New Delhi, Jun 03: The Central Information Commission will move the Supreme Court challenging the decision of Delhi High Court scrapping the procedures followed by the transparency panel for disposal of appeals.
A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of all the Information Commissioners early this week.
The Commission while deciding to move the Apex Court has taken cognisance of a Patna High Court ruling which had allowed the State Information Commission to frame its own rules for the conduct of its business.
“There seems to be a contradiction between Patna High Court and Delhi High Court decisions. We have decided to approach the Supreme Court so that the matter could be clarified,” Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah said today.
A decision by the Supreme Court will also bring uniformity in the conduct of business of the Commissions across the country, he said.
–Agencies