Nobody knows how rumours float in the grapevines of civil service but no bureaucrat would ever miss an opportunity to be updated on the latest rumours on the transfer and postings of the bureaucrats. So much so that there is even a web site for this. It is said that what most IAS officers do on reaching office every morning was not order a cup of tea or bury their noses in a newspaper but crank up their computers and log on to  www.whispersinthecorridors.com ; its homepage boasts: “Your website draws attention of all politicians, bureaucrats and policy makers of the country; it is not TV or print – its reach is global”. The site is maintained by Suresh Mehrotra whose sources are said to be placed so deep within the corridors of power that hardly any information on the country's "iron frame" passes by him. The last time I logged in, it showed that already more than two million visitors had been there.
D Sen


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Move to have a Deputy Prime Minister ?
As the grapevine has it there is a move to have a political leader as
Deputy Prime Minister.
Six Secretary level vacancies in GoI
Six Secretary level vacancies are going to take place in the Government of India this month.
Post of Additional Secretary IT to be downgraded ?
Post of Additional Secretary Information Technology is likely to be downgraded.
New post of Additional Secretary created
A new post of Additional Secretary has been created in Ministry of Health in the Government of India.
CBI Director to continue till retirement
CBI Director Ashwani Kumar whose two year tenure ended on July 31 has been retained in the same position till his retirement on November 30, 2010.
Who will be the new Election Commissioner ?
Mystery shrouds the appointment of the next Election Commissioner ? One thing is certain that it will be clear only after the AICC Chief Ms. Sonia Gandhi returns from her US visit.
CVC indicts Lalli, I&B sends file to law ministry
I&B Ministry has sent the file of Prasar Bharti Chief BS Lalli to the Law Ministry. He has been indicted by the CVC.
Wah---Hindustan Bol Raha Hai !
Believe it or not BSNL has suffered a net loss of Rs 1,823 crore for 2009-10 .This is the first time  that the telecom PSU has reported losses since it was formed. Another tip off for the CVC.
UP POLITICS (1)
There is a general consensus that Muslim and Scheduled caste votes are going to decide the fate of Uttar Pradesh.
R&AW Chief K C Verma to retire in January
R&AW Chief K C Verma is superannuating in January.Verma had been brought  from the IB.He is 1971 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Khatua gets one year extension
Maharashtra cadre 1976 batch IAS officer BC Khatua has been granted one year extension as Chairman of the Forward Market Commission.
Ahmad Hussain joins as Member Settlement Commission
Ahmad Hussain has joined as Member Settlement Commission in Mumbai.He is retired IRS (C&EC) officer.
Jain to be Director Personnel
IRPS officer Chetan Jain  is joining the Department of Personnel and Training as Director.
Vivek Wadekar appointed as Director in MoEF
Vivek Wadekar been posted a Director in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). Wadekar so far was posted in the vigilance wing of Income Tax (IT) department. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS-IT) officer of the 1991 batch.
(We said this on July 21, 2010)
M.B. Lal ADG Wildlife retires
M.B. Lal ADG Wildlife to Government of India (GOI) has retired on July 31, 2010.He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Is IAS angry with IRS ?
Frustration with failure of COS to meet and finalise the panels for posts in CBDT & CBEC is mounting amongst IRS officers who man both the boards. While empanelment of IAS officers is going alone smoothly ,IRS officers wonder whether the delay is deliberate and to teach IRS officers lesson for daring to raid IAS officers. With DTC and GST on anvil vacancies in both the boards can create problems.
DPC for promotion of ITOs to Assistant CITs on Aug 9 & 10
The DPC for elevation of Income Tax Officers (ITOs) to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax (ACITs) will be held on August 9 & 10, 2010. Over 160 ITOs will be promoted. The meeting is scheduled to be held in Pune.
Government of India extends tenure of A K Singhal as Director of NTPC
The  tenure of A. K. Singhal as Director (Finance) of NTPC has been extended by Union Ministry of Power vide order dated July 28, 2010 beyond 31 July 2010 till the date of his superannuation i.e. 31 January 2014 or until further orders, whichever events occurs the earlier.
ONGC appoints Director on MRPL Board
ONGC has nominated its Director (Finance), D. K. Sarraf as Director in place of Dr. A. K. Balyan on the Board of MRPL.  Sarraf is an Associate Member of Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, having 30 years of experience in the Oil Industry.
RBI nominates its officers in banks as Directors
The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) has finally appointed its senior serving officers as Directors on boards of different public sector banks.
NHB elevates 4 RMs as AGMs
As many as four regional managers (RMs) have been elevated as Assistant General Managers (AGMs) in the National Housing Bank (NHB).
Large scale changes in NHB on the anvil
A large scale changes are on the anvil in the National Housing Bank (NHB).
Interviews for MD, Cent Bank Home Finance held
Interviews for selecting new Managing Director (MD) of the Cent Bank Home Finance Ltd have been held.
Six IAS from Rajasthan deputed for mid-career training at LBSNAA
