 Atul Kumar Saxena 10 Aguru Umamaheswara Rao 62 Awadh Kumar Singh 11 Ajai Kumar 63 Awadhesh Nandan Prasad 12 Ajay KumarTiwari 64 B. C.S.Baliga 13 Ajay Singh 65 B. K.Sinha 14 Ajit Kumar Rudra 66 Babu Lal Choudhary 15 Ajit Kumar Shrivastava 67 Babu RamJain 16 Akhtar Ali Naqvi 68 Bal KrishnaAgarwal 17 Alok Johri 69 Balaji PrasadPanday 18 Amarnath Sahay 70 Balwant RaiMittal 19 Amit Kumar 71 BhagwanSingh 20 Amita Sharma 72 Bharat Kishore Srivastava 21 Amitava Bhattacharyya 73 BhaskarUddhavrao More 22 Amitra SudanChakrabortty 74 BhogadiVenkata Rayudu 23 Anand Kishore 75 Bhola Nath 24 Anil Joshi 76 BhupeshGarg 25 Anil Kaushal 77 BhupeshSinghvi 26 Anil Kumar 78 Bhusendra Nath Gupta 27 Anil Kumar Purwar 79 Bibhab Dutta 28 Anil Kumar Sharan 80 Bipin Bihari Srivastava 29 Anil N. Saboo 81 Bommineni Aga Reddy 30 Anil Roongta 82 Brahm Dutt 31 Anita Gupta 83 Brig (Retd) VA M Hussain 32 Anita KamalJaiswal 84 Brij BhushanSingh 33 Anju Banerjee 85 Brij Mohan Sharma 34 Anup KumarThakur 86 Brij RajKishore Ranga 35 Anupam Saha 87 Brojendra PrasadKatakey 36 Anurag Kumar 88 C.L.Bhairam 37 Aparajita Priyadarsini 89 C.M. Tom Manohar 38 Apparao chadaram 90 Chandra BhushanPaliwal 39 Archana Datta 91 Chandra Mohan Meena 40 Arun Banwari LalYadav 92 Chappidi Venkateswara Nana Rao

41 Arun ChandraVerma 93 Chetan Koli 42 Arun Chaudhary 94 Chetna Khera 43 Arun Kumar 95 Chilkamarri Ravi 44 Arun Kumar Goel 96 Col. KamleshChandra 45 Arun KumarJain 97 D. Diptivilasa 46 Arun Kumar Misra 98 D. Jothi Jagarajan 47 Arun Kumar Singh 99 D.K.Mathur 48 Arunendra Kumar 100 D.K.Sharma 49 Aseem Mohamedali Shaikh 101 Davinder Jit Dhatt 50 Ashish Bahuguna 102 Debbeeru V RamanaRao 51 Ashish Kumar Srivastava 103 Debendranath Panda 52 Ashish Sharma 104 Deepa Krishan 105 DeepakKumawat 156 Dr. Katta Venkata RamaKrishna 106 DeepakSengupta 157 Dr. Laxmi Priya N. 107 Devendra Sharma 158 Dr. Madan Mohan Goel 108 Devinder PalSingh 159 Dr. Madan Mohan Pandey 109 Devu Narasimha Rao 160 Dr. Mahender Kumar Sharma 110 Dharmpal 161 Dr. NandaVardhan Thumaty 111 Dheeraj Bhagat Porwal 162 Dr. P.S.Srinath 112 Dheerendra Gautam 163 Dr. PallaviGupta 113 Dileep RajSinghChaudhary 164 Dr. Parvinder Sohi Behuria 114 Dilip Ganpatrao Kapdeo 165 Dr. Prafful Ranjan 115 Dilip Kumar 166 Dr. R.K.Khitoliya 116 DineshChandSharma 167 Dr. RajivVikram SinghGautam 117 Dinesh Kumar Gupta 168 Dr. RakeshRajSharma 118 Dinesh Kumar Prajapat 169 Dr. Rameshwarlal Srivastava 119 Dipankar Mukhopadhyay 170 Dr. RavindraTukaramji Borkar 120 Dipankar Mukhopadhyay 171 Dr. RayapuRameshBabu 121 Divijay SinghThakur 172 Dr. S.Brindha 122 Divya Bhargava 173 Dr. S. Karuthiah Pandian 123 Divyam Srivastava 174 Dr. S.S. Mantha 124 Dr Daulat Jotwani 175 Dr. 5.5.Chahar 125 Dr Puppala RajKumar 176 Dr. SamarSingh 126 Dr Rajinder KSingla 177 Dr. SanjaySingh 127 Dr Suresh Kumar Khetarpal 178 Dr. Satya Deo Singh 128 Dr. A.V. Narsimha Rao 179 Dr. Shamsuddin 129 Dr. Ajit Kumar Malhotra 180 Dr. Shobha Pandey 130 Dr. Akhter HussainKhan 181 Dr. Srikrishna DevaRao 131 Dr. Alaka Nanda Dash 182 Dr. SrinivasaRaoGochipata 132 Dr. Alivelu M Ramisetty 183 Dr. Sriram Kannekanti 133 Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma 184 Dr. SubhashC. Gupta 134 Dr. Anjan PrakashKaur 185 Dr. SudhaSharma 135 Dr. Anuradha Verma 186 Dr. Sudhir Kumar Ranga 136 Dr. Arindam Ray 187 Dr. SyamalKumar Sarkar 137 Dr. Ashok Saini 188 Dr. T. RaviShankar 138 Dr. B. NaveenChandra 189 Dr. Thota Padma 139 Dr. B.S.KrishnaPrasad 190 Dr. Tuk Tuk (Ghosh) Kumar 140 Dr. BahadurSingh 191 Dr. UgrasenPandey 141 Dr. Bal KrishanPandey 192 Dr. V. Balasubramanian 142 Dr. Brahm Avtar Agrawal 193 Dr. V. Rajagopalan 143 Dr. Chandera BhushanPrasad 194 Dr. V. Ramaraj

144 Dr. Chennupati Divakar Babu 195 Dr. V. Vasundhara Devi 145 Dr. D.N. Reddy 196 Dr. Vishwapati Trivedi 146 Dr. D.V.Rao 197 Dr.RajendramohanGonela 147 Dr. Dev RajBirdi 198 Dr.V.S.Jayakumar 148 Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Sriwastwa 199 FaizUr Rehman

149 Dr. G RJagadeesh 200 G. Mohan Prasad 150 Dr. G. Madhurambal 201 G.Shanthappa 151 Dr. G. Manoj Someswar 202 G. Sreeramulu 152 Dr. H.K.Mudgil 203 G. Venkata SwamyGoud 153 Dr. JadabKumar Pal 204 G.A. Rajkumar 154 Dr. JayeshG. Macwan 205 GaneshShankerTripathi 155 Dr. KankariyaRajendraDagdulal 206 Gautam Dey 207 Gautam Kothari 258 Krishan Lal Dixit 208 Giridhari Mohanty 259 Krishna Dev Dwivedi 209 Girija KrishanVarma 260 Krishna KantJha 210 Girija SankarPatnaik 261 Krishna Mohan 211 Girish Mittal 262 KrishnashishBhattacharya 212 Girish Mohan Mittal 263 Krunal Thakkar 213 Girish Sharma 264 Kuldip Sharma 214 Glojer Gerald Dsouza 265 KumareshChandra Misra 215 Govind Singh 266 KushalChaudhary 216 Gp Capt. PraveenShukla 267 i.c. Aswal 217 Guduru Yugandhar 268 Lalit PrakashSaxena 218 Gurjot Singh Malhi 269 LambaRicky 219 Gurudas Nag 270 Law Kumar Mishra 220 Haldar Mahto 271 LaxmanSingh 221 Harini Varala 272 Liyakat Ali 222 Harish Gupta 273 Lt. Gen. (Retd) NCMarwah 223 I. Raja 274 Lt. Gen. Anil Chait 224 Inder Paul Bansal 275 M. Narendra 225 Indrajit Pal 276 M. Perumal 226 Indupalli Sekhar 277 M.N. Krishnamurthy 227 Irfan-ur-Rahman Kidwai 278 M.N. Vijay Kumar 228 J.P.Shukla 279 M.P. Nathanael 229 Jagbir SinghMalik 280 Madhav Lal 230 Jagtar Singh 281 Madhusudan PadmakarGavai 231 Janipalli PrasadBabu 282 Maghipal Sharma 232 Jay Datt Bhatt 283 Mahesh Pareek 233 Jyoti Narayan 284 Maj Gen Amil Kumar Shori 234 Jyoti Sarup 285 Majid Ali 235 Jyoti Swaroop Asthana 286 Manchala Prasad 236 K Nandabalan 287 Manindra Dubey 237 K. RadhakrishnanNair 288 Manish Malhotra 238 K.Shankar 289 Manjit Singh 239 K.SudhakaraReddy 290 Manoj K.Srivastava 240 K.L.Dhingra 291 Mastan Vali Shaik 241 KailashGupta 292 Meenakshi Mishra 242 KallamSivaPrabhakaraReddy 293 Merla Shreesha

243 Kamal KishoreSrivastava 294 Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain 244 Kamal kumar Katwaru Jaiswal 295 Mohammed Badrul Alam

245 Kamlendra Prasad 296 Mohammed FayazuddinFarooqui 246 KandregulaVenkataRamana 297 Mohan Singh 247 Karamvir Singh 298 Mohd. SadiqAli 248 KasaleSubhashYalappa 299 Moti Lal Meena 249 KashiNath Kehsri 300 Ms. Anshu Tyagi 250 KesariRajshriVijaykumar 301 Ms. Namita Pradhan 251 Ketki RGala 302 Mukesh Kumar Mishra 252 Kiran Oberoi Vasudev 303 Mukul Agarwal 253 Kirti Chaudhary 304 Munnaluru Maruti Prasad 254 KishoreChandraSekharPanda 305 Muthamsetty LakshmanaSivaPrasad

255 Kishori Lal Bablani 306 N Pratap Reddy 256 Kodati Viyyanna Rao 307 N. Jayaram 257 KonkyanaGaddenna 308 N. P.SinghAzad 309 N. Vikramsimha 360 PraveenMahajan 310 N.K.Prasad 361 PrayagaRamakrishna 311 N.V.Seshaprasad 362 Prem KumarV 312 NageshaRaoParthasarathi 363 Prem Narain 313 Nallipogu Chandra Mouly 364 Prof Katta Narsimha Reddy 314 Nand KishoreSapra 365 Prof. Dr. VandanapuJagannadham

