HC set aside the appointment of information commissioners

AP High Court set aside the appointment of 4 information commissioners and directed the Govt of AP. to make appointments of new commissioners within six months following the guidelines of Right to Information Act.

HC set aside the appointments of Imtiaz Ahmed Tantia Kumari, M,Vijay Nirmala V. Venkatesh Ewarh.

They were appointed in Feburary last year. N.G.O’s had expressed suspicion that they had political associations. Governor had returned the file to C.M but he for persisted. The Governor had no choice to approve it.

—Siasatnews