32 babus, RTI activists angling for CIC post
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NEW DELHI: August 30, 2010: From retired and serving babus to journalists to even RTI activists and academicians, everyone seems to be angling for the posts of chief information commissioner (CIC) and information commissioners (ICs). In a delicious irony, all the names have come out in an RTI reply.
Replying to an RTI plea filed by Mannish Bhatnagar, the department of personnel and training said 32 names were received for the posts of CIC and ICs since October 2009. While most of these were applications from those interested, there were recommendations from the PMO, a governor, and Cabinet and junior ministers. Half of them have applied for the post of CIC.
While the Tamil Nadu governor recommended Tajinder Singh Bedi, a bureaucrat, for the CIC's post, the PMO recommended one Ravi Sawney for this post. The name of a journalist was recommended by the minister of parliamentary affairs and water resources and the Patna MLA Dr Ashok Kumar.
Besides bureaucrats and social workers, entrepreneurs have also applied for this post. Former cop Kiran Bedi's name was recommended by Faridabad Congress Committee and Rashtrawadi Ulema-e-Hind.
Some of the bureaucrats who have applied for the IC's post include A K Jain, Nripendra Misra, Sachi Chaudhuri, A K Banerjee and S P Gaur. MoS for rural development has recommended the name of Deepankar Mukhopadhyay. Two prominent RTI activists Subhash Chandra Agrawal and Krishnaraj Rao also figure in the list.
A three-member committee comprising the Prime Minister, leader of opposition and a central minister nominated by PM will select the CIC and ICs. While the CIC's post has to be filled by September-end, one post of IC is vacant and two members are about to retire.
Source: TOI
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32 babus, RTI activists angling for CIC post
Sep 04 2010 15:27:30 The land acquiring by the Govt. should be reasonable with no strain of the people who possed he land for many years, the cream of the nationare the poor farmers, who sweat und the sun and rain only to loose their property. i wish to mention that 1 site costs Rupees Ten Lakhs, while one acre of land cost only 1 Lakh. There same is further sold for Rs.500,000/ after easily changing the title and gain access to the land throuht power politics. I wonder how this is bearable because there is no duferent between cith and village, becasue the cost of thing is the same whether a village or towm. Fuel, food grains, clothing cements, petro, and every thing is sold for the same or more to the villages. Is This Justified Justice for all?
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