Question : CASES PENDING WITH CIC

(a) whether a large number of cases are lying pending with the Central Information Commission (CIC) as reported in the media;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the number of commissioners have been increased in the CIC in comparison to the year 2011;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the average number of cases decided by them annually; and

(e) whether such number of pending cases are likely to affect the administrative system adversely and if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken by the Government for efficient disposal of pending cases in CIC and SICs?

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) & (b): As on 30.07.2014, the total number of RTI applications pending in the Central Information Commission is 174. Besides this, as on 31.07.2014, 27335 appeals and complaints are pending in the Commission.

State-wise data is not centrally maintained.

(c) & (d): During the year 2011 there were five Information Commissioners (IC) apart from one Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission(CIC). At present, there are Seven Information Commissioners apart from one Chief Information Commissioner.

The average annual disposal by the ICs/CIC in the Central Information Commission during the last three years is as under:

 
 Year	Average Annual Disposal	by individual ICs/CIC 2010-11	2675 2011-12	3852 2012-13	2889