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Proposal to increase retirement age to 62 yet not dropped !
Grapevine has it that the proposal to increase the retirement age of central government employees from 60 years to 62 years is yet not dropped. It is lying sealed with the PM. In a pre-election move, the Government is likely to revise retirement age to 62 years before 31st August.
Gavai to be High Commissioner in Canada
S M Gavai currently Consul General in Houston, US, will go as High Commissioner to Canada. He is 1975 batch IFS officer.
Gupta joins as DDG ICCR
Ajit Gupte has joined as DDG in ICCR after his return from Dhaka in place of Sanjiv Kohli (1988).He is 1991 batch IFS officer.
Bidari to be new Police Commissioner Bangalore ?
Shankar Mahadev Bidari is being tipped to be new Police Commissioner Bangalore. He is 1978 batch IPS officer. In all probability he would replace 1976 batch IPS officer N Achutha Rao.
Mirji to be Intelligence Chief in Karnataka !
B G J Mirji is likely to be appointed IG Intelligence in Karnataka. He is 1982 batch IPS officer.
Who will be Lt Governor of Delhi ?
In case NDA comes to power and L K Advani becomes the Prime Minister ,who will be the Lt Governor of Delhi ?.People mention the names of former Director of Intelligence Bureau K P Singh and former Urban Development Secretary Anil Baijal .
Manjulika Gautam to join CAT in Patna
Manulika Gautam who has sought VRS is likely to go to Patna to join as Administrative Member of the CAT. She is 1972 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Who will be Secretary I & B ?
Search is on for the post of Secretary Information and Broadcasting in the Government of India. Being the election year the post is considered to be sensitive and important for the UPA Government.
Where is Pankaj Pal ?
Is Managing Editor of the Hindustan Times Pankaj Pal still with the Organisation ?.Several rumours are doing the round in the media circles.
Transfers in Customs and Excise this week
Transfer of IRS (C&CE) officers are expected to take place this week.
Kaushal to return to Haryana
Sanjeev Kaushal is completing his central deputation as Joint Secretary and Additional Development Commissioner in the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises next month. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch of Haryana cadre.
Will 25 MLAs leave Congress in Maharashtra ?
Buzz is that about 25 Congress MLAs will quit the party if Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh is not changed. Who is behind this move ?.
No need of DAVP
There is a serious move in the Department of Child and Women Welfare in the Government of India to invest Rs 48 crores through private advertising agencies. If this move gets okayed then there will be no need of the DAVP.
Roy to be DPS Indore
1992 batch Indian Postal Service Officer VC Roy has been made DPS Indore MP Cricle.
Who Shall be the New Custodian?
Who shall be the new Custodian in Ministry of Finance after relief of Mrs. Rekha Gupta? Till regular incumbent is posted, any Joint Secretary (IAS) of Banking Division may look after this post.
Ms Srivastava and Sevaram gets additional charge in MP
Principal Secretary Revenue Ms Snehlata Srivastava has been given additional charge of Child and Women Welfare. She is 1982 batch IAS officer. Similarly, Sevaram, Secretary Higher Education Department, Technical Education and Training, Sciences and IT Department, was assigned additional responsibilities of Social Justice Department .He is 1984 batch IAS officer..
People getting more pro astrology
The recent trend is that more & more people are turning towards astrologers. In the bargain astrologers are reaping good crop in terms of consultation fees.
Changes in postings of IAS officers in Maharashtra
In a bureaucratic reshuffle the Maharashtra Government has posted Sanjay Sethi Commissioner of Nagpur civic body as Managing Director(MD)of the Film City.Other changes are:Dilip Band Commissioner Civic body Pimpri Chinchwar to Commissioner civic body Aurangabad,Prabhakar Deshmukh Collector Pune to Commissioner Agricultutre, Chandrakant Dalvi Deputy Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister to Collector Pune, Ashish Sharma Commissioner Animal Husbandry to Commissioner Civic body Pimpri Chinchwar.
IAS changes in Himachal Pradesh
Balbir Tegta been posted as the settlement officer, Shimla. C.P. Paulrasu has been made deputy commissioner, Lahaul-Spiti, at Kaza.
