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1975 batch IAS officer to to Secretary of Child and Women Welfare
Picture is still not clear as to who will succeed Anil Kumar as Secretary of the Child and Women Welfare Department in the Government. It is widely believed that an IAS officer of 1975 batch will be posted as Secretary.
Will Madhavan succeed Wajahat Habibullah ?
There is a buzz that Chief Information Commissioner Haryana G Madhavan is moving to Delhi as Chief Central Information Commissioner in place of Wajahat Habibullah. He is retired 1968 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Will Raja go ?
Telecom Minister A Raja may be asked to go after the CBI raids in DoT.This is for the first time that CBI has made raids on any Union Minister’s office.
Central Government pensioners get Dearness Relief
Dearness Relief (DR) has been provided to those Central Government pensioners who are in receipt of Provisional Pension or pension in the pre-revised scales of 5th CPC at the rate of 54% w.e.f. 1.7.2008 and @ 64% w.e.f. 1.1.2009.
Post of CPFC to be down graded
As the grapevine has it the post of Chief Provident Fund Commissioner(CPFC) is going to be downgraded to the rank of Additional Secretary.
K Chandramouli to hold addl charge of CPFC
As an interim arrangement the post of Chief Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC) will be held K Chandramouli – IAS (UP: 1975) as additional charge. He had recently joined as Secretary NACO in the Ministry of Health.
Tara Datt to join GoI
Tara Datt is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Ex CMD of BHEL joins L & T
K.Ravi Kumar who retired as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) recently has reportedly joined the Larsen & Toubro..
Sanoj Kumar Jha is PS to K.L.Bhuria
Sanoj Kumar Jha is now PS to Kanti Lal Bhuria Indian Minister for Tribal Affairs. He is an IAS officer of the Sikkim cadre who belongs to the 1997 batch. Jha's orders were issued on October 22,2009.
(We said this on September 24, 2009)
Ajit Pawar to gain prominence
Ajit Pawar nephew of Sharad Pawar Indian Agriculture Minister & president Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is going to gain prominence in Maharashtra. In the outgoing regime he was Irrigation Minister.
Johny Joseph to be either Up-Lokayukta or SEC in Maharashtra ?
Johny Joseph Chief Secretary to Maharashtra Government whose extended tenure will end in November will be either Up-Lokayukta or State Election Commissiner in Maharashtra. He is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1972 batch.
Reddy is now IG Southern Sector CRPF
NRK Reddy has been posted as IG Southern Sector Hyderabad in CRPF.He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Satya Prakash to be a Director in BORL
Satya Prakash Principal Secretary (PS) Commerce & Industries (C & I) with Madhya Pradesh Government is tipped to be inducted as a Director in the Bharat Oil Refinery Ltd (BORL), Bina. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the MP cadre.
Manoj Yadav promoted in IB
Manoj Yadav has been promoted to the rank of Joint Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
No open selection for Jt.Commissioner, KVS
As the grapevine has it, open selection will not be done for selecting new Joint Commissioner of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) that falls under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) being headed by Kapil Sibal.
K.P.Yadav yet to get nod from Railway Minister
Even though K.P.Yadav, an IRTS officer has been selected as a Director Mines in Government of India (GOI), he is yet to get clearance from Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee.
Mishra appointed AFA in Defence Ministry
Pramode Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Additional Financial Adviser(Joint Secretary level) in the Ministry of Defence. He is 1984 batch IA&AS officer.
CVC prosecutes 13 DDA officials
CVC has imposed penalty on 13 officials working in Delhi Development Authority
5 shortlisted for DG,FSI
As many as five names have been shortlisted for the new Director General (DG) in Forest Survey of India (FSI).
Mishra to be Director of Manav Sangrahalaya ,Bhopal
Prof K K Mishra of Hyderabad is being tipped to be new Director of the Manav Sangrahalaya ,Bhopal
West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi reluctant to continue
West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi is not interested to continue for another term. He has himself expressed his reluctance for continuing in the post any more and also conveyed this to President Pratibha Patil.