315 Nand LalVyas 366 Prof. Indrajit Bhattacharya 316 Nandan Dube 367 R.Bhardwaj 317 Narender Kumar Tuli 368 R.Ragupathi 318 Narinder Kumar Wadhawan 369 R. Ramanujam 319 Navin Kumar Maini 370 R.Sudhakar Naidu 320 Neerad Nishchhal 371 R.Venkateswarlu 321 Neeraj Kumar 372 R.C.Arora 322 Nemi Kumar Saraf 373 R.K.Dubey 323 Neraj Kumar 374 R.K.Jain 324 Nidhi BalaGupta 375 R.Rajaram 325 Nita Chowdhury 376 R.Vijaykumar 326 Nitin Kumar Soni 377 RadhaRanjanDash 327 Om PrakashMehta 378 RahulShankarChowdhury 328 Om PrakashSharma 379 RajKishoreTewari 329 Om PrakashSingh Malik 380 RajKumar Sharma 330 OsongSaroh 381 RajaRatnam Golla 331 P PandiaRajan 382 RajanK Medhekar 332 P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti 383 RajashekarKanavi 333 P. Madhava Rao 384 RajeevKumar 334 P.K.Lal 385 Rajender Kumar Padhye 335 P.R.Devi Prasad 386 RajendraKumar Deka 336 Padmini Gopinath 387 RajendraKumar Tripathi 337 PamidimukkalaVenkata Ramana 388 RajendraPrasad Murthy 338 PankajJain 389 Rajendrakumar Ranjitsingh Chaudhari

339 PankajJain 390 Rajinder Chouhan 340 PankajKumar Ganeshe 391 Rajiv Kapoor 341 ParvezDewan 392 RajivTikoo 342 Patri Vasudevan 393 Rajiva RanjanSahay 343 Pattisapu Srinivas 394 RakeshBabu 344 PavanKumar Chaudhary 395 RakeshChopra 345 PillaVenkata RamanaMurthy 396 RakeshKumar Sharma

346 Pilli Balaramudu 397 RakeshKumar Sharma 347 Pinak RanjanChakravarty 398 RakeshVasisht 348 PiyushAgarwal 399 RamChandra Mishra 349 Poonam Dutt 400 Ram Niwas 350 PrabhakarRamchandraDalal 401 RamanNanda 351 PradeepKumar Mehta 402 Rambihari Singh 352 PradeepKumar Misra 403 Ramfal Singh 353 Pradipta Kishore Bhuyan 404 Ramful Meena 354 Prafulla Kumar Pati 405 Raminder SinghSidhu 355 PrakashdeepTrivedi 406 Ramji Lal Meena 356 Pramod Kumar Sinha 407 Ranabir Das 357 Pratap Kumar Panigrahi 408 RanguRamachandraiah 358 Pratap Narain Mishra 409 Ravi Mathur 359 Pratima Sanghavi 410 Ravi Parashar 411 Ravinder Kumar 464 Shubhendra Jha

412 Ravinder Singh 465 Sidhartha Pradhan 413 Reenu Yadav 466 Smita Pandey

414 Rohtash Kumar 467 Sohanram Meghwal

415 Rupesh Kumar Agrawal 468 Sonalika Naik 416 S Bal Shekar 469 Sourabh Chou bey

417 S Satish 470 Sovon Siddhanta 418 S Vijay Kumar 471 SPN. Ramachander Simha 419 S. Ramananda Swamy 472 Srinivas Guthula 420 S. Shivaram Prasad 473 Srinivas Madhav 421 S.K. Gaule 474 Stanley Coutinho

422 S.L. Subramanya 475 Stuti Narain Kacker 423 5.5. Bharadwaj 476 Subhash Joshi 424 S.V. Krishna Mohan 477 Subhashish Sarkar 425 Sachhin Sapra 478 Sudhanshu Ranjan

426 Sachin Joshi 479 Sudhir Bhandari 427 Sachin Panwar 480 Sudhir Bhargava

428 Sadhana Dikshit 481 Sudhir Krishna 429 Sajan Bhardwaj 482 Sudhir Kumar 430 Samir Kumar 483 Sukhdev Raj Sharma 431 Samir Pravinchandra Rajdev 484 Sukhpal Singh Kang 432 Samirendra Chatterjee 485 Sunil Kumar Gayaprasad Mishra 433 Sandeep Bhati 486 Surendra Singh Fonia 434 Sandhya Baliga 487 Suresh Kumar Jain

435 Sangita Gairola 488 Susan Mathew 436 Sanjay Bhaskar Gawai 489 Sushama Vishwanath Dabak 437 Sanjay Kumar Panda 490 Sushil Gupta 438 Sanjay Kumar Srivastava 491 Sushmita Gongulee Thomas 439 Sanjay Sinha 492 Swapna Raghu Sanand 440 Sanjeet Singh 493 Syed Fakhrul Imam 441 Sarwan Singh Channy 494 T. Baskaran 442 Satya Prakash 495 T. Chandra Banu 443 Satyabadi Misra 496 T. P. Surya Chandra Rao 444 Satyendra Nath Chakrabartty 497 T.e. Gupta 445 Savita Bahmani 498 Tapan Kumar Bhattacharyya 446 Savitur Prasad 499 Tapas Kumar Dutta 447 Sayan Chatterjee 500 Tarun Kumar Majumder 448 Seema Mishra 501 TBC Rozara 449 Shailendra Kumar Pathak 502 Tejinder Singh 450 Shailesh Thakkar Natverlal 503 Teki Suresh Kumar 451 Shakeel Ahmed 504 TJPSVardhan 452 Sharda Prasad 505 Tota Ram Gyanani 453 Shashi Kant Mehrotra 506 Trayambkeshwar Nath Vatsa 454 Sheila Sangwan 507 Tushar Medhe 455 Shekhar Kumar Sinha 508 Uday Kumar Varma 456 Shiv Sada Bajpai 509 Uma Kant Mishra 457 Shiv Shankar Lal 510 Umakant Lakhera 458 Shiva Nand Sharma 511 Umesh Kumar Sharma 459 Shivappa Alagawadi 512 Upma Rai 460 Shivayya Swamy 513 Urmi Chowdhury 461 Shravan Kumar Punjari 514 Usha Mathur 462 Shreedevi Nayar Lahiri 515 Usha Shukla 463 Shri B. Vijayan 516 Uttam Bir Singh Bedi 517 V. Arsudeen 518 V. Gopalakrishnan 519 V. Jagadeeshwar Rao 520 V. Sekar 521 V.K. Bajaj 522 V.K. Bhasin 523 V.K. Maheshwari 524 V.K. Mohan 525 V.P.Baligar 526 Vadlamani Venkata Nagesh Sharma

527 Vamshi Badri 528 Vandana Kumari Jena 529 Varun Arya 530 Vedehi Charan Verma 531 Venkatasubramanian Venkatesan

532 Vibhanshu Joshi 533 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 of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief

S.No. Name Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both 1 A.V. Dattatreya Rao Both 2 RamNarainSingh Both 3 Divya PrakashSinha Both 4 SadaShiv Bajpai Both 5 A SundaraMoorthy Information Commissioner 6 A. J. Thomaskutty Information Commissioner 7 A. Mohandoss Both 8 A.B.Shukla Information Commissioner 9 A.K.Ajmani Information Commissioner 10 Abhay ShankarMishra Both 11 AcharyaAnkit Jhanjhot Information Commissioner 12 Aditya Prakash Information Commissioner 13 Afzal Amanullah Both 14 Alka Pathak Information Commissioner 15 Alok Garg Information Commissioner 16 Alok Johri Both 17 Alok Kumar Mishra Chief Information Commissioner 18 Alok Rawat Both 19 Amar ChandGoyal Information Commissioner 20 Amar Prasad Both 21 Amit Kumar Roy Information Commissioner 22 Amitava Bhattacharyya Both 23 Anand Vardhan Sinha Both 24 Ani! Bhikaji Joshi Information Commissioner 25 Anil Kumar Both 26 Ani! Kumar Information Commissioner 27 Anil Kumar Both 28 Anil Kumar Sharma Both 29 Ani! Kumar Singh Both 30 Anirudh Rai Information Commissioner 31 Anita Agnihotri Information Commissioner 32 Anita Gupta Information Commissioner Information Commissioner 33 AnshuTyagi 34 Anup KPujari Both 35 Anupam Mishra Both Information Commissioner 36 AnuradhaVerma Both 37 Archana Datta (nee Mukhopadhyay) Both 38 Arun Chaudhary Both 39 Arun KumarJain Both 40 Arun KumarJha Both 41 Arun Kumar Misra List of applic~nts who ha~ applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief Information S.No. Name Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

42 Arun Kumar Verma Information Commissioner 43 Arvind Manjit Singh Information Commissioner 44 Arvinda Sharan Both 45 Ashim Khurana Both 46 Ashok K Vishandass Both 47 Ashok Kumar Information Commissioner 48 Ashok Kumar Agarwal Both 49 Ashok Kumar Jain Information Commissioner 50 Ashok Kumar Shukla Both 51 Ashok Kumar Sinha Information Commissioner 52 Ashok Pai Both 53 Ashok Sajjanhar Both 54 Asit Kumar Singh Both 55 Awadhesh Nandan Prasad Both 56 Ayodhya Das Manikpuri Both 57 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 K Gupta Both 66 Basant Seth Chief Information Commissioner 67 Bhim Sain Bassi Both 68 Bhoj Pal Both Information Commissioner 69 Bhulan Sharma Information Commissioner 70 Bhupesh Garg 71 BimalJulka Both 72 Bimal Kanti Sahu Information Commissioner 73 Bindu Both Information Commissioner 74 Binod Kumar Singh Information Commissioner 75 BrahamSwaroop Agrawal Information Commissioner 76 Brij BhushanBhatia Information Commissioner 77 Brij Mohan Dimri Information Commissioner 78 Brijendra Kumar Sanwariya Both 79 C.M. Tom Manohar Information Commissioner 80 ChandraBhushan Paliwal Information Commissioner 81 ChandraMohan Meena Information Commissioner 82 Chinna KulandaiArumugam List of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief Information S.No. Name Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

