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Sampath appointed EC
Secretary Power in the Government of India V S Sampath has been appointed Election Commissioner.He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on April 9 & 10 )
PM Nair tipped to be Jt.Director, CBI
As the grapevine has it, PM Nair is tipped to become a Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I). He is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre. At present he is posted as IG, CRPF.
Balwinder Singh appointed Additional Director CBI
Balwinder Singh has been appointed as Additional Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 12,2008 and on April 13 )
Bureaucrats opinion : How will be the next Lok Sabha
The state-wise detailed opinion poll conducted by whispersinthecorridors.com between March 8-13, 2009 has concluded with effect from April 14, 2009. For details of the opinion poll Click here.
The details of the opinion poll can also be read in the April 2009 issue of our magazine whispers in the corridors.
Additional charge to Bhattacharya
The GoI has given additional charge of the post of Director General and Mission Director, Unique Identification Authority of India, Planning Commission in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India, to R. Bhattacharya. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Raj Deep Singh tipped to be IG ITBP
As the grapevine has it, Raj Deep Singh is tipped to become an IG in the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). He is an IPS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Gupta to succeed Tirkey as JS Defence
Ashok Kumar Gupta will succeed Ajay Tirky as Joint Secretary Defence in June. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu Cadre.
Tenure of Gopalakrishnan extended
Central deputation tenure of R. Gopalakrishnan, IAS, presently Joint Secretary in Prime Minister's Office has been extended upto September 30. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
MHA's nod for promotion of AGMUT cadre IPS officers
Police division in Ministry of Home Affair (MHA) has conveyed to its counter part i.e. Union Territories division about clearance of all proposal relating to promotion of D.I.G., I.G. and Additional D.G. level in the AGMUT Cadre, which were pending since long.
Premature repatriation of Jalaj Srivastava allowed
Government of India has approved premature repatriation of ED FCI, Jalaj Srivastava, to the parent UT cadre. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.
Sudhir Chaturvedi is most senior serving IAS officer in the country
Sudhir Chaturvedi is the senior most serving IAS Officer in the country.1971 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Chaturvedi is presently Chairman of the MP Board of Secondary Education. Incidentally Chaturvedi is also retiring on April 30.
Two Chhattisgarh cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post
Two Chhattisgarh cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. They are Gurjinder Pal Singh and Himanshu Gupta .
Ms. Manjula Parashar to be a Member in PSB
As the grapevine has it, Ms.Manjula Parashar is poised to be elevated
as Member (Operations) in the Postal Services Board (PSB). At present
she is Chief General Manager (CGM) Mail Business. She is an Indian
Postal Service (IPS) officer of the 1977 batch.
Winds of change blowing in CBDT
Winds of change have been blowing in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) ever since S.S.N. Moorthy assumed the charge as Chairman CBDT on February 1,2009. He has an efficient team comprising K.N. Sharma as his principal private secretary (Pr.P.S ) & Pankaj Das as his private assistant (PA).
LIC management reshuffle in this fortnight
Grapevine has it that biggest insurance corporations of India, Life Insurance Corporation ltd., may release its list of transfer and new postings of its management with in this fortnight.
IDAS officer Purab Singh promoted
Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer Purab Singh of 2005 batch has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale and shifted from ZO (PD) Pathankot to CDA (PD) Meerut Cantt.
State Election Commissioner gets extension
Haryana state Election Commissioner Chander Singh, who is to complete his five-year term on May 7 has been granted extension in tenure. He is 1973 batch retired IAS officer.
A Krishna Kumar to be youngest DMD in SBI
A. Krishna Kumar is the youngest among five Chief General Managers (CGMs) in State Bank of India (SBI) to have been chosen as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs).
CVC penalizes Divisional Manager, Canara Bank.
CVC has ordered reduction by one stage for one year with cumulative effect in the case of S Venkataraman Divisional.Manager, Canara Bank.
Spurt in naxalites activity, leaves Chidambaram quite upset
As the grapevine has it Indian Home Minister P.Chidambaram is
reportedly quit upset over spurt in activities of naxalites, specially
use of rocket launchers by them in Rohtas (Bihar) & Orissa. On April
15, 2009 he personally went to the chamber of Home Secretary Madhukar
Gupta & confabulated with him over the issue.