Sheel Bardhan Singh transferred to Delhi
Sheel Bardhan Singh, Joint Director (SIB, UP) Intelligence Bureau has been transferred to IB Head Quarter at Delhi. He is an IPS Officer of 1986 batch who belongs to Bihar Cadre.
Amitabh Ranjan transferred to Lucknow
Amitabh Ranjan, Deputy Director (Varanasi) U.P Intelligence Bureau has been transferred to SIB, Lucknow, UP. He is an IPS Officer of 1988 batch who belongs to Manipur-Tripura (MT) Cadre.
A.K.D Dwivedi to continue with Karamvir Singh
Ashok Kumar Dhar Dwivedi, PA. to ex-DG, U.P Vikram Singh, (in the rank of IG) will continue with Karam Vir Singh, presently DG, UP. He is an IPS Officer of 1985 batch who belongs to U.P Cadre.
Will ITDC be privatised after Commonwealth Games?
As the grapevine has it, the ITDC will see privatised after the Commonwealth Games to be held in October 2010.
J.P.Dua is CMD Allahabad Bank
J.P. Dua who so far was Executive Director of Allahabad Bank has been appointed as new CMD of Allahabad Bank.
(We said this on June 30,2009)
IAS changes in MP
A minor bureaucratic reshuffle has been in Madhya Pradesh.Those officers who have assigned new postings are:Ms. Loveleen Kackar Principal Secretary (PS) Social Justice,Jaideep Goving PS Village Industries , Horticulture & Food Processing to PS Higher Education, Technical Education & Training, Sewaram PS Higher Education, Technical Education to PS Labour, Prabhanshu Kamal PS Backward Classes & Minorities Welfare, Arun Tiwari Commissioner Shahdol to Commissioner Treasurey & Accounts, Heera Lal Trivedi Collector Sagar to Commissioner Shahdol & Dr.Pawan Sharma Commissioner Gwalior Civic Body to Collector Sagar. Anil Shrivastava Managing Director (MD) MP StateWarehousing Corporation has been given additional charge of PS Horticulture & Food Processing.
39 IFS officers transferred in Rajasthan
As many as 39 IFS officers have been transferred by the Rajasthan Government. Those transferred are : Arun Sen, Rahul Kumar, OP Mehta, Dayaram Meena, Dr. Surendra Singh Choudhary, Durga Prasad Sharma, Pratap Singh Chhoulak, Rajiv Kumar Tyagi, Mahendra K Kuril, Dr. Suresh Chandra, Kailash Chandra Sakalwal, Panna Ram Siyag, Yogendra Kumar Dak, Pramod Kumar Markap, Mohanlal Meena, Indrajit Singh, Ashok Kumar B Ramtek, DN Sharma, Ms. Shikha Mishra, US Ranawat, Venkatesh Sharma, Subhash Chandra Sharma, B Pravin, Sunayan Sharma, Uday Shankar, Kailash Chandra Meena, GP Saxena, Deep Chand Berwa, Priya Ranjan, VS Bohra, TC Verma, YC Sharma, Arun Kant Saxena, Vijay N, Akansha Choudhary, P Kathirwel, SR Venkateshwar Murthy, Dr. Chanda Ram Meena and Sharda Pratap Singh.
KR Kamath appointed CMD of PNB
Orders related to the appointment of KR Kamath as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Punjab National Bank have been issued.
( We said this on August 5 )
Ms. Mukta Gupta to be Additional Judge of Delhi High Court
Ms. Mukta Gupta, has been appointed Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office.
IT Addl Commissioner Mrs. Parneet Mahal Suri posted to NWR region
Mrs. Parneet Mahal Suri, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, on return from deputation with Punjab government, has been posted to NWR region.
IT Commissioner Singh retained in Mumbai
KK Singh, Commissioner Income Tax has been retained in Mumbai till February 2010
Wasan is no. two in panel for GAIL,Director(Marketing)
As the grapevine has it Wasan of GAIL has emerged number two in the panel for the post of Director (Marketing) of GAIL.
Five DGP.s in nine months in Meghalaya
Meghalaya state has had as many as 5 DGP’s in the last 9 months.
IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
On return from study leave BP Jogdand has been appointed DIG/SSP, Kanpur. Neera Rawat Rawat has now been posted as DIG, Vigilance, Lucknow. R P Singh will now be IG PAC West Zone.Mukesh Shukla has been posted as DIG Railways Allahabad and Raj Singh as DIG Human Rights.
Show-cause notice to four IAS officers in UP
The UP Government has issued a show-cause notice against four IAS officers in connection with the alleged Noida hotel land scam of 2006
Wajahat Habibullah appointed CIC J& K
Wajahat Habibullah, who had recently resigned as Chief Information Commissioner of the country has been appointed as J & K State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC).
Is the Punjab Governor resigning?
As the grapevine has it Punjab Governor & Chief Administrator Chandigarh Gen S.F.Rodrigues is likely to resign.

