Disclose data of officers facing corruption charges: CIC to govt
3 July 2017 12:04 AM IST
The Central Information Commission has directed the government to proactively put in the public domain data about officials facing corruption cases in each department.
The transparency watchdog has directed the Department of Personnel and Training to ensure that "numerical" data of government officials facing corruption charges should be brought out in public domain but not their names.
"In no circumstances, names of the employees facing charges shall be disclosed," Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad said.
He directed that year-wise numeric data about pending as well as disposed departmental, vigilance, court cases against their employees initiated at instance of the employer, rank held by the employee named in a charge sheet and details of outcome in terms of finding should be on websites.
The commissioner said dynamic numeric data relating to departmental and vigilance proceedings falls within the purview of Section 4(1) of the RTI Act, 2005 which mandates the government departments to place information about their functioning in public domain. "Disclosure of such data shall serve as a tool in better governance and thus undoubtedly serve larger public interest," he said.
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