Bengaluru: Dr. Richard Vincent D'Souza, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed as a State Information Commissioner for the Karnataka Information Commission’s Bengaluru Bench. The appointment was made through a notification issued by the Governor of Karnataka, Thaawarchand Gehlot, on Tuesday.

According to the notification, two other commissioners have also been appointed, B. Venkat Singh for the Kalaburagi Bench and Dr. Mahesh Walwekar for the Bengaluru Bench. The appointments were made under sub-section (3) of Section 15 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, and the terms of service will be governed by Section 16 of the Act and the Karnataka Right to Information (Term of Office, Salaries, Allowances and Other Conditions of Service) Rules, 2019.

Dr. D'

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