The Supreme Court today asked Union Government to appoint three Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission (CIC), within next six weeks. A bench comprising Justices J S Khehar and C Nagappan said, it has already granted the time sought by the Centre. The Centre should now appoint the Information Commissioners within this time period.<br/><br/>The bench was hearing Centre's plea filed against a Delhi High Court order. The High court on November 6 last year, had asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to fill up the vacancies in CIC within 6 weeks time. <br/><br/>The high court had observed, the vacancies led to a massive backlog of appeals before the CIC. The CIC comprises a chief commissioner and 10 information commissioners. On last Monday,the Centre appointed Former Defence Secretary R K Mathur as the Chief Information Commissioner in CIC.