HC issues notice to Bihar govt on information officers

Patna, Nov 2 (UNI) Patna High court today directed the Bihar government to file reply within six months stating the reasons why information officers were not appointed in various departments as required under the Right to Information Act.

A division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice Dr J N Bhatt and Justice Shailesh Kumar Sinha issued the directive to the state government during hearing of public interest litigation petition filed by state Congress chief spokesman Prem Chandra Mishra in this connection.

Earlier, counsel of the petitioner informed the court that the state information commission had not been provided with required infrastructure and staff, although it had been constituted about two months back.

'' Information officers have not been appointed in various departments of the state governmen as yet thus defeating the very purpose of right to information act,'' the petitioner alleged.

UNI XC-RS KK AKP1631