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Will Mathur head para-military organization ?
A K Mathur, 1975 batch IPS officer, who is in the eye of the storm in the RAW fiasco has bitten off more than he can chew. He is likely to be repatriated to his parent cadre Manipur as compromise formula where his pay will be protected or he will be accommodated as DG in one of the para-military outfits . One can only wait and watch.
Alok Prasad appointed Dy NSA
Alok Prasad has been appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser in the National Security Council Secretariat, for a period of two years. He is 1974 batch IFS officer.
( We said this on September 23 )
Leela Ponappa gets fifteen days extension
Deputy NSA Leela Ponappa has been granted fifteen days extension in tenure.
Dhillon to join CBI
Amitabh Singh Dhillon is all set to join the CBI as SP. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
Tuk Tuk Kumar to be JS Culture
Dr (Ms) Tuk Tuk Kumar is being appointed Joint Secretary Culture in the Government of India. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Speaker returns panel of JD Security Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha Speaker has returned the IPS panel sent to her for the post of Joint Director Security Lok Sabha.
Nasir Ali appointed Director Civil Aviation
Sayed Nasir Ali has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is 1990 batch IRS officer.
Vishnu Padha Shetty appointed Director, Census Operation, Orissa
Vishnu Padha Shetty has been appointed as Director, Census Operation, Orissa, GOI. He is Orissa cadre 1995 batch IAS officer.
Deepak Ghosh appointed Director Census Operation, West Bengal
Deepak Ghosh has been appointed as Director Census Operation, West Bengal, GOI. He is West Bengal cadre 1995 batch IAS officer.
Bhupal Nanda appointed Dy Secr, Ministry Of Mines
Bhupal Nanda has been appointed Deputy Secretary, Ministry Of Mines, GOI. He is 1993 batch ICOAS officer.
Anurag Goel appointed Director, Information & Technology
Anurag Goel has been appointed Director, Information & Technology, GOI. He is 1994 batch IRS officer.
Shobit Jain appointed Director, Census Operation, MP
Shobit Jain has been appointed Director, Census Operation, MP, GOI. He is MP cadre IAS of 2000 batch.
HP Sahoo appointed Director, Census Operation, Mizoram
HP Sahoo, has been appointed Director, Census Operation, Mizoram, GOI. He is IAS 1998 batch UT cadre IAS officer.
Sudesh Kumar is Member Electrical Railway Board
Sudesh Kumar, who was earlier General Manager (GM) North Central Railway (NCR), has joined as new Member (Electrical) in the Railway Board.
(We said this on July 20, 2009)
CAT stays repatriation of Shailesh Singh
CAT has stayed the repatriation of Shailesh Singh to his parent cadre of Madhya Pradesh.At present on central deputation he is Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign trade and Additional Export Commissioner, Mumbai.Singh is an IPS officer of the 1987 batch .
ZVS Prasad posted at HQrs. office of the CGDA
ZVS Prasad (IDAS:1989), IFA(Navy), New Delhi has been posted at HQrs. office of the CGDA
One Addl Secretary and Four JS are contenders for ITDC Chairman post
Atleast five powerful contenders are in the fray for the post of Chairman in Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). They include one Additional Secretary and four Joint Secretaries.
CAT meeting held for selecting a new member
Justice V.K. Bali chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)chaired a meeting on October 8, 2009 to select one Member (Administrative ) and two Members (Judicial).
Singh to get three months extension
IG (Pers) in the CRPF S K Singh is getting three months extension in deputation tenure.He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
R B Sinha promoted as PAG
RB Sinha (IA&AS-83), Principal Director of Audit, Air Force and Navy, New Delhi has been promoted to the grade of Principal Accountant General He is 1983 batch IA&AS officer.On his promotion Sinha is transferred and posted as Director General (Performance Audit) in CAG office. He will relieve Niranjan Pant.
Guha to hold additional charge of Sinha
RB Sinha who has been promoted will be relieved by Gautam Guha, Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi, who will hold additional charge of the post, until CM Sane joins.
Three IPS officers superceded in AP
The Andhra Pradesh government bypassed at least three IPS officers A k Mohanty, P. Gautam Kumar and K.R. Nandan while appointing Girish Kumar as DGP. One senior M.V. Krishna Rao is on Central deputation.
