Khurshid Ganai recommended as Chief Information Commissioner

Khurshid Ganai recommended as Chief Information Commissioner A selection panel headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday decided on the appointment of Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, a former bureaucrat(नौकरशाह), as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Jammu & Kashmir. Sources told Greater Kashmir that the selection panel which met in State Guest House Jammu this

evening finalized  the name of Khurshid Ahmad Ganai for the post of Chief Information Commissioner. The panel’s recommendation will now go to the Governor for approval.The CIC and two Information Commissioners are appointed by the Governor on recommendations (सिफारिशें) of the selection panel.  Ganai has held coveted(प्रतिष्ठित)  positions in the State as well as in Central bureaucracy. An IAS officer of 1982 batch, Ganai served in the Union Ministries of Information & Broadcasting and Home Affairs. He also served as Advisor to Governor NN Vohra for a brief period in 2016 when State came under Governor’s Rule following the demise (मृत्यु) of then Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. According to sources, the selection committee comprising Mehbooba Mufti, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and leader of the largest opposition party Omar Abdullah, reached a consensus over Ganai’s name without much deliberations. “The meeting lasted for 5-10 minutes,” sources said. Sources privy(गुप्त) to the meeting said the issue of appointment of two Information Commissioners (ICs) was not on agenda of today’s meeting. “The Chief Minister told members of the selection panel that a new meeting will be convened to discuss the appointment of Information Commissioners,” they said.

The State Information Commission comprises of a Chief Information Commissioner and two Information Commissioners. The SIC became defunct on November 7 last year when its member Nazir Ahmad completed his 5-year term. The Commission is headless for the past one year after its Head GR Sufi completed his 5-year term on February 27, 2016. Another member of the Commission, Dr SK Sharma had already completed his term on October 31, 2015.

coveted

प्रतिष्ठित

Definitions of covet verb yearn to possess or have (something). the president-elect covets time for exercise and fishing synonyms: desire, yearn for, crave, have one's heart set on, want, wish for, long for, hanker after/for, hunger after/for, thirst for

privy

गुप्त

Definitions of privy adjective sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private). he was no longer privy to her innermost thoughts synonyms: in the know about, acquainted with, in on, informed of, advised of, apprised of, wise to, cognizant of noun a toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building; outhouse. It was just as well that the neighbours were so friendly as some of the outside loos - or privies - had two and four holes in them, allowing several people to go to the loo at the same time. a person having a part or interest in any action, matter, or thing. As such the Defendants are privies in title of the covenantors and bound by the estoppel which bound them.

demise

मृत्यु

Definitions of demise noun a person's death. Mr. Grisenthwaite's tragic demise synonyms: death, dying, passing, loss of life, end, quietus, decease, expiry conveyance or transfer of property or a title by demising. First, where a landlord let premises by demise to a tenant, he was regarded as parting with all control over them. verb convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease. The document itself is at page 1126 in volume 5, and it looks like a common or garden lease demising an interest in land, conferring exclusive possession, for the special purpose of cultivation and grazing.