Ten CISF Senior Commandants transferred
As many as 10 Senior Commandants in CISF have been transferred. Among those transferred are Rajeev Pant From Cochin Airport To New Delhi, Hardeep Singh from CHPT Chennai to NISA Hyderabad, S S Gusain from Kalpakkam to AIG/OPS Fhqrs, A S Panwar from RTC Arakkonam to RTC Mundali, Sundeep Kumar Sinha from BHEL Bhopal to NDRF Mundali, MS Kalra from NAPP Narora to HEC Ranchi, PS Mathan Mohan from GP Hqrs Chennai To RTC Arakkonam, SK Sinha from NALCO - Angul to NES Hqrs Kolkata, Kashiram from KPT Kandla To 1st RB Barwaha and Subhash Sinha from AIG/APS New Delhi to NAPP Narora.
Varun Gandhi to emerge much stronger
At a high profile party, arrest of BJP leader Varun Gandhi was being
discussed. A consensus was that Varun Gandhi, on his release from jail,
would emerge much stronger.
1976 batch IAS empanelment list shortlisted ?
Over 40 IAS officers of 1976 batch are reportedly in the consideration zone for the empanelment to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Meeting for empanelment is expected to take place in a week or two. They are :-Mssrs R P Singh, R H Khwaja and Minnie Mathew (AP), Ranjan Chatterjee, Samirendra Chatterjee, Anurag Bhatnagar and N K Das (Assam.Meghalaya) ,Shashi Kant Sharma, P K Basu and A B Prasad (Bihar), R S Gujral, Anita Chaudhry (Haryana) Subramanyam Vijay Kumar and Sunatu Behuria (Himachal Pradesh), S Sundareshan, C K Mathew and Sayan Chatterjee (Kerala), Ajoy Acharya, Uday Verma,Sumit Bose and A N Asthana (MP), B C Khatua (MAH), D V Singh, Shashi Prakash and A E Ahmad (Manipur-Tripura), Anil Kumar (Nagaland), R C Mishra and B K Patnaik (Orissa), A Didar Singh (Punjab), Rajiv Sharma and K S Money (Rajasthan), R Gopalan ,M Raman and S M Hoda (TamilNadu), S M A Zaidi, P K Mishra, P D Sudhakar, P Uma Shankar,, Veena Upadhyay and Arun Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) A K Chanda and K S Ramasubban (West Bengal). Ms Bhupinder Prasad (UT) and Vibha Puri (Uttarakhand).
CCIT (Kanpur) gets additional charge of CCIT (CCA) for UP West
CCIT (Kanpur) Ms. Sudha Sharma has been given additional charge of CCIT (CCA) for UP West.
Delhi High Court Additional Judges appointed
Valmiki J Mehta and Neeraj Kishan Kaul have been appointed Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.
Bombay High Court Judges appointed
Justice Chandrakant Laxman Pangarkar and Justice Amjad Ahtesham Sayed, Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court, have been appointed Judges of the Bombay High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.
Allahabad High court Additional Judges appointed
Ashwani Kumar Singh, Devendra Kumar Arora, Anil Kumar, Dasu Ram Azad, Ms. Naheed Ara Moonis, Ritu Raj Awasthi Rajesh Chandra, Shyam Shankar Tiwari, Yogendra Kumar Sangal, Kashi Nath Pandey, Virendra Singh, Ram Autar Singh, Mrs. Jayashree Tiwari, Subhash Chandra Agarwal, Yogesh Chandra Gupta, Shrikant Tripathi, Ashok Srivastava and Virendra Kumar Dixit have been appointed Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.
Karnataka High Court Judges appointed
Two Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court have been appointed
to be Judges of the Karnataka High Court, in that order of seniority,
with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective
offices.They are Justice Amblikal Narayana Gowda Venugopala Gowda and
Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy.