Department of Telecommunication's 10 seniormost Gr A officials
Ten seniormost Group A officers of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Telecommunications, according to the updated list are V K Shukla - Member, D K Agarwal - Adviser And Ashok Golas , Ram Kumar, Chandra Prakash, J Gopal, Satya Pal, G K Agarwal, S Bhargava and J K Roy.
Dr. Vijay Kelkar elected as Chairman of Forum of Federations
Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Chairman, Thirteenth Finance Commission has unanimously been elected as Chairman of the Forum of Federations, an international organization headquartered in Ottawa which seeks to strengthen democratic governance by promoting dialogue on the practices, principles, and possibilities of federalism through partner governments. The Forum builds international networks and fosters the exchange of experience on federal governance with a strong focus on fiscal federalism. The Forum also disseminates knowledge and technical advice of interest to existing federations and of benefit to countries seeking to introduce federal elements into their governance structures and constitutions.
Hazra of SS/IRSEE transferred to Metro Railway
DK Hazra of SS/IRSEE has been transferred from SER to Metro Railway.
RK Jain of SAG/IRSSE transferred to NR
RK Jain of SAG/IRSSE has been transferred from RDSO to NR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre.
PN Khanna of SAG/IRSSE transferred to CR
PN Khanna of SAG/IRSSE has been transferred from ECR to CR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre.
Telecom officials promoted
As many as 77 officers of STS of ITS Group A have been promoted to JAG of ITS Group A on adhoc basis. They include Manish Kumar Bansal, Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Amit Gurdasani, Pankaj Goyal, Rajesh Kumar Sahu, Bhuvnesh Kumar Yadav, Sarang Mandviker, Jitendra Lal Gupta, Laxmi, Govind Prasad Gupta, Gurdas Meher, Sanjay Bansal, Prabha, Dinesh Kumar Garg, Budhi Prakash Sharma, Neeresh Sharma, Nazir Ahmad, Prasoon Chandra, Ms. Sangeeta Asrani, Ganejdra S1ngh, Arun Kumar, Pramod Yadav, Ms. Neti Jain, Vikas Nayak, Jayanta Kole, Yogesh Shirivastava, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Kumar Rajput, Manish Rathore, Tarak Nath Das, Narendra Kumar Agarwal, Pankaj Kumar, Sun1l Kumar Sharma, Israr Ahmad, Rameshwar Dhariwal, Manoj Verma, Kanwal Deep Singh, Jiteshdra Kumar Joshi, Vtjay Narayan Raj, Sunil Kumar Ranjan, Amit Kumar Jha, Mohd Zakir Hussain, G V Manoj Kumar, Sushil Kumar Chaurasia, Momidi Venaiah, Anil Kumar, Deo Shankar, Rajeev Yadav, Vinod Kumar Sharma, Sujit Kumar Gupta, Bheru Lal Gahlot, Jasvir Singh, Rabindra Murari, Pradyumna Kumar Mohapatra, Sunil Prasad. Rajendra Kumar, Om Prakash Kanaujia, Sanjay Kumar, C V Rama Raju, Dharmesh Mackwana, Ram Chandra, Bhisikar Madhuri Sridhar, Ravinder Kumar, Sheel Priya Gautam, Jitender Prakash, Nilesh Kumar Hiralal Chauhan, Ashok Kumar Pateshwary, Prashan Vaksiddha Konjar, V Swamydas Raju, Pooran Singh Kaushal, Subhash Chandra Karol, Budhi Prakash Meena, Mehar Chand Negi, Hemant Kumar Patel, Mahesh Singh, Prashanta Kumar, Basumatary and M Arvind Kumar.
Sethi appointed Member DERC
S. R. Sethi has been appointed Member of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission .
UP IAS officer to join Uttarakhand cadre
Ajay Kumar Joshi is all set to join the Uttarakhand Government.1977 batch IAS officer Joshi is presently Principal Secretary in Uttar Pradesh Government. In Uttarakhand Joshi will be third seniormost IAS officer after the Chief Secretary in Uttarakhnad.
David Lalrinsanga is back to Delhi
David Lalrinsanga is back to Delhi from Mizoram.On his return 1995 batch IPS officer David Lalrinsanga has been appointed DCP (Security ) Headquarters.