83 OS Manhas Both 84 D. Diptivilasa Both 85 O.K.Sharma Information Commissioner 86 Debnath Shaw Information Commissioner 87 DeepakKumar Both 88 Deshmukh SudhakarVishnu Information Commissioner 89 Devender Singh Information Commissioner 90 Devendra Kumar Pathak Information Commissioner 91 Devendra Singhai Both 92 Devendra Swaroop Saksena Both 93 Dileep KumarGupta Dinkar Both 94 Dinesh KumarGupta Both 95 Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta Information Commissioner 96 Dr. B. Ramaswamy Both 97 Dr. K.Sundar Naik Information Commissioner 98 Dr. Katta Venkata RamaKrishna Both 99 Dr. Parvinder Sohi Behuria Both 100 Dr. R.Vivekanandan Information Commissioner 101 Dr. Tek ChandKaushik Both 102 Dr. V. Ramaraj Information Commissioner 103 Dr. V.K.Aggarwal Information Commissioner 104 E. MA. Masanamuthu Both 105 G. Manoj Someswar Both 106 G. Mohan Prasad Both 107 G. Ravikularaman Both 108 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 Both 118 Hare Krushna Dash Information Commissioner 119 Harendra Gupta 120 Hari Om Maratha Both Information Commissioner 121 Hari ShankerSingh Both 122 Hari Vallabh Sharma Information Commissioner 123 Harinder Bansi List of applic~nts who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief Information S.No. Name Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

124 Harinder Dhingra Both 125 Inder Paul Bansal Both 126 Indrajit Pal Both 127 J P S Dalal Both 128 J.R. Aryan Information Commissioner 129 Jadab Kumar Pal Information Commissioner 130 Jagdish Prasad Information Commissioner 131 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 Information Commissioner 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 Both 156 lipika Majumdar Roy Choudhury Both 157 lovVerma Information Commissioner 158 M. Naveen kumar Both 159 M. Aniruthan Both 160 M. Devadass Information Commissioner 161 M. Killivalavan Both 162 M. Madan Babu Chief Information Commissioner 163 M. Sridhar Acharyulu Chief Information Commissioner 164 M.A. Khan Yusufi List of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief S.No. Name Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both 165 M.N. Krishnamurthy Both 166 M.S. Raghavan Both 167 Madhav lal Both 168 Madhav PrasadDwedi Information Commissioner 169 Mahender KUmarSharma Information Commissioner 170 Maj. Gen.P.S.Rathore Both 171 Malay Mukherjee Information Commissioner 172 Manish Kumar Both 173 Manish RajendrakumarVisa Both 174 Manoj Kumar Both 175 Masood Ali Information Commissioner 176 Mastan Vali Shaik Information Commissioner 177 MD KhurshidAnsari Both 178 Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain Both 179 Mohammed Afzal Information Commissioner 180 Mohammed FayazuddinFarooqui Both 181 Mohan tal Information Commissioner 182 Mohinder Kumar Both 183 Mohit Pandey Information Commissioner 184 Mohmed Shafi Information Commissioner 185 Mrs. Manjula Prasher Chief Information Commissioner 186 Mukul Chatterjee Information Commissioner 187 Mukul Kumar Pandey Information Commissioner 188 Munish Kumar Sharma Both 189 Muthamsetty lakshmana SivaPrasad Information Commissioner 190 N Shankar Information Commissioner 191 N. Ramalingam Information Commissioner 192 N.V.l.N. Prasaad Both 193 NageshM. Mugadur Information Commissioner 194 Nandan Dube Both 195 Nandita Chatterjee Information Commissioner 196 Narender KumarTuli Both 197 Navneet Kumar Gupta Both 198 Navneet RajanWasan Information Commissioner 199 Nilanjan Sanyal Both 200 Nisheeth M. Misra Both 201 Nivedita P. Haran Both 202 Om PrakashSinghMalik Both 203 P. Kushwaha Information Commissioner 204 P. Manimekalai Both Information Commissioner 205 P.V. Jeyanthi Aiyengar List of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief Information S.No. Name Commissioner/I nformation Commissioner and Both

206 P.J.Sudhakar Both 207 P.K. Grover Both 208 P.N.V.V. Satyanarayana Information Commissioner 209 P.R.Sudhakar Information Commissioner 210 P.S.Srinath Information Commissioner 211 P.S.R.C.Murthy Information Commissioner 212 Pankaj Jain Both 213 Papiya Lahiri Both 214 Patri Vasudevan Information Commissioner 215 Pawan Both 216 Pawan Kumar Chaudhary Information Commissioner 217 Poondla Bhaskara Mohan Both 218 Prabhu Pateria Both 219 Pradeep Pandit Both 220 Prafulla Ranjan Both 221 Prakash M. Swamy Information Commissioner 222 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 S Khurana Information Commissioner 231 R. K. Mathur Both 232 R. Ragupathi Both 233 R. Ramanujam Both 234 R. Seshagiri Rao Jammula Both Both 235 R.Kannan Both 236 Rajak Khan Haidar Both 237 Rajarshi Bhattacharya Both 238 Rajinder Kumar Information Commissioner 239 Rajiv Kumar Khare Both 240- Rajiva Ranjan Verma Information Commissioner 241 Rakesh Raj Sharma Information Commissioner 242 Ramadevi S Information Commissioner 243 Ramesh Chandra Padhi Both 244 Ramesh Kumar Khanna Information Commissioner Ramesh Sharma 245 Information Commissioner 246 Ramji Lal Meena List of applic~nts who ha~ applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief InformatIon Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief S.No. Name Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both 247 RanbirSingh Information Commissioner 248 RanglalJamuda Information Commissioner 249 Ranjit Kumar Mohanty Information Commissioner 250 RaviKant Chopra Both 251 RaviPrabhat Information Commissioner 252 RaviR.Tripathi Both 253 RavinderKumarJain Both 254 RavindraKumar Maheshwari Chief Information Commissioner 255 RavindraSingh Both 256 RoshanLal Bhagat Both 257 S. Brindha Information Commissioner 258 S. KhajaSyedShahulHameed Both 259 S.Muhnot Information Commissioner 260 S. Ravichandran Both 261 S.Srinivasan Both 262 S.M. Khan Information Commissioner 263 SadhanaDikshit Information Commissioner 264 Sadhu RamBansal Both 265 SandhyaBaliga Information Commissioner 266 SangitaGairola Both 267 SanjayKumar Panda Both 268 SanjayKumarVerma Both 269 Sanjiv KrishanSood Information Commissioner 270 Sant LalJha Suman Information Commissioner 271 SatishChandraJha Information Commissioner 272 Satya Prakash Information Commissioner 273 Shanti Swaroop Verma Both 274 Sharad Kumar Both 275 SharatSabharwal Chief Information Commissioner 276 ShashikantTiwari Information Commissioner 277 ShirishChandra Pandey Information Commissioner 278 ShivayyaSwamy Information Commissioner 279 SiramdasuNagarjuna Rao Information Commissioner 280 SrinivasBhoosarapu Both 281 SrinivasMadhav Both 282 SrinivasMantha Information Commissioner 283 Stanley Coutinho Both 284 SubhashDhuliya Information Commissioner 285 SubhashGoyal Information Commissioner 286 Subodh Kumar Gupta Both 287 SudhaUlagaali Both List of applic~nts who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

Applied for the posts of Chief Information S.No. Name Commissioner/I nformation Commissioner and Both

288 SudhanshuShekharKhan Information Commissioner 289 Sudhir Bhargava Chief Information Commissioner 290 Sudhir Krishna Both 291 Sudhir Kumar Both 292 Sudhir Kumar Ranga Both 293 Sujan Negi Both 294 SukhLal Information Commissioner 295 Sukhbir SinghMalik Both 296 SukhrajSingh Both 297 SulabhKumarJain Both 298 SumanSaxena Both 299 Sunil Kumar Both 300 SurajSingh Information Commissioner 301 Surendra KumarYadav Both 302 SureshKumarChoudhary Information Commissioner 303 SureshM. Ramchandani Both 304 Surinder Kumar Information Commissioner 305 Surjit KChaudhary Both 306 SushiI Gupta Information Commissioner 307 SushmaVishwanath Dabak Both 308 SyamalKumarSarkar Information Commissioner 309 T. RadhaKrishnan Both 310 T.R.Sivaramakrishnan Both 311 Tapan Kumar Bhattacharyya Both 312 Tarun Kumar Majumder Both 313 Tejinder Singh Information Commissioner 314 Teki SureshKumar Both 315 Uday Kumar Varma Both 316 Uma Kant Mishra Information Commissioner 317 V Balasubramanian Both 318 V. M. Xavier ChrissoNayagam Information Commissioner Information Commissioner 319 V. Murali 320 V. Seetha RamaAvadhani Both Information Commissioner 321 V.K. Bajaj Information Commissioner 322 V.N. Wakpanjar Information Commissioner 323 V.Sekar Information Commissioner 324 Vandana Srivastava Information Commissioner 325 Vidya SagarShukla Information Commissioner 326 Vijay Kumar Singh Information Commissioner 327 Vijay Pratap Singh Both 328 Vijay Singh list of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of ChiefInformation Commissioner/Information Commissioner and 80th

Applied for the posts of Chief S.No. Name Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and 80th 329 Vijaya Moorthy Both 330 Vijaykumar Chintamani Vinod Information Commissioner 331 Vimla Mehra Both 332 Vinod Kumar Information Commissioner 333 Virendra Nath Singh Both 334 Vishnu Kumar Both 335 Vishnu Narain Singh 336 Information Commissioner Vishwapati Trivedi Both 337 Vivek Varshey Information Commissioner 338 YalamanchiliVenkateswara Rao Information Commissioner 339 YashovardhanAzad Chief Information Commissioner 340 ZeeshanaKhan Information Commissioner 341 ZishanAli Information Commissioner Most Immediate

~;ftc:;J ~, m.Jl.~. 'aJffiJ tt 'fq SUNIL ARORA, lAS ~ 1tCR, ~ ~-110001 SECRETARY 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

J. n~.J\- l Y I Kindly refer to DOPT meeting notice No. F.No.4/2/2015-IR dated 14.1.2016 regarding the meeting of the Search Committee for recommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointment of Information Commissioners in CIC. Inthis context kind attention is invited to my DO Letter No.233/Secy(I&B)/2015 dated 30.10.2015 (copy enclosed). Since elder brother of my wife is also a candidatefor the post of Information Commissioner, I may kindly be permitted to recuse myself from this exercise.

