Under Sec.15(3) of the RTI Act, 2005, the
Government of Tripura constituted State Information Commission
in January, 2006 with Shri B. K. Chakraborty, IAS(Retd) former
Commissioner and Secretary to Government of Tripura as Chief
Information Commissioner and Shri D. K. Das choudhury
TJS(Retd)as State Information Commissioner vide
No.F.3(5)-GA(AR)/2005/P-III dated 10.10.2005. The G.A.(A.R.)
Department immediately formulated the Tripura Right to
Information Rules for effective implementation of the Act in the
State. However, these Rules were modified and further fine
tuned to remove any ambiguity and finally, the Tripura Right to
Information Rules 2008 with designed formats as per provisions
of the Act were published in the official gazette of the State
on 04.02.2008.
The two Member Commission continued to function
till 11.10.2009 and Shri B. K. Chakraborty, Chief Information
Commissioner was the lone Member after completion of term of
Shri D. K. Daschoudhury, State Information Commissioner on
11.10.2009. |