[HumJanenge] Information Request : Hearings by Central Information Commission without "legal members"

To:
Mr. Pankaj Shreyaskkar
Deputy Secretary & Joint Registrar (Nodal CPIO)
Central Information Commission
at New Delhi

17-Sep-2012

Sir

From the website of the Commission I note that you are the Nodal CPIO
for all matters relating to decisions taken by the Commission in its
weekly meetings,

It appears that a meeting was held recently by the Commission in the wake of the
Supreme Court Judgment in "Namit Sharma versus UoI" whereby all
Information Commissions have been directed to "henceforth" function
only in Benches of 2 or more, at least one of the members being a
"legal member".

As the functioning of the Commission in Benches is in any case only
carrying on under the interim stay order of the Supreme Court in SLP
30152/2011where I am a party, I would request you to immediately send
me the copy of the aforesaid minutes of meeting (or an other basis)
whereby the Commission is now conducting hearings into Appeals and
Complaints in contravention of the Supreme Court's detailed Judgment
of 13.09.2012.

Kindly treat this matter as very urgent and as a request for
disclosure under section 4(1)(b),(c) of the RTI Act 2005 which you are
bound to comply with immediately.

As the matter is also of considerable public interest, you may
alternatively immediately publish the minutes of meeting on the
Commission's website under advise to me.

Thanking you,
yours faithfully

Sarbajit Roy

B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024