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Seven IPS officers to retire this month

Altogether 7 IPS officers are retiring by this month end .They are Mssrs:-R Sunderraj, U N B Rao and Sewa Das (UT), Arun Dugar, B K Sharma and Murad Ali (Rajasthan ) and K K Mandal (West Bengal).

Wrestling in Delhi Gymkhana Club

Wrestling for the post of President in Delhi Gymkhana Club is on between three heavy weights. They are former RAW Chief AS Dulat, former Urban Development Secretary Raj Bhargawa and Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad. Final bout will be exercised on September 30.

Lt Gen Mohinder Singh to retire

Lt Gen Mohinder Singh Adjutant Gen will retire on October 31. He had been ADC to late J S Arora.

Bihar cadre IAS to be Member-Secretary AICTE

A Bihar cadre IAS officer is likely to be appointed new Member-Secretary of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).

Kamal Pande to be patron

Former Cabinet Secretary Kamal Pande is being elected Patron of the St Joseph College Old Boys Association.

Justice Biswas is acting CJ of Guwahati HC

Justice D Biswas will be acting Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court.

Rawat is back to Sikkim

Joint Secretary, Surface Transport, in the Government of India, Alok Rawat, is back to the parent Sikkim cadre after completion of his deputation tenure. On return 1978 batch IAS officer, Rawat, has been appointed Principal Secretary, Programme Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation, Development of North Eastern Region (DONER), NEC Affairs and CSS with the responsibility of Member and Secretary of Sikkim State Horticulture Mission Board.

Railway officer posted in LBSNAA

Ms Kalpana Dubey, SG in Railways, has been sent on deputation as Director to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. Deputation tenure is for five years.

Indian Supply Service makes history !

Indian Supply Service has made history in the Group A Services for not awarding JAG scale after 29 years of class I service, SAG scale after 32 years, keeping posts vacant for more than two years at JAG and HAG level. Administration of Directorate General Of Supply & Disposal are expert in making flimsy grounds not to promote the officers for obvious reasons. Evan DOPT has not bothered to ask them the reason for not filling up the vacancies for more than two years.

Kochar Commission' tenure extended

The tenure of the Justice R J Kochar Commission has been extended by six months. It was set up to probe into the collapse of the Daman Ganga bridge linking Nani Daman with Moti Daman on August 28, 2003.

Why Only China ?

There is a pressure on All India Service Officers, now being trained at APPPA, to go on study tour to China only. Few weeks ago, APPPA partcipants were given three choices for their Foreign Study Tour to Australia, South Africa and China. While 35 participants chose South Africa, 11 chose Australia and only two opted for China. Now the management is reportedly pressing the participants either to accept China or stay back. Mystery is there ?.

Helicopter services to continue in NE region.

Helicopter services will not be stopped in the Northern Region as was being speculated. They would continue in NE region.

Govt takes health seriously !

The government now seems to be taking the health of it's people seriously. As a step forward it has decided that the Technical vacancies in Health Ministry be filled up soon

MP High -Level team for US and UK

A high-level team led by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babu Lal Gaur has left for US and UK on investor hunt.The team consists of Chief Secretary Vijay Singh, Principal Secretary Industries Vishwapati Trivedi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister O P Rawat, MD of MPSIDC Raghav Chandra, Commissioner Industries J N Kansotiya and MD of the Tourism Development Corporation Alka Upadhyay.

Satish Sonkar moves to Mumbai

Satish Sonkar has been moved to Mumbai as Station Director - All India Radio. Earlier his name had been mentioned for the post of Station Director Doordarshan Kendra, Mumbai, in place of Mukesh Sharma.

DD SDs meet in Bhubneshwar

A three day meeting of the Station Directors of the Doordarshan Kendras will commence in Bhubneshwar on September 27.

Five awarded IPS in J & K

Five state service officers in Jammu & Kashmir have been awarded the IPS.