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Alok Nigam to be Joint Secretary Banking
Alok Nigam who is Director cum Special Secretary Development &Panchayat with the Haryana government on central deputation is going to be new Joint Secretary Financial Service i.e. Banking department. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.Orders to this effect have been issued.
(We said this on September 7 and again on September 18, 2009
Prabhat Singh is no. one in panel for GAIL,Director(Marketing)
As the grapevine has it, Prabhat Singh Director Business Development (BD) with British Gas has emerged number one in the panel for the post of Director (Marketing) of GAIL.
Auction of Coal blocks is on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, the coal blocks will no longer be allotted like the present. A note has been moved to introduce system of auctioning coal blocks. However, this will require amendment in the related law.
PM Presents SCOPE Award for Excellence to BEML
BEML Limited, a Mini Ratna Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence, has been conferred the SCOPE Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management -- Medium PSE Category for the year 2006-07. At recent a function held at New Delhi, organised by the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh presented the award to V.R.S. Natarajan, Chairman & Managing Director, BEML Ltd. The BEML LIMITED has achieved a turn over of Rs.3,013 crores during the FY 2008-09 and poised to cross a turnover closer to Rs.4000 crores in 2009-10.
CVC prosecutes 17 nationalised bank officials
CVC has imposed penalty on 17 nationalised bank officials.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
State Elections...... Congress 03 and Opposition 00,
And believe me Mohna’s the real hero!!!
Despite Chautala's optimism in Haryana Congress will form Sarkaar!!!
Guv will call leadng Party/pre poll Alliance though from last time Congress ko padhi hai maar!!
People have voted basically for the Central Sarkaar !!
In both Haryana and Maharashtra people rated local Sarkaars as bekaar!!
People tend to get attracted when capably and with vision you lead!!
Mohna is perceived to be doing so and also ‘Man with no greed’!
Kudos also to Sonia and Rahul Baba …..Rahul for not taking over till he’s capable!!
Sonia for handing over the reigns to someone who is really able!!
And then Ma and Beta’s NGO mindset has also worked!!!!
Why do you think Rahul’s ‘home stays’ has got the likes of Maya irked??
On the local level in Maharashtra and Haryana Congress did not win,
It was the Opposition that did it selves in!!
It was Center’s performance that did the job!!!!
If it had been only on State Government’s performance Congress karr rahi hothi sob!
Hooda was in a tizzy at one stage,
And at one stage flew into a rage!!!
Then his mood improved!
But short lived this proved!!!
Because by the time all the Haryana results came in he had a scowl on his mug!!!!
Seems the verdict ne kiya Hooda ko bug!!
This vote is not for ‘real estate fixated’ Hooda Sarkaar it’s for Sarkaar in Dilli!!
It’s clear on account of anti incumbency Haryanvis had become towards Congress chilly!!
And now it’s clear that had INLD and BJP combined could have come out tops!!
Anti incumbency, combining vote banks and Chatuala’s sops!!
Results bear out Chautala demanding seats ka major share!!
Because pretty good INLD ne kiya fare ….. poorly BJP ne kiya fare!!
BJP’s Goyal aka Chaatwaala says BJP did not ally with INLD on account of ‘the larger picture’!!
Emerging as an alternative to Congress in Haryana apne aap ko BJP karti hai picture!!
So BJP suffers from some vision defect because the picture is not what it sees!
The real picture shows that BJP has to ally if the ‘throne in Haryana’ it wants to seize!!!
And may I add here INLD ran a fantastic FM campaign!!!!!
Really brought out the common man's and farmers pain!!
Like the ad in which someone shocked at the high price of Dal,
Says ' kyaa iss dal mein ghee diya hai daal'???
High Command needs to re-look at its Hooda for CM statement!!!
Because results ne Hooda ki image ko kiya hai dent!!
Okay Congress has broken a record and come back to power!!!
But Hooda is not the man of the hour!!
Hooda was just fixated with real estate and forgot about the drought, crime and inflation!
He wanted land prices in Haryana to be the highest in the Nation!
In Maharashtra without a doubt MNS factor did damage to BJP-Sena!!!!
In 15 seats in Thane and Mumbai BJP-Sena ko MNS ki wajah se padh gaya lena ka dena!
Its now time for Congress and NCP to merge and stop the bickering in the Maha Sarkaar!
It’s because of Congress and NCP Ministers bickering that governance ko padhi maar!
Truth is Maharashtra Congress Leaders are wary of merging!!!
Though for a merger they themselves have been urging!!
In politics when it comes to seats and berths it’s not more the merrier!!!!!
The less the claimants to seats and berths the situation is ‘cherrier’!!!
Now will MNS make Shiv Sena loose on Mumbai Municipality its hold???
Will Shiv Sena in the Mumbai Municipal Polls be knocked out cold???
BJP shows it’s a Party totally at sea!!!!
From the reactions to its debacle in Maharashtra this is what we get to see!!
BJP says….The EVMs are faulty and pro Congress but EC is not to blame!!
So is BJP putting the blame on BEL without taking BEL's name???
BJP also says Media is to blame……. how and why????
EC’s order on pre poll psephology did anyone in the Media defy????
And Advani’s dream of making a comeback with Maharashtra has been dashed!!!
Lost out in Maharashtra and in Haryana BJP has been literally bashed!!
Now Advani may pin his hopes on the Jharkandh polls!!!
Only saving grace is Advani did not lecture us wringing his hands and 'making in our verdict holes'!!
Confucius says…. The winners gloat and the losers give excuses!!
The winners go about thumping their backs and the losers become recluses!!
Adds……. now Netas and Public in all three Sates are hack to their old relationship,
Public tries to catch the Netas and they give Public the skip!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Injustice in house allotment

