Telangana High Court Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Tuesday observed that the affidavit filed by Chief Secretary in response to a PIL petition seeking appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners was “as vague as it can be”.
The CJ, along with Justice N. Tukaramji, was hearing the plea filed by Forum for Good Governance. The CS stated in the affidavit that the file pertaining to appointment of CIC and ICs was under the active consideration of the competent authority.
However, the affidavit did not explain when was the proposal presented, to whom was it submitted and what was the stage of the file. Responding to observations of the CJ, the government counsel said staff members of the Information Commission were attending to the queries and grievances of the information seekers on a regular basis.
