- Wajahat Habibullah
Wajahat Habibullah is Chief Information Commissioner of the Government of
India since October 26, 2005. He was a member of theIndian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1968 until his retirement in August 2005. Before his retirement and his subsequent appointment by the President as the Chief Information Commissioner, he was Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Local Government).He was divisional commissioner of nine districts in the state of
Jammu and Kashmir between 1991 and 1993, which was abruptly terminated by a near fatal road accident, while negotiating with militants occupying theHazratbal shrine in Kashmir .Controversies
Mr.Habibullah's elevation as Chief Information Commissioner has thrust him into the centre of many controversies. Fact|date=September 2007
*In 2004 he was accused of asking for US mediation in Jammu & Kashmir. [ [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/13spec1.htm I did not ask for US mediation: Habibullah ] ]
*In 2007 he was accused of being a Foreign Agent out to "dismember" India [ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sackhim/message/1 Yahoo! Groups ] ] , a charge which puzzled him. [ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sackhim/message/27 Yahoo! Groups ] ]
*In 2007 his identity was questioned and he was accused of being in US grip. [ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sackhim/message/27 Yahoo! Groups ] ]References
* [http://cic.gov.in/cvCIC.htm CIC web site] , Government of India
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