Free Press Journal: Lucknow: Saturday, March 24, 2018.
The Central
Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to
publish data on criminal cases against Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, an
RTI activist said on Friday.
The direction
was given by Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad in an RTI appeal filed
by Lucknow-based activist Nutan Thakur.
While the MHA
had denied to provide this information, the Commission said as the cadre controlling
authority, MHA’s role is to look after the conditions of service of IPS
officers, including departmental enquiries and criminal cases. Hence, the MHA
must draw such list and provide it to the petitioner, reports IANS.
Similarly,
while the MHA denied information on cadre change of IPS officers calling it
personal information, the Commission disagreed with it, saying that transfer of
cadre affects public administration and must be placed in the public domain.
The Commission also directed the MHA to furnish year-wise disciplinary action
taken against IPS officers.