Archive · 19 Jan 2026
AP Appoints CIC and Four Commissioners
The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed a Chief Information Commissioner and four Information Commissioners.
These include a journalist and three lawyers.
The new commissioners will help make decisions about requests for information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
They will serve for three years or until they turn 65, whichever comes first.
The government made these appointments to make the state information commission work better.
Andhra Pradesh government appointed a Chief Information Commissioner and four Information Commissioners.
The Chief Information Commissioner is Vajja Srinivasa Rao, a senior high court advocate.
The four Information Commissioners include three lawyers and one journalist.
The appointments aim to strengthen the state information commission's role in handling RTI appeals and complaints.
The new commissioners will serve for three years or until they reach 65 years of age.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh government
- What
- Appointed Chief Information Commissioner and four Information Commissioners
- When
- Sunday
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To strengthen the functioning of the state information commission
- Chief Information Commissioner
- Vajja Srinivasa Rao
- Information Commissioners
- Paravada Simhachalam Naidu, Vonteru Ravi Babu, Adenna Gajula, Sarath Chandra Kalyana Chakravarthy Vattikutti
- Term of Office
- 3 years or until age 65
- Number of Appointments
- 5
- Purpose of Appointments
- Strengthen state information commission