Heeralal Samaria ( born 14 September 1960) is a retired IAS officer of 1985 batch. Currently, he is serving as Chief Commissioner of the

Central Information Commission The Central Information Commission is a statutory body, set up under the Right to Information Act in 2005 under the Government of India to act upon complaints from those individuals who have not been able to submit information requests to a Ce ...

(CIC).

Early life

Heeralal Samaria was born on September 14, 1960, in Kugra village of

Bharatpur district Bharatpur District is a district in Rajasthan state in western India. The city of Bharatpur is the District Headquarters, Division Headquarters and Headquarters of Bharatpur History Historical events Bharatpur is a place of mythological imp ...

in the state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

Career

Heeralal, a former IAS officer of the 1985 batch of

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

cadre, who is currently holding the post of Information Commissioner, was promoted by the central government. He was administered the oath of office by President

Droupadi Murmu Droupadi Murmu (born Durgi Biranchi Tudu; 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the president of India since 2022. She won the 2022 Indian presidential election, 2022 presidential election as the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

at a ceremony held at

Rashtrapati Bhavan The Rashtrapati Bhavan (, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrapati Bhavana''; ; formerly Viceroy's House (1931–1947) and Government House (1947–1950)) is the official residence of the President of the Republic of India at the western end of Rajpath, Rai ...

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on November 6, 2023. Hiralal Samaria is recognized as the first Dalit person to take up this responsibility. He will continue in this post till September 13, 2025. He has been appointed as the Chief Commissioner of CIC for a period of two years by the central government. He previously served in various capacities in the united

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

and

states. He served as Director of

Singareni Singareni is a village located in Khammam district, Telangana, India. Coal reserves in Telangana were found first in Singareni. There is a railway line from Singareni that meets the Manuguru-Dornakal railway at Karepalli junction. Transport S ...

, Chairman of Southern Power Distribution Company in the electricity sector, and as Secretary in the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment. He was appointed as the Central Information Commissioner on November 7, 2020, and has now been promoted to the post of Chief Commissioner.

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1960 births Living people Indian Administrative Service officers Indian government officials People from Rajasthan People from Bharatpur district Dalit people {{India-bio-stub