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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former Chief Information Commissioner of India }}<br />
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| name = Heeralal Samariya<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] (Retd.)<br />
| image = File:Heeralal Samariya (Cropped).jpg<br />
| office = [[Chief Information Commissioner of India]]<br />
| term_start = 6 November 2023<br />
| term_end = 13 September 2025<br />
| predecessor = [[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha]]<br />
| successor = [[Raj Kumar Goyal]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|9|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bharatpur District]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]]<br />
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Engineering|B.E.]]) [[University of Rajasthan]]<br />
| children = <br />
| profession = [[Bureaucrat]]<br />
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'''Heeralal Samaria''' (born 14 September 1960) is a [[retired]] <br />
[[Indian Administrative Service|Indian Administrative Service officer]] of 1985 batch. He has served as [[Chief Information Commissioner of India]] from 2023 till 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Heeralal Samariya appointed as chief information commissioner |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/heeralal-samariya-appointed-as-chief-information-commissioner-101699260619504.html |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Heeralal Samaria was born on 14 September 1960{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=BLP}}, in a [[Khatik]]<ref>globalkhatik.com/आदरणीय-श्री-हीरालाल-सामर/</ref>([[Dalit]]) family of Kugra village of [[Bharatpur district]] in the state of [[Rajasthan]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
[[File:హీరాలాల్_సామరియా.jpg|thumb|Heeralal Samariya]]<br />
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Heeralal, a former IAS officer of the 1985 batch of [[Telangana]] cadre, who is currently holding the post of Information Commissioner, was promoted by the central government.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-11-06 |title=Heeralal Samariya sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/heeralal-samariya-sworn-in-as-chief-information-commissioner/article67503327.ece |access-date=2024-02-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was administered the oath of office by President [[Droupadi Murmu]] at a ceremony held at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] in [[New Delhi]] on 6 November 2023. Hiralal Samaria is recognized as the first [[Dalit]] person to take up this responsibility.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/heeralal-samariya-sworn-in-as-chief-information-commissioner/articleshow/105000479.cms?from=mdr|title=Heeralal Samariya sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner|date=2023-11-06|work=The Times of India|access-date=2024-02-06|issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He will continue in this post till 13 September 2025. He has been appointed as the Chief Commissioner of CIC for a period of two years by the central government. He previously served in various capacities in the united [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]] states. He served as Director of [[Singareni Collieries Company|Singareni]], Chairman of [[Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited|Southern Power Distribution Company]] in the electricity sector, and as Secretary in the [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Union Ministry of Labour and Employment]]. He was appointed as the Central Information Commissioner on 7 November 2020, and been promoted to the post of Chief Commissioner in year 2023 where he served till 2025.<br />
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