(J) and Section 10(I) of the RTI Act, 2005

Disclosure of Information is subject to exemptions under Section 8(i)(j) and Section 10(i) of the RTI Act,

2005. f<

Department of Personnel & Training Office of Secretary (Personnel)

You may kindly recall that during the selection of CIC and IC, it was decided to start the process of selection of CIC and IC in the month of August 2015. We should immediately start the process and see to it that the entire exercise is completed by October 2015.

(Sanjay Kothari) Secretary (P) 4-8-2015 JS/SV-I)

Copy to : Mr. Sandeep Jain, Director (IR) PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

South Block, New Delhi —110 011

Subject: Appointment of Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.

Reference is invited to the DoP&T's note dated 31.07.2014 of file No. 4/7/2014-IR on the subject cited above.

2. Prime Minister has desired that for the sake of consistency and uniformity in approach, the procedure for selection of Information Commissioners which includes, among other things, advertising the post and short listing by a Search Committee, may be adopted for appointment to the post of Central Information Commissioner as well. Such short-listed panel may then be placed before the Selection Committee for its consideration.

3. DoPT's file / folder Nos. 4/7/2014-IR is returned herewith.

(V. Sheshadri) Director Tel. No. 2301 3485

Secretary, Department of Personnel & T aining PMO ID no. 600/31/C/3912013-ES.2 (Vol.i3) Dated 17.10.2014 •

PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

South Block, New Delhi — 110 011

Subject: Appointment of Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.

Reference is invited to the note dated 15.07.2014 of Department of Personnel & Training on file No. 4/7/2014-IR on the subject cited above.

2. The Prime Minister has nominated Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Cabinet Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence, as the Member of the Selection Committee under of Section 12(3) of the RTI Act.

3. The undersigned is directed to convey that the matter shall be resubmitted for a decision on date of meeting of Selection Committee, s after the issue raised in para 6 of the aforesaid note is decided.

4. The file/folder No. 4/7/2014-IR of the Department of Personnel & Training is returned herewith. [(WI' (V. Sheshadri) Director Tel. No. 2301 3485

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4 The e>,.;-.-iod,o,tto..rt !'r.Jt In the ab:ierici? at :er..-c-gnil-]L.,d Lei._1:1; ;_)1C)DposLtion LeoLior of grc'JP It ,--.; ricuyc shalt be dauined to UP. !hc., of ..,"opo,:otian.

5, The terms 'rect,:gr,ied group and 're.-.:t.-igned pal cm i:n ler soot on 2 of the Leadois „Ind Chief PCi a a pa In sinif groups :n Pariament (FctlIticsj ".=.at 1998 (Act re.lc

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(a) "recognised group means,- (i) t) :n relation to the HeeLe at the People vr, hnAr, a strength not ;ess tf;an thirty rre:'nc.:m driJ 'iot irons than It1 a ur r the He:usc,. • FTS No.2872 /Adv-A/2014 F. No.4/4/2014-IR(Ptl

(b) "recognised party" means,-

(I) (ii) in relation to the House of the People, every party which has a strength of not less than fifty-five members in the House.'

6. Section 3 of Act of 1999 deals with facilities of the Leaders, Deputy Leaders and Chief Whips of recognised groups and parties and stipulates that subject to any rules made in this behalf by the Central Government, each leader, deputy leader and each chief whip of a recognised group and a recognised party shall be entitled to telephone and secretarial facilities provided such Leader, Deputy Leader or Chief Whip is not fallen in the categories mentioned below this section.

7. Section 2 of the Salary & Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (Act of 1977) reads as under

'2. Definition.- In this Act," Leader of the Opposition", in relation to either House of Parliament, means that member of the Council of States or the House of the People, as the case may be, who is, for the time being, the Leader in that House of the party in opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength and recognised as such by the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be.

Explanation.- Where there are two or more parties in opposition to the Government, in the Council of States or in the House of the People having the same numerical strength, the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be, shall, having regard to the status of the parties, recognise any one of the Leaders of such parties as the Leader of the Opposition for the purposes of this section and such recognition shall be final and conclusive.'

8. Each Leader of Opposition has statutory recognition and en:ed ter certain facilities and amenities to enable him to discharge his function in the Parliament as mandated under Sections 3,4,5,6,7, 8 & 8A of the Act of 1977.

9. Parliamentary system works on precedents and practices. The Act of 1977 provides for the Leader of parties in opposition having the greatest numerical strength and recognized as such by the Speaker / Chairman being recognized as LOP. Direction No. 120 of directions by the Speaker Lok Sabha (the directions) stipulates that 'the Speaker may recognize an Association of Members as a Parliamentary Party or Group for the purpose of functioning in the House and his decision shall be final' Speakers recognition is governed by the direction No. 121 of the directions which provide as under:

'Conditions for recognition

121. In recognising a Parliamentary Party or Group the Speaker shall take into consideration the following principles:—

(I) An association of members who propose to form a Parliamentary Party-,

(a) shall have announced at the time of the general elections a distinct ideology and programme of Parliamentary work on which they have been returned to the House;

(b) shall have an organisation both inside and outside the House; and Frktio 3721Ad0=N2Q14 F Ni, 414:2(ft4-IR{Ft.)

tc) shall have at le:ist a strength equal to: the quorum fixed to constitute a sitting of the House, that Is one-tenth tattle total number of members of the House.

(ii) An association of members to fort a parliamEnilry Group shall satisfy the ,::c.r.ciitiorts spec,,,d1n parts (a) and (b) of cia end:shali have at least :1 strength of K members.'

10. The term 'single fa rct cst 'group in opposition' .fs not defined either 'under the RTI Act or Aci No. 5/1.999 or Act No. 33/1977 or in the compilation of "Directions by the Speaker Lek Sat,ha ' The matter r;,y bee.nexaminedin the DoPT in light of informatIen dated 19 provided I r the Lok Sabha Secretarial In paia 5 of DcFT's note (p.atn; rt is mentioned tilat as per .R-n Act, in the absence of Leader of opposition, the Leader of the single largest group in opposition shalt be deemed to be the leader Qf opposition, while...Shri Mailikarjun Kharge is the Leader of Indian Natic,n,--,1 Congress in Lok Sabha tribi1on. Is the single largest party in cp.;

11. In the circumstances, our answer to the qtiery rs in the affirmative. We, however, clarify that this nnsvoer is only for the limited purpose of the RTI Act [explanation below section 1213)] and not foe. any other purpose.

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North Block, New Delhi Dated: 24th October, 2014

Subject: Apppintment of Chief Information Commissioner 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 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 in the Commission. The Act provides that the Chief 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 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.

4. The Chief 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, 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 for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner and interested for appointment to the post 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 usrti-doptanic.in by 24th November , 2014. Persons who are serving under the State/Central Government or any other Organization, may send their particulars through proper channel.

(Kulbhushan Maihotra US(RTI) Tel: 23092759 Proforma for sending particulars for consideration for the post of Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission

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The details of eligibility conditions and the proforma for sending particulars for consideration for the post of Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission may be downloaded from the Department of Personnel and Training website: www.persmin.nic.in . The last date for receipt of the applications in the Department is 24th November, 2014. F. No.4/4/2014 — IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi Dated: February 25th, 2014

Subject: Appointment of 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 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 present composition of the Central Information Commission can be seen at www.cic.gov.in. The powers and functions of an Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission are as per chapter V of the Act.

2. It is proposed to appoint more Information Commissioners in the Commission. The Act provides that the 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.

3. Further, the 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 Information Commissioner.

4. An 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 an Information Commissioner shall be the same as that of an Election Commissioner, 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 for appointment as Information Commissioner and interested for appointment to the post 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 March 25th, 2014. Persons who are serving under the State/Central Government or any other Organization, may send their particulars through proper channel.

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Applications are invited for the posts of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, located at New Delhi.

The details of eligibility conditions and the proforma for sending particulars for consideration for the post of Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission may be downloaded from the Department of Personnel and Training website: www.persmin.nic.in . The last date for receipt of the applications in the Department is 25th March, 2014. RESOLUTION

The mt he i:rTit Information Commission place on c d their of the services rendered by the CIC,

rrr Wajahat due to demit office or 30,09.2010 on completion of hn v. Shri Habibullah led and guided the Commission cinc initial and difficult years, and helped the

Commission con •:nitn: nr L to promote the right to information as

as transpziriifncii, LVEI

The Commissi wish to reiterate and emphasize that the successor to Sho Hat. .iah sroutd be found from within the Commission. the Chief Inti...)mii.c.; ommissioner were to be appointee from outside

the Commission. :.ot only run contrary to the healthy conventions

established in such hi:.iidies as the Supreme Court, CEC and UPSC, also .nci,inoratizing for those already serving the mmission with exciin. ry decLation, t would also amount to uncritical 7..ptance darricii -urtain vociferous interested groups, as

?ationat wisdom.

In the intere' morale and the harmonious functioning

of the Commission n ne snii.ioth and incremental evolution of the RTI regime cessary that the healthy convention of selecting the Commission be established and followed.

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South Block, New Delhi — 110 011

Subject: Search Committee for filling up the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner.

Reference is invited to DoPT's note on pages 36-37/N of file no. 4/7/2014-IR dated 09.12.2014 on the subject cited above.

2. The Prime Minister has approved reconstitution of the Search Committee for shortlisting a panel of names for the post of Information Commissioner and Chief Information Commissioner in Central Information Commission as under:

(i) Cabinet Secretary Chairman (ii) Additional Principal Secretary to PM Member (iii) Secretary (Personnel) Member (iv) Home Secretary Member (v) Secretary, D/o Expenditure Member (vi) Prof. Ramesh Chand, Director Member National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy (NCAP)

3. DoPT's file/folders no. 4/7/2014-IR is returned herewith.

(V. Sheshadri) Director Tel. No. 2301 3485

Secretary, Department of Personnel Training PMO ID no. 600/31/C/18/2014-ES.2 Dated. 17.12.2014

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Dear Sir,

It is requested that an advertisement for the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in CIC may be issued on 8th September, 2015. It is also requested that an estimate of exlpenditure for the said advertisement be sent to this Department immediately. Kindly see the attachment.

Regards,

G.S. Arora Dy. Secretary DoPT, North Block, New Delhi 23092755 (0)

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North Block, New Delhi

Dated: 4th September, 2015

To Director, Directorate of Audio & Visual Publicity, Soochna Bhavan , Phase-IV, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi — 110 003. (Attn: Shri S.K. Malviya, Joint Director)

Subject: Estimate for Advertisement in Select Newspapers.

