[This perhaps explains his brazenly partisan pronouncements and acts.] http://www.indiatrendingnow.com/delhi/bassi-in-race-for-post-at-info-panel-0216/
Bassi in race for post at info panel By ITN Network DELHI FEBRUARY 18, 2016 Outgoing Delhi top cop among 14 others shortlisted for information commissioner’s job New Delhi, Feb 18: Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi is in the race for a post-retirement job of information commissioner’s chair. For the three vacant information commissioner’s post Bassi is among the 14 civil servants who has been shortlisted. BS Bassi is due to retire on February 29.Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed the selection panel and is expected to meet soon to take the call for filling three vacancies. Apart from Bassi, others in the running include former I&B secretary Bimal Jhulka, former DoPT secretary Shyamal Sarkar and a retired high court judge Ravi R Tripathi. Earlier in January, the Supreme Court had given the government six weeks to fill vacancies in the information watchdog after some RTI activists moved court. The selection committee meeting could be held as early as Friday, just in time before the SC deadline ends. Last year in September the 1977-batch IPS officer had set his eyes on the information watchdog. The chief information commissioner’s (CIC) post was due to fall vacant in December. Besides, there were three vacancies of information commissioners. Bassi – who was due to retire in February-end – had applied for the two posts. The CIC’s chair comes with the rank of a Supreme Court judge; the IC gets the status of a high court judge. Both posts, however, are on a five-year term. Bassi’s claim for the CIC didn’t go anywhere. Last month, former defence secretary RK Mathur took charge as CIC. But trying to make it past the finishing line this time too might be much more difficult than battling with the AAP government that often accuses him of letting the BJP’s interests dictate his decisions, not public interest. It is an accusation that has grown louder in recent days after police slapped sedition charges on JNU students. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
