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Majority favours appointment of PCS officers as DMs

Bhopal: "Let the spoils of power be rip open for every citizen of this great democratic nation", says Sanjiv a respondent to the querry "Should PCS officers be appointed DMs?" put up on the News and Views section of the popular whispersinthecorridors.com.
Corroborating, S Vikrma another respondent - referring to Uttar Pradesh government's move to appoint PCS officials as DMs - says that other states should also follow. "In the days of the British Raj, an ICS man alone could become Collector because only a British could sustain and consolidate the Raj. And those brown-skinned Indians who managed to get into ICS were said to be more British than the Britishers as these natives were the products of the Macaulay system of education which had aimed at producing such Indians who could continue and strengthen the Raj", he says.
"It is unfortunate that the same edifice is continuing at the district level even after Independence, with the IAS replacing the ICS. This thoughtless status-quoism needs to be changed. Over the years the PCS personnel have proved their usefulness. But for their role, the government machinery at the grass-root level would have collapsed. It is a matter of discomfort that their role has never been judged on merit", he adds.
In all 70 per cent respondents to the above question favoured appointment of PCS as DMs if they are competent. Infact some of them said, "this issue has no meaning in the age of globalisation. There should be no IAS/IFS/PCS/PPS etc. Only professional competence should be the criteria for appointment to the important posts in bureaucracy".
But there were others, only 30 per cent, who said that PCS should not be appointed as DM. "PCS officers should not be appointed as DMs. They have narrow vision, less exposure to wide sections of administration, and by years of playing 'yesmen' they command lesser repsect of piers".
"Instead, officers from class I central services are much suited. If there is any derth of IAS or suitable IAS, officers drawn from Central services would be better replacements in view of the fact that they are selected from the same lot as the IAS and in terms of experience and exposure they are equal to any other IAS", said P K Mishra.

Justice Bedi to be CJ of Bombay High Court !

Grapevine has it that Justice Bedi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is being appointed Chief Justice of the Mumbai High Court.

Sudhakar joins IIPA

P D Sudhakar has joined the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA).He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

RD Secretary and Yugandhar not getting along ?

There is a strong rumour in the Planning Commission that Secretary Rural Development Renuka Viswanathan and Member Planning Commission Yugandhar are not getting along on certain issues.

Sujit Banerjee empanelled

Sujit Banerjee has been empanelled to the rank equivalent to Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

GoI to tighten noose around bureaucrats

GoI is learnt to have decided to tighten noose around those bureaucrats who remain away from service without permission.

J & K Chief Secretary to join GoI !

Jammu & Kashmir Chief Secretary, Chewang Phonsog, is likely to join the Government of India as Secretary in a month or two. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

Three new posts created in Sports Ministry

Three new posts, including one of the Joint Secretary and two of the Directors, have reportedly been created in the Sports and Youth Welfare Ministry in the Government of India.

Le Gen Mahajan to be DG EME

Lt Gen Arvind Mahajan is expected to take over as new Director General of the EME on September 1.

Even IGs asked to patrol in night

In a bizarre decision all the IGs and SPs posted in Chhattisgarh police headquarters have been asked to patrol in night. Is it feasible?

Anita Kaul joins HRD Ministry

Ms Anita Kaul has joined the HRD Ministry as Joint Secretary. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on June 13 )

1988 batch IPS officers promoted in Punjab

Four 1988 batch IPS officers Mssrs R C Singh,Prabodh Kumar,Rohit Choudhary and I P S Sahota have been promoted to the rank of IG in Punjab.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh

Ms Abha Singh has been shifted to the PHQ.Mohammad Irfan Ansari has been moved to the PHQ Allahabad.Atmaram Dube has been posted in Ardha Kumbha Mela in Allahabad.

IAS postings in Madhya Pradesh

Manoj Jhalani has been appointed Secretary Planning.Shikha Dubey will be Commissioner Veternary.Hari Singh Shekhawat has been made MD of Khadi Board.

Top Ten of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

1 Montek Singh Ahluwalia
2 Sanjay Baru
3 M K Narayanan
4 T K A Nair
5 B K Chaturvedi
6 Shyam Saran
7 Adarsha Kishore
8 V K Duggal
9 S N Menon
10 R V Shahi

FORUM

The PCS officers are inducted into IAS and are allocated year of allottment to IAS atleast 8 to 10 years, depending upon their service in PCS. Subject to vigilance clearance/any adverse matter, posting as DMs does not seem to be unjustified after gaining appropriate seniority in PCS. There is no way to give the status of IAS officer to a PCS Officer with back date, except giving him proper posting where he is about to get IAS within 2/3 years, depending upon the service rendered by him in PCS.
A K Chaturvedi

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Question should be who got the report leaked????
To get to the truth question needs to be tweaked!!!