Sir, I am directed to say that this Department proposes to issue an advertisement in three newspapers viz. 'The Hindu' and 'Times of India' in English)'Dainik Bhaskar' and 'Hindustan' in Hindi in all its editions in India for inviting applications for the posts of Information Commissioners in Central Information Commission. The size of the proposed advertisement would be 9x12 cm.

2. You are requested to send an estimate of expenditure for the aforesaid advertisement to this Department immediately.

Yours faithfully, Scoata NatA, (Sarita Nair) Under Secretary to the Govt. of India Tele: 23092356 Fax: 23093022 Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions • (Department of Personnel & Training) Applications are invited for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, New Delhi.

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Campaign Wing Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:47 PM To: [email protected]

PFA the estimate

Forwarded message From: Campaign Wing <-- Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 3:55 PM Subject: estimate To:

Sir,

Kindly find attached estimate for your approval

Regards

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AD TYPE : CL.DISPLAY DESIG. : UNDER SECRETARY HINDI 9.00 X 12.00

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11 127059 DAINIK BHASKAR HISAR HINDI DAILY(M) 78588 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2959.00

12 127057 DAINIK BHASKAR PANIPAT HINDI DAILY(M) 152458 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 5307.00

13 128076 HINDUSTAN DHANBAD HINDI DAILY(M) 102083 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 3554.00

14 130345 DAINIK BHASKAR RANCHI HINDI DAILY(M) 129593 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 4511.00

15 127335 HINDUSTAN RANCHI HINDI DAILY(M) 124880 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 4347.00

16 100786 THE HINDU BENGALURU ENGLISH DAILY(M) 90892 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 3481.00

THE TIMES OF 17 100424 BENGALURU ENGLISH DAILY(M) 513755 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1/882 00 INDIA

18 100789 THE HINDU KOCHI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 78204 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 2959.00

19 100792 THE HINDU THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ENGLISH DAILY(M) 75096 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 82 1 295.00

20 120003 DAINIK BHASKAR BHOPAL HINDI 0 DAILY(M) 235948 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 8214.00 21 120004 DAINIK BHASKAR GWALIOR HINDI DAILY(M) 127922 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 4452.00

22 120005 DAINIK BHASKAR INDORE HINDI DAILY(M) 262108 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 9124.00

23 121589 DAINIK BHASKAR JABALPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 185488 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 6457.00

THE TIMES OF 24 100294 MUMBAI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 847301 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 29493.00 INDIA

25 127592 DAINIK BHASKAR NAGPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 90740 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 3481.00

THE TIMES OF 26 100778 PUNE ENGLISH DAILY(M) 248615 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 8654.00 INDIA

27 129762 DAINIK BHASKAR ALWAR HINDI DAILY(M) 86712 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 3481.00

THE TIMES OF 28 101153 JAIPUR ENGLISH DAILY(M) 87048 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 82 1 3481.00 INDIA

29 126700 DAINIK BHASKAR JAIPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 459562 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 15997.00

30 126772 DAINIK BHASKAR JODHPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 130026 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 4525.00

31 127058 DAINIK BHASKAR KOTA HINDI DAILY(M) 93593 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 3481.00

32 129757 DAINIK BHASKAR SIKAR HINDI DAILY(M) 107816 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 3753.00

33 126998 DAINIK BHASKAR UDAIPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 77959 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 2959.00

34 100709 THE HINDU CHENNAI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 362043 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 12602.00

THE TIMES OF 35 101175 CHENNAI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 252528 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 8790.00 INDIA

36 100787 THE HINDU COIMBATORE ENGLISH DAILY(M) 100592 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 82 1 3501.00

37 100788 THE HINDU HYDERABAD ENGLISH DAILY(M) 146943 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 5115.00

THE TIMES OF 38 100740 HYDERABAD ENGLISH DAILY(M) 264532 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 9207.00 INDIA

39 129511 HINDUSTAN AGRA HINDI DAILY(M) 96135 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 3481.00

40 129510 HINDUSTAN KANPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 80801 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2959.00

THE TIMES OF 41 100019 LUCKNOW ENGLISH DAILY(M) 107820 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 32 1 3753.00 INDIA

42 126573 HINDUSTAN LUCKNOW HINDI DAILY(M) 149848 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 5216.00

43 129740 HINDUSTAN MEERUT HINDI DAILY(M) 126818 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 4415.00

44 131093 HINDUSTAN MURADABAD HINDI DAILY(M) 103923 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 361/.00

45 127566 HINDUSTAN VARANASI HINDI DAILY(M) 125007 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 4351.00

THE TIMES OF 46 100736 KOLKATA ENGLISH DAILY(M) 312200 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1086/.00 INDIA

MEDIUM

47 100793 THE HINDU VIJAYAWADA ENGLISH DAILY(M) 56136 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 82 1 2262,00 J

48 100794 THE HINDU VISAKHAPATNAM ENGLISH DAILY(M) 67731 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 82 1 2611.00

THE TIMES OF 100964 PATNA ENGLISH DAILY(M) 39648 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1898.00 er INDIA (KOL)

50 124509 DAINIK BHASKAR BILASPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 62554 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2262.00

51 129471 DAINIK BHASKAR DELHI HINDI DAILY(M) 66563 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2611.00

THE TIMES OF 52 101172 PANAJI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 34419 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1572.00 INDIA

53 127221 DAINIK BHASKAR FARIDABAD HINDI DAILY(M) 51350 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2206.00

54 130914 DAINIK BHASKAR DHANBAD HINDI DAILY(M) 60218 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2262.00

55 130360 DAINIK BHASKAR JAMSHEDPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 68018 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2611.00

56 128075 HINDUSTAN JAMSHEDPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 31432 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 1572.00

THE HINDU 57 101509 KOZHIKODE ENGLISH DAILY(M) 31790 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1572.00 (CHENNAI)

58 129962 DAINIK BHASKAR CHHINDWARA HINDI DAILY(M) 38029 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 1898.00

DAINIK BHASKAR 59 130084 RAT LAM HINDI DAILY(M) 47011 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2206.00 RAT LAM

60 129745 DAINIK BHASKAR SAGAR HINDI DAILY(M) 64480 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2262.00

61 124108 DAINIK BHASKAR SATNA HINDI DAILY(M) 55188 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2262.00

62 129744 DAINIK BHASKAR UJJAIN HINDI DAILY(M) 56035 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 2262.00

THE TIMES OF 63 101149 NAGPUR ENGLISH DAILY(M) 50392 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 2206.00 INDIA

THE TIMES OF 64 100809 BHUBANESWAR ENGLISH DAILY(M) 62749 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 2262.00 INDIA (KOL)

65 129153 DAINIK BHASKAR AMRITSAR HINDI DAILY(M) 64763 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2262.00

66 129154 DAINIK BHASKAR JALANDHAR HINDI DAILY(M) 75000 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2611.00

67 129752 DAINIK BHASKAR LUDHIANA HINDI DAILY(M) 61008 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2262.00

68 126678 DAINIK BHASKAR AJMER HINDI DAILY(M) 55558 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 2262.00

DAINIK 69 129773 BHILWARA HINDI DAILY(M) 51732 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2206.00 BHASKAR(AJMER)

70 126771 DAINIK BHASKAR BIKANER HINDI DAILY(M) 40332 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 1898.00

71 130083 DAINIK BHASKAR PALI HINDI DAILY(M) 67237 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 2611.00

DAINIK 72 129759 SRIGANGANAGAR HINDI DAILY(M) 52712 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2206.00 BHASKAR(BIKANER)

73 100790 THE HINDU MADURAI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 67710 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 82 1 2611.00

74 100952 THE HINDU TIRUCHIRAPALLY ENGLISH DAILY(M) 51499 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 2206.00

75 129871 HINDUSTAN ALLAHABAD HINDI DAILY(M) 35924 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 1898.00

76 129947 HINDUSTAN BARELI HINDI DAILY(M) 68467 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 2611.00 77 130651 HINDUSTAN GORAKHPUR HINDI DAILY(M) 66108 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2611.00 (LUCKNOW)

120203 DAINIK BHASKAR JHANSI HINDI DAILY(M) 35742 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 1898.00

79 130221 DAINIK BHASKAR NOIDA HINDI DAILY(M) 45234 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2206.00

80 129734 HINDUSTAN DEHRADUN HINDI DAILY(M) 67076 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 2611.00

SMALL

DAINIK BHASKAR 81 130079 SHIMLA HINDI DAILY(M) 14497 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 915.00 SHIM LA

82 101248 THE HINDU HUBBALLI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 18108 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1238.00

83 100864 THE HINDU MANGALURU ENGLISH DAILY(M) 22523 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1238.00

THE TIMES OF 84 101150 MANGALURU ENGLISH DAILY(M) 12739 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 915.00 INDIA

THE TIMES OF 85 101072 MYSURU ENGLISH DAILY(M) 16386 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1238.00 INDIA

86 130470 DAINIK BHASKAR AKOLA HINDI DAILY(M) 8902 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B3 1 915.00

THE HINDU 87 101396 MOHALI ENGLISH DAILY(M) 12106 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 915.00 (CHENNAI)

THE HINDU 88 101391 ALLAHABAD ENGLISH DAILY(M) 9557 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 915.00 (CHENNAI)

89 130595 HINDUSTAN HALDWANI HINDI DAILY(M) 21240 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 83 1 1238.00

90 101255 THE HINDU KOLKATA ENGLISH DAILY(M) 19314 30/09/2015 30/09/2015 B2 1 1238.00

PAPER TYPE NO AMOUNT WoAGE

BIG 46 326250.00 79.040000

MEDIUM 34 75767.00 18.360000

SMALL 10 10765.00 2.610000

TOTAL 90 412782.00 100.000000

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Inviting applications for the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Chief Information Commissioners Gurinder Singh Arora Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:56 PM To: [email protected]

Sir,

Please issue the advertisement on 9th September, 2015. Paymens for the cost of advertisement will be made within a fortnight. Format for the advertisement is enclosed.

Regards,

G.S. Arora, Dy. Secretary DoPT, North Block, New Delhi

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Applications are invited for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, New Delhi.

The details of eligibility conditions and the proforma for sending particulars for consideration for the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission may be downloaded from the Department of Personnel and Training website: www.persmin.nic.in>DoPT. The last date of receipt of the applications in the Department is 12th October, 2015. 10/1/2015 Gmai I - Estimate for advertisement - reg.

Gurinder Singh Arora

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Gurinder Singh Arora Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 4:39 PM To: [email protected]

Dear Sir,

It is requested that an advertisement for the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in CIC may be issued on 8th September, 2015. It is also requested that an estimate of exipenditure for the said advertisement be sent to this Department immediately. Kindly see the attachment.

