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The Central Information Commission is a statutory body,[1] set up under the Right to Information Act in 2005[2] under the Government of India to act upon complaints from those individuals who have not been able to submit information requests to a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer due to either the officer not have been appointed, or because the respective Central Assistant Public Information Officer or State Assistant Public Information Officer refused to receive the application for information under the Right to Information Act.[3]
The commission includes one chief information commissioner and not more than ten information commissioners who are appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister as chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister. Two women have been chief information commissioners: Deepak Sandhu (fourth chief information commissioner overall) and Sushma Singh (fifth overall). The oath to CIC is administered by President of India.
Chief Information Commissioners
The following have held the post of the chief Information Commissioners.[4]
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wajahat Habibullah | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 2 | A. N. Tiwari | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 3 | Satyananda Mishra | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 4 | Deepak Sandhu | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 5 | Sushma Singh | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 6 | Rajiv Mathur | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 7 | Vijai Sharma | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 8 | Radha Krishna Mathur | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 9 | Sudhir Bhargava | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 10 | Bimal Julka | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 11 | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha | Template:Dts | Template:Dts |
| 12 | Heeralal Samariya[5] | 6 November 2023 | 13 September 2025 |
| 13 | Raj Kumar Goyal[6] | 15 December 2025 | - |
State Information Commission
Following is the list of State Information Commissions.
References
- ↑ Introduction | Central Information Commission.
- ↑ CIC Annual Report 2005-06. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ↑ Powers and functions of the information commissions. Central Information Commission, Government of India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ Former Chief ICs | Central Information Commission.
- ↑ Heeralal Samariya appointed as chief information commissioner. Hindustan Times(2023-11-06). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ Chief Information Commissioner Post: Raj Kumar Goyal Likely Pick. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
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- ↑ Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha | Central Information Commission. cic.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-10-31.