Virk gets posting in Maharashtra
Former Punjab DGP S S Virk has been appointed Chairman of Maharashtra Police Housing Corporation. He is 1970 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer.
17 IFS officers to get Selection Grade in Orisa
As many as seventeen IFS officers ,who were inducted in to Orissa cadre between 1993 and 2002 would soon get selection grade soon. They are U. Nanduri, P.K.Jha, Dr.K.Murukesan, R.Raghu Prasad, Sharat Kumar Mishra (A),Rabindra Nath Sahoo, Akshya Kumar, L..K.dash,B.N.Mohanty,Abhiram Das,P.K.Sarangi,G.Rjesh,Manoj.V.Nair,S.N.Jena, K.C.Hansda, S.C.Sahu and Aintha Sethy.
IAS officer Rajora resigns ! (UPDATED)
Madhya Pradesh Home Secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar Rajora is reported to have resigned from service on Friday. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.I
AS changes in TamilNadu (UPDATED)
Kakaria Usha will now be Collector Chennai,U Sagavam has been made Collector Namakkal.N Sundaradavan has been appointed Secretary Forests and Environment.Smita Nagraj has been posted as Secretary Energy.M Jayaraman will now be Collector of Nagapattinam district. M Rajendran will be , Thiruvannamalai. Reeta Harish Thakkar Pudukkottai.

US Government people tells Americans 'see for fuel what Indians pay'!!!!
Aur yahaa without giving price 'see Americans pay market rate' Sarkaar karti hai say!!
We know that Manmohan wants fuel to be priced at Market rate!!!
I had asked him when had he last paid to fill his car and answer karr raha hoo await!
He's been living 'on the house' for what seems like ever,
What about Sonia….. when it comes to her paying for fuel you can say 'never'!!!
For all you know in its appeasement mindset Sarkaar may fix Quotas on fuel,
And then watch with glee as communities karte hai fuel be duel!!!
Congress feels this dueling is good for its electoral prospects,
Because then on narrow considerations India elects!!!!
Is NCP going in for a split????
After Pawar promoting his daughter the flame for the spilt had been lit!!!
By the way see who sits in Pawar's godhi (lap)????
A convicted drug peddler , kidnapper and assaulter known as Lalit Modi!!!!
Pawar may get Manmohan to paint Modi's taint!!!!
And Manmohan will declare that Modi is a Saint!!!
By now it's amply clear that Pawar can get away with everything,
And despite what Pawar's done Sonia's Choir karta hai Pawar ke gunn gaan sing!!!
Confucius says….. for numbers Congress as per the adage is calling a donkey its baap!!!!
As Confucius sees it apna grave khod rahi hai Congress apne aap!!

FORUM
"ACR: No More Confidential"- Supreme Court.
The ACRs play a very vital role in the career of a government servant. Timely promotion and recognition are the basic motivations for a government servant So DoPT should evolve such transparent Performance Appraisal System, which should have least subjectivity and no room of unfairness and prejudices. In Central Staffing Scheme, the DoPT has fixed minimum bench-mark of ACR as 'VERY GOOD' for empanelment of Deputy Secretary, Director, Jt. Secretary. If some officer is appointed as DS/Dir/JS, it means his/her performance had been Very Good and above. So such officers are fully capable to deliver the results. Our duty is to provide congenial environment. There are examples in some ministries that some officers are not allowed to get adjusted in the new environment. Some high-headed people forget if such treatment was given to them, what would have been their reaction? First of all, provide them stage only then they can perform better. Moral of the story is that one should play with anybody's career. Moreover in the recent judgement of Hon'ble Supreme Court(CA No.7631 of 2002: Dev Dutt Vs Union of India), ACR in no more confidential document. It can be shown to the concerned official. The Supreme Court has held, "Non-communication of entries in the Annual Confidential Report of a public servant, whether he is in civil, judicial, police or any other service (other than the military), certainly has civil consequences because it may affect his chances for promotion or get other benefits. Hence, such non-communication would be arbitrary, and as such violative of Article 14 of the Constitution."
The DOPT is requested to issue, in this regard, necessary directions to all the Departments/ Ministries in the interest of the country as fear of ACR grading travels in the mind. The transparency in the ACR System will bring efficiency in the working of Government.