Regards,

G.S. Arora Dy. Secretary DoPT, North Block, New Delhi 23092755 (0)

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North Block, New Delhi

Dated: ztul September, 2015

To Director, Directorate of Audio & Visual Publicity, Soochna Bhavan Phase-IV CGO Complex, Lodhi Road. New Delhi — 110 003. (Attn: Shri S.K.Malviya, Joint Director)

Subject: Estimate for Advertisement in Select Newspapers.

Sir, I am directed to say that this Department proposes to issue an advertisement in three newspapers viz. 'The Hindu' and 'Times of India' in English;Dainik Bhaskar. and 'Hindustan' in Hindi in all its editions in India for inviting applications for the posts of Information Commissioners in Central Information Commission. The size of the proposed advertisement would be 9x12 cm.

2 You are requested to send an estimate of expenditure for the aforesaid advertisement to this Department immediately.

Yours faithfully

• .„ (Santa Nair) Under Secretary to the Govt. of India Tele: 23092356 Fax: 23093022 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: 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.

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/StateNTs). In case an advance copy of the application is sent before the due date the applications through proper channel should be furnished as soon a possible to be considered for further processing.

(G.S. Arora) DS (IR) Tel : 23092755 Proforma for sending particulars for consideration for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission

Please affix the latest passport size photograph

1. Name

2. Date of Birth

3. Present Address

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b) Mobile

c) Fax

5. E-mail Address

6. Educational Qualification

7. Area of Eminence

8. Present Occupation

9. Achievements/Work Experience (As per Annexure) 10. Whether applying for the post(s) of CIC/IC or both

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North Block, New Delhi Dated 26th October, 2015

Meeting Notice

Meeting of the Search Committee for recommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission has been scheduled to be held under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary on 02.11.2015 at 5.30 p.m. in the Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan. Agenda notes along with its enclosures are enclosed.

2. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Encl: As above. `?S6 (G.S. Arora) Deputy Secretary (IR) 2309 2755

Copy to:- PPS to Cabinet Secretary - to provide secretarial assistance to the Search Committee. •

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 27th October, 2015

Meeting Notice

2. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Encl: As above.

(G.S. Arora) Deputy Secretary (IR) 2309 2755

1. Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. Additional Principal Secretary to PM, Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi. 3. Secretary (Personnel), D/o 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 Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission.

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. The tenure of present Chief Information Commissioner shall be over on 01.12.2015.

2. Section 12 (3) of the Act stipulates that the Chief Information Commissioner and 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. (Hon' ble Prime Minister has approved nomination of Union Finance Minister in the Selection Committee vide PMO ID note No.600/52/C/1/2015-ES-2 dated 28.08.2015).

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. 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 business or pursuing any profession."

4. As per the past policy, the Chief Information Commissioner be appointed through the process of advertisement, short listing by Search Committee and recommendations of Committee chaired by Prime Minister and the process for selecting more (up to 3) Information Commissioners may also be initiated so that the Commission is constituted in full strength. The procedure for selection of Information Commissioner includes advertising the 0 post, short listing by a Search Committee and such short-listed panel to be placed before the Selection Committee for its consideration.

5. Accordingly, an advertisement inviting particulars of interested persons for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the CIC was published on the website of this Department on 09.09.2015 and also in all editions of 2 English newspapers(Times of India and the Hindu) and two Hindi newspaper(Dainik Bhaskar and Hindustan). Persons were given option to apply for both the posts through a single application. The last date for receipt of applications was 12.10.2015. A total of 341 applications have been received. Applications received after the cut-off date of 12.10.2015 are not being considered. A list of applications received after the cut-off date is enclosed at Annexure - II.

6. As per Section 12(5) of the RTI Act, 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."

7. Accordingly, all these 341 applications have been broadly categorised into 7 categories of knowledge and experience, as mentioned above. Few applications which do not fall within these 7 categories, have been mentioned in "others" category. However, for the sake of categorisation, only the main field of knowledge and experience have been mentioned. Tabulated details on the basis of such categorisation is at Annexure-I.

8. The category-wise distribution of these applications is as under:-

Category No. of applications CIC IC Both Total 52 Lciw 2 26 24 Science & Technology 2 11 17 30 22 Social Service 1 14 7 34 Management 1 15 18 17 Journalism 0 12 5 11 Mass Media 0 7 4 165 Administration and Governance 5 67 93 10 Others 0 5 5 Grand Total 11 157 173 341 •

9. A list of existing 8 Central Information Commissioners (1 CIC and 7 ICs) as per their field of excellence is at Annexure-Ill.

10. 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 its judgement dated 03.09.2013, inter-alia, gave the following directions:-

(1) 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, 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.

11. PMO has approved constitution of Search Committee for short-listing a panel of names for the post of Information Commissioners and Chief Information Commission in Central Information Commission as under:- • (i) Cabinet Secretary - Chairman (ii) Addl Principal Secretary to PM Member (iii) Secretary (Personnel) Member (iv) Secretary (l&B) - Member (v) - Member (vi) - Member

12. During the last round of selection Search Committee had shortlisted 3 candidates against the post of Chief Information Commissioner and 9 candidates against 3 posts of Information Commissioner. The Search committee had decided that 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 / private persons be obtained before placing the recommendations of the Search Committee to the Selection Committee. As per the earlier procedure, the Search Committee would empanel the names of suitable persons to the Selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister for selection of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner(s) in the Central Information Commission. •

Annexure - II

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 S.No. Name Date of receipt Mode Applied for the post of 1 V Venkata Ramana 14.10.2015/19.10.2015 email/mail Information Commissioner 2 Saroj Parmar 15.10.2015 email Information Commissioner 3 Sanjay Kumar Srivastava 13.10.2015 mail Both 4 Nihar Ranjan Dash 13.10.2015 mail Both 5 Hidayatullah Khan 14.10.2015 mail Information Commissioner S Annexure - Ill

Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in CIC

SI.No. Name Field of Excellence

1. Shri Vijai Sharma Administration IAS, UP Chief Information Commissioner

2. Shri Basant Seth Management Banker 3. Shri Yashovardhan Azad Administration IPS, M.P. 4. Shri Sharat Sabharwal Administration IFS 5. Ms. Manjula Prasher Administration IPoS 6. Shri M.A. Khan Yusufi Law ILS 7. Shri Madabhusi Sridhar Acharyulu Law Professor, Law 8. Shri Sudhir Bhargava Administration IAS, RJ oarv,,,f,o(DAAit6.-e

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 27th October, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDAM el nil: "F

Subject: Appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission.

Reference is invited to this Department's Meeting Notice of even number dated 26.10.2015 on the above mentioned subject (copy enclosed).

2. Hon'ble Prime Minister has approved the reconstitution of Search Committee for shortlisting the panel for selection to the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners as under:

(i) Cabinet Secretary Chairman (ii) Additional Principal Secretary to PM Member (iii) Secretary (Personnel) Member (iv) Secretary (I&B) Member (v) Secretary (Expenditure) Member (vi) Dr. Manoj Panda, Institute of Economic Member Growth, Delhi University

3. The date, time and venue of the meeting as communicated on 26th October, 2015 will remain the same.

Encl: As above.

(G.S. Arora) Deputy Secretary(IR) Ph. No. 23092755

Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Additional Principal Secretary to PM, Prime Minister's Officer, South Block, New Delhi.

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SIN DO • 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 26th October, 2015

Meeting Notice

2. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Encl: As above. c\ (G.S. Arora) Deputy Secretary (IR) 2309 2755

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PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

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Subject: Appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in Central Information Commission.

Reference is invited to DoPT's note dated 15.10.2015 at page 8-16/N of file No. 4/2/2015-IR (Pt.1) on the subject cited above.

2. Prime Minister has approved the re-constitution of the Search Committee for shortlisting the panel for selection to the post of Central Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners as under:

3. DoPT's file/folder No. 4/2/2015-IR (Pt.1) is returned herewith.

V. Sheshadri) Director Tel. No. 2301 3485

Secretary, Department of Personn I & Training PMO ID no. : 600/52/C/1/2015-ES Dated. 26.10.2015

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The meeting of the Search Committee scheduled to be held on 29th October, 2015 at 05:30 p.m. is postponed and will be held on 2nd November at 05:30 p.m. in the Committee Room, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan.

2. All the members of the Committee may please be requested to attend the meeting.

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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 he sitting on this Committee as a Member. I would, therefore, like to recuse myself from this exercise. This may kindly be permitted. Y

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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 27th October, 2015

Meeting Notice

2. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Encl: As above.

(G.S. Arora) Deputy Secretary (IR) 2309 2755

1. Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. Additional Principal Secretary to PM, Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi. 3. Secretary (Personnel), D/o 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.

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INDEX

AGENDA NOTES (Page 1-4)

LIST OF APPLICANTS ANNEXURE —1

(Page 5-67)

LIST OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE ANNEXURE — II CUT-OFF DATE (Page 68)

PRESENT INCUMBENCY POSITION OF ANNEXURE— III CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION (Page 69)

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Appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission.

(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. (Hon'ble Prime Minister has approved nomination of Union Finance Minister in the Selection Committee vide PMO ID note No.600/52/C/1/2015-ES-2 dated 28.08.2015).

4. As per the past policy, the Chief Information Commissioner be appointed through the process of advertisement, short listing by Search Committee and recommendations of Committee chaired by Prime Minister and the process for selecting more (up to 3) Information Commissioners may also be initiated so that the Commission is constituted in full strength. The procedure for selection of Information Commissioner includes advertising the post, short listing by a Search Committee and such short-listed panel to be placed before the Selection Committee for its consideration.

8. The category-wise distribution of these applications is as under:-

Category No. of applications CIC IC Both Total 52 Law 2 26 24 Science & Technology 2 11 17 30 22 Social Service 1 14 7 34 Management 1 15 18 17 Journalism 0 12 5 11 Mass Media 0 7 4 165 Administration and Governance 5 67 93 10 Others 0 5 5 Grand Total 11 157 173 341 9. A list of existing 8 Central Information Commissioners (1 CIC and 7 ICs) as per their field of excellence is at Annexure-Ill.

(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.