As many as six IAS officers of Rajasthan have been deputed to attend Phase IV of the mid-career training of the IAS officers of eight weeks duration at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Musoorie, from Oct 10, 2010. They are Tanmay Kumar, Akhil Arora, Mrs.Arpana Arora, Sandeep Verma and PL Agrawal (all of 1993 batch) and Karan Singh Rathore of 1995 batch.
Yogeshwar Sangwan to be shifted
Yogeshwar Sangwan, Director in MEA, is likely to be shifted to Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry in the same capacity.
Vikram Dev Dutt goes on training to UK
Vikram Dev Dutt, PS to Minister of state for Home Ajay Makan, has proceeded on DoPT official training to UK. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Jitendra Jha transferred from Bhopal
Jitendra Jha of ICAS posted as Financial Advisor in AIMS, Bhopal, has been posted in Ministry of Home, New Delhi.
Post of Counsellor (Economic) in Embassy of India, China vacant
One post of Counsellor (Economic) for the Economic Wing of Embassy of India in Beijing, China is vacant. Officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary/Director of the Government of India or equivalent level are eligible for the post.
IA&AS officer Ms. Mandol transferred to Washington                                                                                                                   
IA&AS officer Ms. Puja S Mandol, Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi at Kolkata Branch has been transferred as Director in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Washington vice Deepak Kapoor. She will initially join as Officer on Special Duty (SG of JAG level) on 4.11.2010  and eventually take over as Director on 10.11.2010. The tenure of her posting will be two years from the date she takes over as Director.
A jolt to M. Veerappa Moily by PMO
Indian Law Minister  M. Veerappa Moily has got a jolt from the Prime Minister's office (PMO).The Group of Minister had given approval to Judicial Accountability Bill, but the PMO has not agreed to introduce this bill in Parliament with the comments that more advice of law experts was required.This is the Law Minister's favorite Bill.
Shiv Kumar Sharma appointed member of 19th Law Commission
Former Rajasthan High Court judge Shiv Kumar Sharma has been appointed full time member of the 19th Law Commission
Sunil Kumar Madan promoted as Principal Staff Officer
DOPT has been promoted Senior Principal Private Secretary, Sunil Kumar Madan (MHA, Cab. Sectt.), as Principal Staff Officers (equivalent to Director).
Pathak is now DIG RPF
Atul Pathak, Senior SC, ISPI, Western Railway has been promoted as Principal RPF Training Centre, KGP, South Eastern Railway.He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
Four army officers join IIPA
Four Army Officers have joined APPPA Course in the IIPA. They are Mssrs Brigadier Mahiwal, Brigadier Naresh Kumar Mehta, Brigadier Gurshan Singh Lamba and Brigadier Harbinder Pal Singh. One Officer from Navy Cap Gurtinder Singh Khera has also joined the course.
Dr. D.K. Bhalla awarded PhD
Dr. Devinder Kumar Bhalla has been awarded Ph.D in Tourism. Presently he is Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC) with the Nagaland government. He is an IAS officer of the1986 batch who belongs to the Nagaland cadre. Dr. Bhalla completed the doctoral studies on the theme of “Sustainable Strategies for Tourism Development in Nagaland.” Dr. Bhalla is a well experienced & a qualified bureaucrat who is a science graduate. He holds a master’s degree in public administration (MPA) and a postgraduate diploma in Enterprise management from MDI Gurgaon (in collaboration with Kellog school of Management, USA) equivalent to MBA. He possesses excellent managerial skills like negotiation; communication, interpersonal relations and team work with initiative.Dr. D.K. Bhalla has a total of 29 years experience in various fields
including 23 years as an IAS officer.
IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh
Khadi and Village Industries Commission Managing Director M K Singh has been posted as Member, Revenue Board, Gwalior. M Mohan Rao has been shifted as Director (Academy of Administration, Bhopal) replacing  M K Varshney, who will become Commissioner (Land Records, Gwalior) in place of  Vinod Kumar, who goes as Member, Revenue Board, Gwalior. Hiralal Trivedi will replace  Rao in Social Welfare. Kanchan Jain has been given additional charge of Secretary, Science & Information Technology. Shikha Dubey has been given additional charge of Managing Director, Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
Ms. Rajwant Sandhu is CS in Himachal Pradesh
The state of Himachal Pradesh (HP) has got second lady IAS officers as its Chief Secretary in a row from July 31,2010.
Ms. Rajwant Sandhu who on her return from GOI had joined as OSD is new Chief Secretary. In GOI she was Secretary Drinking Water .She has  succeeded Ms. Asha Swarup who retired on July 31, 2010.
Ramesh promoted to DG rank in Karnataka
Senior most Additional Director-General of Police, S.T. Ramesh has been promoted to the rank of Director-General in Karnataka. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.
( We said this on July 9 )
1983 batch IPS promoted in Jharkhand
1983 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Jharkhand.Now Parvez Hayat will be ADG Police Modernisation with additional charge of OSD Jharkhand Bhawan in Delhi.Asha Sinha will be ADG CID.Jagdish Raj has been made ADG JAP.Ashok Kumar Sinha will now be ADG Special Branch.
Lt Gen Nayanar is new DG Artillery
Lieutenant General Vinod Nayanar has taken over as the Director General Artillery, replacing Lt. Gen. K.R. Rao who retired from service.