Dwivedi is DCP IGI Airport
K C Dwivedi on his return to Delhi from Andman & Nicobar Islands has been appointed DCP of IGI Airport.
Ashok Chand is back to Delhi
Ashok Chand is back to Delhi from Andman&Nicobar Islands.On return he has been appointed DCP Central Administration.
Sanjay Kumar moves to Vigilance
DCP of IGI Airport Sanjay Kumar has been moved to Vigilance Wing.He is 1998 batch IPS officer.
Puneet Arora goes to Armed Police
Puneet Arora, IPS, 1997 batch, UT Cadre, presently posted at Addl. DCP, North District has been transferred as Addl. District Police Commissioner, Delhi Armed Police.
Ajay Kumar is DCP Security -Operations
Ajay Kumar, presently DCP (Security), has been transferred as DCP (Security-Operations).
Vijay Kishore shifted
Vivek Kishore,IPS, UT:98: , presently posted as Addl. DCP-I, South-West District has been transferred as Addl. DCP-I, West District.
Vijay Singh moves to NWP
Vijay Singh, IPS, UT:2005 presently posted as Addl. DCP-I, East District has been transferredtas Addl. DCP-I, North-West District.
Parmaditya goes to South West district
Parmaditya IPS,UT:2005 posted at Addl. DCP-I, West District has been transferred to South West district as Addl. DCP-I.
Police reshuffle in Delhi
Ajay Kumar, DANP:85,presently posted as DCP, Security has been transferred as DCP Security (Operation).
M.R. Gotwal, DANP:86, presently posted at Addl. DCP-II, North-East District has been moved as Addl. DCP, Delhi Armed Police (DAP). O.P. Mishra, DANP:87, presently posted at DCP-II, East District will go as Addl. DCP-I. Brahma Singh, DANP:87, presently posted at Addl. DCP-II, North-West District has been transferred as DCP, Ist Battalion, Delhi Armed Police (DAP).B.K. Singh, DANP:87, presently posted as DCP, IVth Battalion, Delhi Armed Police (DAP) will go as Addl. DCP (Security).R.K. Jha, DANP:87, presently posted at Addl. DCP-II, West District has been transferred as Addl. DCP-I, North District.Rajesh Kumar, DANP:90, presently posted at DCP, PCR has beentransferred as Addl. DCP-I, North-East District.
A.K. Singh, DANP:92, presently posted at Addl. DCP (Security) will now be Addl. DCP-II, North-West District.M.N. Tewari, DANP:92, presently posted at Addl. DCP (Vigilance) has been transferred as Addl. DCP-II, West District.R.K. Singh, DANP,:92 presently posted at Addl. DCP-II, New Delhi District will move as Addl. DCP-II, North District.S.K. Sinha, DANP:94, presently posted at Addl. DCP, General Administration will now be Addl. DCP-II, East District. P.K. Kushwaha, DANP:95, presently posted at Addl. DCP-II, North District has been transferred as Addl. DCP, New Delhi District.
P V Kumar joins NTRO
Former 1971 batch R&AW officer P V Kumar has taken over as Senior Advisor in National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) on Friday.
( We said this on July 30 )
Sikri is now Principal Advisor Planning Commission
D K Sikri ,Registrar General of India,Census has been appointed Principal Advisor in the Planning Commission.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
CAT sets aside promotion of Member CBDT
A Bench presided by Justice VK Bali, Chairman CAT, has set aside the promotion to the post of Member CBDT in 2008-09 on the ground that the selection committee did not follow the uniform procedure in respect of all candidates. It was done on the petition of Narinder Singh, Member CBDT, who was overlooked for empanelment in that year.
Sharma to go Brussels
Rajgopal Sharma, IRS 1995 batch presently working as Director in Commerce Ministry has reportedly been cleared for the plum posting as Counsellor in the Indian Embassy at Brussels for a period of three years. His orders are likely to be issued very shortly.
Selection body of the CAT met again
The meeting for selection of two judicial and one administrative member of the CAT was postponed after some discussions on 8th October and reportedly met again on the next day, 9th October.
Bishnoi appointed Ambassador to Ethopia
Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi presently Deputy Chief of Mission in Bangkok has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ethiopia in succession to Gurjit Singh. He is 1983 batch IFS officer.