Yours sincerely, 8'--7 (Sunil Arora)

Shri Sanjay Kothari, lAS Secretary Department of Personnel & Training North Block New Delhi

• I tfcrl~~,~~110001 CfilRT";{· 654, ~.' . Bhawan, New Oelhi-11000.1. Room No. 654, 'A' Wing: ;1h1~~~3B3513,E-mail: [email protected] Tel. : 011-23382639 Fax. D.O. No.233/Secy(I&B)/2015 30thOctober, 2015

This has reference to the meeting notice No.F.No.4/2/2015-IR dated 27th October, 2015 issued by Department of Personnel & Training, whereby the undersigned has been nominated as a Member on the Search Committee for shortlisting the names for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the CIC. This meeting is being held on 2.11.15 at 5.30 PM in the Cabinet Secretariat.

It is indeed an honour for any Civil Servant to be associated with a Search Committee of this nature. However, I would like to bring to your kind notice that since the elder brother of my wife is also one of the candidates, it would be against the norms of propriety for me to be sitting on this Committee as a Member.. 1 would, therefore, like to recuse myselffrom this exercise. This may kindly be permitted. vv'vt.-- y ~ "Y J...1

Yours sincerely,

(Sunil Arora)

Shri Sanjay Kothari, lAS Secretary Department of Personnel & Training North Block New Delhi

. ... •• liT'~. ~~ ~~ 110001 Cfi1iU ';f 654 '" 1':'1<1, ~11't"~I, 001 • . '" . Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-,110 ,., RoomNo. 654; A Wing, 23383513 E-mail:secy,[email protected] Tel.: 011-23382639 Fax: 011- , I~'114595 '/''is'e:YLfJ Mukul Rohatgi Supre~e Court of India vttorney General for India /1/ 'I r c New Oelhi-110001 Tel:23383254, 23070046 Fax: 23782101

19th January, 2016

My dear Dr, Kothari,

»> Sub: Union of India v. R.K. Jain - SLP (C) No. ) i0 ).) of 2015.

The aforesaid matter came up for hearing before the Supreme Court on 8/01/2016, The Supreme Court has directed that the three posts of Information Commissioners, currently vacant, to be filled up within six weeks.

The Court has further allowed the Government to fill up the vacancies from the applicants who applied under the two advertisements of 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 Kothari Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, North Block, New Delhi.

Office: 59, Sunder Naga4r6'8~4E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +91-11-435 Minutes. of. the meeting of the Search Committee held on 19.01.2016 for shortllstmg persons for three posts of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission

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

Shri P.K. Sinha, Cabinet Secretary Shri P.K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to PM Shri 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 has sought to recuse himself.

2. The Search Committee was informed that as per Section 12(2)(b) of the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission shall consist of such number of Information Commissioners (ICs), not exceeding ten, as may be deemed necessary. At present there is one CIC and seven ICs in the Central Information Commission (a list of the existing ICs is at Annexure• I). The Committee took note of the provisions of Section 12(5) of the RTI Act that the CIC and IC 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.

3. The Committee was informed that during the last round of selection of IC, Shri Sudhir Bhargava was appointed on 11.6.2015 after considering 553 applications received against advertisements dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014.

4. The Committee was informed that Circular No. 4/2/2015-IR dated 09.09.2015 seeking applications from interested persons for the posts of CIC and ICs was posted on the website of Department of Personnel and Training (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 their 12.10.2015. A total of 330 ap'r t~ last date for receipt of applications was for the post of ICs. The Co p itte Ions had b~en received by the last date are common to the ad rtiss ee was also informed that 83 applications . ve isement dated 09.09.2015 and the earlier advertisements dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014.

~. The Committee was further informed that High Court of Delhi vide its Judgmentdated 06.11.2015 had given the following directions: (i) The, .se/~ction process that has already been commenced vide Notlticeiions 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) 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. 02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner which is likely to arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015.

6. The Committee had accordingly proposed a panel of names for the post of CIC and IC in its meetings dated 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015. The panel 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 for the post of IC was not utilized.

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

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

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

_- _------{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/his kno~ledge, eminence and experience In the categories mentioned in Section 12(5) of the RTI Act.

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

S. Name (Shri/Ms) Remarks No. 1 Bhim Sain Bassi, Presently, he is working as Commissioner of IPS (UT:1977) Police, Delhi. He possesses more than 35 years (OoB:20.02.1956) of experience In Policing and Public Administration. His educational qualifications include B.Com (Hons.), LLB and PG Diploma in Public Administration. His key postings include Director General of Police in Goa for more than two years, Inspector General of Police In Chandigarh and Deputy Commissioner/Joint Commissioner of Police and Special Commissioner of Police in Delhi. 2 Amitava He is a retired lAS officer with more than 36 Bhattacharya, years of experience. His educational IAS(Retd.) qualifications include M.Sc.(Physics). He has (GJ:1980) served as Chairman, Staff Selection (00B:02.12.1953) Commission and Secretary, Union Public Service Commission. He is adept in handling finance and accounts. As the head of Land Revenue Appellate Authority In Gujarat, he worked In quasi- judicial capacity and adjudicated cases against orders of Collectors. He also interpreted various acts and regulations relating to land revenue, land ceiling and land acquisition. 3 Lt Gen (Retd.) He is a retired Army officer with more than 40 Anil Chait years of experience. His educational (00B:08.06.1954) qualifications include M.Sc.(Oefence Studies) and M.Phil. He served in various capacities in the Army. He commanded various Regiments such 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 of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee. 4 Bimal Julka, lAS He retired as Secretary, Ministry of Information (Retired) and Broadcasting in Government of India. He (MP:1979) has more than 35 years of experience in (00B:27.08.1955) Administration and Governance. He has done MA ~Psych.ology)from Delhi University. His key postinqs In Government of India include Additional Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs and Special Secretary & Financial Advisor/Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor in Ministry of External Affairs. 5 Vijaya Moorthy, She retired as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor IA&AS (Retired) General (Defence, Railways and (1978) Communication) with more than 36 years of (00B:09.02.1954) experience in audit and accounts. She has done MA in History. She has worked as Additional Comptroller and Auditor General, Principal Accountant General and Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor in Lok Sabha Secretariat. 6 Sanjay Kumar He is a retired lAS officer with 35 years of Panda, lAS experience. He has done M.Sc.(Chemistry) and (Retired) MBA( (Human Resources). He has served as (TR:1980) Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of (DoB:07.12.1955) India and Chief Secretary, Government of Tripura. He has wide experience of working in sectors such as Health and Family Welfare, Planning, Social Justice & Empowerment, Sports & youth Affairs and Textiles. He has received Excellence Award 2010 for MNREGA Implementation and Aadhar Excellence Award for achieving maximum coverage of the target population based on Census 2011 figures. Presently, he is working as Secretary, Ministry of 7 Anup K Pujari, lAS (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 ~n Administration and Governance. HIS educational qualifications include MA, LLB and a Doctorate from Boston University. He has also completed National Defence College course on Security and StrategiC Studies. Other key /1-1------I~aiSss~IiO· gmn~m;e;n;t,ts;;--;i~nr.G~o:;v::;e::rn::m=-=-e=-:ntZ--o~f--;-'n-d:-:-ia-j-n-cl-u-d-e(Sf1C?' Jom~ Secretary in Department of Economic Affal:s for about four years, Director General of F~relgn Trade and Secretary in Department of MInes. 8 Syamal Kumar He retired as Secretary, Department of Sarkar, lAS Perso.nnel and Training with 35 years of (Retired) expenence . In Administration, Governance, (WB:1979) lrnplernentatron and Propagation of RTI. His (DoB:18.07.1954) educ~tional qualifications include M.Sc. (Physics) and PhD. He is a distinguished fellow o~The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). HIs key assignments in Government of India include Secretary in Ministry of Water Resources and Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary/Special Secretary in OoPT where he was involved in the implementation of the RTI Act. 9 Ravi R. Tripathi Retired as Judge, Gujarat High Court (worked (00B:06.05.1953) for more than five years), he has experience of 16 years in Law with 27 years as teaching faculty. He has done M.Com. and LLM (Public International Law). His area of expertise is Service Law and Constitutional Law. He is a resource person for National Judicial Academy, Bhopal and Gujarat State Judicial Academy. He has also worked as Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor in Gujarat High Court.

10. The Committee decided that 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 be obtained before placing the recommendations of the Search Committee to the Selection Committee.

VA- ~~ f~,~L ~(lh-eX~ ~~AIII16 (Sanjay Kothari) (Manoj Panda) (Ratan P. Watal)

~~ ~~ (P.K. Mishra) (P.K. Sinha) Pages 600-602 has vigilance related papers. Exempt from disclosure under section 8 (i) (j) of the RTIAct, 2005. F.No. 13/5/2015-IR Government of Indio Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Deportment of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi Doted 22nd January, 2016

To Smt. Sushma Suri Additional Secretory (CAS) Supreme Court of Indio Delhi

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 Central Information Commission was lost heard by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 8.1.2016 and it directed Union of Indio, inter-olio, to appoint three Information Commissionerswithin six weeks time. The copy of the order is, however, not available on the website of Hon'ble Court..

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

Yoursfaithfully, th;/~. (R.K.Girdhar) UnderSecretory Tele.:23092759 Pages 604-618 has vigilance related papers. Exempt from disclosure under section 8 (f) (j) of the RTIAct, 2005. PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE [POLITICAL SECTION]

M - 11 ~ g.t~~19({'(dJI1b South Block, New Delhi - 110 011 l ~)- 1£ Sub: Meeting of the Selection Committee for appointment to the post of Information Commissioners

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

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

~ (V. Sheshadri) Director Tel. 2301 3485 Fax No. 23016857

V Secretary, DoPT PMO ID no. 42950111PM0/2015-Pol Dated: 1.2.2016 F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated: 2nd February, 2016

Meeting Notice

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

~lI\\b .. (Devesh Chaturvedi) Joint Secretary Tel.2309 4398

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

Copy to:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Prime Minister 2. PS to MoS (PP) 3. PSO to Secretary (P) F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated: 2nd February, 2016

Meeting Notice

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

v\y\\b (Dev sh Chaturvedi) Joint Secretary Tel.2309 4398

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-11 0011 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 -II etc. of ClC and ICs [po 9 - 10]

4. Operative part of the Judgement dated Annexure -III 03.09.2013 of Supreme Court in RP(C) [ p. 11 ] No.2309/2012 in case of Uol Vs. Namit Sharma 5. Tabulated particulars of 553 applicants for Annexure -IV the post of IC [ p. 12 - 111]

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

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

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

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

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

11. Bio-data of the shortlisted persons for the Annexure -X posts of IC [ p. 209 - 283 ] ' ., b s-

AGENDA NOTE FORTHESElECTION COMMITTEE FOR THEPOSTSOF

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 RTI Act. 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 Prime Ministerwho shall be the Chairman of the committee,

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

Kharge, INC). b 2 '(

III. Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister i.e. Shri Arun Jaitley (UnionFinance Minister).

