<p>When it comes to fighting corruption at the highest level, it seems people do not want to leave the job just to the high and mighty.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A homemaker, workshop assistant, debt recovery agent, BTech student and an insurance agent were among the 425 applicants who felt they are fit for a seat in the top anti-corruption body, the Lokpal.<br /><br />They would be fighting against the likes of former Cabinet Secretary Ajith Seth, former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and former Chief Information Commissioner Satyanand Misra for a space in the Lokpal, among others. The names were made public by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) following an order from the Central <br />Information Commission (CIC) on a plea by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal.<br /><br />As per the Lokpal Act, the ombudsman can have eight members other than the chairperson. Among the eight members, half of them should be judicial members.<br /><br />Effectively, for four posts of non-judicial members, 380 people have applied. Though other details are not available, the list showed that homemaker Sumangali B George, workshop assistant K Jayapal and insurance agent Mata Prasad Mishra also found themselves fit for the job.<br /><br />Similar applicants include BTech student Himanshu Prasad, farmer Kusumawati Bhimrao Jadhao and law student Keshav Nand Bharti.<br /><br />According to the Lokpal Act, a non-judicial member should be a person of “impeccable integrity and outstanding ability having special knowledge and expertise of not less than 25 years in the matters relating to anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance and finance, including insurance and banking, law and management.”<br /><br />The applications came following an advertisement put out by the government in January 2014. The applications will be considered only after a new search committee is constituted.<br /><br />Sixteen people–three former Supreme Court judges, a former High Court Chief Justice, a UGC member and an Information Commissioner–applied for the post of Lokpal chairperson.<br /><br />While three former Supreme Court judges–Justices Gyan SudhaMisra, B S Chauhan and C K Prasad–were nominated by the apex court, others directly applied with recommendation letters from eminent people. <br /></p>
<p>When it comes to fighting corruption at the highest level, it seems people do not want to leave the job just to the high and mighty.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A homemaker, workshop assistant, debt recovery agent, BTech student and an insurance agent were among the 425 applicants who felt they are fit for a seat in the top anti-corruption body, the Lokpal.<br /><br />They would be fighting against the likes of former Cabinet Secretary Ajith Seth, former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and former Chief Information Commissioner Satyanand Misra for a space in the Lokpal, among others. The names were made public by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) following an order from the Central <br />Information Commission (CIC) on a plea by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal.<br /><br />As per the Lokpal Act, the ombudsman can have eight members other than the chairperson. Among the eight members, half of them should be judicial members.<br /><br />Effectively, for four posts of non-judicial members, 380 people have applied. Though other details are not available, the list showed that homemaker Sumangali B George, workshop assistant K Jayapal and insurance agent Mata Prasad Mishra also found themselves fit for the job.<br /><br />Similar applicants include BTech student Himanshu Prasad, farmer Kusumawati Bhimrao Jadhao and law student Keshav Nand Bharti.<br /><br />According to the Lokpal Act, a non-judicial member should be a person of “impeccable integrity and outstanding ability having special knowledge and expertise of not less than 25 years in the matters relating to anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance and finance, including insurance and banking, law and management.”<br /><br />The applications came following an advertisement put out by the government in January 2014. The applications will be considered only after a new search committee is constituted.<br /><br />Sixteen people–three former Supreme Court judges, a former High Court Chief Justice, a UGC member and an Information Commissioner–applied for the post of Lokpal chairperson.<br /><br />While three former Supreme Court judges–Justices Gyan SudhaMisra, B S Chauhan and C K Prasad–were nominated by the apex court, others directly applied with recommendation letters from eminent people. <br /></p>