Handa appointed Additional Member (Mech) Rly Board
Sanjeev Handa, HAG/IRSME, Advisor (Mechanical Engineering), Railway Board has been appointed as Additional Member (Mechanical Engineering), Railway Board, on promotion to the grade Rs. 75500-80000/.
Vivek Sahai is now GM NCR
Vivek Sahai General Manager Northern Railway will now be GM of NCR.
Sarjkant Patra goes to IRCON
Sarjkant Patra has been moved from ECOR to IRCON.
Deepak Krishan is now GM ECR
General Manager of the Eastern Railway has been moved as GM ECR.
Vij goes to DLW
General Manager of the CORE G R Vij has been transferred as GM DLW.
Punjab and Haryana High Court Additional Judges appointed
Mehinder Singh Sullar, Ram Chand Gupta and Gurdev Singh have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, for a period of two years.
Minor IAS reshuffle in MP
1996 batch IAS officer Mrs. Rajkumari Khanna, Deputy Secretary Planning (Economics and Statistics) has been transferred to GAD while Ms. Shashi Kanwar of 1999 batch, Deputy Secretary (Social Justice) has been sent to Backward Class and Minority department. .
Two IPS in MP shifted
Alok Ranjan, DIG - CID has been transferred to SAF, Gwalior while RP Bisone, Commandant 18 th Batallion, Shivpuri has been posted as Assistant IG in PHQ, Bhopal.

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Today is World Post Day
Today is the World Post Day. Starting from 9th October India Post is celebrating Postal Week. During this week, India Post will get in touch with its customers informing them of new initiatives. One of the key initiatives of India Post is the introduction of three aircrafts carrying mail, parcel, speed post and logistic consignments. This will result in delivery of parcel and logistic consignments by next day in major cities. With one lakh fifty five thousand post offices in the country, India Post has the largest postal network in the world.
Jet CEO resigns
Chief Executive Officer of Jet Airways Wolfgang Prock-Schauer has resigned, effective Oct 15.Nikos Kardassis will take over as acting chief executive..
IAS officer gets charge of State Bank of Sikkim
Bhagwan Shankar Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Knowledge Commission, Sikkim has been given additional charge of Managing Director, State Bank of Sikkim .He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Satish Agnihotri to be CMD of RVNL ?
Satish Agnihotri is being tipped to be new CMD of the Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL).
PESB has put his number one in the selection panel.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
In Haryana election after election anti incumbency has kept its date!!!
This time some of it has arrived and the rest is running late!!!
Congress will win but from last time its seats will fall!!!!
Hooda was lying when he told Sonia that in Haryana 'Congress walks tall'!!
The Opposition has simply not been able to get its act together!!!!
Otherwise a storm in Haryana Congress would have had to weather!!
Price rise will take its toll!!!
And in reducing Congress's seat share will play its role!!!
Hooda has started getting the jitters as he sees Congress seat share taking a dip!
He was perturbed when rallies of Congress bigwigs Public chose to skip!!!
Mohna said in Haryana that prices will come down and Public let out a sigh!!!!
This statement was grossly inflated and so this statement no one 'could' buy!!
INLD will emerge as the Opposition!!!
From BJP INLD could get 'lets get pally' proposition!
And the proposition will be routed via Badal to Chautala!!!!
Chautala will say ' Bhraaji pucho BJP noo bhai-chaara election de pehle kyon si taala'??
Prior to the elections BJP during the seat negotiations went unrealistic!!!
Rajanth went to the extent of telling INLD that 'BJP will win' quoting a Mystic!!
In Maharashtra seems Raj will deliver and cut into Shiv Sena votes!!!!
And now he's even ready to sail in 'two boats'!!!
Say if Congress NCP need numbers and Raj has the numbers what will they do?????
If they take Raj's help UP and Bihar will boo!!!!
It'll be like the song….. if they ask Raj 'kuch seats hum ko udhar de-de (give)'!!!
Automatically the next line will be ' aur badle mein UP Bihar NDA aur SP leh le (take)!
Some say post the election there could be a rapprochement between Uncle and Nephew!!
Though those who think this could take place are 'far and few'!!