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 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, 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

2 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) 3386 was 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

3 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 Prime Minister 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 Prime Minister Member (iii) Secretary (Personnel) Member (iv) Secretary (I&B) Member (v) Secretary % Expenditure Member (vi) Dr. Manoj Pando Member Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University

------. - 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 Shri R.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. The court has further allowed the Government to fill up the vacancies from the applicants, who applied under the two advertisements of 2014 as also the advertisement of September, 2015."

5 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 Selection Commission),(annexure IV, Serial No 43: Administration and Governance) 2) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Anil Chait (former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff ,Government of India), ( annexure IV, Serial No 200:Administration and Governance) 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,Serial No 47: Administration and Governance) 5) Shri Syamal Kumar Sarkar (former Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training),(annexure IV, Serial No 33: Administration and Governance)

Fromthe applications received against advertisement dated 09.09.2015 6) Shri Bhim Sen Bassi(Commissioner of Police, Delhi), (annexure V, Serial No 76: Administration and Governance) 7) Shri Bimal Julka (former Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting), (annexure V, Serial No 5: Administration and Governance) 8) Shri Anup K Pujari (former Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), (annexure V, Serial No 78: Administration and Governance) 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.The minutes 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'. The bio-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 shortlisted serving 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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7 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 of Appointment completion Excellence of tenure

1. ShriR.K.Mathur, Chief 05.05.1953 04.01.2016 05.05.2018 Administration Information 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 Law Acharyulu Professor,Law Sh~Sudh~Bhargava 12.01.1955 11.06.2015 11.01.2020 Administration lAS, RJ

8 Annexure - II

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

1. Section 12(3)of the RTIAct;- TheChief Information Commissionerand the Information Commissioners are appointed by the President on the recommendation of a Committee consistingof - i. ThePrimeMinister; ii. TheLeader of Oppositionin LokSabha ; and iii. A UnionCabinet Ministerto be nominated by the PrimeMinister

Exp/anation.-For the purposes of removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that where the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People has not been recognised 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.

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

The Prime Minister on 28.8.2015 has nominated Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Finance 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 Commissionerand Information Commissionersshall be personsof eminence in public life with wide knowledge 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 Commissionerand Information Commissionershall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of Legislatureof any state or Union Territoryor hold any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any businessor pursuingany profession. 4. Section 13(1) of the RTIAct;- The Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office and shall not be eligible for reappointment: Provided that no Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office as such after he has attained the age of sixty-five years.

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

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

Provided further that where the Information Commissioner is appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner, his term of office shall not be more than five years in aggregate as the Information Commissioner and the Chief Information Commissioner. Annexure -III

Operative part in the Judgement dated 3.9.2013 of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the Review 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 the Constitution.

(ii) We declare that Sections 12(6) and 15(6)of the Act do not debar a Member of Parliamentor Member of the Legislatureof any State or UnionTerritory,as the case may be, or a person holding any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any businessor pursuing any profession from being considered for appointment as Chief Information Commissioneror Information Commissioner,but after such person is appointed as Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner, he has to discontinue as Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislatureof any State or Union Territory,or discontinue to hold any other office of profit or remain connected with any political party or carry on any businessor pursue any profession during the period he functions as Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner.

(iii) We direct that only personsof eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in the fields mentioned in Sections12(5)and 15(5)of the Act be considered for appointment as'Information Commissionerand Chief Information Commissioner.

(iv) We further direct that personsof 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 Commissioner or Information Commissioners.

(v) 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 Commissionerand 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 citizensas part of their right to information under the Act after the appointment ismade.

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

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

A list of names of applicants is placed in between pages number 429 and 592. list of applications received after due date (12.10.2015) for the post(s) of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission

list of applications received after due date 12.10.2015 Applied for the post of S.No. Name Date of receipt Mode Information Commissioner 1 V Venkata Ramana 14.10.2015/19.10.2015 email/mail 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 Information Commissioner 5 Hidayatullah Khan 14.10.2015 mail Information Commissioner 6 Jyoti Narayan 27.10.2015 email

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Pronounced on: 06 November, 2015 + W.P.(C) 338612015 R.K. JAIN & ORS ..... Petitioners Through: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Mr. O. Kuttan .and Ms. Neha Rathi, Advs. Versus UNION OF INDIA ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG with Mr. Jasmeet Singh, CGSC and Ms. Noor Anand, Adv. for VOl. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Devadatt Kamat and Mr. Jawedur Rahman, Adv. for applicants / interveners in CM No.9304-06/2015. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CIDEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLA W

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.

W.P.{C)No.3386/2015 Page 1 of 9 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

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page 2of9 (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, a detailed affidavit has been filed by the Under Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training explaining the steps that have already been taken for filling up the vacancies of the posts of the Chief Information Commissioner and the 3 Central Information Commissioners and assuring that the entire process of selection and appointment would be completed expeditiously. We have heard the learned counsel for both the parties. Having regard to the undisputed fact that the non-appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner has virtually frustrated the very purpose of the Right to Information Act, 2005, we are of the view that it is necessary for this court to monitor the steps that are being taken for filling up the vacancies in question so as to ensure that all the vacancies are filled up within a timeframe.

W.P.(C) No.3386j2015 . Page3 of9 Therefore, let the petition be listed on 11.05.2015 by which date the respondents shall report to this court the progress made. Since it is pointed out by the learned ASG that the respondent has been wrongly described in the memo of parties and that as a matter of fact the Union of India is represented by the 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 petitioner within 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.

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

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page 5 of9 "F.No.4/2/201S -IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) North Block, New Delhi Dated: 9th September, 2015

Subject: Appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. The Government of India has constituted a body under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (the Act) known as the Central Information Commission (Commission) to exercise the powers conferred on and to perform the functions assigned to it under the Act. It is located in New Delhi. The Commission shall have the Chief Information Commissioner and upto ten Information Commissioners. The powers and functions of the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission are as per the RTI Act. 2. It is proposed to appoint Chief Information Commissioner and more Information Commissioners in the Commission. The Act provides that the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall be person 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. 3. Further, the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislature of 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 business or pursuing any profession. It is clarified that cessation/termination of holding of office of profit, pursuing any profession or carrying any business is a condition precedent to the appointment of a person as Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner.

Page6 of9 W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 4. The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The salary and allowances payable to the Chief Information Commissioner shall be the same as that of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner respectively, subject to adjustment of the pensionary/retirement benefits availed by him, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the Act. 5. Persons fulfilling the criteria and interested for appointment to the post of Chief Information Commissioner and/or Information Commissioner may send their particulars in the enclosed proforma by post to Under Secretary CRTI), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi or through e-mail to [email protected] by lih October, 2015. Persons who are serving under the State/Central Government or any other Organization, should send their particulars through proper channel (administrative Ministry / Department / State / UTs). In case an advance copy of the application is sent before the due date the applications through proper channel should be furnished as soon as possible to be considered 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

. Page 7 of 9 W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 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:

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page 8 of 9 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 shall be confined for selection and appointment of the Chief 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, 2015 kks

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 PARLIAMENT HOUSE, NEW DELHI FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER IN THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION.

The Committee constituted under Section 12 (3) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 met under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India at 4.00 pm on 11.12.2015 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 Information Commissioner in the CIC.

The meeting was attended by the following:

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

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

2. The Committee was apprised that there could be a maximum of ten Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. At present, there are seven Information Commissioners. There is no Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) as the previous CIC has demitted office on 01.12.2015. The Committee was also apprised that the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner 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.

3. The Committee considered the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in a Review Petition No. 2309/2012 filed by Union of India against Hon'ble Supreme Court judgement 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 issued on 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 above mentioned order as given in para 13 of the judgment are as fol!ows:

(i) The selection process that has already been commenced vide notifications dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be finalised within six weeks from today and the three vacancies of Information Commissioners \V\/ ?'~ 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 be confined for selection and appointment of the Chief 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.

5. It was noted that consequent to the Notification dated 09.09.2015 there were 184 applicants for Chief Information Commissioner and 330 applicants for Information Commissioners. The Search Committee met on 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015 and shortlisted names for Chief Information Commissioner and names of Information Commissioner.

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

7. The Committee decided that recommendations will be done while complying with para 13(ii) of the orders dated 06.11.2015 of hon'ble High Court in of WP(C) 3386 filed 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 recommended the following for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information 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. ~"I e::ii(.."'~ .-~,(~ .>: (Narendra Modi) (Arun Jaitley) rge) U Prime Minister Minister of Finance, Leader of Indian National Corporate Affairs, Congress, the single largest Information & party in Opposition in the Lok Sabha Broadcasting Annexure-I

Knowledge Experience Name/Service Eminence more than 35 Defence He possesses He has RK. Mathur Retired as M.Tech, yeaffi of experience in the Secretary. Prior to that MBA, field of Administration and lAS (Retd.) (MT:77) he was B.Tech Degrees. Governance. He has Secretary, Ministry of experience in sectors such Micro, Small and as Defence, Land and Medium Enterprises. Revenue, Agriculture, He served in various Human Resources, capacities in State Handicrafts, Land Government of Tripura. Administration, Power, Industrial Licensing and FDls. He also looked after affairs of Central Public Sector Undertakings HEC and MAMC. Minutes of the meeting of the Search Committee held on 19.01.2016 for shortlisting persons for three posts of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission

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

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

2. The Search Committee was informed that as per Section 12(2)(b) of the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission shall consist of such number of Information Commissioners (ICs), not exceeding ten, as may be deemed necessary. At present there is one CIC and seven ICs in the .Central Information Commission (a list of the existing ICs is at Annexure• I). The Committee took note of the provisions of Section 12(5) of the RTI Act that the CIC and IC 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.

4. The Committee was informed that Circular No. 4/2/2015-IR dated 09.09.2015 seeking applications from interested persons for the posts of CIC and ICs was posted on the website of Department of Personnel and Training (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 was 12.10.2015. A total of 330 applications had been received by the last date for the post of ICs. The Committee was also informed that 83 applications are 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 its judgment dated 06.11.2015 had given 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 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 shall be confined for selection and appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner in the vacancy that would arise w. e.f. 02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner vl'hich is likely to arise w.e.i. 02.12.2015.

6. The Committee had accordingly proposed a panel of names for the post of CIC and Ie in its meetings dated 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015. The panel 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 for the post of IC was not utilized.

