{
  "id": 16146727,
  "title": "Cabinet Secretariat Declined Action On Election Commissioners' Complaints Against IAS Officer Maneesh Garg, Citing Lack Of Official EC Communication, Reveals RTI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/cabinet-secretariat-declined-action-on-election-commissioners",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T02:52:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/cabinet-secretariat-declines-action-on-election-commissioners-complaints-against-ias-officer-maneesh-garg-citing-lack-of-official-ec-communication"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Delhi: The Cabinet Secretariat refrained from taking any action on complaints sent by two Election Commissioners against the conduct of an officer in the Commission, noting that the communications were in their \"individual capacity\" and in the absence of \"any official communication from the Commission as a whole, any action at this stage may be inappropriate\", records made public in an RTI…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "After complaints from two ECs against officer, Cabinet Secretariat noted action may be ‘inappropriate’, seen as ‘interference’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/after-complaints-from-two-ecs-against-officer-cabinet-secretariat",
        "published": "2026-10-22T23:35:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "RTI reveals Cabinet Secretariat sent election commissioners’ letters to CEC Gyanesh Kumar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/rti-reveals-cabinet-secretariat-sent-election-commissioners-letters",
        "published": "2026-10-23T01:46:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}