High Court notice to Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, August 6The Punjab and Haryana HC yesterday issued notice of motion on a petition filed in public interest for quashing the appointments of Bidhi Chand and Chander Parkash as Punjab State Information Commissioners. The Division Bench issued notices for December 1 to the States of Punjab and Haryana on a PIL filed by advocate HC Arora.
He was also seeking appropriate directions to the two states to lay down procedure for selection and appointment of State Information Commissioners, which should contain provision for advertisement of vacancies, setting up of an empanelment committee, and calling for intelligence reports about antecedents of candidates before clearing their appointments. The petitioner alleged that the states were not advertising posts of State Information Commissioners; applications sent by interested and eligible persons for appointment as Information Commissioners were not put up before the Selection Committee, comprising the CM, a minister and the leader of opposition. Empanelment committees had not been set up, and intelligence reports on the antecedents of selected candidates were not sought before giving them appointment.
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