iBNLive: New Delhi: Friday, December 18, 2015.
The
government was on Thursday questioned in Rajya Sabha over the delay in
appointment of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) for more than a year,
leading to a huge build-up of pending cases.
Raising the
issue during Zero Hour, Mohd Nadimul Haque (TMC) said due to non-appointment of
the CIC, the pendency of appeals and complaints was over 33,000 now.
About 13,000
appeals and complaints are pending for disposal before the bench of CIC
himself, which includes cases of important authorities.
The post of
CIC is lying vacant since August 2014 when Rajiv Mathur retired.
He recalled
that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had at the 10th anniversary of Central
Information Commission stated that RTI applications should be replied in a
transparent, timely and trouble-free manner.
"RTI
replies should be timely, transparency and trouble- free. It will help in
reducing possibilities of errors," Modi had stated.
But absence
of a CIC is hampering that, Haque said and asked "why is the Prime
Minister not appointing CIC."
He demanded
that the appointment of CIC should be expedited and in future, the appointment
should be made well in advance before the vacancy arises.
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