The
Hindu: Panaji: Saturday, 02 January 2016.
The Goa State
Information Commission (GSIC) began functioning on Friday after a gap of 11
months following the swearing in of State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC)
Prashant Prabhu Tendulkar and two State Information commissioners. Ms. Pratima
Vernekar and Mr. Juino De Souza were also sworn in as State Information
Commissioners (SICs).
The State
Commission is presently saddled with high level of pendency of appeals and
complaints as Ms. Leena Mehendale who joined Chief Information Commissioner
ending a 15-month vacancy in the post retired in January 31, 2015. The
Commission was also without an SIC since August 2012. The State has increased
the number of SICs from one to two. President of Goa RTI Forum Ganpat Kuttikar
has expressed relief that the GSIC will “finally be operational for the benefit
of the information seekers who seek redressal of their grievances from the
State Commission.”
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