Chandigarh February 13: Responding to the complaint against the appointment and swearing-in of the state Information Commissioners, violating the norms of the model code of conduct, the Chief Electoral Officer Punjab has clarified that the office had sent the case to the ECI on January 2 for approval and the same was approved by the ECI on January 11. This was also reported in the Press.
Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the CEO said that the communiqué of the ECI had also been conveyed to the concerned regarding the grant of permission to administer oath to the four state information commissioners.