Monday, May 4, 2020

No power to cut salary of SIC members, State told

04/05/2020, 

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

The State Information Commission (SIC) in a letter to the State government said that the latter was not empowered to reduce the salary or allowances of either the State Chief Information Commissioner or the Information Commissioners. The Commission has drawn attention to Section 16 (5) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, which states that “the salaries, allowances and other conditions of service of the State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Information Commissioners shall not be varied to their disadvantage after their appointment.”

Salary handed over

The State Chief Information Commissioner and the four Information Commissioners, however, handed over their salaries for one month to the Chief Minister.

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