Meenakshi Roy
Fresh Pay Commission should be appointed
There are so many anomalies and discriminations amongst various services in the government that it would be in the interest of the government and its officers that the pay commissions is rejected in toto and a fresh pay commission be appointed with representations of all services. It should not be fully of only IAS officers. Implementation of the present pay commission report would lead to widespread resentment and demotivation amongst all the sections of employees.
Deepak Singh Advocate
The odds against the police
When I read and hear of the public spat on the police everyday, I am reminded on Mark Antony's famous oration after Brutus and others had killed Julius Caesar and he carries the body of Caesar to the pulpit and starts,
"Friends, Romans and Countrymen. I come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that man does lives after him, the good it oft interned with his bones. So let it be with Caesar".
Police is unfortunately, this Caesar. When Nithari happens, we curse the police; when Arushi happens, we compare police to police dogs and give the police dogs more credit, we crack jokes of LA police having trained Noida police, etc - the evils that the police does lives after them. But unfortunately, the good is oft interned with them - I would have loved to see the likes of MN Buch, SC Sharma and other such 'kind hearted souls', write today in Whispers applauding the investigation of the same Police, when it came to ensuring conviction of Yadavs in the Nitish Katara case - and please remember, it was a case based purely on circumstantial evidence. We have had so many such cases where police have excelled, but I suppose 'these mature IAS officers' are all 'honourable men' (as Mark Antony called Brutus and his men).
I know of innumerable police officers who have worked hard and have done their utmost, even to the extent of physical threats and personal dangers to families, to keep the honour of law and the police high. While I am proud of such officers and such police, I am equally ashamed of the other types.
I am not saying that the Indian police is great - what I am saying is that we need to create conditions where police officers get posted to important positions on merit, where they are able to deliver with adequate autonomy, where they become accountable to the public as much as they are to the political executives - we need a change. But we will never get this change till we keep trying to score brownie points by belittling services. I am sure we can narrate as many, probably more, tales of high levels of corruption in development work and policy making by IAS officers. But does that help the common man on the street? It doesn't.
I plead to the officers who are 'whispering' here in this forum to create a loud noise to force governments of the day at the States and Centre, to force various political parties to reform the police. And please when we talk of police reforms, my dear IAS officers, can we look at what is good for the public, the society and the country first, rather than where you get to gain or lose control over police? Recent Police Acts enacted in certain States show such a tendency. Can we be mature enough and not get into turf issues?
Ashish

Dear M N Buch,
You have conveniently forgotten that the NOIDA police is working under a DM and so many other supervisors-political and bureaucratic. Perhaps making oblique remarks to American police is too far- fetched and illogical. MN Buch belongs to the MP cadre IAS where all attempts to have a new police act have been successfully stymied by his worthy successors. So it is better he makes no comments about police working. Being judgemental about police working has been a favourite sport with all kinds of law breakers, so no wonder such premature remarks are being made by all kinds of people.
Mahesh Prasad
Why this Hullabalo ?
Hundreds of government officials belonging to different organised Services are applying for VRS every day. What is so special about PK Mishra IAS (UP).Why is he being made a hero for a personal decision regarding VRS ?What is his motive for garnering public sympathy? Can someone through some light through this website?-----
A.K.SAXENA
Mishra should not have gone to UP
Mishra should never have gone back to UP from central deputation. Many IAS officers have been offered Chief Secretary posts while serving the Centre but have not been lured by the lucre. Similarly many IPS officers serving at the Centre have been offered DGP posts but have stayed put. You can not have your cake and eat it too. Resignation is a personal matter be it due to suppression or whatever. It has happened earlier also, but not every person who resigns can be elevated to sainthood overnight nor can every Chief Minister in whose regime any officer resigns be vilified by oversimplifying and generalising emotionally.
A K Singh
Traffic matters be outsourced to some private agency
Seeing the insensitive & pathetic policing quality of Delhi police specially traffic Police in Delhi roads, i suggest that traffic matters be outsourced to some private agency to begin with,. Reasons are;
1. Traffic Police just standing under the shady tree notes down the registration number of vehicle at intersection touching the Zebra crossing or little ahead, the job can be very well done by the any body by 1/4 of the salary paid to other than police man.
