Guwahati, Mar 5 (PTI) Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria administered the oath of office to former Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta as the State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Wednesday.

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Mahanta, who retired on January 31 this year, succeeded another retired IPS officer A P Rout as the state's CIC.

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The programme was held at Raj Bhavan here.

The brief ceremony was attended among others by the Education Advisor ProfNani Gopal Mahanta, Commissioner and Secretary, Administrative Reforms and Training Shantanu P Gotmare, State Information Commissioner Samudra Gupta Kashyap.

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