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The Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners under Section 13 of the RTI Act, 2005 SHALL NOT:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. The Lesson 16 paragraph on CIC eligibility states that the CIC/IC shall be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media or administration and governance.
2. The disqualifications are explicit: NOT a Member of Parliament or State/UT Legislature, no other office of profit, no political party connection, no business, no profession.
3. There is no bar on legal practitioners or civil servants taking these posts.
4. Charitable trusteeships are not the focus of the disqualification; offices of profit and active political/commercial roles are.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 16: Right to Information Act, 2005, pp. 391-405._
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