One thing is for certain …. in Maharashtra NCP will trip!!!
Its vote share and seats will dip!!!
My analogy for Maharashtra is….. price and farm sector woes will hit Congress NCP combine!!!
And Raj will make Shiv Sena BJP combine whine!!!
Mumbai and Thane will be the clinchers … here MNS is denting Sena in a big way!!!
And in rural Maharashtra NCP is going to dearly pay!!!
Post the election Mohna should call Pawar and say ' abh terra kyaa hogaa Kalia'!!!
Both in karam and otherwise Pawar is a kalia!!!
Mohna should ask him ' in the Maha election why did you stab Congress in the back'??
On Pawar supporting Congress rebels Congress should give him flack!!!
And if this is one of the big contributors to this Alliance 's loss!!!
Then out of UPA kya Congress karregi NCP ko toss???
In yesteryear Ajit's dialogue delivery…….. Rahul smart boy!!!
All poor are not Dalits but majority of Dalits are poor … correct analogy ki employ!!
But now Maya will tell Dalits ' mein hoo siraf aap ki aur Rahul toh hai sabh ka'!!!
Funnily Dalits believe in caste and Maya maare gi caste ka phatka!!!
Inflation is rocketing but Sarkaari figures say it's slipped!!!!
Maybe because of second billing by Mobile Service providers inflation has dipped!!
Inflation calculation needs to be corrected to arrive at factual inflation!!!
Stop making budhu of the Nation!!!
Now Moneycontrol.com a leading Financial Site has a 'quack' giving stock advice!!!
Bejan Daruwala now using astrology predicts which stock will fall and which will rise!!
Isn't it sheer depravity to allow such quackery or is this a ploy???
Seems because of the uncertainty angle Astrologer ko kiya hai employ!!!
Confucius says….sheer entrapment ….. they've got it all!!!
Technical analysis , astrology, punter advice ….. choose your mode and take your call!!
Adds…. and remember if Stocks boom these Channels boom too!!!
More the merrier so to ensure that more enter and more stay in the Market their bit these Channels do!!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Will it be pick and choose?
Several 1977 and 1978 batch IAS officers empanelled but waiting to be posted as AS in centre despite state NOC. Is it true that Government is shortly starting posting of 1979 batch? Will it become pick and choose or will the Government follow seniority? Being 1977 batch empanelled late due technical reasons/ or state NOC coming late is no crime or fault of officer. Should he be punished with posting after his juniors?
An empanelled officer as AS
CIC's historic judgement?
Congratulations to your website for informing us about the historic judgement of CIC in the case of A K Saxena Vs DOP&T, regarding appointments at higher positions in Government of India. I retired as Chief Commissioner (IT) and was denied promotion as Member ,by the GOI for no valid reason. In view of CIC's ruling, I would also seek relevant information from the PIO.
Shankar Saran
Whither Transparency !!!
Ref: A .K. Saxena Vs DoPT in Appeal No.CIC/WB/A/2009/000108 (Whispers dt 5-10-09)
The CIC's above ruling based on the Second Appeal filed by me after persistent denial of information by DOP&T .Let me clarify that being my personal case , I did not solicit the Chief Editor to cover my case in its RTI forum ( Oct,5,2009) .The Chief Editor, nevertheless, considered it a fit case for wider publicity due to the landmark ruling by the CIC which would impact the entire Indian bureaucracy.
I have always been articulating my views freely and frankly on this site for motivating the Indian bureaucracy to have a clear conscience and a straight spine to resist the arbitrary orders of their superiors including the political masters.
In the interest of transparency and fair play, I may be permitted to say a word about the present case. The CIC after a joint hearing with me and DOPT's representatives gave its final ruling on 28-07-09. This was in my favor, but on paper only! According to CIC's ruling , complete file notings leading to ACC's decisions are mandatorily to be shared with the RTI Applicant once the ACC's directions have been acted upon.This was in conformity with the provisions of the RTI Act. Strange but true, DOPT continues to be obdurate on both my requests despite CIC's clear directions. Even though, DOPT administers the RTI Act, it acts more like its adversary rather than its protagonist! The Prime Minister ,as the head of DOP&T is unaware of the malfunctioning and corruption in his own department. There is no point for the PM in making claims about transparency. Let the charity begins at home, first! DOPT ,perhaps, has more things to hide than reveal .
