Goa today got new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and two State Information Commissioners (SICs).
PrashantTendolkarwas sworn in as new the Goa CIC, while Prtaima Vernekar and Juino D'Souza were administered the oath of office for SICs by state Chief Secretary R K Srivastava.
While the post of CIC was vacant since January 2015, both the SIC slots were vacant since September 2012.
Tendolkar istheformeradditionalpresidentof the GoaState Administrative Tribunal, South while Vernekar is a senior public prosecutor and D'Souzaisalawyer and a social activist.
"My priority is to reduce the pending cases which are piled up in office. There are around 1,500 petitions which needs to be heard," said Tendolkar.