3 (I) Cabinet Secretary Chairman (ii) Addl Principal Secretary to PM Member (iii) Secretary (Personnel) Member (iv) Secretary (l&B) Member (v) Secretary (Expenditure) Member (vi) Dr. Manoj Panda (Director) Member Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University

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

1 A.V. Dattatreya Rao Both 2 Ram Narain Singh Both 3 Divya Prakash Sinha Both 4 Sada Shiv Bajpai Both 5 A Sundara Moorthy 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 Shankar Mishra Both 11 Acharya Ankit 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 Chand Goyal Information Commissioner 20 Amar Prasad Both 21 Amit Kumar Roy Information Commissioner 22 Amitava Bhattacharyya Both 23 Anand Vardhan Sinha Both 24 Anil Bhikaji Joshi Information Commissioner 25 Anil Kumar Both 26 Anil Kumar Information Commissioner 27 Anil Kumar Both 28 Anil Kumar Sharma Both 29 Anil Kumar Singh Both 30 Anirudh Rai Information Commissioner 31 Anita Agnihotri Information Commissioner 32 Anita Gupta Information Commissioner 33 Anshu Tyagi Information Commissioner 34 Anup K Pujari Both 35 Anupam Mishra Both 36 Anuradha Verma Information Commissioner 37 Archana Datta (nee Mukhopadhyay) Both 38 Arun Chaudhary Both 39 Arun Kumar Jain Both 40 Arun Kumar Jha Both 41 Arun Kumar Misra Both 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

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 69 Bhulan Sharma Information Commissioner 70 Bhupesh Garg Information Commissioner 71 Bimal Julka Both 72 Bimal Kanti Sahu Information Commissioner 73 Bindu Both 74 Binod Kumar Singh Information Commissioner 75 Braham Swaroop Agrawal Information Commissioner 76 Brij Bhushan Bhatia Information Commissioner 77 Brij Mohan Dimri Information Commissioner 78 Brijendra Kumar Sanwariya Information Commissioner 79 C.M. Tom Manohar Both 80 Chandra Bhushan Paliwal Information Commissioner 81 Chandra Mohan Meena Information Commissioner 82 Chinna Kulandai Arumugam Information Commissioner 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 D S Manhas Both 84 D. Diptivilasa Both 85 D.K. Sharma Information Commissioner 86 Debnath Shaw Information Commissioner 87 Deepak Kumar Both 88 Deshmukh Sudhakar Vishnu Information Commissioner 89 Devender Singh Information Commissioner 90 Devendra Kumar Pathak Information Commissioner 91 Devendra Singhai Both 92 Devendra Swaroop Saksena Both 93 Dileep Kumar Gupta Dinkar Both 94 Dinesh Kumar Gupta Both 95 Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta Information Commissioner 96 Dr. B. Ramaswamy Both 97 Dr. K. Sundar Naik Information Commissioner 98 Dr. Katta Venkata Rama Krishna Both 99 Dr. Parvinder Sohi Behuria Both 100 Dr. R. Vivekanandan Information Commissioner 101 Dr. Tek Chand Kaushik 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 G a uta m Dey Both 110 Giridhari Mohanty Both 111 Girija Sankar Patnaik Both 112 Gokul Prasad Patwa Both 113 Gopal Krishna Both 114 Govind Singh Information Commissioner 115 Gurdial Singh Sandhu Both 116 Gurugubelli Suryaprakasa Rao Both 117 Harbhajan Singh Both 118 Hare Krushna Dash Both 119 Harendra Gupta Information Commissioner 120 Hari Om Maratha Both 121 Hari Shanker Singh Information Commissioner 122 Hari Vallabh Sharma Both 123 Harinder Bansi Information Commissioner 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

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 151 Kumod Kumar Thakur Information Commissioner 152 Kushal Khare Information Commissioner 153 L.C. Goyal Information Commissioner 154 Lalatendu Dikhit Information Commissioner 155 Lamba Ricky Information Commissioner 156 Lipika Majumdar Roy Choudhury Both 157 Lov Verma Both 158 M. Naveen kumar Information Commissioner 159 M. Aniruthan Both 160 M. Devadass Both 161 M. Killivalavan Information Commissioner 162 M. Madan Babu Both 163 M. Sridhar Acharyulu Chief Information Commissioner 164 M.A. Khan Yusufi Chief Information Commissioner 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

165 M.N. Krishnamurthy Both 166 M.S. Raghavan Both 167 Madhav Lal Both 168 Madhav Prasad Dwedi Information Commissioner 169 Mahender Kumar Sharma Information Commissioner 170 Maj. Gen.P. S. Rathore Both 171 Malay Mukherjee Information Commissioner 172 Manish Kumar Both 173 Manish Rajendrakumar Visa Both 174 Manoj Kumar Both 175 Masood Ali Information Commissioner 176 Mastan Vali Shaik Information Commissioner 177 MD Khurshid Ansari Both 178 Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain Both 179 Mohammed Afzal Information Commissioner 180 Mohammed Fayazuddin Farooqui Both 181 Mohan Lal 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 Siva Prasad Information Commissioner 190 N Shankar Information Commissioner 191 N. Ramalingam Information Commissioner 192 N.V.L.N. Prasaad Both 193 Nagesh M. Mugadur Information Commissioner 194 Nandan Dube Both 195 Nandita Chatterjee Information Commissioner 196 Narender Kumar Tuli Both 197 Navneet Kumar Gupta Both 198 Navneet Rajan Wasan Information Commissioner 199 Nilanjan Sanyal Both 200 Nisheeth M. Misra Both 201 Nivedita P. Haran Both 202 Om Prakash Singh Malik Both 203 P. Kushwaha Information Commissioner 204 P. Manimekalai Both 205 P. V. Jeyanthi Aiyengar Information Commissioner 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

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 Devi 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 235 R.Kannan Both 236 Rajak Khan Haidar Both 237 Rajarshi Bhattacharya Both 238 Rajinder Kumar Both 239 Rajiv Kumar Khare Information Commissioner 240 Rajiva Ranjan Verma Both 241 Rakesh Raj Sharma Information Commissioner 242 Ramadevi S Information Commissioner 243 Ramesh Chandra Padhi Information Commissioner 244 Ramesh Kumar Khanna Both 245 Ramesh Sharma Information Commissioner 246 Ramji LaI Meena Information Commissioner 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

247 Ranbir Singh Information Commissioner 248 Ranglal Jamuda Information Commissioner 249 Ranjit Kumar Mohanty Information Commissioner 250 Ravi Kant Chopra Both 251 Ravi Prabhat Information Commissioner 252 Ravi R. Tripathi Both 253 Ravinder Kumar Jain Both 254 Ravindra Kumar Maheshwari Chief Information Commissioner 255 Ravindra Singh Both 256 Roshan Lal Bhagat Both 257 S. Brindha Information Commissioner 258 S. Khaja Syed Shahul Hameed Both 259 S. Muhnot Information Commissioner 260 S. Ravichandran Both 261 S. Srinivasan Both 262 S.M. Khan Information Commissioner 263 Sadhana Dikshit Information Commissioner 264 Sadhu Ram Bansal Both 265 Sandhya Baliga Information Commissioner 266 Sangita Gairola Both 267 Sanjay Kumar Panda Both 268 Sanjay Kumar Verma Both 269 Sanjiv Krishan Sood Information Commissioner 270 Sant Lal Jha Suman Information Commissioner 271 Satish Chandra Jha Information Commissioner 272 Satya Prakash Information Commissioner 273 Shanti Swaroop Verma Both 274 Sharad Kumar Both 275 Sharat Sa bharwa I Chief Information Commissioner 276 Shashikant Tiwari Information Commissioner 277 Shirish Chandra Pandey Information Commissioner 278 Shivayya Swa my Information Commissioner 279 Siramdasu Nagarjuna Rao Information Commissioner 280 Srinivas Bhoosarapu Both 281 Srinivas Madhav Both 282 Srinivas Mantha Information Commissioner 283 Stanley Coutinho Both 284 Subhash Dhuliya Information Commissioner 285 Subhash Goyal Information Commissioner 286 Subodh Kumar Gupta Both 287 Sudha Ulaga Oli Both 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

288 Sudhanshu Shekhar Khan 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 Sukh Lal Information Commissioner 295 Sukhbir Singh Malik Both 296 Sukhraj Singh Both 297 Sulabh Kumar Jain Both 298 Suman Saxena Both 299 Sunil Kumar Both 300 Suraj Singh Information Commissioner 301 Surendra Kumar Yadav Both 302 Suresh Kumar Choudhary Information Commissioner 303 Suresh M. Ramchandani Both 304 Surinder Kumar Information Commissioner 305 Surjit K Chaudhary Both 306 Sushil Gupta Information Commissioner 307 Sushma Vishwanath Dabak Both 308 Syamal Kumar Sarkar Information Commissioner 309 T. Radha Krishnan Both 310 T.R. Sivaramakrishnan Both 311 Tapan Kumar Bhattacharyya Both 312 Tarun Kumar Majumder Both 313 Tejinder Singh . Information Commissioner 314 Teki Suresh Kumar Both 315 Uday Kumar Varma Both 316 Uma Kant Mishra Information Commissioner 317 V Balasubramanian Both 318 V. M. Xavier Chrisso Nayagam Information Commissioner 319 V. Murali Information Commissioner 320 V. Seetha Rama Avadhani Both 321 V.K. Bajaj Information Commissioner 322 V.N. Wakpanjar Information Commissioner 323 V.Sekar Information Commissioner 324 Vandana Srivastava Information Commissioner 325 Vidya Sagar Shukla Information Commissioner 326 Vijay Kumar Singh Information Commissioner 327 Vijay Pratap Singh Information Commissioner 328 Vijay Singh Both List of applicants who had applied against the advertisment dated 9.9.2015 or the posts of Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner and Both

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

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 Information Commissioner 336 Vishwapati Trivedi Both 337 Vivek Varshey Information Commissioner 338 Yalamanchili Venkateswara Rao Information Commissioner 339 Yashovardhan Azad Chief Information Commissioner 340 Zeeshana Khan Information Commissioner 341 Zishan Ali Information Commissioner •

Annexure - Ill

Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in CIC

SI.No. Name Field of Excellence

1. Shri Vijai Sharma Administration IAS, UP Chief Information Commissioner

2. Shri Basant Seth Management Banker 3. Shri Yashovardhan Azad Administration IPS, M.P. 4. Shri Sharat Sabharwal Administration IFS 5. Ms. Manjula Prasher Administration IPoS 6. Shri M.A. Khan Yusufi Law I LS 7. Shri Madabhusi Sridhar Acharyulu Law Professor, Law 8. Shri Sudhir Bhargava Administration IAS, RJ / -c cs- 11.299U1 rs- 3e("Ift O'2111) 1r- CONFIDENTIAL No. 8/49/2015-CS (A) CABINET SECRETARIAT

Subject: Selection to the post of CIC and Information Commissioners, Central Information Commission -reg.