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

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

r;·,.t' ,- 8. With a view to shortlisting the candidates, the Committee deliberated upon the eligibility and suitability of each candidate in terms of her/his knowledge, eminence and experience in the categories mentioned in Section 12(5) of the RTI Act.

S. Name (Shri/Ms) Remarks No. 1 Bhim Sain Bassi, Presently, he is working as Commissioner of IPS (UT: 1977) Police, Delhi. He possesses more than 35 years (008:20.02.1956) of experience In Policing and Public .. Administration. His educational qualifications include B.Com (Hons.), LLB and PG Diploma in Public Administration. His key postings include Director General of Police in Goa for more than two years, Inspector General of Police In Chandigarh and Deputy Commissioner/Joint Commissioner of Police and Special Commissioner of Police in Delhi. 2 Amitava He is a retired lAS officer with more than 36 Bhattacharya, years of : experience. His educational IAS(Retd.) .. qualifications include M.Sc.(Physics). He has (GJ:1980) served as Chairman, Staff Selection (00B:02.12.1953) Commission and Secretary, Union Public Service Commission. He is adept in handling finance and accounts. As the head of Land Revenue Appellate Authority In Gujarat, he worked In quasl- judicial capacity and adjudicated cases against orders of Collectors. He also interpreted various acts and regulations relating to land revenue, land ceiling and land acquisition. 3 Lt Gen (Retd.) He is a retired Army officer with more than 40 Anil Chait years of experience. His educational (008:08.06.1954) qualifications include M.Sc.(Defence Studies) and M.Phil. He served in various capacities in the Army. He commanded various Regiments such as Western Command, Infantry Division, Strike Corps, Army War College and Central Command. He also served as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee. He retired as Secretary, Ministry of Information 4 Bimal Julka, lAS and Broadcasting in Government of India. He (Retired) has more than 35 years of expenence In (MP: 1979) (DoB:27.08.1955) Administration and Governance. He has done MA (Psychology) from Delhi University. His key postings In Government of India include Additional Secretary in Department of Economic . Affairs and Special Secretary & Financial Advisor/Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor in Ministry of External Affairs. She retired as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor 5 Vijaya Moorthy, IA&AS (Retired) General (Defence, Railways and Communication) with more than 36 years of (1978) (00B:09.02.1954) experience in audit and accounts. She has done MA In History. She has worked as Additional Comptroller and Auditor General, Principal Accountant General and Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor in Lok Sabha Secretariat. Kumar He is a retired lAS officer with 35 years of 6 Sanjay lAS. experience. He has done M.Sc.(Chemistry) and Panda, MBA( (Human Resources). He has served as (Retired) Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of (TR:1980) India and Chief Secretary, Government of (00B:07.12.1955) Tripura. He has wide experience of working in sectors such as Health and Family Welfare, . Planning, Social Justice & Empowerment, sports & youth Affairs and Textiles. He has received Excellence Award 2010 for MNREGA Implementation and Aadhar Excellence Award for achieving maximum coverage of the target population based on Census 2011 figures. Anup K Pujari, Presently, he is working as Secretary, Ministry of 7 lAS (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 in Administration and Governance. His educational qualifications include MA, LLB and a Doctorate from Boston University. He has also completed National Defence College course on Security and Strategic Studies. Other key assignments In Government of India include I Joint Secretary In Department of Economic Affairs for about four years, Director General of Foreign Trade and Secretary in Department of Mines. 8 Syamal Kumar He retired as. Secretary, Department of Sarkar, lAS Personnel and Training with 35 years of (Retired) expenence In Administration,' Governance, (W8:1979) Implementation and Propagation ".otRTL His (008:18.07.1954) educational q~U'alificati6ns' 'inClude tV1.Sc. (Physics) and PhD. He is a distinguished fellow of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). His key assignments In Government of India include Secretary In Ministry of Water Resources and Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary/Special Secretary in DoPT where he was involved in the implementation of the RTI Act. 9 Ravi R. Tripathi Retired as Judge, Gujarat High Court (worked (DoB:06.05.1953) for more than five years), he has experience of 16 years In Law with 27 years as teaching faculty. He has done M.Com. and LLM (Public International Law). His area of expertise IS Service Law and Constitutional Law. He IS a resource person for National Judicial Academy, Bhopal and Gujarat State Judicial Academy. He has also worked as Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor In Gujarat High Court.

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3rd February 2016 Dear Dr. Jitendra Singh ji,

This has continuation of our telephonic talk we had with regard to the meeting for appointment of Information Commissioners. I had agreed to fix the meeting either 8th or 9th of February 2016. On that day, I was not aware that tne Bye-Elc\...lions' to the State Assembly, Zilia Panchayat and Taluk PanCh3}'at in Karnataka. wen:: scheduled to be held during this period. I may not be in

a position to attend the said meeting fixed on 9L!: instant. Kindly fix the meeting any day during the ensuing Parliament Session.

VVith regards,

Yours Sincerely, "

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

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Respected Sh. Kharge ji,

I acknowledge your letter dated '03.02.2016 seeking rescheduling of the meeting for appointment of Information Commissioners to any date during the ensuing Parliament Session.

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

3. The period of six weeks comes to an end on 19.02.2016.

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

Best regards, Yours sincerely, 'tty (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.

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Respected Sh. Kharge_ji,

I acknowledge your letter dated·03.02.2016 seeking rescheduling of the meeting for appoIntment of Information Commissioners to any date during the ensuing Parliament Session.

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D. No. 4/21201S-IR New Delhi, February 3,2016

Respected Sh. Kharge ji,

I acknowledge your letter dated 03.02.2016 seeking rescheduling of the meeting for appointment of Information Commissioners to any date during the ensuing Parliament Session.

2. In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the matter related to selection of Information Commissioners came up for hearing before the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 08,01,2016. The Hon'ble Supreme Court, after hearing, has given directions to Union Government that the three posts of Information Commissioners, currently vacant, be filled up within six weeks.

3. The period of six weeks comes to an end on 19.02.2016.

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

Best regards, Yours sincerely, 1(y (Dr. Jitendra Singh) Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Member of Parliament, Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha, No.9, Safdarjung Road, NewDelhi - 110011.

Vigyan Bhavan Annexo. South Block. New Delhi-I 1001I Maulana Azad Road. Nc« Delhl-IIOOll Tel. : 011-23010191 Fax: 011-2307931 Tel. : 011-23022400, 2302240 I. North Block, New Delhi-I 10001 Fax. : 011-23062754 Tel. : 011-23092475 Fax: 011-23092716 l Subject: Meeting of the Selection Committee for appointment to the posts of Information Commissioner to Date: 02/04/1601:42 PM be held on 09.02.2016at 4.30 PM at 7 RCR. From: "Gurinder SinghArora" To: [email protected]

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Dear PS to Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha,

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D. No. 4121201S-IR New Delhi, February 3, 2016

Respected Sh. Kharge ji,

I acknowledge your letter dated 03.02.2016 seeking rescheduling of the meeting for appointment of Information Commissioners to any date during the ensuing Parliament Session.

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

3. The period of six weeks comes to an end on 19.02.2016.

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

Best regards, Yours sincerely, ~7 (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. South Block. New Delhi-l 1001 J N{aula.na Azad Road. New Dellll')1 00 11 ra.. 011-23010191 Fax: 011-2307931 Tel. : 011-23022400, 2302240 I . North Block, New Delhi-IIQOOI fax. : 011-23062754 Tel. : 01l-23092475 Fax: 01l-23092716 sT" f\i1~;;; ~ Dr. JITENDRA SINGH ~ -.Bit (~ >f'lffi) , Minister of State (Independent Charge), ~ ~ l$r fcfq:;m ~ ; Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; ~ -.Bit, >f'tfR -.Bit Cfl 1<'.*"1""1, Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, ~"::oll.~ Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions "Cfllfi:Icn, ~ f:? IChlll ('j ~ ifffi~, , 1Wfrl!! ~ fcf'l.WT Cl211 ~~ fcf'l.WT, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Government of India 'lffi(l tRCflR

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Respected Sh. Kharge ji,

I acknowledge your letter dated·03.02.2016 seeking rescheduling of the meeting for appointment of Information Commissioners to any date during the ensuing Parliament Session.

3. The period of six weeks comes to an end on 19.02.2016.

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

Best regards, Yours sincerely, '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. South Block, New Delhi-ll0011 Maulana Azad Road. New Delh}- I 100II Tel.: 011-23010191 Fax: 011-2307931 TeL: 011-23022400, 2302240 I. North Block, New Delhi-IlOOOI Fax. : 011-23062754 Tel. : 011-23092475 Fax: 011-23092716 '--'1 !J \ (~ ._ ~-l 1

ITEM NO.40 COURT NO.3 SECTION XIV

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

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

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

UNION OF INDIA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

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

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

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

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AG Ms. 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 following o 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 is Ol9lta~d Parveen 1S{!rn, hawta Date: 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 \ 2 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) (Parveen Kr. Chawla) Court Master AR-cum-PS ,1

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DE LID AT NEW DELHI Pronounced on: 06 November, 2015 + W.P.(C) 3386/2015 R.K. JAIN & ORS ..... Petitioners Through: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Mr. O. Kuttan and Ms. Neha Rathi, Advs. Versus UNION OF INDIA ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG with Mr. Jasmeet Singh, CGSC and Ms. Noor Anand, Adv. for UOL Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Devadatt Kamat and Mr. Jawedur Rahman, Adv. for applicants 1 interveners in CM No.9304-06/2015. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CIDEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW

JUDGMENT

G.ROHINI, CHIEF JUSTICE

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.

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 theI 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 Clearances were received.

6. Having taken note of the contents of the said affidavit, we passed the following order on 09.04.2015:

Page 3 of 9 W.P.{C) No.3386/2015 Therefore, let the petition be listed on 11.05.2015 by which date the respondents shall report to this court the progress made. Since it is pointed out by the learned ASG that the respondent has been wrongly described in the memo of parties and that as a matter of fact the Union of India is represented by the 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 petitioner within 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.

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

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 -IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) North Block, New Delhi Dated: 9th September, 2015 Subject: Appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. The Government of India has constituted a body under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (the Act) known as the .Central Information Commission (Commission) to exercise the powers conferred on and to perform the functions assigned to it under the Act. It is located in New Delhi. The Commission shall have the Chief Information Commissioner and upto ten Information Commissioners. The powers and functions of the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission are as per the RTI Act. 2. It is proposed to appoint Chief Information Commissioner and more Information Commissioners in the Commission. The Act provides that the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall be person 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. 3. Further, the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner' shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislature of 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 business or pursuing any profession. It is clarified that cessation/termination of holding of office of profit, pursuing any profession or carrying any business is a condition precedent to' the appointment of a person as Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner.

