PIOs Challenging Penalty Under Sec.20 Cannot Engage Govt. Counsel: TN Government [Read Order]

The Tamil Nadu Government has directed Public Information Officers (PIOs) to abstain from engaging a Government Counsel in matters where the PIO intends to challenge imposition of penalty under Section 20 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.Section 20 of the Act empowers the CIC or the SIC to recommend disciplinary action or impose a penalty on a PIO while deciding on a complaint or a...