GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE TO FOLLOW APPOINTMENTS OF THE SIC AND CIC IN STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, UNDER SUB-SECTION (3) OF SECTION 15 OF THE RTI ACT, 2005

It is a matter of fact and concern that the state Government has yet taken no cognisance for the appointment of vacant post of State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Information commissioner, so lying vacant in the present since retirement of the retirees Shri SS Guleria and Shri RD Dhiman. As per information received from the department of Administrative reforms department today on 30-9-2025 it has been informed that no meeting has been scheduled for this purpose of the nominations by the Chief Minister, who shall be the chairperson of the scheduled Committee and the leader of the opposition in the Assembly along with a Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Chief Minister. Keeping in view the above situation and position of the present scenario of the State information commission , it is becoming difficult for the general public to have work on the captioned subject of the Appeals /Complaints, where hearing of the parties or by inspection of the documents produced by the Appellant/Complainant and the public Information officers or such senior officers of the public authority, who decided the First Appeals, must have their view point, before deciding the Appeal or the Complaint, the Commission will hear the issue and matter with observations and decide the cases accordingly, but no work is going on the subject matter compliance because of the such vacant slots in the Commission since long and people are suffering because of the such delays and dereliction of duty by the appropriate Government . On the other hand FAA taking no cognisance of the Section 19(6) of the RTI Act, 2005 for which it is considered a quasi -judicial function of the duty but there is no justice in favour of the demand under public service and people are facing unnecessary delays and non compliance where there is no intervention by the higher authorities, even number of requests and reminder for this cause of the confirmation made by RTI act issued by DOP&T memo dated, 9-7-2007 is proof and evidence on the record of the all concerned declared responsible for this review and revision of the delay and dereliction of duty by the PIO and FAA as the case may be. Keeping in view the above situation and position of the disposal of Appeals, it is necessary to have appropriate mechanism and removal of the pendency in such cases of the disputes before the FAA as such at present there is no SIC and CIC in the state of Himachal Pradesh and people facing problems because of this duty of the department and the appropriate Government taking no cognisance of the sub -section 3 of the section 15 of the RTI Act, 2005 and the both of the posts are lying vacant since long:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377