Telangana govt appoints Raja Sadaram as Chief Information Commissioner

Hyderabad: The state government on Friday appointed Dr S. Raja Sadaram the Chief Information Commissioner while senior journalist Buddha Murali was named Information Commissioner for the TS Information Commission.

Dr Sadaram retired as TS Legislature secretary last month, while Mr Murali is working with Andhra Bhoomi Telugu daily as chief reporter.

A three-member committee headed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao finalised the two appointments at a meeting held at Pragathi Bhavan.

Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali and Leader of Opposition K. Jana Reddy, the other members of the selection panel, were present in the meeting.

Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Friday approved the committee’s recommendations regarding the two appointments. The remaining commissioners are yet to be finalised.

The state government can appoint 10 commissioners but sources said that Mr Rao is of the view that six would suffice for TS. Undivided AP too had only six commissioners.