5 CIC commissioners cleared
New Delhi: The Government on Sunday is understood to have cleared names of five Information Commissioner for the Central Information Commission (CIC), a move which would almost fill all the vacancies. Sources said names of Yashovardhan Azad, an IPS officer who had a long stint with IB before joining present assignment as Secretary (security) in Cabinet Secretariat, Sharat Sabharwal from Indian Foreign Service, Manjula Parashar 1975-batch Indian Postal Service Officer, who also held the position of Secretary Department of Posts ,have been cleared. The names of Madabhushi Sridhar (Acharyulu) a writer on law and journalism and M A Khan Yusufi , retired joint secretary from Ministry of law, are also believed to have been cleared.