It is now officials. Former Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani would be the next Chief Information Commissioner of the state.
Governor Ram Naik approved the appointment of Usmani after government sent the vigilance clearance report over probes going against Usmani, Raj Bhawan sources said here on Monday.
Usmani needed vigilance clearance for his appointment on constitutional post as he was questioned in the coal scam by the CBI, as he handled the coal auction as his stint in the PMO.
Usmani is presently holding the post of Chairman, Revenue Board. The name of Usmani was sent to Governor for his approval on November 3 last but the same was returned as it did not contain vigilance report. Governor asked the Government to send the vigilance report along with the file.
“Raj Bhawan received the file with vigilance report on Sunday,” the source said. Former Chief Secretary Usmani, the 1978 batch IAS officer, was ignominiously shunted out to the post Revenue Board after Samajwadi Party lost the lok Sabha election.
Government however decided to appoint him as CIC piping other contenders including IAS officers JP Sharma, CB Paliwal and senior journalist Ram Dutt Tripathi to the post.