The Central Information Commission has directed the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to disclose names of IAS officers against whom sanction of prosecution has been granted as well as denied in corruption cases since 2010.
Central Information Commissioner Divya Prakash Sinha has issued the order on the petition of Lucknow-based activist Nutan Thakur.
She had sought records, including file noting, communication etc, related to the sanction of prosecution against IAS officers between 2010 and 2017, but was not provided information by the Department of Personnel. She argued that the information is in larger public interest.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) rejected, holding that Commission is not in a position to order disclosure of relevant files and related documents under section 7(9) of the RTI Act.
However, he directed that the names of IAS officers for whom prosecution sanction has been granted as well as denied for the period starting from year 2010 till date of RTI application should be provided.