The only person interested to know what was in the Report was Nut!!! Congress was least bit anxious to know what was in the Report!!!! Nut and family planned this and the leaking was executed by a relative who has the expertise in springing leaks!!! In all probability the leak was sprung in the Pathak Commission itself……. they got to know Justice Pathak's conclusions!!! And Rajdeep Sardesai says that he got it from a contact he was garnering for a long time…… well he's been garnering Nut for quite some time…... replay the bytes on CNN IBN and this will be proved!!!!

What does the Pathak Report point to????
Well it explains what Nut and Company did do!!!!

Nut was the facilitator, Jagat the main beneficiary, Andaleeb the tool, Khanna the launderer!!!! ED now needs to probe Coburg and Fynnmores Companies alleged to be owned by Jagat…….. once this is done all the bravado being shown by Nut and Jagat will settle down like froth settling in a glass of freshly poured beer!!! The three letters are ample proof!!! Nut's written the letters on behalf of the Congress Party and introduced his son and nephew and in one letter has even thanked the Iraqi Regime for their cooperation !!!!

Nut says his anti US stand did him in……. gone Nuts or wonky,
He's to blame himself …..he's pinning the tail on the wrong donkey!!!

Nut says that it's the US that is responsible for his problems…… he says his stands on the Iraq, Iran and Nuclear issues have done him in!!! Nut's library is full of works of fiction and seems the books are affecting him as he is spending too much time hiding from the World in his Library!!! But then it's very difficult to pin oneself!!!

Jabh Sambandhi bhaye kotwal to darr kahe ka……Laloo's Sambhandi is a taxman,
To help Laloo out he will do what he can!!!

Now Lallo and Rabdi have nothing to worry as their Sambhandi has been appointed as the IT point-man for the Disproportionate Assets cases Laloo and Rabdi are fighting!!! Have you heard of anything more perverse???? We all know that ultimately Laloo will wiggle out , but does the Sarkaar have to make it so obvious???? Seems Laloo can get away with anything in this Sarkaar!!!!

New developments in UP......Mayawathi has gone hi-tech,
And Mulayam needs to keep his flock in check!!!

Mayawathi is computerizing everything…….though she herself does not know anything about Computers, but she's got a Secretary Computerization. If Manuvadis can benefit from Computers why not the Bahujans???? Many from Mulayam's flock are in touch with her for 'switchover ticketS...... Mulayam's CB CID is already working overtime keeping tabs on the turncoats!!

Bharat Kumar

aaj_ki_aawaz@rediffmail.com

WHISPERS .... CORPORATE WORLD

Will Sibal be CMD of GAIL ?

Latest rumour doing the round says that DG Hydro-Carbon V K Sibal may be appointed new CMD of the GAIL.One can only wait and watch.

Satya Narayan is new ED of BHEL Trichey

Satya Narayan of Rani Peth has taken over as new ED of the Trichey unit of the BHEL.

New Company's Act next year

A new Company Act will come into force in the country next year. Bill is being presented to this effect in the Winter Session of the Parliament.

Shyamal Bhattacharya Director (Finance) CIL

Shyamal Bhattacharya has taken over as director (Finance) of Coal India Ltd.

Super Saver Tickets validity extended

Indian has extended the validity of tickets under its Super Saver scheme, for travel till Sept. 30, 2006. All Super Saver tickets whose validity had expired, will be considered for extension of validity, against a charge of Rs.500 per coupon.
The hugely popular Super Saver Utsav scheme at present offers 4 Economy class coupons for Rs.22,000 or 4 Executive Class coupons for Rs.30,000 for travel on domestic sectors. Similarly, an 8 coupon offer in Economy class would cost Rs.46,000 whereas the same in Executive class would cost Rs.64,000.
If any Super Saver ticket is more than one year old (calculated from the date of original issue), then such a ticket would need to be reissued. Re-issuance charge of Rs.500 per ticket will be collected in addition to the validity extension charges of Rs.500 per coupon.
Fuel surcharge of Rs.650 per coupon would also be levied on all such Super Saver tickets that are reissued for validity extension, on or after 8th August 2006.