S K Srivastava is Additional Secretary Mining
S K Srivastava is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary Mining in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Sanjeev Chopra gets additional charge of MD NAFED
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agricultute Sanjeev Chopra has been given additional charge of MD NAFED.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Barnwal is back to MP
Ashok Barnwal private secretary (PS) to Kamal Nath  Minister for Road Transport and National Highways is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre on Monday 1991 batch IAS officer Barnwal has been recalled by the state government.
RTI
BHEL synchronizes second 490 MW Unit at Dadri in UP

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) , of which CMD is BP Rao, has successfully synchronized the second 490 MW Unit at the National Capital Thermal Power Project (NCTPP) Stage-II, at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, with a new technology that would address the problem of coal shortage thereby helping protect the environment. These new state-of-the-art machines have a better Heat Rate leading to a direct reduction of coal consumption to the tune of 12,000 tonnes per annum per unit. The units also comprise advanced control, instrumentation and monitoring systems. These are the first of their kind indigenous units, which have been designed for operating at a higher reheat steam temperature of 565 degree Celsius. Power generated from the second unit (90 per cent) would be supplied to Delhi to meet its requirement during the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. The first 490 MW Unit at the same power project, commissioned earlier by BHEL, has been running satisfactorily, since commercial operation.

Reply only by Speed Post

The PIO claimed that the information was sent by UPC the proof of which was shown to the Commission. The appellant claimed that he did not receive any of the letters sent by the PIO. Pointing out that the cost of one decision by the Information Commission is between Rs.5000/- to Rs.10000/-, the Commission recommended to the public
authority under Section 25(5) to send all the communications under the RTI Act through Speed Post.

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It is fairly common that Public Authorities state that they have sent the information or communications under RTI by UPC and appellants claim that they have not received it. The use of the Speed Post over Private Courier Agency and other postal means would remove ambiguity and reduce piling up of inconsequential applications before the Commission.