While a particular set of officers enjoy the benefit of allotment of higher types in their youth by virtue of quick vertical promotion, the not-so-lucky lot looses the battle in geometric progression (nay, retrogression) and only gets the same benefit in their grey-hair era.

B K Jain

Directorate of Estates is partial
Directorate of Estates, without any apparent reason also transfers a house from one pool to other. In this month C-1, Tilak Marg which was till now in GP has been changed to TP even though there were claimants in GP for the house and the house figured in the available list for the last two months in GP category. The whole exercise appears to be for the TP people, by the TP people. It is also seen that a number of houses are actually physically lying vacant but are not being offered for allotment for months. No reasons !
There are occupants who have retired for more than 6 months and even more than a year but still occupy such houses. Is any action being taken to expedite vacation or mere penal rent is sufficient which they would be willing to pay.

Raj

CAT website not updated

The Judgements page of the website of the Central Administrative Tribunal is not being updated for the last more than two months. Earlier, they used to maintain this site robustly. Perhaps NIC and CAT are perhaps not comfortable with the level of transparency. They probably want to turn India into a banana republic and take us all to the stone age.

R K Agrawal

Fate of CBI officers ?

What about officers who are promoted in CBI. First they face CVC, then ACC. Both sleep with files.

Prakash

It is incorrect

In Meghalaya, there is one cadre and one ex-cadre post of DGP. Two officers of DGP rank are available namely WR Marbaniang and Kulbir Krishan) but the state government has been posting additional DG’s as officiating DGP’s. Sine the MHA has objected the state government is trying to create a new ex-cadre post to promote one of the ADG’s . The state has had as many as 5 DGP’s in the last 9 months.

Dr Bahi

Strengthening the Information Commissions
Almost all Central as well as State Information Commissions are retired IAS officers. This trend should be changed and new young force be trained specially for this purpose. This would be first step towards strengthening the Information Commissions.

Lokpal Jangir

DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE

Yes. It is in the interest of the Nation from financial aspect also better working and continuation of the scheme being implemented in proper order.

Awadhesh Thakur awadhesht213@gmail.com

Yes, it should be increased .

Ruma rightsaidruma@yahoo.co.in

The enhancement of retirement age of government officials will, certainly, an adjustment with the economy besides keeping the experienced and healthy minds of Government Officers at the level from Assistant/Section Officer and above. Hope Government will, without any further delay, announce the extension of government officers till the age of 62 without any hitch and second thought.

H.S.Bhalla<hsbhalla@gmail.com>

With regard to Retirement Age "Why are we fighting so much for another 2 years in Govt. job? Let's ask the Govt. to change the relevant rules and establish Electric Crematoriums near Govt. office complexes so that these old horses, who cannot stand on the two feet God has gifted them - but greed make them run on their toes, die in harness leaving a scope for their children to put a claim for Compassionate Appointment, because as they will approach 62, they will start chanting 64/65 as retirement age.

C S Chhabra cshekharc@hotmail.com