{"id":42337,"date":"2016-04-07T04:14:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T22:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42337"},"modified":"2016-04-07T04:14:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T22:44:37","slug":"allahabad-hc-asks-govt-to-file-reply-on-appointment-of-info-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/allahabad-hc-asks-govt-to-file-reply-on-appointment-of-info-commissioner","title":{"rendered":"Allahabad HC asks govt to file reply on appointment of Info commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41979\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Allahabad_high_court.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41979\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-sc-amendment-rti-act\/allahabad_high_court\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Allahabad_high_court.jpg?fit=225%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,169\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Allahabad_high_court\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Allahabad High Court&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Allahabad High Court&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Allahabad_high_court.jpg?fit=225%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Allahabad_high_court.jpg?fit=225%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-41979 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Allahabad_high_court.jpg?resize=225%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Allahabad HC asks govt to file reply on appointment of Info commissioner\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allahabad HC asks govt to file reply on appointment of Info commissioner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Allahabad High Court today asked the state government to file its reply by tomorrow on the petitions, filed separately by suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and advocate M N Rai, challenging the appointment of the Information Commissioners for the UP Information Commission.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi also directed the petitioners to file their reply to the said affidavit within three days.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the court had asked the state government to clarify about the procedure adopted by the three-member committee for screening of suitable persons to be choosen as information commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>The government was also asked to respond how 644 applications could be scrutinised by the committee within a short period of a meeting which started at 11 AM, and the recommendations sent on the same date.<\/p>\n<p>The state counsel submitted that the affidavit, that was directed to file, shall be served on the petitioners by Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let the said affidavit be served by tomorrow, to which a reply will be filed with in three days. List in the next cause list,&#8221; the court ordered.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Allahabad High Court today asked the state government to file its reply by tomorrow on the petitions, filed separately by suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and advocate M N Rai, challenging the appointment of the Information Commissioners for the UP Information Commission. 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