[HumJanenge] URGENT NOTICE: Controversy "Chief Information Commissioner of India"

To:

1) Shri Shailesh Gandhi
Chief Information Commissioner of India
Central Information Commission
at New Delhi

2) Shri Satyananda Mishra
Chief Information Commissioner of India
Central Information Commission
at New Delhi

DATE: 19-March-2012

Sirs

LEGAL NOTICE

I refer to my email dated 15/03/2012 sent to Noticee No.2 Shri
Satyananda Mishra, Chief Information Commissioner of India.. I have
not received any reply to the same.

I give you notice that there is considerable confusion in the media
about who the "Chief Information Commissioner of India" is, and that
Noticee No.2 Shri Satyananda Mishraji is not prepared to rebut /
contradict the numerous media reports describing Noticee No.1 Shri
Shailesh Gandhi as Chief Information Commissioner which I brought to
his notice.

As a result of such long running confusion, which I have repeatedly
brought to the notice of the Hon'ble Commission to no avail, I have
been unable to exercise my Fundamental Right to Information due to
non-functioning of the Commission in the manner specified in the Right
to Information Act, ie. as a body comprising of 1 Chief Information
Commissioner and up to 10 Information Commissioners. It is pertinent
that a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court had upheld the said
manner of functioning of the Commission as a body.

I am therefore constrained to call upon both of you noticees to
either rebut / contradict the false and mischievous media reports
immediately, or confirm to me which of you, is the Chief Information
Commissioner of India along with your authority.

In the alternative I shall be constrained to explore my legal
remedies, including petitioning for a Writ of "quo warranto" or a
direction of like nature.

In passing I may mention that I am only pursuing this matter since I
am unable to locate any media reports which describe the other
Information Commissioners like say Ms. Deepak Sandhu, or Ms.. Sushma
Singh etc. as "Chief Information Commissioner"

Yours faithfully

Sarbajit Roy

B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024

Tel : 011-24334262