Stepping beyond his powers, state CIC appoints Pratibha Patil’s secretary as Pune IC
July 4, 2014
A State CIC has no powers to even sanction a \'casual leave\' of any Information commissioner. However, Maharashtra SCIC Ratnakar Gaikwad issued a transfer order to make Rajendra Jadhav, full time IC of Pune. Jadhav was the secretary to former president Pratibha Patil
Vinita Deshmukh
Rajendra Jadhav was appointed by the Maharashtra Governor and has taken oath as Amravati’s Information Commissioner (IC) on 1 March 2014.