Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government today appointed senior advocate Kali Dass Batish as the new state Information commissioner.
He replaces S S Parmar, whose term expired early this week.
59-year-old Batish is a post graduate in physics and has also done LLB from Punjab University. He was the Additional Advocate General to Himachal Pradesh government from March 1998 to February 2003.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, June 06, 2012, 22:42