As regards the two consecutive vacancies of Members ,Staff Selection Commission(SSC), even though, the two different high powered screening committees, headed by Secretary level officers of DOPT including Rahul Sarin , former Secretary ( DOPT) had adjudged me as No: 1 candidate on both the occasions by virtue of my experience of seven years as Joint Secretary (Confidential) in UPSC(1989 to 1996) and later as Secretary (PESB-1996to 2002) , the final decisions of DOPT ignored my candidature on both the occasions on extraneous considerations as revealed in succeeding paragraphs. Thanks to RTI Act !
In partial compliance of CIC's ruling, DOPT has supplied me merely 10% of the desired information withholding the crucial 90% in violation of RTI Act . Even the 10% information supplied reveals more than what meets the eye .The MOS (Personnel) under UPA-I regime after keeping the file for months, gave orders in favour of Sl No-2,ignoring my name placed at Sl No-1 of the recommended panel . The Minister did not cite any reasons for ignoring the candidature of Sl No-1 ,as required under the rules. No speaking orders were given. There was no application of mind. It was merely a case of "pick and choose". I have got documentary proofs supplied by DOP&T.
DOP&T's documents also reveal that my name was initially cleared by the then MOS(Personnel) and the then Dy Prime Minister under the NDA rule. Before, however, the case could be submitted Mr Atal Behari Bajpayi ,the then PM , the NDA Government fell.
Worse was yet to follow. When the case was submitted to MOS(Personnel) under UPA-I, he is reported to have told a former Secretary to GOI "that I was a BJP agent ". I am now repenting, why did I never vote for the party, of which I was branded as the agent !
More shocks . Worse still, even on second occasion ,when I was placed at Sl No-1 in the panel recommended by another high-powered screening committee of senior officers ,my name was again ignored by MOS(Personnel) ostensibly due to my BJP's leanings!"
Having said this, I would urge upon the Prime Minister through this website to order DOPT to supply all file notings to me including copies of notings submitted to the ACC on the basis of which final decisions were taken on two occasions to fill up two consecutive vacancies of Members in the Staff Selection Commission, a limb of DOP&T.I can reveal the more sinister side of the present case as soon as the balance 90% documents are supplied to me by DOP&T, where I served as Joint Secretary for six years.
I know that there would be no material gain for me. But, in a country, where the honest are victimized and the corrupt are rewarded, has no business to talk about "Sustainable Development", for the coming generations! What brand of Ethics and Morality, are we leaving for them to nurture!
A K SAXENA (A retired civil servant )
Facing acute stagnation
This is regarding the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission regarding restructuring of Central Secretariat Stenographer Service. As the Stenographers forming parting of CSSS, particularly the Stenographer Grade 'D' placed at par with Upper Division Clerk in the Central Secretariat Service, have been facing acute stagnation in their cadre in comparison to the aforesaid sister service in the Central Secretariat Service, the Sixth Pay Commission, after giving due weightage to the sincere service rendered by the Steno-grapher Grade 'D' and to address the grievance about the stagnation in the service, proposed that the Central Secretariat Stenographer Service be merged with Central Secretariat Service. In their opinion, it is the only solution to the left with the Government to address the grievance of the CSSS. It is humbly requested that while taking the final view in the matter due weightage be accorded to the Stenographers Grade 'D' who have been deprived of getting their legitimate overdue promotion on regular basis. In other words, the Stenographers Grade 'D' promoted on ad-hoc basis way back in 1997 and persistently working as Personal Assistant (Stenographer Grade 'C' at par with Assistants in Central Secretariat Service, be appointed as Assistants/ Personal Assistants from the date they were appointed in the first instance. It may be mentioned, in this connection, ad-hoc appointments are the short-term measure to fill the gap i.e. not more than six months. Since the services rendered by Stenographers Grade 'D' after having been appointed as Personal Assistants (Stenographer Grade 'C') on ad-hoc basis continuously for more than 12 years cannot be treated as short-term measure to fill the gap, the DP&T may kindly consider sympathetically to regularise the tenure of Ad-hoc service from the date the initial appointments were made by the Department/ Ministries. Thereafter, the proposed merger should be given nod by the DP&T. It would be the fair treatment to the services enjoying the status of at par services. Otherwise, anomalies are bound to take place and may lead to legal implications. In order to ensure that injustice is not done by the Government towards the personnel of one community (Stenographer Grade 'D', due kind consideration to the affected personnel as a whole, may kindly be granted.