Mrs.Bonani Ghosh is Secy.,ITSC-Kolkata
Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) Mrs. Bonani Ghosh has been posted as
Secretary ITSC Kolkata. She is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer
of the 1979 batch.
Promotions & transfers in LIC at ED level
Many officers have been promoted & others transferred in the LIC. Promotions shall be effective from the date of assumption of charge by those who have been promoted. Those who figure in the list are: Ahok Shah ZM(I/C) Northern Zone Delhi to ED (LIC Consultancy Services),Central office Delhi , S Roy Choudhury MD & CEO,LIC International Bahrain on return to India ZM(I/C) Western Zone Mumbai, M. Lohani ED(Audit/BD/S) Central office Mumbai to (Audit) Central office Mumbai,V.K.Sinha ZM(I/C)North Central Zone Kanpur to ZM(I/C), Northern Zone Delhi, Ms.S.P. Sukumar ED(IT/BPR/U&R)Central office Mumbai to ED (U&R) Central office Mumbai, R.R. Rai ZM(I/C)Western Zone Mumbai to ED (SBU-IO/CC)Central office Mumbai, S.K.Roy ED(MBAC) Central office Mumbai to ZM(I/C) North Central Zone Kanpur, V K Sharma, ED (P&GS), ZM(I/C) , Southern Zone,Chennai, B Manivannan, ZM (I/C), Southern Zone,Chennai is transferred and posted as ED (IT/BPR), Central Office,Mumbai, Ms. Usha Sangwan, Principal, ZTC, Bhopal is transferred and posted as ED (Direct Mkt), Central Office,Mumbai, Rajesh Kandwal, ED (CC/SBU-IO), Central Office,Mumbai is transferred and posted as ED (MBAC), Central Office,Mumbai, S Srivastava, Principal, ZTC, Agra is transferred and posted on deputation as Secy.Genl-Designate ,Insurance Institute Of India,Mumbai, Dilip Ticku, RM (P&IR), Northern Zone,Delhi on promotion to the selection scale of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as Principal (ZTC), Central Zone,Bhopal , P Ramamoorthy, Vice Principal, ZTC,Chennai on promotion to the selection scale of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as Principal (ZTC), Western Zone, Akurdi, V K Kukreja, Chief(Invt), Central Office,Mumbai on promotion to the selection scale of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as ED (Risk Mgmt & Research), Central Office, Mumbai, HC Mishra, Chief Exec.(FGN),SICCI, Riyadh on promotion to the selection scale of Zonal Manager is retained in the same post, PK Rath, RM (P&IR), North Central Zone, Kanpur on promotion to the selection scale of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as Principal (ZTC), North Central Zone, Agra, Ms. S S Dikhale, Chief(Micro-Insurance), Central Office,Mumbai on promotion to the selection scale of Zonal Manager is posted as ED (Micro-Insurance), Central Office,Mumbai, Ms. Sunita Sharma, RM (E&OS), Northern Zone, Delhi on promotion to the selection scale of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as ED (P&GS), Central Office,Mumbai, MK Taunk, Vice Principal, ZTC, Akurdi, Pune is transferred and posted on deputation as FM,NIA, Pune, RG Sinde, RM (P&IR), Western Zone, Mumbai is transferred and posted as RM (OS), Western Zone, Mumbai, K Ganesh, RM (MKT), South Central Zone,Hyderabad is transferred and posted as Chief (Health-Insurance), Central Office at Hyderabad, N Mishra, RM (MKT), East Central Zone,Patna is transferred and posted as RM (CRM), East Central Zone,Patna, MR Kumar, RM (P&IR), Southern Zone,Chennai is transferred and posted as RM (MKT), Southern Zone,Chennai, Vipin Anand, RM (E&OS), North Central Zone, Kanpur is transferred and posted as RM (P&IR), North Central Zone, Kanpur, N Chetty, RM (EST.), Eastern Zone,Kolkata is transferred and posted as Vice Principal (Ztc), Eastern Zone, Kolkata, P Annadurai, RM (OS), Western Zone,Mumbai is transferred and posted as RM (P&IR), Southern Zone,Chennai, Niraj Agarwal, RM(CRM), Northern Zone,Delhi is transferred and posted as RM (P&IR), Northern Zone,Delhi, RC Datta, RM (MKT), Central Zone,Bhopal is transferred and posted as RM (MKT), South Central Zone,Hyderabad, NP Chawla, RM (MKT), Northern Zone,Delhi is transferred and posted as RM (OS), Northern Zone,Delhi , P H Kutumbe, Chief (Invt), Central Office,Mumbai is transferred and posted as Chief (Invt-Oprns), Central Office,Mumbai , R Thamodharan, RM (MKT), Southern Zone,Chennai is transferred and posted on deputation as MD & CEO, LIC INTL,Bahrain, Ravishankar Prasad, MD & CEO ,LIC Lanka is posted on repatriation as RM (P&IR), Western Zone, Mumbai, C Vikas Rao, RM(E&OS), Central Zone, Bhopal is transferred and posted as RM (CRM), Central Zone, Bhopal, T Sitharthan, Chief (Legl), Central Office, Mumbai is given additional charge of Board Sectt/Compliance/GJF, Central Office, Mumbai, SV Ramanarao, RM (Micro-Insurance), South Central Zone,Hyderabad, on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (EST.), Eastern Zone, Kolkata, B C Biswas, GM,LIC Card Services Ltd,New Delhi on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (CRM), Northern Zone, Delhi, Ms. Bhaskaran Padmaja, Secretary(Micro-Insurance), Central Office, Mumbai, on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as Vice Principal (ZTC), Central Zone,Bhopal, R K Sood, RM (Micro-Insurance), North Central Zone,Kanpur on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (CRM), North Central Zone,Kanpur, Mohinder Pal, Secretary (Audt),Delhi on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (E&OS), North Central Zone,Kanpur, Rakesh Kumar, RM(P&GS), North Central Zone,Kanpur on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (EST.), Northern Zone, Delhi, GC Pani, RM (CC), Eastern Zone, Kolkata on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (E&OS), Central Zone,Bhopal .J M Sharma, FM, ZTC,Gurgaon, on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as Chief (FPT & PROD DEVL), Central Office, Mumbai, S K Sinha, RM (MBAC), Western Zone, Mumbai on promotion to the cadre of
Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (MKT), East Central Zone, Patna, V Vijayaraghavan, RM (ACTL), Southern Zone,Chennai on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (CRM), Eastern Zone, Kolkata, Sanjeev Kumar, RM (CLIA/P&GS), Central Zone,Bhopal on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (MKT), Central Zone, Bhopal, K K Singhal, Secretary(Invt), Central Office, Mumbai, on promotion to the
cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as Chief (Invt-Mon & Acct),Central Office, Mumbai .
S Prabhat, Secretary (MKT), Central Office, Mumbai on promotion to the cadre of Zonal Manager is transferred and posted as RM (MKT), NorthernZone.
Manoj Singh not returning to UP
As the grapevine has it that Manoj Kumar Singh who is Private Secretary (PS) to Shankar Singh Vaghela, Indian Textile Minister is not returning to his parent cadre of Uttar Pradesh. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch.

CORPORATE
Interviews for Director Finance in RINL
PESB will conduct interviews for the post of Director Finance in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) on April 17.
J.K. Sharma takes over as Director (Projects), NHPC
J.K. Sharma has taken over as Director (Projects) of NHPC Limited, a schedule "A" MINI RATNA Enterprise of the Government of India . Prior to this, Sharma was Director (Civil) in Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) - Mini Ratna and Schedule "A" Company of Government of India & Government of Himachal Pradesh.
Suyesh Shankar reallocated as national strategy Director, Starcom IP
Starcom MediaVest Group, has called Suyesh Shankar from Singapore to India as National Strategy Director. Suyesh Shankar was heading digital strategy across key clients in Singapore.
Post of Adviser (Law) vacant in Competition Commission
Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, requires Adviser (Law) on deputation basis. Those having experience in Competition Law may apply through proper channel by April 20.
Post of Adviser (Economics) vacant in Competition Commission
Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, requires Adviser (Economics ) on deputation basis. Those having experience in Competition Economics may apply through proper channel by April 20.