[Mr. Trilok Singh v. Delhi Transport Corporation in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2010/001659/8731]

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Subir Roychoudhury is new CMD of HPCL
Subir Roychoudhury has taken over as chairman and managing director of refiner-marketer Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL).He is succeeded Arun Balakrishnan who superannuated on Saturday.
Top management reshuffle at PepsiCo India
Gravpevine has it that PepsiCo India which is undertaking a top management reshuffle will have Executive Director (Marketing), Punita Lal assuming the responsibility as the Chief of company's new joint venture with Tata Tea.
Rawat is new CEO of Bharti Infratel
Devender Singh Rawat  has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Infratel, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel.
Mineral Regulatory Authority in the offing
A national mineral regulatory authority to monitor mining-related activities is in the offing
Bakshi ceases to be Director, ICICI Bank
Sandeep Bakhshi, Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Bank, has ceased to be a director of the Bank effective July 31, 2010.
Shasun Chemicals MD resigns 
 N. Govindarajan, CEO and MD of Shasun Chemicals And Drugs Ltd  has resigned. In his place,  S. Vimal Kumar, Whole-time Director has been appointed as Managing Director of the company effective July 30, 2010.
Agarwal appointed CEO Balaji Telefilms (Television) 
Manuj Agarwal has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer- Television of Balaji Telefilms Ltd . He will be reporting to  Puneet Kinra, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Tata Chemicals ED resigns 
Kapil Mehan, Executive Director, Tata Chemicals Ltd has resigned from the services of the Company.  
Sinha appointed Whole-time Director
Virendra Sinha has been appointed Whole-time Director of Balmer Lawrie & Company  with effect from June 14, 2010, having the designation of Director (Service Businesses).
Kansai Paint nominee resigns
The Board of  Directors of  Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd have accepted the resignation of  Y. Tajiri, a nominee of Kansai Paint Co. Ltd., Japan (KPJ) on the Board of the Company, with immediate effect.  H. Nishibayashi has been appointed on the Board as a Nominee of KPJ in the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of  Y. Tajiri.
Balakrishnan appointed Director, S. Kumars Nationwide 
S. Kumars Nationwide Limited has inducted  Jitender Balakrishnan as Director to fill the casual vacancy in place of Col. S.K. Raje, who resigned from the Board due to ill health, in their meeting held on July 30, 2010.
Dharmarajan appointed CFO 
 R Dharmarajan, has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Shriram EPC Ltd  with effect from 28th July 2010 at the Audit Committee meeting of the Company held on that date.
Pattanaik appoints Director, Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys
S K Pattanaik, Director , Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd retired by rotation on July 17, 2010  and appointed as an Alternate Director to Alex Amrein with effect form July 21, 2010.
 

Saurashtra Cement's deputy MD resigns
The Board of Saurashtra Cement has accepted resignation of R. K. Poddar as Deputy Managing Director of the company with effect from 14 September 2010
PNB nominates Director
Punjab National Bank has nominated  Jasbir Singh, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Chandigarh - 17 as Director of the Bank in place of  L. M. Fonseca, with immediate effect and until further orders.
Raut retires as Director, Grindwell Norton
Bharat S Raut, Director, Grindwell Norton Ltd  retired from the office of Director at the Annual General Meeting held on July 29, 2010.
 Adani Power synchronizes third unit of 330 MW at Mundra
Adani Power (APL) has successfully synchronized the third unit of 330 megawatt (MW) Mundra thermal power station with the grid on 30 July 2010.
 Esaar India appoints director
 Esaar India has appointed Kailash Dhanuka as independent Director of the company with effect from 08 July 2010.
IDBI Bank withdraws nomination 
IDBI Bank has withdrawn the nomination of Parminder Singh Cheema from the board of IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd  the company with effect from 29 July 2010.
HCL Infosystems deploys India's largest airport operation control centre for DIAL
HCL Infosystems has announced the successful deployment of the largest Airport Operation Control Centre (AOCC) in India for the New Terminal (T3), IGI Airport, New Delhi. The IT system architecture of the AOCC has been seamlessly integrated in order to facilitate highest level of airside operations, resources planning and allocation, Terminal operations & security, allowing various agencies/departments to collaborate real time.
 

Aaj Ki Aawaz
 
CWG has raised a stink!!!
And Congress forgets with it the stink people link!!
 
Kalmadi is a Congressman!!!
And has often said he’s Gandhi family’s fan!!
 