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Meeting Notice

Reference notice dated 26th and 27th October, 2015 regarding meeting of the Search Committee.

Meeting of the Search Committee for recommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, scheduled to be held on 02.11.2015 at 5.30 p.m under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, has been postponed and will now be held on 5.11.2015 (Thursday) at 7.00 p.m. The venue and agenda of the meeting will remain same.

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Subject: Selection to the post of CIC and Information Commissioners, Central Information Commission -reg.

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2. All the members of the committee may please be requested to attend the meeting.

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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 4th November, 2015

Meeting Notice

Reference notice dated 2nd November, 2015 regarding meeting of the Search Committee.

Meeting of the Search Committee for recommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, scheduled to be held on 5.11.2015 (Thursday) at 7.00 P.M. under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, has been postponed and will now be held on 10.11.2015 (Tuesday) at 11.30 A.M. The venue and agenda of the meeting will remain same.

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The meeting of the Selection Committee on the above mentioned subject scheduled for 11:30 A.M. on 10th November, 2015 is rescheduled and will now be held at 06:00 P.M. on 10th November, 2015, in the Committee Room, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi

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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 9th November, 2015

Meeting Notice

Reference notice dated 4th November, 2015 regarding meeting of the Search Committee.

Meeting of the Search Committee for recommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, scheduled to be held on 10.11.2015 at 11.30 A.M. under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, will now be held on 10.11.2015 (Tuesday) at 6.00 P.M. The venue and agenda of the meeting will remain same.

2. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

(G.S. Arora) Deputy Secretary (IR) 2309 2755

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Subject: Reconstitution of Search Committee for selection of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in Central Information Commission.

Reference is invited to DoPT's note dated 03.11.2015 at page 21/N of file No. 4/2/2015-IR on the subject cited above.

2. The undersigned is directed to convey that the present Search Committee may complete the shortlisting process.

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Subject:- Re-constitution of Search Committee for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner / Information Commissioners in CIC - regarding

The undersigned is directed to refer to your D.O. letter No.233/Secy(I&B)/2015 dated 30.10.2015 addressed to Secretary DoPT on the subject mentioned above.

2. The matter was taken up with Prime Minister's Office for consideration. PMO vide their ID No.600/52/C/1/2015-ES.2 dated 06.11.2015 has decided that the present Search Committee will complete the shortlisting process.

3. It is, therefore, requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the above meeting.

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Shri Sunil Arora (IAS), Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

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Subject: Selection to the post of CIC and Information Commissioners, Central Information Commission -reg.

Next Meeting of the Search Committee on the above mentioned subject is scheduled to be held at 06:00 P.M. on 16th November, 2015 in the Committee Room, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi

2. All the members of the committee may please be requested to attend the meeting.

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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 12th November, 2015

Meeting Notice

Reference notice dated 9th November, 2015 regarding meeting of the Search Committee.

2. The Second meeting of Search Committee for recommending panel of names to the Selection Committee for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission will be held on 16.11.2015 (Monday) at 6 P.M. under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan. The agenda of the meeting will remain same.

3. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

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Minutes of the meetings of the Search Committee held on 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015 for shortlisting persons for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and one post of Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission

Present: Shri P.K. Sinha, Cabinet Secretary ....In Chair Shri P.K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to PM Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Personnel) Shri Ratan P. Watal, Secretary (Expenditure) Dr. Manoj Panda, Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University

The Search Committee was informed that Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, a member of the Committee has sought to recuse himself.

2. The Search Committee was informed that as per Section 12(2) (a) of the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission shall consist of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and as per Section 12(2)(b) of the RTI Act, the 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. Shri Vijay Sharma, CIC will complete his tenure on 01.12.2015 (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 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) on 09.09.2015 and advertisement was published in The Hindu, Times of India (English) and Dainik Bhaskar and Hindustan (Hindi) in all their editions in India on 09.09.2015. The last date for receipt of applications was 12.10.2015. A total of 341 applications (11 for CIC, 157 for IC and 173 for both posts of CIC and IC) had been received by the last date (the details of the 341 applications are at Annexure II). 4. The Committee was further informed that High Court of Delhi vide its • judgment dated 06.11.2015 has 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 which is likely to arise w.e.f 02.12.2015.

5. The opinion of Attorney General was sought in the matter. The Committee was informed that as per Attorney General's opinion (Annexure- III), an SLP is to be preferred only with regard to direction at para 4 (i) above and no challenge is required with regard to direction at para 4 (ii) as it is in order.

6. With a view to shortlisting the candidates, the Committee deliberated upon the eligibility and suitability of each candidate in terms of their eminence and experience in the categories mentioned in Section 12(5) of the RTI Act. The Committee decided that 5 applications received late after due date i.e. 12.10.2015 shall not be considered.

7. After detailed deliberations, the Committee shortlisted the following applicants (in alphabetical order of surname) for the post of CIC:

S.No. Name (Shri) Remarks 1. R.K. Mathur, IAS He is a retired IAS officer, who worked as (Retired) Defence Secretary, Government of India for two (TR:1977) years. He has more than 35 years of (DoB:25.11.1953) experience in the field of administration and governance. His educational qualification includes B.Tech., M.Tech. and MBA. Other prominent posts held by him include Secretary in Department of Defence Production, Secretary in Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in Government of India. In addition he also has a vast administrative experience ttO working as Chief Secretary in Government of • Tripura and Principal Secretary in the State in the Departments of Agriculture, Rural Development, Finance and Personnel. 2. Sh. Arun Kumar He is a retired IAS officer with more than 37 Misra, IAS years of experience in Administration and (Retired) Governance. His educational qualification (UP:1976) includes B.Sc. (Hons) in Maths and MA (DoB:28.02.1954) (History). He is also a Humphrey Fellow from American University, Washington DC. He has worked as Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India for around three years. He has also worked as Senior Advisor/Principal Advisor, Energy in Planning Commission of India. In addition, he has a vast experience of working in Government of Uttar Pradesh in Ministries/Departments like Power, Agriculture, Health, Education, Urban Development and Planning. 3. Basant Seth He is serving as Information Commissioner in (DoB:16.02.1952) Central Information Commission since 01.03.2012. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Post Graduate Diploma in Bank Management with 37 years of experience in the field of banking management, finance and administrative matters. He has worked as a whole time Director in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for more than two years and as Chairman & Managing Director of Syndicate Bank from 31.08.2009 to 28.02.2012.

8. Since the name of Shri Basant Seth who is serving as IC has also been shortlisted by the Search Committee for the post of CIC, it shortlisted e the following applicants (in alphabetical order of surname) for the post of IC (this may be utilized in case Shri Seth is recommended by the Selection Committee for the post of CIC):

S.No. Name (Shri/Ms) Remarks 1. Bhim Sain Bassi, Presently, he is working as Commissioner of IPS (UT:1977) Police, Delhi. He possesses more than 35 (DoB:20.02.1956) years of experience in Policing and Public Administration. His educational qualification includes 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. Bimal Julka, IAS He retired as Secretary, M/o Information and (Retired) Broadcasting in Government of India. He has (MP:1979) more than 35 years of experience in (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. 3. Vijaya Moorthy, She retired as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor IA&AS (Retired) General (Defence, Railways and (1978) Communication) with more than 36 years of (DoB:09.02.1954) experience in audit and accounts. She has done MA in History and BA (Hons.) in History. She has worked as Additional Comptroller and Auditor General, Principal Accountant General and Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor in Lok Sabha Secretariat. 4. Anup K Pujari, Presently, he is working as Secretary, Ministry IAS (KN:1980) of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in (DoB: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 qualification includes 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 Joint Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs for about four years, Director General of Foreign Trade and Secretary in Department of Mines. 5. Syamal Kumar He retired as Secretary, Department of Sarkar, IAS Personnel and Training with 35 years of (Retired) experience in Administration, Governance, (WB: 1979) Implementation and Propagation of RTI. His (DoB:18.07.1954) educational qualifications include M.Sc. (Physics) and PhD. He is a distinguished fellow of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). It 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. 6. 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.

9. 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.

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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: 30th November, 2015

Meeting Notice

The process for selection for the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission was initiated by issuing an advertisement on 09.09.2015. Meeting of the Selection Committee, headed by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, for recommending names for appointment to the above posts has to be convened to finalise the candidates.

2. Efforts were made by the Government to convene the meeting of Selection Committee on 27.11.2015, 3.12.2015, 4.12.2015 and 5.12.2015 but could not materialize due to unforeseen circumstances.

3. The meeting of the Selection Committee has been convened under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 11.12.2015 (Friday) at 4.00 P.M. The Agenda of the meeting is enclosed.

4. The venue of the meeting will be intimated shortly.

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

evesh Chaturvedi) Joint Secretary Te1.2309 4398

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110 011 CONFIDENTIAL

F.No. 41212015-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated: 30th November, 2015

Meeting Notice

2. Efforts were made by the Government to convene the meeting of Selection Committee on 27.11.2015, 3.12.2015, 4.12.2015 and 5.12.2015 but could not materialize due to unforeseen circumstances.

3. The meeting of the Selection Committee has been convened under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 11.12.2015 (Friday) at 4.00 P.M. The Agenda of the meeting is enclosed. The venue of the meeting will be intimated shortly.

4. Kindly apprise the Hon'ble Finance Minister to make it convenient to attend the meeting.

(Devesh Chaturvedi) Joint Secretary TeI.2309 4398

P.S. to Minister of Finance, Government of India.

Copy to:

1. Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Prime Minister 2. P.S. to MoS(PP) 3.PSO to Secretary(P) Pages 154 - 169 has vigilance clearance related papers. Exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1) (j) of the

RTI Act, 2005. CONFIDENTIAL

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: 9th December, 2015

Meeting Notice

Reference is invited towards this Department's Meeting Notice of even No. dated 30th November, 2015 for selection of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission through which it was intimated that the meeting of the Selection Committee will be convened under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 11.12.2015 (Friday) at 4.00 P.M. The Agenda of the meeting was also enclosed with that meeting notice.

2. The aforesaid meeting will be held in Room No. PH 10, Parliament House, New Delhi.

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PS to Minister of Finance, Government of India with the request to apprise the 6/c 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) I?

CONFIDENTIAL

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: 9th December, 2015

Meeting Notice

2. The aforesaid meeting will be held in Room No. PH 10, Parliament House, New Delhi.

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

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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110 011

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AGENDA NOTE FOR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE POST OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND INFORMATION COMMISSIONER IN THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Date: 11.12.2015, Time: 4.00 P.M.