Who audits CAG doings ?
V P Sharma
I fully agree with the views expressed by Meenakshi Roy conveying that who audits CAG doings. In addition to this I may add here that I feel that CAG's organization does not do justice to their existence. The reason is very simple, if they were doing audit correctly, honestly and really the situation in India would not have been as it is today. An item which costs just Rs 2 is purchased at Rs 150 sometimes, they close their eyes when they come for audit. Roads are not made but paid on records. Water pipes are not cleaned but payment is made for that. There is no end to such bungling list in India. That is why there are million scandals in India and still the babus, field officers and civil servant go scot free and enjoy at Government cost. What happens in the Def deals/MEA and it's Missions abroad/other public dealing Ministries is well known but nothing happens. That is why India is known as the most corrupt nation. The fact is CAG people when they come for audit of an organization, have good food and all their other interests are taken care of during their so called short sojourn with the organization they audit and go back without doing anything. The audit is a big eye wash. I think time has come that it should be outsourced/privatized in such a way that each payment is audited the moment it is made, the next payment should be made once the previous one has been audited. Everything should be privatized and on line. This is only my dream which I am sure is not possible in a country like India. Regards.
Harish Kumar
Rumor mills are saying that another set of JCIT orders are likely. Anyone knowing what is the reason for the CBDT holding it back?
Parthsarthi
Update on time scale
Would you be kind to update the article on time scale Col rank after 18 of service which it appears to be cleared by PMO in your earlier postings on the site
Ravinder Sharma
Cancel the extravagant Commonwealth Games
The government should cancel the extravagant Commonwealth Games and instead use the money to redeem farmers debts. Every year One lakh farmers commit suicide in desperation. What if they decide tomorrow to murder instead of committing suicide? And who can blame them if they murder the hypocrites in white khadi by the dozen? Just to impress white westerners we are squandering crores of rupees on the moon and building stadia which no one visits even during games as games are watched on television.
Choudhary
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
Due to rich experience and good health of people at 60
C S Randev csrandev@rediffmail.com
Retirement Age should be raised to 62. HOWEVER the Government should not allow the extension on full scale and rather hire these retiring officers ON CONTRACT BASIS ONLY giving a lumpsum salary without any perks to enjoy!!! With the savings the Government can provide employment to young generations also while keeping the retiring babus happy
GS GS@GMAIL.COM
Retirement debate
Let me add further to the debate. its not a question of extension beyond 60 yr. it is a question of retaining the best . This is the right time for government to ensure that all officers beyond 50 yr should be put to scrutiny and only the best be retained. It is useful to work out a proper scheme , wherein in competent professionals are taken into government, for a 3 or 5 ye term, as mid/sr level officers. The Prime Minister must look at administrative reforms in areas of infrastructure, urban development and all the social sectors esp education , health , to get the professionals . Is he willing and ready to take on the bureaucracy ( esp IAS) to revisit the existing system of Governance
Sanjay Singh ss@yahoo.com
retirement age should be at 62. I fully endorse it.
Vadapalli Anjaneyulu anjaneyuluvadapalli@yahoo.co.in

I strongly disagree with the increase in retirement age as this will block all future prospects of our huge unemployed youth of India.
Navdeep P Agrawal mgrtc@rlda.in
The retirement age should be equal to every one because constitution says there should be equality. In India there is inequality in retirement age. Some retire at 60,some at 62, some at65 and some at 70.Gov't should bring uniform retirement age for all and it should be 65.
Longevity is increased to the double proportions after independence and experience is always counts and retirement age is increased in England to 70 and 75 in some cases
J.T.SULAXAN RAO jaditutu@yahoo.com
TAIL-PIECE
Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued.. and WON!
(Stay with me.)
Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous.
The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company, which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire" and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the "fires".


NOW FOR THE BEST PART..
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON (Arson is the crime of deliberately and maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas.) With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent

Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
ONLY IN America!
By -A Contributor.