Singhal is MD PICUP in UP

Deepak Singhal has been appointed MD of PICUP in UP. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh

M K Singh will now be MD of Seeds and Farms Development Corporation.S K Vaid has been appointed MD of State Civil Supplies Corporation.

New VC in J & K

Prof Siddiq Wahid has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University of Science and Technology in J&K.

Lt Gen Shah is GOC of 3 Corps

Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah has taken over as the new GOC of 3 Corps from Lt Gen Daljeet Singh.

FORUM

Dear Dr Manmohan Singhji,

I am a very sad man because of yesterday's cabinet decision to treat the posts of Defence Secretary, Home Secretary, Director, RAW and Director, IB, as something so different from other government postings that the age of retirement becomes irrelevant. I have been brought up in the philosophy that all posts at a certain level are equal and that officers of the All India Services are not supposed to jockey for particular postings because every post at that level is equally important in the public service. Government has now put a value judgement on the post of Secretary to Government in that two of these posts are now considered so important that the officers who happen to man them will not be required to retire at the statutory age of sixty years. The same thing applies to the two top intelligence posts, normally held by police officers.

We are living in a system in which every norm, every system has broken down. I say with regret that officers of my Service and of the sister Service, the IPS, no longer have any values which can act as a benchmark and most of them would give their eye teeth in order to obtain a particular posting which is either lucrative, powerful or both. If in the process they can continue to be in service beyond the age of sixty, that makes the post all the more attractive and the intrigue to obtain that post all the more murky. Is this what we want to encourage ? Is this the direction of administrative reforms that we want to take ? I did not expect this of a government headed by you.

I can understand your anxiety to have an officer in a key post for an adequate period of time. Do we have to post a person on the verge of retirement to such a post ? Can we not select an officer who has at least two years of service left for these posts ? The practice of putting an officer there who has a short period of service left and then giving him a back door extension by declaring the post to have a tenure is not a good administrative practice. In any case, why is the Home Secretary or Defence Secretary more important than the Education Secretary, Health Secretary, Agriculture Secretary or the Social Welfare Secretary ? Or is the Preamble of the Constitution no longer relevant, Article 38 no longer the guiding principle of government, the establishment of the welfare state no longer the objective of government and the offices connected with welfare no longer of any importance ? The decision taken puts the regulatory and police functions above the welfare functions. Is this what the future holds for India ?

The deed is done but it is not too late to undo it. This is not a case of, "The moving finger writes and having a writ moves on…" My submission to you is that even now this mistake be reviewed, the decision reversed and instead a policy decision be taken that people will not be posted to a certain post or level of post who have less than a requisite number of years of service left.

Dr Manmohan Singh,
Prime Minister of India,
South Block, New Delhi

Yours sincerely
( M N Buch )

Aaj Ki Aawaz

SC has rightly opined that Governor Houses have become Political Parties ke hub,
Sanctity of Governorship ho rahi hai drub!!

In Buta's case two Political Parties worked out of Bihar Guv's official ghar,
From his bedroom RJD and from living room Congress without any darr!!!

And both Sweety and Lovely spend time with 'Chacha' Laloo in Dad's bedroom,
Diggy deals directly with Dad and does not give them both any room in the living room!!!

Buta is a classical example of what a Governor should not do and be,
His bias is easy to see!!

And this bias has made him take decisions that demean Governor's role,
Easy to see that propping up Laloo is his sole goal!!!

Congress appointed Governors like Razi, Jamir and Buta have damned Democracy,
Via their biased autocracy!!!

Today is the day that Paswan has to let the Congress know of his decision,
That if in his anti Laloo stance there is any revision!!

Paswan says Laloo is a lost case and time Congress realized this and dumped the thug,
Paswan says that deadweight Congress karr rahi hai lug!!!

However Congress says that Laloo stood by them when all called Sonia a firangi or gori,
Diggy says that RJD and Congress are tied to each other with an emotional dori (thread)!!

This election is even very important for Diggy,
If NDA wins will be in the doghouse…….untouchable like a piggy!!!

