The Election Commission on Wednesday gave green signal to the State Government to appoint four Information Commissioners, whose names were approved by Governor E S L Narasimhan.
With the EC giving permission to appoint Information Commissioners, the government is likey to issue orders in this connection soon.
It may be recalled that the Governor had approved the names of former IPS officers M Ratan, Prabhakar Reddy, former IFS officer Madhukar and Andhra Prabha editor Vijaya Babu for the posts of Information Commissioners. Chief Secretary Pankaj Dwivedi sent a letter to the Election Commission seeking permission to appoint four Commissioners.
Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal had also sent a letter to the Election Commission seeking its approval for the same. “Since the names of Information Commissioners were approved long ago, the Model Code of Conduct of Election Commission would not come on the way,” the EC stated.
–Agencies