MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a) & (b): The Central Information Commission has informed pendency of around 2
4800 appeals/complaints as on 30.11.2013. Year-wise break up of number of
appeals/complaints received, disposed off and pending before the Central Information
Commission is as under:
Year Received Disposed off Pendency as on 1st April
2010-11 28875 24071 17046
2011-12 33922 23122 27856
2012-13 28801 24550 22607
2013-14 As on 30.11.2013 pendency of cases is around 24800
#includes 9500 cases of appeal/complaint as provisionally registered as on 29.02.2012.
Reconciliation of the pendency figure was carried out and after reconciliation,
the pendency figure was revised by the Central Information Commission in January,
2013.
The Central Information Commission does not maintain Ministry/Department wise
pendency of appeals/complaints.
(c) to (e): At the time of the constitution of the Central Information Commission
68 posts were created in 2005. In 2007, the posts were enhanced to 106 and later to
116 in 2008. The Staff Inspection Unit of the Department of Expenditure in 2010
assessed the requirement of posts as 154 and after detailed consultation with the
Department of Expenditure, keeping in view the recommendations of the SIU, 160 posts
had been sanctioned in 2011.
Further, Central Information Commission has been granted autonomy in recruitment of staff.
Recruitment Rules (RRs) have been notified for all the 14 categories of posts in the Central
Information Commission. The Commission is in the process of making appointment to the
various posts.
In addition to the above, Government has appointed five more Information Commissioners in
the Central Information Commission w.e.f. 22nd November, 2013.
The Government has also taken several steps like issue of guidelines for the Central Public
Information Officers and First Appellate Authorities enabling them to supply information/
dispose off first appeal effectively resulting into less number of appeals to the Commission.
The Commission on its part launched special drive to clear the pendency of appeals/complaints.