1. Introduction

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 7 Information Commissioners. The current constitution of the CIC is at Annexure-'I'.

2. Rule and Legal position

2.1 The Rule position with respect to qualification, tenure etc. of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner is at Annexure - 'II'.

2.2 Constitution of the Committee

Section 12 (3) of the Act stipulates that the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of a Committee. The Committee has now been constituted with the following composition: (May kindly see the details at Annexure 'II')

i. The Prime Minister who shall be the Chairman of the committee, 6. Leader of single Largest Party in opposition in Lok Sabha (Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, INC). iii. The Union Finance Minister (Shri Arun Jaitley).

2.3 Hon'ble Supreme Court in its judgement dated 03.09.2013 in a Review Petition filed by Union of India against Hon'ble Supreme Court judgement dated 13.09.2012 in Namit Sharma case gave certain directions for making appointments to the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information

1 Commissioners. The operative part of the judgement is placed at Annexure- For the sake of emphasis, few 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 Commissioner or 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 is made.

3 Search Procedure

3.1 A Circular dated 9.9.2015 seeking 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 Times of India in English, Dainik Bhaskar and Hindustan in Hindi in all its edition in India on 9.9.2015. The last date of receiving applications was 12.10.2015.

3.2 A total of 341 applications (11 for CIC, 157 for IC and 173 for both posts of CIC and IC) had been received by the last date for the posts of CIC and ICs. The details of the 341 applications with particulars in a tabular form are at Annexure IV and Annexure V.

3.3 It is pertinent to mention that in the last process for selection of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners initiated on 17.02.2014, a writ Petition(C) 3386 was filed by R.K. Jain & ors. v/s Union of India in Public Interest under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before High Court of Delhi. After hearing both the sides on 21.5.2015, the Hon'ble Court reserved the matter for orders. Meanwhile the process of selection 2

• initiated in February, 2014 was concluded with appointment of Mr. Vijai Sharma as Chief Information Commissioner on 10.06.2015 and Shri Sudhir Bhargava as Information Commissioner on 11.06.2015.

3.4 The case was re-notified for hearing on 09.10.2015. After hearing the arguments, the Court has pronounced its order on 6.11.2015 in WP(C) 3386 (Annexure-VI) and has given following directions:

(i) The selection process that had 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 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. 02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner which is likely to arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015.

3.5 Opinion of Learned AG has been obtained with regard to direction of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi as mentioned at para 2.3 (i)&(ii) above and Ld. AG has opined that an SLP may be preferred only in regard to direction (i) since direction (ii) is in order and no challenge is required (Annexure - VII). • 4. Search Committee and shortlisting of candidates 4.1 Prime Minister on 26.10.2015 had 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 D/o Expenditure - Member (vi) Dr. Manoj Panda - Member Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University

3 4.2 The Search Committee met on 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015 to take note of the agenda to fill up the post of Chief Information Commissioner. Search Committee shortlisted candidates for the post of Chief Information Commissioner keeping in view the direction of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi dated 6.11.2015 and legal opinion of Ld. AG in the matter. In the said meetings, The Committee, after detailed deliberations, shortlisted applicants for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and also shortlisted the names of applicants for the post of Information Commissioner to be used in case the existing Information Commissioner's name is recommended by the Selection Committee for the post of Chief Information Commissioner. The copy of the minutes of the Search Committee meetings dated 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015 is annexed as Annexure - 'VIII'.

4.3 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.

5. Shortlisted applicants

5.1 The Search Committee shortlisted the following applicants, in alphabetical order of surname, for the post of Chief Information Commissioner:

(i) Shri R. K. Mathur, Retired IAS (MT:77) (ii) Shri Arun Kumar Misra, Retired IAS (UP:76) I (iii) Shri Basant Seth, Incumbent Information Commissioner since 1.3.2012

5.2 Similarly, the Committee shortlisted the following applicants, in alphabetical order of surname, for the post of Information Commissioner (in case the existing Information Commissioner's name is recommended by the Selection Committee for the post of CIC):

(i) Shri Bhim Sain Bassi, IPS (AGMUT:77) (ii) Shri Bimal Julka, Retired IAS (MP:79) (iii) Ms. Vijaya Moorthy, Retired IA&AS (78) (iv) Shri Anup K Pujari, IAS (Karnataka:80) (v) Shri Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Retired IAS (WB:79) (vi) Shri Ravi R. Tripathi, Retired Judge, Gujarat High Court 4 6. The bio-data of the shortlisted persons for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner are at Annexure — `IX'. The bio- data of all the other candidates would be placed before the Selection Committee at the time of the meeting.

7. The IB inputs/Vigilance status in respect of shortlisted applicants shall be placed before the Selection Committee at the time of meeting.

8. The agenda note is submitted for kind consideration of the Selection Committee. The Committee may kindly recommend names of candidates for one post of Chief Information Commissioner and the post of Information Commissioner(in case the existing Information Commissioner's name is recommended by the Selection Committee for the post of CIC), in the Central Information Commission for appointment by the President of India.

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Annexure - I

Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in CIC illSI.No. Name Date of Birth Date of Date of Field of Appointment completion Excellence of tenure

1. Shri Vijai Sharma 02.12.1950 10.06.2015 01.12.2015 Administration IAS, UP Chief Information Commissioner (IC from 01.03.2012 to 09.06.2015) 2. Shri Basant Seth 16.02.1952 01.03.2012 15.02.2017 Management Banker 3. Shri Yashvardhan Azad 12.03.1954 22.12.2013 21.12.2018 Administration IPS, M.P. 4. Shri Sharat Sabharwal 23.09.1952 22.12.2013 22.09.2017 Administration IFS 5. Ms. Manjula Prasher 16.01.1953 22.12.2013 15.01.2018 Administration IPoS 6. Shri M.A. Khan Yusufi 01.01.1952 22.12.2013 31.12.2016 Law 111 ILS 7. Shri Madabhusi Sridhar Acharyulu 10.01.1956 22.12.2013 21.12.2018 Law Professor, Law 8. Shri Sudhir Bhargava 12.01.1955 11.06.2015 11.01.2020 Administration IAS, RJ

Annexure - II

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

1. Section 12(3) of the RTI Act;- The Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners are appointed by the President on the recommendation of a Committee consisting of - i. The Prime Minister; ii. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha ; and iii. A Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister

Explanation.—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 RTI Act.

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

2. Section 12 (5) of the RTI Act;- 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.

3. Section 12(6) of the RTI Act;- The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of Legislature of any state or Union Territory or hold any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business or pursuing any profession. 4. Section 13(1) of the RTI Act;- 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 RTI Act;- 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.

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Operative part in the Judgement of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the Review Petition (C) 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 Parliament or Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory, as the case may be, or a person holding any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business or pursuing any profession from being considered for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner or 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 Legislature of 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 business or pursue any profession during the period he functions as Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner.

(iii) 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.

(iv) 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 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 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 is made.

(vi) We also direct that wherever Chief Information Commissioner is of 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 Commissioner who has wide knowledge and experience in the field of law. Pages 181 - 275 detailed particular of applicants. Exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1) (j) of the RTI Act,

2005. However, a list of names of applicant is given IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI 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. 0. 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 UOI. 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 CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW

JUDGMENT

• G.ROHINI, CHIEF JUSTICE

1. This petition as a Public Interest Litigation, is filed alleging inaction on the part of the respondents in filling up the vacancies of Chief Information Commissioner and three Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission and contending that the same has frustrated the very object of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short `RTI Act').

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

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3. As per Section 12 of the RTI Act which provides for constitution of Central Information Commission, the Central Information Commission shall consist of the Chief Information Commissioner and such number of Central Information Commissioners not exceeding 10 as may be deemed necessary.

4. As against the total sanctioned strength of Information Commissioners of 10, by the date of filing of the petition on 06.04.2015, three posts were lying vacant for the past one year in addition to the post of Chief Information Commissioner which was lying vacant since 23.08.2014.

5. It is explained by the Under Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India in his affidavit dated 09.04.2015 that an advertisement was published on 28.02.2014 in two English newspapers and one Hindi newspaper inviting applications for filling up two posts of Information Commissioners that were lying vacant by that time and in response to the same, 293 applications were received. The Search Committee which met on 21.04.2014 considered the applications and recommended panels for consideration of the Selection Committee constituted under Section 12(3) of the RTI Act. Even before the Selection Committee could meet, one of the Central Information Commissioners • (Shri Rajeev Mathur) was elevated to the post of Chief Information Commissioner on 22.05.2014 and thus one more vacancy of the Central Information Commissioner arose. Therefore, a fresh advertisement was issued on 16.07.2014 inviting applications making it clear that those who have applied earlier in response to the earlier advertisement need not apply afresh. In pursuance thereof, 260 fresh applications were received by the last date i.e. 19.08.2014. Thus, the total applications received were 553

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(293+260). While so, the tenure of the Chief Information Commissioner (Shri Rajeev Mathur) expired on 22.08.2014 and thus the post of CIC also fell vacant. On 24.10.2014, a Circular was posted on the website of Department of Personnel and Training inviting applications for the post of CIC and in response to the same a total number of 203 applications were received. It was further stated that the Search Committee met twice on 16.01.2015 and 06.02.2015 to shortlist the applicants for the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners respectively and that the selection would be made by the Selection Committee as provided under Section 12(3) of the RTI Act after the 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:

"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.

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/6 7 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.

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8. After we have reserved the judgment on 21.05.2015, the petitioners filed a fresh application being CM No.20965/2015 bringing to the notice of this court that on 08.06.2015 the senior most Information Commissioner by name Shri Vijay Sharma was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner and in the vacancy arose, Shri Sudhir Bhargava was appointed as the Information Commissioner. While pointing out that the three vacancies of Information Commissioners have not been filled up so far, it is further stated that the Department of P&T has issued a fresh Circular dated 09.09.2015 inviting applications for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners. Contending that the said Circular dated 09.09.2015 is nothing but an attempt to delay the entire process of appointment of the Information Commissioners against the existing 3 vacancies, the petitioners sought a direction to forthwith appoint the remaining three Information Commissioners in CIC and to set aside the Circular dated 09.09.2015.

9. The learned counsel for the petitioners Shri Prashant Bhushan submitted that the Circular dated 09.09.2015 is bad firstly for the reason that despite the pendency of the present writ petition, the respondent failed to take the leave of this court to put up a fresh Circular inviting applications and secondly there is no reason to terminate the process of selection that was already initiated on 25.02.2014. It is also contended that the Circular dated 09.09.2015 is absolutely vague and did not even disclose the number of vacancies intended to be filled up.