W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 Page 6 of 9 4. The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The salary and allowances payable to the Chief Information commissioner shall be the same as that of the Chief Election commissioner and Election Commissioner respectively, subject to adjustment of the pensionary/retirement benefits availed by him, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the Act. 5. Persons fulfilling the criteria and interested for appointment to the post of Chief Information Commissioner and/or Information Commissioner may send their particulars in the enclosed proforma by post to Under Secretary (RTI) , Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi or through e-mail to [email protected] by 12th October, 2015. Persons who are serving under the State/Central Government or any other Organization, should send their particulars through proper channel (administrative Ministry / Department / State / UTs). In case an advance copy of the application is sent before the due date the applications through proper channel should be furnished as soori as possible to be considered for further processing. (G.S. Arora) DS (IR) Tel: 23092755"

Page 7 of 9 W.P.(C) No.3386/2015 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.

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:

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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 shall be confined for selection and appointment of the Chief 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 ENDLA W, J. NOVEMBER 06, 2015 kks

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ITEM NO.40 COURT NO.3 SECTION3~~¥ 8 4 9 SUP REM E C 0 U R T 0 FIN D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

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

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

UNION OF INDIA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

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

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

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

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, AG Ms. 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 following o 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 I consideration, two Information Commissioners have since been #', ') t:, ~~

2 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 adna) (Parveen Kr./JChawla) Court Master AR-cum-PS ~. •

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l F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated.B" February, 2016

Meeting Notice

The meeting of the Selection Committee for selection of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission scheduled to be held under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 09.02.2016 (Tuesday) at 4.30 P.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 Secretary Tel.23094398

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-11 0 011 F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated: 8th February, 2016

Subject- Appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission- 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 Secretary Tel.2309 4398

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

Copy to:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Prime Minister 2. PS to MoS (PP) 3. PSG to Secretary (P) F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievancesand Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated:8th February, 2016

Meeting Notice

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

evesh Chaturvedi} Joint Secretary Tel.23094398

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

Copyto:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Prime Minister 2. PSto MoS {PP} 3. PSOto Secretary (P) ," I', v' ,

Department of Personnel & Training (LR.Section)

Challan dated 08.02.2016 Sl.No Name and Designation of Communication No. Signature of the the Recipient Recipient (1) Shri Mallikarjuna Letter NoA/2/2015-IR Kharge,Member of Meeting Postponement Parliament and Notice Leader of Single Largest Party in Lok Sabha 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi Department of Personnel & Training (I.R.Section)

Challan dated 08 02 2016 Sl.No Name and Designation of Communication No. Signature of the the Recipient Recipient (1) Shri Mallikarjuna Letter No.4/212015-IR Kharge,Member of Parliament and Leader of Single Largest Party in Lok Sabha 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi

------F.No.4/2/201S-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated: lOth February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference isinvited to this Department's communication of even number dated 8th February,2016 informing postponement of the meeting of the Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister,for selection of Information Commissionersin the Central Information Commissionto 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 has already been sent. I' flJ

~~v1lb (DeveshChaturvedi) Joint Secretary Tel.23094398

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

Copy to:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble PrimeMinister 2. PSto MoS (PP) 3. PSOto Secretary (P) F.No.4/2/201S-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dotedl O'" February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of even number dated 8th February, 2016 informing postponement of the meeting of the Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister,for selection of Information Commissionersin the Central Information Commissionto be held on 09.02.2016at 4.30 p.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 has already been sent.

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

(Dev~~~tedil Joint Secretary Tel.23094398

ShriMallikarjun Kharge, Hon'ble Member of Parliament and Leader 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 of Information Commissioners

Reference is invited to this office's J.D. note of even number dated 01.02.2016 on the above subject.

2. The undersigned is directed to convey that the meeting of the Selection committee for appointment to the post of Information Commissioners has been rescheduled and will take place at 1100 hrs on February 19, 2016 at RCR, New Delhi. CfuJv (V. Sheshadri) Director Tel. 2301 3485 Fax. 2301 6857 Secreta Dated: 09.02.2016 F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated:18th February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of even number dated 10th. February, 2016 informing meeting of the Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister, for selection of Information Commissionersin the Central Information Commission to 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's Office, South Block, New Delhi. Date and time of the meeting remains same. Agenda for the meeting has already been sent.

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

~~\~~edi) Joint Secretary Tel.23094398

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

I~ J r~ r: ~r" r( :J;;rv\,~7ryJ~ · F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated: 18th February,2016

Meeting Notice

Reference is invited to this Department's communication of even number dated 10th February, 2016 informing meeting of the Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister, for selection of Information Commissionersin the Central Information Commission to 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's Office, South Block, New Delhi. Date and time of the meeting remains same. Agenda for the meeting has already been sent.

(Dev~\~l~rvedil Joint Secretary Tel.23094398

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

Copy to:-

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble PrimeMinister 2. PSto MoS (PP) 3. PSOto Secretary (P)

c NoA/2/20l5-IR Department of Personnel & Training (IR Division) North Block, New Delhi.

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The meeting of the Selection Committee, headed by Hon'ble Prime Minister for appointment to the posts of Information Commissionerslin the Central Information Commission is scheduled to be held on 11.00 AM on 19th February, 2016 (Friday) in PMO, South Block, New Delhi (Copy of the meeting notice is enclosed).

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

S1.No Name of the Officials Designation T Card No. J 1. Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi Joint Secretary i,' 2. Ms. Gayatri Mishra Director 3. R.K. Girdhar Under Secretary 4. Shri Manoj Maiti Assistant Section Officer 5. Shri Inder Pal Assistant ! 6. Shri Dharam Bir Singh MTS r ':1t:. __~, 3. The above mentioned officials may also be permitted to carry documents/records to the meeting venue in the South Block. The documents are essential for conduct of the above meeting.

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

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

~ (Gayatri Mishra) Director (IR) 18.02.2016 Tel Fax: 23092755 Encl: 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 r

F. No. 4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department 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. dated 18.02.2016 informing meeting of the Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister for selection of Information Commissioners 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 say that the said meeting will be held at 11:00 A.M. instead of 11:00 P.M. as communicated earlier inadvertently.

2. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

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

~\",\I: (Deveshthaturvedi) Joint Secretary Tele: 23094398

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Hon'ble Member of Parliament and Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi- 110011 F. No. 4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department 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. dated 1,8.02.2016 informing meeting. of the Selection Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister for selection of Information Commissioners 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 say that the said meeting will be held at 11:00 A.M. instead of 11 :00 P.M. as communicated earlier inadvertently.

2. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

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

\ \I~\~yi ~J~sh Chaturvedi) Joint Secretary Tele: 23094398

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

Copy to:-

~rivate Secretay to the Hon'ble Prime Minister 2. PS to MaS (PP) 3. PSO to Secretary (P) F. No. 4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel and Training *** North Block,New Delhi Dated 18th February, 2016

MEETING NOTICE

2. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

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

\i~~~ry~atuNedi) Joint Secretary Tele: 23094398

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

Copy to:-

1. Private Secretay to the Hon'ble Prime Minister 2. PS to MoS (PP) ~ PSO to Secretary (P)~__.--:-• oje- /-\"\'I.\'}.-\Ib ..r-.

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

The Committee constituted under Section 12 (3) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 met under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India at 11 am on 19.02.2016 in South Block, New Delhi to make recommendation for appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission.

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, Finance Minister, Member

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

2. The Committee was apprised that as per Section 12 (2) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Central Information Commission consists of the Chief Information Commissioner; and such number of Central Information Commissioners, not exceeding ten, as may be deemed necessary. At present, there are seven Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. The Committee was also apprised that the Information Commissioner shall be a person 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.

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

4. The Committee also considered the record of proceedings of Supreme Court of India for the hearing held on 08.01.2016 in SLP number 34495/2015 in the matter of Union of India versus R.K. Jain & ors, The Court had allowed six weeks time to enable Union of India to fill up the remaining three vacancies of Information Commissioners out of the candidates who had responded to the notifications dated 25.02.2014, 16.07.2014 and 09.09.2015. The case is listed for further consideration on 26.02.2016. . . ~ ~/ »:~\ 5. The Committee noted that in the notifications dated 25.02.2014, 16.07.2014 and 09.09.2015, it had been mentioned that applications are being invited for Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. It was also noted that consequent to the Notifications dated 25.02.2014, 16.07.2014 there were 553 applicants for the post of Information Commissioners and against the notification dated 09.09.2015, the number of applicants for such posts was 330. The Search Committee chaired by Cabinet Secretary had met on 19.01.2016 and shortlisted names for filling up the vacancies of Information Commissioners.

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

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

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

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

~ ~~~\ (Ma likarjun Kh rge) ~endra Modi) mister of Finance, Leader of Indian National Prime Minister Corporate Affairs, Congress, the single largest Information & party in Opposition in the Lok Sabha Broadcasting Annexure-I

Details of Information Commissioners

Sr. Name/Service Eminence Knowledge Experience No. He has more than 36 years of 1 Amitava Bhattacharya He retired as Chairman, He possesses a experience in the field of Staff Selection Masters Degree Administration and Governance. lAS (Retd.) (GJ: 1980) Commission. He also in Science He is adept in handling finance and served as Secretary, [Physics]. (00B:02.12.1953) accounts. As the head of Land UPSC. He also served Revenue Appellate Authority in in various capacities in Gujarat, he worked in quasi-judicial State Government of capacity and adjudicated cases Gujarat. against orders of Collectors. He also interpreted various acts and regulations relating to land revenue, land ceiling and land acquisition.

He has more than years of 2 Bimal Julka He retired as Secretary, He possesses a 35 experience in the field of Ministry of Information Masters Degree Administration and Governance. lAS (Retd.) (MP:1979) and Broadcasting in in Psychology. He also has experience of handling Government of India. (00B:27.08.1955) sectors like Rural/Urban He also served as Infrastructure, Human Resource Additional Secretary in Development, Textiles and Department of Agriculture/ Cooperatives etc. Economics Affairs and Special Secretary and Financial Advisor in Ministry of External Affairs.

