HC seeks report on non-appointments of information commissioners
Hindustan TimesThe Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab government to file a status report over the non-appointment of state information commissioners. The order was passed in a plea which alleged that for the last three years the appointments of commissioners have not been done in Punjab state information commission. The public interest litigation by Nikhil Thamman sought immediate appointments and claimed that it is a gross violation of the citizens’ fundamental rights as pendency of the appeals and the complaints are increasing daily. But fresh appointments were not made, the plea states that the last working information commissioner, Asit Jolly retired on July 9, 2024, leaving behind only the chief information commissioner Inderpal Singh for adjudication of pending appeals and complaints.
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