V S Gadhvi elevated as Chief Information Commissioner of Gujarat

Gandhingar: The Gujarat government today elevated one of the four information commissioners of the State Information Commission V S Gadhvi, a retired bureaucrat, as its head (Chief Information Commssioner).

A notification of the General Administration Department in this regard said that the appointment of Mr Gadhvi as CIC would be deemed effective from the date of his assuming the office.

The post of CIC in the state was lying vacant since the retirement of Balwant Singh on December 5 last year.

Mr Gadhvi,, who had earlier hold the posts of Additional Chief Executive Officer, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, Managing Director, Gujarat State Financial Corporation (GSFC), Managing Director, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), Secretary, Water Supply, Chairman, Gujarat Water Supply Board, Gandhinagar and Principal Secretary, Revenue Department among others will now have to resign from the information commissioner’s post before taking charge of the CIC.

His appointment has been announced at a time when a PIL regarding the appointment of the CIC is being heard by the Gujarat High Court.

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