The Nagaland Information Commission was constituted on 14th March 2006, vide Government Order N0. AR- 3/ Gen-147/2005. On the recommendation of the appointment Committee constituted in terms of Section 15(3) of the Right to Information Act 2005 and under the provision of Section 15(1) & (2), the Governor of Nagaland Shri Shyamal Datta administered the oath of office to the above mentioned Commissioners to form the Information Commission and to exercise the power conferred on them and to perform the functions assigned to it under the Act.