Those in the know say ‘ Congress Party got its share’!!!
Otherwise such ‘hay making’ Kalmadi would not dare!!
 
Without a doubt Kalmadi’s goldmine is sports!!
And he’s made money left and right as per reports!!
 
Those in the know say ‘he’ll get away’!!!
They say because ‘protection money Kalmadi did pay’!!
 
For all you know Mohna will give him a clean chit!!
Honest Mohna even in the past on orders of High Command done his bit!!
 
Pawar and Raja are two examples!!!
On honesty an honest man tramples!!
 
We keep on saying that our PM is ‘spotlessly’ honest!!
But what use is this honest if he sides with the dishonest????
 
Basically the man is now so attached with 7 Race Course!!!
And also loves the trappings of being PM as per an inside source!!
 
Loyalty to High Command and PM trappings have imprisoned Mohna’s honesty!!
And that is why he is seen siding with dishonesty!!
 
Otherwise do you think he would have ever said CBI is ‘free from Sarkaar’s hold’???
Never…. but he did what he was told (to do)!!
 
He knows in the Hands of the Sarkaar CBI is a tool!!
And with this tool Democracy ke saath every Sarkaar does fool!!
 
Saves it’s own and go after those who oppose the Party in power!!
And for the Sarkaar has often proved to be the ‘need of the hour’!!
 
See how Laloo’s been saved!!!!
Because of CBI the case against Laloo just caved (in)!!!
 
See how Tytler’s been let off the hook!!!
And we know on whose behest both steps CBI took!!
 
Bharat Kumar

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Great transparency
For the first time in its sordid history, AS empanelment list has been published as an InformationNote by CS/DOPT. Until 2007, even the panel was not sent to the States (probably it was done at one time but was stopped for unknown reasons). This is great transparency. For this, the present Cabinet Secretary will earn respect - but, perhaps not a Padma! Is there a negative link that we are missing? .
An IAS officer
 
Let us Shed Prejudices and Explore the Truth
 
Your esteem web page has been allowing Civil - Military debate. In the debate the contributors were charged, prejudiced and sometimes rubbish in nature. Not focussing on status or pay parity, I wish to submit a request to all to see things for the good of the nation.
 
The issue is, fortunately being discussed at many levels. The official, MoD / IAS controlled, IDSA is debating the issue under right guidelines of Sisodia, irrespective of his own perceptions. That needs to be credited to him for positive step.
 
(http://www.idsa.in/)
 
At another level, reputed and well accepted "Seminar Magazine" of Jul 2010, has addressed the issue afresh including "Civil Military" relation in neighbouring countries. I request all vociforious contributors to read that issue - both the military men and the Babus.
 
(http://www.india-seminar.com/semsearch.htm) and go to2010 and then jul 2010 bullet in search option.
 
Besides, one needs to be aware of grave consequences of "military being grossly misused and misled by Civil, particularly bureaucracy" as has been brought out by "Wikileaks". No study of Military - Civil relations will ever be understood by any one unless one studies two classics, first being "Pentagon Papers", a disclosure on Vietnam War and second being Samuel Huntingtons "Soldier and State".
 
I wish the very best to the so called "civil" and essentially implied uncivil "Military", as meant and intentionally emphasised,  to come to some sanity.
 
CCS babus are excluded. They are simply out of place.
 
Rajiv Ranjan
 
CWG  Conundrums ?
 
The WIC’s revelations of corruption in CWG projects have been vindicated.  Attempts are now being made by the vested interests to obstruct the investigations based on the CVC's and CAG's preliminary findings. The CWG 2010 will go down in the history of Sports as its ugliest face. Delay in investigation will be disastrous. It will be advisable for the "Vigilante groups" not to fall under the trap of Delhi Chief Minister’s assertion that irregularities will be looked into after the sporting event is over. In fact, all relevant papers dealing with the tendering process including those relating to calculation of justification costs, Measurement books, details of new items added to the work after opening of tenders at “abnormally high rates” and reasons therefore , payments made without sanctions and without  entering into formal contracts etc, must be seized by the CBI forthwith before any fudging could be resorted to by the unscrupulous babus. All payments due to the contractors who handled the construction of roads, stadia, fly-overs, street-lightings etc must be stopped till the investigations are completed. Preliminary investigations must start right away so that the same could be completed by Nov 30, 2010,the date of retirement of present Director CBI. A Special report on CWG must be submitted by the C&AG to the Parliament during the winter session. The inquiry must be transparent and open to public scrutiny. The RTI activists will, no doubt, start performing, sooner than the later.
 
