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V D Patil, information commissioner for Nagpur bench of SIC was given additional charge of Aurangabad and Amravati divisions. The Information Commissioner disposes of second appeals. The self-styled functioning is taking a toll on the implementation of the RTI Act," he said.Three of SIC benches did not have full-time information commissioners for long till January this year. "The section (4) of the RTI Act mandates fixing such responsibility, but it is an irony that the SIC is not only paying heed to it. Similarly, R J Jadhav, information commissioner with Pune bench, was looking after Nashik division as an additional work.Chief information commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad could not be reached for his comments on high pendency..