News Nation: Hyderabad: Tuesday, October 02,
2018.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday
constituted the State Information Commission (SIC) under the Right to
Information Act, 2005, by appointing three Information Commissioners.
Retired IFS officer M Ravi Kumar, retired
IPS officer B V Ramana Kumar and advocate Katta Janardhana Rao have been
appointed as State Information Commissioners for a period of five years or till
they attain the age of 65 years.
The names were chosen by a committee
headed by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu
a couple of months ago and forwarded to state Governor E S L Narasimhan for
approval.
Leader of opposition Y S Jaganmohan
Reddy, who is also a member of the committee, did not attend the meeting as he
was on a foot march.
Based on the Governor’s approval, Chief
Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha issued a Government Order notifying the
appointment of the three State Information Commissioners.
However, there is no mention of a Chief
Information Commissioner in the notification.
This is the first Information Commission
for the state after its bifurcation in June 2014.
The appointment of Information
Commissioners was undertaken after the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
directed the State government to complete the task last year.