Post of Director (Law) vacant in Competition Commission
Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, requires Director (Law) on deputation basis. Those having experience in Competition Law may apply through proper channel by April 20.
Post of Director (Economics) vacant in Competition Commission
Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, requires Director (Economics) on deputation basis. Those having experience in Competition Economics may apply through proper channel by April 20.
Post of Director (Financial Analysis) vacant in Competition Commission
Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, requires Director (Financial Analysis) on deputation basis. Those having experience in Financial Analysis related to Competition issues may apply through proper channel by April 20.
Post of Joint Director (Law) vacant in Competition Commission
Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, requires Joint Director (Law) on deputation basis. Those having experience in Competition Law may apply through proper channel by April 20.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Example of Amar Singh effect..... Sanjay saying he was beaten in jail for being a half Musalmaan!
Whereas the inside info is he enjoyed police hospitality an was served 'meat and naan'!!!!
And if he was beaten up why did he not let the Court know of this!!!!
Why did he give letting the Court know the miss????
And by the looks of it 'fish called Sanju has taken to murky waters with glee'!!!!!
Amar Singh effect on him we are getting to see!!!!!
Rest assured this dolt is going to get from bad to worse!!!!!
He has a track record …. why do you think many said that for his Dad this son was a curse??
Advani would be expecting snow in summer if he expected Mohna to speak to him!!!!
Advani has made certain statements that Mohna takes a grim!!!!!
And fact is Advani himself has nothing to show!!!!
Whereas Mohna 'track record' sure does glow!!!!!
Okay he has Sonia on his back and Advani considers him a 'stop gap'!!!!!
But Mohna's come out as a pretty effective chap!!!!
He's honest, capable and has proven to be a good PM!!!!
So what if he's termed as Sonia's GM!!!!!
Advani has Sangh Pariwar and RSS on his back!!!!
Let him step out of line and whip they will crack!!!!
And the Jinnah episode showed who is the Boss!!!!!
Advani had to move hell and earth to placate 'his Bosses' who were very cross!!!!
The say Advani skipped Mohna's farewell dinner for Somnath Da!!!!!
Whereas some say to invite Advani Mohna said 'na'!!!!
There are dark clouds on the horizon ….. what if Third Front makes the Sarkaar????
It'll be like a multi steering car!!!!!
India will pay the price for a Third Front Sarkaar!!!!!
And Indians ko padhe gi maar!!!!!
This khichdi Sarkaar will have a very limited shelf life and soon there will be elections!!!!!
In about 2-3 years as per projections!!!!
Laloo knows in Bihar RJD is going to get a hammering!!!!
Nowadays he's started stammering !!!!
He's seen the work done by Nitish and the effect of this first hand!!!!
He knows RJD ka bajne waala hai band!!!!
And andhar se he's upset with Congress because if UPA was saath saath!!!!
RJD would have benefitted by the support of The Haath!!!
This election is like the 'heats' for Rahul Baba…..2014 will be the real race!!!!!
2014 ke liye karr raha hai Rahul Baba brace!!!!!
If Congress does not improve its tally this time Congress will not stake claim!!!!
A deeply fractured Government will be avoided by Congress's Grand Dame!!!
Yes Congress will be open to enjoying indirect power like the Commies did!!!!
Behind UPA's coattails Commies hid!!!!
And then when Congress feels it's ready it'll pull the plug!!!!!
But till then the Sarkaar with its outside support it'll lug!!!!
Apart from being humane India also proves a point by allowing Kasab's Mom to meet him!!!
The very humane US Government did not allow this for crimes equally grim!!!!
Those jailed in Gauntanamo Bay were not allowed to meet their near and dear!!!!
India's humaneness the World should cheer!!!!
Dhoni did not turn up to recieve his award from the President!!!!
Money is more important than this National award is the message Dhoni has sent!!!
He's erred by preferring to shoot for an ad!!!!
Both bad and sad!!!!
Infy results are a harbinger of result season…….results will be bad!!!!
And if anyone enters the market at this stage I'd say it would indeed be mad!!!!
