Appointment of Speaker's wife questioned
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 03 2012:
Questioning the appointment of Thokchom Nivedita Devi, w/o Thokchom Lokeshwar Singh, Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly as Under Secretary of Manipur Assembly Secretariat under OBC category.
Submitting an application to the State Public Information Officer (SPIO), Manipur Assembly Secretariat, for obtaining information under Section 6 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, one Kambam Seityajit has urged for making available the certificates and documents enclosed in the application for appointment of Nivedita Devi to the post.
Demanding to know how many post vacancy are there in the Manipur Legislative Assembly during the period from 2007 to 2012 and how many have been filled up till date, and how many posts have been created during the said period, the applicant sought a list of the people who have been appointed during the period from 2007 to 2012 specifying the nature of the appointment (whether contract or engagement or regular, etc) .
Furthermore, the applicant demanded to know whether there was any approval of the Manipur Finance Department in the process of the appointment and was there any member of the Finance Department in the interview board.
The applicant also sought a detailed written Rules and Regulations for such appointments.