2. The actual traffic rule violations are by who disregards yellow line, drive zig zag and pile the vehicles at the crossing obstructing oncoming vehicles. On these matters traffic police close their eyes completely. This job can also be done in a better way by private persons with less financial burden.
3.As observed, the whole energy of traffic police is wasted catching truck wala ,taxi wala , charter buses for the reasons best known to them only, instead of disciplining general traffic offenders on strategic locations with the conspicuous presence in the roads.
4.I believe decongesting of pavements, bus stops and roads is also the duty of traffic men. However day by day these places are becoming overcrowded by fruit /vegetable& other sellers severally obstructing smooth flow. I have observed road marshals appointed by Delhi metro are better equipped mentally and physically to smoothen the traffic flow rather than Delhi Police.
Shiv
Pl publish this rejoinder
To apologists for the IAS e.g. Chanu, Delhi, our response is, let the pay and perks of an officer be decided by the rank he/she obtained in the civil services exam, and not by service. Why should an IPS officer ranked 4th in the Exam be paid lesser (and effectively paid lesser by six batches) than an IAS officer ranked 197 (both OBCs). If an IAS officer has a higher rank in the exam than an IPS or IRS officer let him be paid more than them, if the IPS or IRS or IFS officer has a higher rank, let them be paid more. Also, why should an IPS/IFS officer of a senior batch be paid lesser than an IAS officer years his junior (e.g. an officer who does not get the IPS in a particular year, why should he be paid more than an officer who did, if the former gets the IAS in any subsequent year)?
Kindly publish this rejoinder to set things in the right perspective. Sophistry should not be allowed to reign supreme.
Vijay Kumar
Hope Chanu's questions answered ?
Chanu's sarcastic query drawing a parallel between failure to get admission to a college with failure to get into the IAS is part of the continuing attempt to view the entire CPC issue from the narrow prism of one examination. Does she want that Delhi university should have different syllabus for different colleges? Does she want that students of Stephens should graduate in three years and rest after a 'two years gap' to maintain 'a slight edge'. Does she want that the university examination should be different for different colleges? The IPS or IRS are not asking for another chance to be taken into the IAS. They want the examination to be the same and they want to graduate after three years along with those who were admitted to Stephens after taking the same university exam. Hope Ms Chanu's doubts questions have been adequately answered.
Rabi Kanungo
All about Chanu's questions
This is with reference to the help sought from anyone by Chanu, Delhi with regard to the predicament of one of his students. Interestingly, the request comes from a teacher and one wonders at the advice that will have been offered in the interim dispassionately to the hapless student [seeker] by the enlightened teacher [knower]!
The inability to secure admission in St. Stephens, SRCC or Kirorimal does not in any way necessarily decide [block!] a student's academic future. Conversely, the mere fact of getting admitted to St. Stephens, SRCC or Kirorimal does not automatically ensure the future progression of each and every student in these colleges that have rightly carved a name for them and also managed to retain an unsullied image.
However, the cut-off at more than 88% notwithstanding, the achievers will all have to still go through the relentless grind alongside the lot of the lesser privileged at 88% and below, prove themselves at all the subsequent stages of their academic and professional career vis-a-vis the larger lot where their performance will be measured by the same yardstick on objective criteria. Yet, ironically, irrespective of the brilliance or mediocrity of the past academic record and/or other credentials, bureaucratic salvation will be attained only by those who manage to enter the isolated cocoon of the so called elite service(s), where merely one time entry in the hallowed precincts is the only benchmark of progression.
Significantly, the UPSC while conducting the civil services examination does not attach any extra weight to either the prestige of the institution from where a student has passed or the percentage of marks obtained in the qualifying examination. Therefore, if the 95% marks obtained in the CBSE, the subsequent performance at the college as also other traits and skills acquired and displayed by an individual were to be also taken into consideration by the Government while making appointments, Chanu's point may have some merit. However, sadly that is not so and the argument put forth by Chanu only begs the basic question.
