[This is no positive development. The committee to appoint has no representation from the Opposition. The recent appointment of the CBI Director even with the Opposition leader as a member of the three-member panel to appoint should give a fair idea as regards the shape of things to come.
Pretty much disturbing.] https://scroll.in/latest/912293/lokpal-modi-government-invites-applications-for-post-of-chairperson-members-of-ombudsman?fbclid=IwAR28mjz5HskQrdntCXGSUhnn_ATY1yQPs3hPxIp7xMcBgkLJZQKFQGqMLh8 Lokpal: Modi government invites applications for post of chairperson, members of ombudsman The last date for filing applications is February 22. Lokpal: Modi government invites applications for post of chairperson, members of ombudsman A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi | IANS Yesterday · 11:11 pm Scroll Staff The government on Wednesday said the search committee for anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has invited applications for the post of chairperson and members of the Lokpal. An official press release said the application form can be found on the website of the Department of Personnel and Training. The applicant to the post of chairperson of the Lokpal must be a former chief justice of India or a Supreme Court judge. The applicant for the post of a member should be a former Supreme Court judge or a chief justice of a High Court. The last date for filing applications is February 22, 2019 at 5 pm, the press release said. A person can nominate another individual, but cannot withdraw a nomination they so made. The applicant must be at least 45 years of age. The rules also state that at least 50% of the members of the Lokpal should be persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, backward classes and women. The Centre’s move comes over five years after the former United Progressive Alliance government passed the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. The Lokpal Act provides for an anti-corruption panel that will supervise cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants. The Centre initiated the process to fill the long-vacant posts of chairperson and members of anti-corruption ombudsman on January 30. The Ministry of Personnel said the search committee had held its first meeting the previous day. Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday ended a week-long fast he had launched over the delay in appointment of a Lokpal at the Centre. On January 17, the Supreme Court had asked the Lokpal search committee to recommend names for the office by the end of February. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi asked the Centre to provide the search panel the infrastructure and manpower to help it complete its work. In September, the Centre had named an eight-member search committee, led by Desai and also comprising former State Bank of India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya and Prasar Bharati chairperson A Surya Prakash. -- 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 greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
