nformation commissioner Satyanand Mishra has been appointed the new chief information commissioner to succeed A N Tiwari. The decision was taken by a high-level committee headed by PM Manmohan Singh that included Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and law minister Veerappa Moily on Monday. The appointment has been sent for presidential approval as required under law.
Mishra, who earlier held charge as secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT), is the senior-most IC in the commission. He took over as IC on September 5, 2008 and his tenure will continue till September 2013.
"I have not been officially informed about the appointment," Mishra said when contacted for his comments. He is expected to take over from Tiwari by December-end. He will be the third bureaucrat to take charge as the chief information commissioner after Wajahat Habibullah and Tiwari.