10. The Circular dated 09.09.2015 issued by the Department of Personnel and Training reads as under:

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"F.No.4/2/2015 —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 7)o 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 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

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02.05.2015, the vigilance clearance was sought from the respective Cadre Controlling Authority in respect of shortlisted serving officers and inputs from the Intelligence Bureau in respect of retired officers. We have taken note of the fact that during the pendency of the writ petition, the vacancy of Chief Information Commissioner has been filled up and one Information Commissioner has been appointed in the fresh vacancy that arose. That being so, we are unable to understand as to why the Respondents have again issued a fresh notification dated 09.09.2015. • 12. However, the list of the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners holding office as of today, furnished by the learned Standing Counsel for Central Government, reflects that the tenure of one of the Information Commissioners out of seven would expire on 31.12.2016 and the others have a long tenure of more than two years. As is evident, there is no likelihood of any vacancy of Information Commissioner in near future. However, the Chief Information Commissioner's tenure will be completed on 01.12.2015. In case one of the serving Information Commissioners is appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner in the vacancy that would arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015, one more vacancy of the Information Commissioner is likely to arise. •

13. In these circumstances, instead of setting aside the Notification dated 09.09.2015, we consider it appropriate to issue the following directions: (i) The selection process that has already been commenced vide Notifications dated 25.02.2014 and 16.07.2014 shall be finalized within six weeks from today and the three vacancies of Information Commissioners existing as of today shall be

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

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

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Perused the file and the judgement of the Delhi High Court dated 6.11.2015 in R.K. Jain & Anr. Vs. U01 & Anr. (WP 3386/2015).

2. The Public Interest WP was disposed of with the following two directions:

The selection process that has already been commenced vide Notifications dt. 25.2.2014 and 16.7.2014 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 dt. 9.9.2015 shall be confined for selection and appointment of the CIC in the vacancy that would arise w.e.f. 02.12.2015 and one Information Commissioner which is likely to arise w.e.f. 0.12.2015.

3. I have discussed the matter with the Secretary, DoPT and other officers of the Ministry. In so far as the direction (ii) is concerned, it is clear to me that appointment of CICI pursuant to Circular dt. 9/9/2015, which vacancy will arise on 2/12/2015, ought to be carried out and no challenge ought to be made to the Supreme Court. Thus, the selection of CIC should go ahead and appointment order ought to be issued in a regular manner and wold not be subject to the result of any challenge which may be made by the Government.

4. A controversy has arisen in regard to the latter part of direction (ii) relating to the vacancy of one I.C. which is likely to arise w.e.f. 2/12/2015. I am informed that no current I.C. is likely to retire on 2/12/2015 or immediately thereafter. The said direction seems to be based on the fact that if a current I.C. is appointed as CIC then a consequent vacancy would arise in the case of I.C. It is in this manner that this direction has to be construed.

5. Should a current I.C. be appointed as CIC then the consequent vacancy of I.C. may be filled up pursuant to Circular dt. 9/9/2015. This concludes the discussion on this direction.

6. In regard to direction (i), the Department is aggrieved of the fact that vacancies of all three ICs have been directed to be filled up pursuant only to notifications dt. 25/2/2014 and 16/7/2014. Applicants who have applied pursuant to Circular dt. 9/9/2015 have excluded. In fact, it is the stand of the Department that appointments have since been made on 10/6/2016 and 11/6/2015 and the said notifications of 2014 have since exhausted themselves. Further, it is suggested that the current vacancies of ICs should be allowed to be filled up by applicants who have applied pursuant to 9/9/2015 and earlier applicants can also apply afresh. In fact more than 80 of the earlier applicants (pursuant to Notifications of 2014) have also applied.

7. In my view, an SLP may be preferred only in regard to direction (i) since direction (ii) is in order and no challenge is required.

8. The SLP may clearly state that no objection is being taken to the judgement of the High Court in regard to appointment of CIC pursuant to Circular dt. 9/9/2015. A statement in this regard may be made in the List of Dates and Synopsis at the beginning.

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Minutes of the meetings of the Search Committee held on 10.11.2015 and 16.11.2015 for shortlistinq persons for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and one post of Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission

The Search Committee was informed that Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, a member of the Committee has sought to recuse himself.

(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. The opinion of Attorney General was sought in the matter. The • Committee was informed that as per Attorney General's opinion (Annexure- Ill), an SLP is to be preferred only with regard to direction at para 4 (i) above and no challenge is required with regard to direction at para 4 (ii) as it is in order.

7. After detailed deliberations, the Committee shortlisted the following applicants (in alphabetical order of surname) for the post of CIC:

S.No. Name (Shri) Remarks 1. R.K. Mathur, IAS He is a retired IAS officer, who worked as (Retired) Defence Secretary, Government of India for two (TR:1977) years. He has more than 35 years of (DoB:25.11.1953) experience in the field of administration and governance. His educational qualification includes B.Tech., M.Tech. and MBA. Other prominent posts held by him include Secretary in Department of Defence Production, Secretary in Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in Government of India. In addition he also has a vast administrative experience working as Chief Secretary in Government of Tripura and Principal Secretary in the State in the Departments of Agriculture, Rural Development, Finance and Personnel. 2. Sh. Arun Kumar He is a retired IAS officer with more than 37 Misra, IAS years of experience in Administration and (Retired) Governance. His educational qualification (UP:1976) includes B.Sc. (Hons) in Maths and MA (DoB:28.02.1954) (History). He is also a Humphrey Fellow from American University, Washington DC. He has worked as Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India for around three years. He has also worked as Senior Advisor/Principal Advisor, Energy in Planning Commission of India. In addition, he has a vast experience of working in Government of Uttar Pradesh in Ministries/Departments like Power, Agriculture, Health, Education, Urban Development and Planning. 3. Basant Seth He is serving as Information Commissioner in (DoB:16.02.1952) Central Information Commission since 01.03.2012. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Post Graduate Diploma in Bank Management with 37 years of experience in the field of banking management, finance and administrative matters. He has worked as a whole time Director in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for more than two years and as Chairman & Managing Director of Syndicate Bank from 31.08.2009 to 28.02.2012.

S.No. Name (Shri/Ms) Remarks 1. Bhim Sain Bassi, Presently, he is working as Commissioner of IPS (UT:1977) Police, Delhi. He possesses more than 35 (DoB:20.02.1956) years of experience in Policing and Public Administration. His educational qualification includes 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. Bimal Julka, IAS He retired as Secretary, M/o Information and (Retired) Broadcasting in Government of India. He has (MP:1979) more than 35 years of experience in (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. 3. Vijaya Moorthy, She retired as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor IA&AS (Retired) General (Defence, Railways and (1978) Communication) with more than 36 years of (DoB:09.02.1954) experience in audit and accounts. She has done MA in History and BA (Hons.) in History. She has worked as Additional Comptroller and Auditor General, Principal Accountant General and Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor in Lok Sabha Secretariat. 4. Anup K Pujari, Presently, he is working as Secretary, Ministry IAS (KN:1980) of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in (DoB: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 qualification includes 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 Joint Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs for about four years, Director General of Foreign Trade and Secretary in Department of Mines. 5. Syamal Kumar He retired as Secretary, Department of Sarkar, IAS Personnel and Training with 35 years of (Retired) experience in Administration, Governance, (WB: 1979) Implementation and Propagation of RTI. His (DoB:18.07.1954) educational qualifications include M.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. 6. 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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Annexure -

Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in CIC

SI.No. Name Date of Birth Date of Date of Field of Appointment completion Excellence of tenure

1. Shri Vijai Sharma 02.12.1950 10.06.2015 01.12.2015 Administration IAS, UP 11, Chief Information Commissioner (IC from 01.03.2012 to 09.06.2015) 2. Shri Basant Seth 16.02.1952 01.03.2012 15.02.2017 Management Banker 3. Shri Yashvardhan Azad 12.03.1954 22.12.2013 21.12.2018 Administration IPS, M.P. 4. Shri Sharat Sabharwal 23.09.1952 22.12.2013 22.09.2017 Administration IFS 5. Ms. Manjula Prasher 16.01.1953 22.12.2013 15.01.2018 Administration IPoS 6. Shri M.A. Khan Yusufi 01.01.1952 22.12.2013 31.12.2016 Law 411 ILS 7. Shri Madabhusi Sridhar Acharyulu 10.01.1956 22.12.2013 21.12.2018 Law Professor, Law 8. Shri Sudhir Bhargava 12.01.1955 11.06.2015 11.01.2020 Administration IAS, RJ

Annexure - II

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

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 RTI Act.

/P 1 4. Section 13(1) of the RTI Act;- 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.

Annexure -III

Operative part in the Judgement of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the Review Petition (C) 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 Parliament or Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory, as the case may be, or a person holding any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business or pursuing any profession from being considered for • appointment as Chief Information Commissioner or 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 Legislature of 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 business or pursue any profession during the period he functions as Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner.

(iv) 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 1111 12(3) and 15(3) of the Act for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners.

(vi) We also direct that wherever Chief Information Commissioner is of 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 Commissioner who has wide knowledge and experience in the field of law. Pages 295 - 360 Personal particulars of the applicants. Exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1) (j) of the

RTI Act, 2005. 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:

(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 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 follows:

(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

l ei r 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 R.K. 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 IAS (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-I.

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R.K. Mathur Retired as Defence He possesses He has more than 35 Secretary. Prior to that MBA, M.Tech, years of experience in the IAS (Retd.) (MT:77) he was B.Tech Degrees. field of Administration and Secretary, Ministry of Governance. He has Micro, Small and experience in sectors such Medium Enterprises. as Defence, Land and He served in various Revenue, Agriculture, capacities in State Human Resources, Government of Tripura. Handicrafts, Land Administration, Power, Industrial Licensing and FDIs. He also looked after affairs of Central Public Sector Undertakings HEC and MAMC.

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8(1) (j) of the RTI Act, 2005. No.4/2/2015-IR Department of Personnel & Training (IR Division) North Block, New Delhi.

A meeting of the Selection Committee, headed by Hon'ble Prime Minister for appointment to the posts of Chief Information Commissioner / Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission is scheduled to be held at 4.00 PM on 11th December, 2015 (Friday) in Room No. PH-10, Parliament House (Copy of the meeting notice enclosed).

