The resolution, moved by Congress Legislature Party leader Pramod Tewari, was adopted unanimously by the House.

During the last year, the Commission has issued several notices to the Speaker and principal secretary of the Assembly Secretariat summoning them to appear and reply to petitions filed before it.

Tewari said, “No action will be taken by the Assembly Secretariat on the notices so far issued by the State Information Commission to the Assembly Speaker, principal secretary, any other officer in the Assembly Secretariat, including the nodal officer under the RTI.”

The resolution also warned the Commission to refrain from issuing any more such notices to the Speaker and the principal secretary. “If any notice is sent in future to the Assembly by the Commission, then it will be treated as the contempt of the House. The matter will be placed before the privilege committee of the House for suitable action.”

Later, briefing mediapersons, Principal Secretary R P Pandey said Commission is issuing notices based on absurd questions. “One question sought information from the Speaker as to how legislators became millionaires overnight soon after they were elected to the Assembly. This was an absurd question and therefore, we ignored the notice. The person seeking this information filed a petition before the Commission and they issued notice summoning the Speaker,” he added.

In another instance, a person inquired from the Speaker “whether an MLA can bid for a government contract in his/her name. If yes, then the MLA is earning profit and whether he/she should be disqualified from the membership”. Pandey said the nodal officer under the RTI in Assembly Secretariat replied that the name and the number of MLAs taking government contracts under their name were not available with the Secretariat. The questioner then filed a petition in the Commission, which issued a notice to the Speaker.