To stretch the argument further, in an all-India sports examination, based on preference and vacancy, if qualifiers from number 1 to 50 were to become cricketers, 51 to 100 chess players, 101 to 200 tennis players, 201 to 325 football players, 326 to 400 hockey players and so on, why and how does the ranking automatically establish the superiority of cricket over all other sports for ever? Why should there be need for other sports to claim parity with cricket? Is such comparison valid in the first instance?
Members of Parliament are elected through the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Is it logical to argue that since the Lok Sabha enjoys more powers, the Lok Sabha MPs are superior to the RS MPs. Or among the LS MPs, the MP with the highest margin of victory is superior to all others and may, therefore, stake a legitimate claim to become the [Prime] Minister?
Speechless Spectator
Some ideas to Chanu
Fantastic topic for setting up a committee of secretaries to examine the issue of how to achieve equality in getting admission to St. Stephens with a particular reference to existing equality among civil services. The committee shall be chaired by a retired (wanting Govt car/perks ) IAS with certain number of members and a secretary all to be from IAS to maintain equality. The committee to tour within and outside country to learn about equality . At the end of many extensions the committee may recommend the existing equal opportunity is sufficient in Indian context. The student shall wait till the submission of the report by the committee and the report to be examined by an expert body consisting of an IAS with three other memebers from IAS to give an expert opinion on the implementation. No doubt we are like this only.
Shari
Timings of Government offices
Apropos a comment posted by Dr.Sanjay Singh; I must congratulate Singh that he reaches his office by 9.15 AM. He must have clarified the timings of others in his office. I am myself working in central Govt. Department in Kolkata. Besides that, I have occasions to be at several other offices of Government of India (In regard to timing of state govt. offices, I must say better it is not discussed here!)
As far as Central Government offices are concerned; here, not a single soul would be found in the offices till 10 AM (exceptions are there!). Almost 90% of the staff comes to the offices between11.30AM to 12.30 to 1 PM.
I must add that 99% of them will be found amiss by 6.00PM!
I can anticipate that this candid comment will give heartburn to many on this site, particularly those who have been advocating that "staff comes from far flung places" etc. and compare them vis-a vis officers! But it is fact that majority of the officers turn up by 10 to 10.15AM.
I through an open challenge hereby to all (Including senior bureaucrats, or media personnel reading this piece) to go to any of the central Government offices here and verify it. If any one has had unfortunate experience of working here, will appreciate it.Yes, It is unfortunate but true. If you have honesty and courage accept it!
The militant-trade unionism has deteriorated the discipline to such an extent that no officer can take any action against such conduct. Such officers are literally hounded and pressurised by resorting to all tactics. Any disciplinary action is almost unheard of in this regard. Many right minded officers just tolerate this pathetic situation and try to get out of this place as soon as possible.
The staff drawing salary of 20,000/- or so, work in the entire month which can be done by any person hired from market in Rs. 4000/- Per Month.
- A Concerned officer
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UP IPS best cadre
UP Cadre, the best cadre. Police officers serving in UP are proud to acknowledge that they are serving in the best cadre. The so called press-conference was sounding a bit out of place because it was not held at the camp-office. Officers sound brilliant functioning from camp-office.
Prabhat Kumar
No need to raise price of petrol
There is no need to raise the price of petrol, if we utilised it carefully by avoiding trafic jam. In every city please observe this phenomena. Think twice about foreign currency we spent for this avoidable situations.
Mohammad Koya
A Murd in the Union Cabinet

Lets rise above the petty talk about 6th Pay Commission recommendations OR superiority of Services OR allotment of Government Bungalows. Lets debate about what is happening in the Society, and what can be done to stop this erosion of values and credibility of civil servants who come in contact with public at large. The way police has handled the case of murder of a teenager in Noida and her domestic help is a shame on the working of police. To add insult to injury, the Press Conference organised by the IG Police, Noida, defaming the character of ladies without any evidence. Police was in such a hurry that they even forgot to talk to one of the lady whose name was allegedly linked with Dr Talwar having illicit relations. However, the bright side of the story is the intervention of Renuka Chowdhury who felt the pain and agony of two living ladies, and friends of the dead teenager. We can say that there is only one "Murd" in a crowd of 750 MPs in the Parliament who could dare raise her voice. Kudos to Madam Chowdhury! Your gesture has been appreciated by the public at large, and many bureaucrats like me.
V K Verma