3 Divya Prakash Sinha Retired as Secretary B.Sc. Hon. He possesses 33 years of experience in security, which (Security) in the (Physics) involved keeping track of IPS (Retd) (MT: 1979) Government of India. developments on international (OoB: 26.09.1955) borders. He was awarded Police Medal for meritorious services in 1997 and President's Police Medal for distinguished services in 2004.

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

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

3. Section 12 (6) of the RTIAct, 2005 provides that the Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of Legislatureof any State or UnionTerritory,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.If you are associated with any other office/organization in any capacity which is otherwise debarred / prohibited under the above Act, it would be necessary for you to resign therefrom before appointment as Information Commissionerin the Central Information Commission.

4. Pleaseaccept our best wishesin your new assignment.

r ~~~ssincerely, VY~l,~ (DeveshCttoturvedi)

ShriAmitava Bhattacharyya, J-1972,C.R.Park New Delhi- 110019.

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4. Pleaseaccept our best wishesin your new assignment.

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I am happy to inform you that you have been selected for appointment as Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission for a term of five years from the date on which you enter upon the office or till attain the age of sixty five years. whichever is earlier. You are requested to confirm that offer of appointment as Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission is acceptable to you.

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

3. Section 12 (6) of the RTIAct. 2005 provides that the Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of Legislature of 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 business or pursuing any profession. If you are associated with any other office/organization in any capacity which is otherwise debarred / prohibited under the above Act. it would be necessary for you to resign therefrom before appointment as Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.

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22nd February, 2016

The Hon'ble President has approved the appointment of of Shri Amitava Bhattacharyya, Shri Bimal Julka and Shri Divya Prakash Sinha as Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, who have to be administered oath in terms of sub-section(3) of section 13 of the RTI Act, 2005.

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

"The Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall before he enters upon his office make and subscribe before the President or some other person appointed by him in that behalf, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the First Schedule".

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

4. In case the President pleases to appoint some other person to administer the oath, the name of that person may kindly be informed. On the last occasion, the President had appointed the Central Chief Information Commissioner for the said purpose (copy enclosed). 0Jv{t;, ~~~

Dr. Thomas Mathew Additional Secretary Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi

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appointed Information Commissioner may make and subscribe oath Of

under Section 13(3) of the Right Information Act,?005.

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No.F.53-CA(I)/2016 - 2~ February 2016

This has reference to your d.o. letter No.4/2/20 15-IR, dated 22 February 2016 regarding administration of oath to the newly appointed Information Commissioners.

I write to convey that the President has desired that the newly appointed Information Commissioners may make and subscribe oath - or affirmation before the Chief Information Commissioner as provided under Section 13(3) of the Right to lnfonnation Act, 2005.

YoujinceielY, , . ~ ---~'" Dr. Thonras ~iEtthew"

Shri Devesh Chaturvedi Joint Secretary Department of Personnel and Trai ning Ministry 'of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions North Block New Delhi. F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated 24th February, 2016

~chlaSinha Additional Secretary (CIC) August Kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110 066 [Fax No. 011-26175295]

Subject: Oath to the newly appointed Information Commissioners

Madam,

Hon'ble President has approved the appointment of Shri Amitava Bhattacharyya, Shri Bimal Julka and Shri Divya Prakash Sinha as Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission. In this regard Additional Secretary to the President of India vide D.O. letter No. F 53-CA(I)/2016 dated 22nd February,2016 has conveyed that the President has desired that the newly appointed Information Commissioners may make and subscribe oath or affirmation before the Chief Information Commissioner as provided under Section 13(3) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. (copy enclosed)

2 You may take necessary action accordingly.

ours faithfully, ~\~¥ esh Chaturvedi) Joint Secretary Tele.: 23094398

Copy to

Sh.S.P.Beck,JointSecretary,Central InformationCommissionfor information and necessaryaction. ,- ('c o /""

~ fIf-qCj1(;1<1 'P2J9<. QJ7~ ~J lAS Additional Secretary to the President ~'1cR ·~~-110004 TeL -: 91-11-23793302/23015321 Fax, : 91-11-23011949 President's Secretariat E-mail: [email protected] Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi - 110004

No.F.53-CA(I)/2016 22, February 2016

This has reference to your d.o. letter NoAI2120 15-IR, dated 22 February 2016 regarding administration of oath to the newly appointed Information Commissioners.

I write to convey that the President has desired that the newly appointed Information Commissioners . may make and subscribe Q11th or affirmation before the Chief Information Commissioner as provided <. under Section 13(3) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. '

your.ss~sinceiely, "

1\._----_-> Dr.Thomas-Methew-

Shri Devesh Chaturvedi ~.f'};,' Joint Secretary :.,;-\!.)\_ \ D~p~rt]~~nt of Personnel an.dTr~jning . . " Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions North Block New Delhi. r-, ?, :~'\ \ I..,

Annexure-I

Details of Information Commissioners

Sr. Name/Service Eminence Knowledge Experience No.

1 Amitava Bhattacharya He retired as Chairman, He possesses a He has more than 36 years of Staff Selection Masters Degree experience in the field of lAS (Retd.) (GJ: 1980) Commission. He also in Science Administration and Governance. He is adept in handling financeand served as Secretary, [Physics]. (DoB:02. 12.1953) accounts. As the head of Land UPSC. He also served Revenue Appellate Authority in in various capacities in Gujarat, he worked in quasi-judicial State Government of capacity and adjudicated cases 97 1/7 7~cp 78 Gujarat against orders of Collectors. He also interpreted various acts and regulations relating to land revenue, land ceiling and land acquisition.

2 Bimal Julka He retired as Secretary, He possesses a He has more than 35 years of Ministry of Information Masters Degree experience in the field of lAS (Retd.) (MP: 1979) and Broadcasting in in Psychology. Administration and Governance. He also has experience of handling Government of India. (DoB:27.08.1955) sectors like Rural/Urban He also served as Infrastructure, Human Resource Mob: Additional Secretary in Development, Textiles and C;fi/833306S Department of Agriculture/ Cooperativesetc. Economics Affairs and Special Secretary and Financial Advisor in Ministry of External Affairs.

3 Divya Prakash Sinha Retired as Secretary B.Sc. Hon. He possesses 33 years of (Security) in the (Physics) experience in security, which IPS (Retd) (MT: 1979) Government of India. involved keeping track of developments on international (DoB: 26.09.1955) borders. He was awarded Police Me) <6 : Medal for meritorious services in ee /0 o 90 2-CjI 1997 and President's Police Medal for distinguishedservices in 2004.

------F.No.4/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated 24th February, 2016

Shri K.S. Dhatwalia ADG (M&C) Press Information Bureau North Block, New Delhi

Subject: Appointment of Information Commissioners in Central Information Commission. *****

Sir,

2. You are requested to take necessary action.

Yoursfaithfully, &;/~ (R.K.Girdhar) Under Secretary Tel. 23092759 ..~

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PressNote

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 Prakash Sinha, 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 sixtyfive years, whichever isearlier, as per the provisionsof the Rightto Information Act, 2005. ~~ ~ =t. 296, ~ m1, ~ ~ 'qCR", Iit 3ifoRCfo ~ ~ CfiT1TI ~, ~ ~-11 0066 ROOM NO. 296, 2ND FLOOR ACHLA SINHA AUGUST KRANTI BHAWAN ' Additional Secretary BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE, NEW DELH'I-110066 TEL.: 91-11-26162290, FAX: 91-11-26175295 ~~owWr E-mail: [email protected] CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Website: httpllwww.cic.gov.in

No.lIS/2016/Admn/CIC Dated: 24th February, 2016

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

In this regard, I wish to inform that the Chief Information Commissioner will administer the oath of office of the Information Commissioners in Room No. F-254, RVNL, first floor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi on zs" February, 2016 at 1700 hrs.

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

Yours sincerely,

~~,__k_ (Achla Sinha)

Shri Sanjay Kothari Secretary (P), Department of Personnel & Training, North Block, New Delhi. I .'j i

n [TO BEPUBLISHEDIN THEGAZETTEOF INDIA, EXTRA~RDINARY,PARTII, SECTION3, SUB- SECTION(ii) ]

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

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the February, 2016

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

[TO BEPUBLISHEDIN THEGAZETTEOF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY,PARTII, SECTION3, SUB• '-._) SECTION(ii) ] .

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

NOTIFICAnON

New Delhi, the February, 2016

s.o...... (E). - The President.on the recommendation of the ~mi"ee 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

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), 2nd Floor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-ll 0066. 2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, August Kranti 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. r» [TO BEPUBLISHEDIN THEGAZETTEOF INDIA, EXTRA__,ORDINARY,PARTII, SECTION3, SUB- SECTION(ii) ]

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

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the February, 2016

s.o IE). - The President,on the recommendationof the &mittee 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 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), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Coma Place, New Delhi-110066. 2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (ClC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066. 3. Shri Bimal 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. fctfu 3iR a=m<:r cH:j I(44 ~ fctawr, ~ m,

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The Secretary(p), Department of Personnel & Training, North Block, New Delhi.

(Kind Attention: Shri Devesh Chaturvedi, Joini Secretary, DoPT) - . Sub: 'Oath to the newly appointed three Information Commissioners.

Sir,

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

A copy each of the oath (in Hindi:'and English) taken by Shri Bimal Julk~ Shri Divya Prakash Sinha and Shri Amitava Bhattacharyya is sent herewith for information/record.

It is.requested that a copy of the notification of the appointment of Shri Bimal Julka, Shri Divya Prakash Sinha and Shri Amitava Bhattacharyya may be sent to this Commission for record/necessary action..

Yours faithfully,

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OUT TODAY

No.FA/2/2015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training ******

North Block, New Delhi Dated 25th February, 2016 To

The Manager Govt. of India Press Mayapuri New 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 Shri Manoj Kumar MaitL ASO, MHA !D No. 153460000243,the bearer of this letter. \ :~r;hfUIIY'

(De~~aturvedil Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India Tel. 2309 4398

Encl: As above

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

NOTIFICATION

New DeihL the 25th February, 2016

S.O...... (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 Amitava Bhattacharyya as the Central Information

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

February, 2016.

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

Copy to:

1. The Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2nd Floor, 'B' Wing, August Kranti Bhavan, BhikajiCama Place, New Delhi-ll 0066. 2. The Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), 2nd Floor, 'B'. Wing, August Kranti 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 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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IDev1thoturvediJ Joint Secretary to the Government of India

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New Delhi, the 25th February, 2016

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

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

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NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25th February, 2016 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 Prakash Sinha as the Central Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission with effect from the 25th day of February, 2016. [F. No. 412/2015-IR] DEVESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.

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