PENDENCY AT CIC

M.K. Gupta
Mr. Rakesh Gupta, RTI activist has received the following information from the CIC on the pendency of cases in reply to his RTI application.
Figures mentioned herein speak for themselves about the dire need to increase the strength of Information Commissioners at CIC.
STATUS OF PENDING CASES AT CIC
S. No.
1
Information Commissioner
     (Shri/Ms)
2
6 months to one year
3
Over 12 months
4
Total
(column 3 & 4)
5
Up to 3 months
6
3-6 months
7
Grand Total
8
1.
A. N. Tiwari
90
27
117
790
295
1202
2.
Shailesh Gandhi
0
03
03
738
49
787
(Col 6&7)
3.
Annapurna Dixit
02
02
04
1000
38
1040(Col.4,6,7)
4.
Dr. M A Ansari
0
5
05
443
44
487
(Col. 6&7)
5.
M L Sharma
0
6
06
1314
3134
4448
(col. 6&7)
6.
Satyanand Mishra
234
07
341
536
341
1111
(col 3, 5&6)
7.
Sushma Singh
23
23
46
595
84
702
(col (3,5&6)
8.
Deepak Sandhu
230
09
239
1200
450
1880
(col.3,5&6)
9.
Wajahat Habibullah
327
270
597
879
535
2011
Total pendencyi against col. 3,4,6&7)
10.
Total
13,668
1.                 Total pending cases – 13,668
2.                 Vacancies of ICs 04 – One more shall occur after the retirement of Shri A N Tiwari.
3.                 Cases pending less than
3 months          –        54.84%       
6 months          –        91.20%
3-6 months        –        36.36%
Over 6 months   –        8.80%
6-12 months      –        6.61%                   –       
                  Over 12 months  –       2.19%
Notes
1.       Cases of Shri Wajahat Habibullah are yet to be distributed.
2.       Cases of Dr. M A Ansari have been transferred to others ICs.
3.       Cases of Shri A. N. Tiwari will be transferred to others after his retirement.
(Though utmost care has been exercised in putting the figures, the author is not responsible for any inadvertent mistakes and the figures supplied by the CIC to Mr. Rakesh Gupta shall be treated as final. Totals have been given in the same format as has been informed by Mr. Gupta)