More than 24,150 complaints and second appeals are pending with CIC as on 31 October, said a data compiled by RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak.
The pendency was 18,998 such cases as on 1 January, this year, it said. CIC is working without its chief for over two months, apparently due to the absence of a leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, who is supposed to be on the selection committee for finding a nominee for the post.
Chief information commissioner Rajiv Mathur completed his tenure on 22 August. There is also a vacancy of three information commissioners in the transparency panel. There are seven information commissioners--Vijai Sharma, Basant Seth, Yashovardhan Azad, Sharat Sabharwal, Manjula Prasher, M A Khan Yusufi and Prof Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu--against its strength of 10.
‘Between January and October this year, no Information commissioner has maintained a consistent average disposal rate of 267 cases per month. In 2011, CIC had this target for itself.
The pendency was 18,998 such cases as on 1 January, this year, it said. CIC is working without its chief for over two months, apparently due to the absence of a leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, who is supposed to be on the selection committee for finding a nominee for the post.
Chief information commissioner Rajiv Mathur completed his tenure on 22 August. There is also a vacancy of three information commissioners in the transparency panel. There are seven information commissioners--Vijai Sharma, Basant Seth, Yashovardhan Azad, Sharat Sabharwal, Manjula Prasher, M A Khan Yusufi and Prof Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu--against its strength of 10.
‘Between January and October this year, no Information commissioner has maintained a consistent average disposal rate of 267 cases per month. In 2011, CIC had this target for itself.