Fact is Laloo has got Diggy to work with him to ensure that Paswan does not agree,
That is to join the RJD led front in Bihar…..reason is easy to see!!!

Because if Paswan comes in Laloo will have to agree to give him lion's share in seats,
Then will not be a RJD led front but UPA in actuality….. Laloo ka objective this defeats!

Why doesn't Congress get over with it and name India Rajiv Land or Indira Land????
From Airports to parks all are named after Indira, Rajiv or Sanjay…… we need to take a stand!!!

Someone should file a PIL to stop this…… there are so many other names that should be honored,
But seems naming has been by the Gandhi family cornered!!!

Should have been Manmohan Singh Technological Park …but Rajiv's name has been put on the gate,
Of course no doubt to please his mate!!!!

Sonia should let all know enough is enough….. honor others too,
On this Gandhi family naming fixation Indians have started to boo!!!

Nitish says that Laloo's days of taking pangaas are over,
Promises that after elections Laloo is going to run for cover!!!

But at present BJP and JD (U) are fighting over seats…of course friendly fight,
Fact is for seat sharing situation is very tight!!!

But ultimately their pledge to kick out Laloo will prevail,
And seat adjustments will be finalized …smooth sail!!!

RJD led alliance has two liabilities…. Laloo and Buta,
Dono se hai electorate hai rootta !!!!

Bhikari doling out gifts…… luxury cars and free power,
Whereas pragmatic policies and austerity where the needs of the hour!!!

Rajas are known to dole out gifts……. of course not from their own pocket,
Gift ka plug is connected to prajas pocket ki socket!!!

Raja in a Democracy is just the same…… doles gifts with people's paisa,
People are questioning kaise karr saktha hai yeh aisaa????

Andher nagri chaupat Raja……. will make Punjab broke,
Agar iss pe nahi lagaa di rok (stop)!!!!

Should a person be allowed to milk two milch cows… hold profit ke two jobs,
Question Dalimya's supporters as they let out sobs!!!

The BCCI election developments show the stakes involved …..very high,
No wonder even after twenty years Dalmiya is not willing to say bye bye!!!

Imagine two retired CJs have been appointed to oversee election,
Whereas in a sports body the sporting way should have been selection!!!!

Now Chappel has emailed Mahendra that Ganguly is not mentally or physically fit,
Slanging match ko start kiya hai with this email sixer hit!!!

By the way Mr.Mahendra you can access your email anywhere… world address,
Mahendra said that Chappell sent email to his Bhiwani address and so he could not access!!!

Appeals are being filed left and right….why not hold AGM in Court !!!
So that Court can immediately give its decision on any legal retort!!

In fact they say yesterday battery lawyers had occupied rooms in Taj Bengal,
Advising both groups their next chaal!!

Seems Ganguly is Dalmiya's blue eyed boy…..Calcutta connection,
Despite his dismal performances he got Dalmiya se protection!!!

But now it is for sure either Chappel or Ganguly will have to go,
Seems after AGM Board will tell Ganguly 'ille po' (no go)!!!

If Dalimya manages to maintain his stranglehold then Chappel will be told to go,
And between the Board and Chappel will start a legal row!!!

Weekend is here…… daal roti kaao aur prabhoo ke gun gaao,
Aur Mandir, Masjid, Gurudwara ya Chruch me jaroor jaao!!!

Bharat Kumar

Whispers --- Corporate World -

Vinod Sharma to be GM of Hotel Ashoka

Vinod Sharma is being appointed General Manager of the ITDC run Hotel Ashoka in Delhi.

Ganguly in Maruti Board

Amal Ganguli has been appointed on the Board of the Maruti Ltd. as a Director.

Mathivanan appointed Member

President of the TamilNadu Powerloom Federation, M S Mathivanan, has been reappointed Member of the All India Powerloom Board set up by the Union Ministry of Textiles.

Bill Gates to visit Chennai

The Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates will visit Chennai in December at the invitation of Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran.