The Punjab government on Monday appointed three new State Information Commissioners.
They are;
- Dr. Bhupinder Singh Batth
- Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
- Virinderjit Singh Biling
On July 18, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Punjab government to file a status report over the non-appointment of state information commissioners.
The order was issued in response to a plea that claimed the Punjab State Information Commission had not appointed commissioners for the last three years. As per plea the last information commissioner was appointed in July 2021.
The commission worked in its full strength till September 2021 and subsequently all the 10 seats got vacant as all of them retired. But fresh appointments were not made, the plea states that the last working information commissioner, Asit Jolly retired on July 9, 2024, leaving behind only the chief information commissioner Inderpal Singh for adjudication of pending appeals and complaints.