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

SI. No. Name of the Officials Designation 1. Shri G.S. Arora Dy. Secretary 2. Shri Madan Mohan Maurya Under Secretary 3. Shri Pankaj Gandhi PA 4. Shri Manoj Maiti Assistant 5. Shri Dharam Bir Singh MTS

3. The above officials may also be permitted to carry their mobile phones to the Parliament House.

(G.S. Arora) Dy. Secretary (IR) 10.12.2015 Tel Fax: 23092755 Encl: as above

Shri Sanjay Bhaysar, OSD to Hon'ble Prime Minister

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F. No. 4/2/2015-1R Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi Dated: 11th December, 2015

Meeting Notice

The second meeting of the Selection Committee for selection of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission is scheduled to be held under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 16.12.2015 (Wednesday) at 5.00 P.M. in Room No. PH 10, Parliament House, New Delhi. The Agenda of this meeting will be the same as that circulated vide this Department's Meeting Notice of even number dated 30th November, 2015.

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

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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110 011 CONFIDENTIAL

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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110 011 Department of Personnel & Training (I.R.Section)

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2. The. aforesaid meeting will be held in Room No. PH 10, Parliament House, New Delhi.

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

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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the single largest Party in Opposition in Lok Sabha, 9, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110 011 • 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 Prinle 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:

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.

• existing as of today shall be filled up amongst the 553 applications that were received in response to the said notifications.

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 IAS (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-I.

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‹i■ Subject: Swearing in as CIC on 04.01.2016 Date: 12/23/15 01:38 PM To: [email protected] From: "Gurinder Singh Arora"

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Sir, Additional Secretary to the Hon'ble President has, vide letter No.F.53-CA(I)/2015 dated 22nd December, 2015 (copy attached) has informed that Hon'ble President will administer the oath of office to you at 13.00 Hrs on 4th January, 2016 (Monday) in the Yellow Drawing Room of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

With kind regards,

(G.S. Arora) Dy. Secretary (IR) Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi. Tel/Fax No.01123092755 • Devesh Chaturvedi Joint Secretary Tel : 23094398

Dated, 18th December, 2015

F. No. 4/2/2015-IR

I am happy to inform you that you have been selected for appointment as Chief 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 Chief 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 RTI Act, 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 Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.

4. Please accept our best wishes in your new assignment.

Yours sincerely,

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The Hon'ble President of India has approved the appointment of Shri R.K. Mathur as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission. The new Chief Information Commissioner would have to be administered an Oath or affirmation as per the First Schedule of the Right to Information Act, 2005 by the President. A list of dignitaries who may be invited for the swearing-in-ceremony is enclosed. 2. You are requested to inform the date and time at which Hon' ble President would be pleased to administer Oath to the new Chief Information Commissioner. A copy of the Oath, in Hindi, is also enclosed.

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The Hon'ble President of India has approved the appointment o1 Shri R.K. Mathur as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission. The new Chief Information Commissioner would have to be administered an Oath or affirmation as per the First Schedule of the Right to Information Act, 2005 by the President. A list of dignitaries who may be invited for the swearing-in-ceremony is enclosed. 2. You are requested to inform the date and time at which Hon'ble President would be pleased to administer Oath to the new Chief Information Commissioner. A copy of the Oath, in Hindi, is also enclosed. tuaA

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In continuation of Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi's d.o. letter of even number dated 18.12.2015 forwarding therewith a list of dignitaries who may be invited for the swearing-in-ceremony of Shri R.K. Mathur as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC), a copy of list of personal invitees of Shri R.K. Mathur, Chief Information Commissioner-designate, as supplied by him, is also enclosed for appropriate action.

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In continuation of Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi's D.O. letter of even number dated 18.12.2015 forwarding therewith a list of dignitaries who may be invited for the swearing-in-ceremony of Shri R.K. Mathur as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission, a copy of list of personal invitees of Shri R.K. Mathur, Chief Information Commissioner,—designate, as supplied by him is also attached for appropriate action. The swearing-in- ceremony is scheduled to be held on 4th January, 2016.

Yours sincerely,

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Original Message From: Sanjay Kothari Date: Dec 28, 2015 10:23:43 AM Subject: Fwd: List of personal guests To: Jishnu Barua , [email protected]

Original Message From: Sanjay Kothari Date: Dec 28, 2015 8:12:56 AM Subject: Fwd: List of personal guests To: Sanjay Kothari

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From: Radha Krishna Mathur Date: 28 December 2015 8:04:46 am 1ST To: Sanjay Kothari Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: List of personal guests

PERSONAL INVITEES FOR SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR CIC ON 4TH JANUARY 1. Mrs Ambika Mathur, Female, 31 yrs, daughter-in-law of Mr RK Mathur, Z 104, Amrapali Sapphire, Sector 45, NOIDA, mobile: +91-9560958952 2. Mrs Sharda Mathur, Female, 77 yrs, DI/1353, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, mobile: +91-8826736795 3. Mr Sunil Mathur, Male, 55 yrs, C-302, Pali Hill Railway Colony, Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 40050, mobile: +91-9320007289 4. Mrs Bhavna Mathur, Female, 52 yrs, wife of Mr Sunil Mathur, C-302, Pali Hill Railway Colony, Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 40050 5. Mr Soumil Mathur, Male, 28 yrs, son of Mr Sunil Mathur, C- el (2. r. 302, Pali Hill Railway Colony, Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 40050 • 6. Mr Madhup Mathur, Male, 60 yrs, C-702, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA, mobile: +91-9818024508

7. Mrs Chhabi Mathur, Female, 58 yrs, wife of Mr Madhup Mathur, C-702, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA

8. Mr Anu Mathur, Male, 28 yrs, son of Mr Madhup Mathur, C- 702, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA

9. Mr Prabh Das, Male, 57 yrs, E- 801, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA, mobile: +91-9811843600

10.Mrs Bela Mathur, Female, 53 yrs, wife of Mr Prabh Das, E- 801, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA

11.Mr Umang Mathur, Male, 28 yrs, son of Mr Prabh Das, E- 801, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA

12.Mrs Anukriti Mathur, Female, 25 yrs, wife of Mr Umang Mathur, E- 801, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA

13.Mr Akhilesh Mathur, Male, 51 yrs, C- 901, Krishna Apra Sapphire Apartments, Vaibhav Khand, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad 201010, mobile: +91-9811199030

14. Mrs Seema Mathur, Female, 49 yrs, wife of Mr Akhilesh Mathur, C- 901, Krishna Apra Sapphire Apartments, Vaibhav Khand, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad 201010, mobile: +91- 9811199030

15.Mr Udit Mathur, Male, 28 yrs, son of Mr Akhilesh Mathur, C- 901, Krishna Apra Sapphire Apartments, Vaibhav Khand, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad 201010, mobile: +91-9811199030

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Radha Krishna Mathur wrote:

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The Central Information Commission has informed that Shri R.K. Mathur, the Chief Information Commissioner designate would like to take Oath of Office of the Chief Information Commissioner on 4th January, 2016 in Hindi. A specimen copy of the Oath in Hindi is also enclosed.

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Sub: Swearing in ceremony of Shri R.K.Mathur, Chief Information Commissioner at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 4th January, 2016 invitation regarding-

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An email has been received from Shri Radha Krishna Mathur, CIC designate confirming that he would like to take the oath of the office of the Chief Central Information Commissioner in Hindi.

You are requested to make arrangements for administering the oath of the CIC on 4th January, 2015 in Hindi. A copy of the mail of Shri R.K.Mathur is enclosed.

Yours faithfully,

- (Shanti Priye Beck) ' Joint Secretary (A) Tel. No. 261021468 Fax No. 26180517

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May refer to my D.O. letter of even number dated 18.12.2015 forwarding therewith a list of dignitaries who may be invited for the swearing-in-ceremony of Shri R.K. Mathur as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission (copy attached). You are requested to kindly arrange to invite following officials also for the swearing-in-ceremony scheduled to be held on 4th January, 2016:

1. Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary (l&B), Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. 2. Dr. Manoj Panda, (Director), Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave, Delhi 110007. Residential Address : - Al, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Enclave, North Campus, near Kirori Mal College, Delhi 110007, Mobile Number 8510008582.

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Suggested list of invitees of swearing in ceremony of Chief Information Commissioner

1. Vice President of India 2. Prime Minister 3. Chief Justice of India 4. Speaker, Lok Sabha 5. Home Minister 6. Finance Minister 7. Law Minister 8. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha 9. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of INC in the Lok Sabha 10. MoS (PP) 11. National Security Adviser 12. Chairman, UPSC 13. Chief Election Commissioner 14. Comptroller & Auditor General of India 15. Attorney General of India 16. Cabinet Secretary 17. Chief Vigilance Commissioner 18. Chief Information Commissioner designate 19. Family of Chief Information Commissioner designate 20. Both Election Commissioners 21. Principal Secretary to PM 22. Solicitor General 23. All Information Commissioners 24. Members, UPSC 25. Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister 26. Home Secretary 27. Finance Secretary 7,28. Secretary (Personnel) 29. Law Secretary 30. Secretary, Legislative Department 31. Secretary (C & PG), Cabirlet Secretariat 32. Director, CBI 33. Director, IB 34. Shri Bhasker Khulbe, Additional Secretary to Prime Minister 35. Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat 36. Establishment Officer, DoPT 37. Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, DoPT 38. Additional Secretary(S&V), DoPT 39. Secretary/ Additional Secretary, CIC 40. Shri Devesh Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary(S&V-I), DoPT Subject: Fwd: List of personal guests Date: 12/28/15 10:23 AM To: Jishnu Barua , gs.arora©gov.in From: Sanjay Kothari /

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From: Radha Krishna Mathur Date: 28 December 2015 8:04:46 am 1ST To: Sanjay Kothari Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: List of personal guests

PERSONAL INVITEES FOR SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR CIC ON 4TH JANUARY

1. Mrs Ambika Mathur, Female, 31 yrs, daughter-in-law of Mr RK Mathur, Z 104, Amrapali Sapphire, Sector 45, NOIDA, mobile: +91-9560958952 2. Mrs Sharda Mathur, Female, 77 yrs, DI/1353, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, mobile: +91-8826736795

3. Mr Sunil Mathur, Male, 55 yrs, C-302, Pali Hill Railway Colony, Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 40050, mobile: +91-9320007289

4. Mrs Bhavna Mathur, Female, 52 yrs, wife of Mr Sunil Mathur, C-302, Pali Hill Railway Colony, Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 40050

5. Mr Soumil Mathur, Male, 28 yrs, son of Mr Sunil Mathur, C- 302, Pali Hill Railway Colony, Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 40050 6. Mr Madhup Mathur, Male, 60 yrs, C-702, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA, mobile: +91-9818024508 7. Mrs Chhabi Mathur, Female, 58 yrs, wife of Mr Madhup Mathur, C-702, Pearl Gateway Tower, Sector 44, NOIDA