Confucius says….. now is the time to sell and wait for a dip to buy !!!!!
Brokers ' worst is over' theory please do not buy!!!!!

Bharat Kumar

Forum
Manmohan is not the weakest PM
I don't agree that Manmohan Singh has been the weakest Prime Minister. Since independence, he is the only Prime Minister about whom we have not heard that his son/son-in-law/daughter/daughter-in-law or for that matter any of his relative is dictating terms from the PMO. I will rate him as the strongest as he did not succumb to any of his relatives.
Anurag Shrivastava

A mutual admiration club!!!
Judging by the recent pronouncements about, "After Dr MMS, who?", it appears, there exists a "Four Members Club of Mutual Admiration", within the Congress party where Members never tire of admiring each other! Sonia is all praise for Dr MMS as a strong (Read as obedient) PM. Not to lag behind, Dr MMS says Rahul Baba is fit for the post of PM! Priyanka,in one breath says: Dr MMS is Sher-e-Punjab and a strong PM and in the second breath says her brother has all the qualities needed for a strong PM and that he will become one, soon! Then, in the proverbial third breath, she asserts that her entry into active politics is not ruled out! What is this verbal diarrhoea about!!! The public, as always, is confused and unable to catch its breath! May the God Almighty save this country? Amen.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Govt mistakes
The government ,it seems has done a number of mistakes in an election year, which might cost it electorally. Firstly, in an election year, it had an opportunity to woo the middle classes through some substantive income tax sops which it failed to give , even in its manifesto. The home-loan reductions have not benefited much, because house costs have not come down significantly, due primarily to the builder-politician nexus; and builders have refused to pass on the lowering of costs due to service tax etc to consumers. Moreover, in the matter of pay revision of PSU officers, who were earlier regarded as congress supporters, the authorities , have really blundered by substantially diluting the committee recommendations. This has led to a lot of heartburn within the PSU community and will cost the congress electorally. It may easily reduce the congress tally by 10-15 seats. The responsible bureaucrats may be rewarded by an opposition regime, if congress is dislodged from power, because their actions have really benefited the opposition, not the Congress. In short, the government has wasted various opportunities of wooing some important segments of electorate.
Saumitra Prasad Singh

NDA should come to power
The NDA should come to power this time. The reason is that incumbent party in power often develops a haughty attitude and the best thing that can happen is to have a different party/ combine in power every five years.
Ramendr

This was never a rule
There is this issue of two years edge of the IAS that is currently being foisted upon the IPS and other services in the garb of the 6th Pay Commission recommendations. This was never a rule. In the days of the ICS(Indian Civil Service), the exam was different for the IP(Indian Police) and the Secretary of State's Services (the IRS etc).Till 1979, though the exam was same, the IAS and IFS got through on the basis of their marks in all 5 papers, the IRS in best 3 out of 5 etc. There was a two years edge in increments of pay with the IAS and the IFS in view of this. That was all. Now, since 1979 (thirty years ago) after the system was changed, everybody takes the same exam and the same number of papers and the exam pattern is no longer what it was prior to 1979, why should there be a two year edge in even increments of pay for the IAS vis a vis the IPS, IRS and the rest (notably, in fact, the IAS does not allow empanelment of the IPS and the IRS even four to six years after batch mates from the IAS have been empanelled in the Government of India)? What is even more galling, the IAS now wants not only a two year edge in increments of pay, but everything (promotions, empanelment, pay everything). When the logic of the thing does not exist any more! Further, more importantly, post 1994 batches have more than 50% officers in the IAS at far lower ranks in the Civil Services Exam than the IPS and IRS. Then why the two year edge? And why should promotees from the state services enjoy the two year edge over the Direct Recruits of the IPS and the IRS? This bullying must cease and parity within the batch restored between the IAS, IPS and IRS (the person senior in the merit list may outrank persons lower in the merit list for a particular year, but person in the merit list in one particular year must outrank persons in the merit list in the next year, even if they are in the IAS for all Group A Services, for all purposes of comparison, viz. pay, promotion and empanelment).

Vijay Kumar