A K Saxena   (A retired civil servant)
 
"Indo-Pak talks are meaningless!"
 
India must stop talking with Pakistan as nothing has been achieved. Has India gained anything on 26/11 Mumbai attack? Has it been able to get the extradition of criminals who masterminded the attacks and are still continuing proxy war against India.
 
Prof Umesh Johri,Sagar MP
 
Sincere & intelligent officer
 
I have come across S S Rana, DGIT about 10 years ago through his very close friend late K.N. Singh. Though not directly but through various category of officers in the Income Tax Department and a little at Ministerial level, it could be gathered by me that S. S. Rana is, exceptional in his department with utmost sincerity and devotion to his profession. Hence it is not surprising to me if he is given charge of Administration in addition to his present position as DGIT(HRD). Such intelligent and trustworthy officers are required in India during these days of unpredictable and corroborating aptitude of Tax evaders in the country.  Through whispers media, I desire to convey Rana best wishes and pray Almighty God to award more strength to him in the present scenario especially.
 
H S Bhalla
 
IAS is child of Provincial Civil Service officers
 
When recruitment into the ICS was stopped and the service allowed to die a natural death, the IAS reared its head in 1948, manned largely by the PCS officers of the British Raj. However, the legitimate aspirations of the PCS officers today are denied due to the overarching ambition of the IAS. Directly recruited PCS officers, who are recruited through the State Public Service Commissions at senior Class II level with promotion due after 8 years to the IAS stagnate for 25 years before they are promoted to the IAS. The Provincial Police Service fares better since they have to contend with the IPS which is not as bureaucratically strong as the IAS. In some southern states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the situation is better since sons of the soil are preferred there. Sikkim and the north eastern states also do not fare badly for the same reason. States like MP and Rajasthan also fare well enough. Bihar, Orissa and Bengal fare worst. It is time for the PCS officers to insist on uniform promotions all over India. They must be allowed to retire as Commissioners/ Secretaries (equivalent to Joint Secretary to the Government of India for the PCS) and IG (for the PPS).  This will also reduce the trend of candidates continuously taking the Civil Services exam till age 35 (even when they are already in the PCS/PPS) which they only do due to the iniquitous lack of promotional avenues in the PCS/PPS. Similar is the case of the Forest Service where officers with seven to ten years seniority still take the Civil Services Exam since they see IAS officers seven to ten years junior lording it over their senior most officers.
 
A K Singh
 
"Strong lobbying" for elevation to SC: The truth is out !
 
Contributors to the whispersinthecorridors have been giving vent to their frustration on lack of timely promotions, ACP, ACRs, DPC,VI Pay Commission discriminations, monopoly of one service over the others etc. These are very intelligently woven webs to keep them entrapped during their whole service careers. The bare truth is that everything depends on "strong lobbying' alone. Those who have missed out on the connotations, efficacy and value of the word "lobbying" need to absorb it all, if they desire to get things done timely in a just and equitable manner. We have always treated our judges with the highest respect, even idolizing them! But nobody makes it to the Supreme Court without "lobbying", rather "strong lobbying". This mystery has been revealed when the cabinet decision to raise the retirement age of High Court judges to 65 was announced on 30th July 2010. The justification given was that it shall save the High Court judges/Chief Justice the embarrassment of indulging in intense/strong lobbying. So even our judges were indulging in the practice of lobbying! Isn't it? We knew of something called "pairavi", but lobbying has put some wisdom in wooden heads like mine. The game would not have attracted attention but for the practice being rampant in civil services, to refer to just one arms of public administration. Without lobbying you don't get what is advertised in the UPSC brochure on the civil services exam regarding career prospects after entry. That UPSC role ends there. The great Babu is unfairly given extremely unfair advantage in matters of pay and promotions by the VI Pay Commission)and the politician takes over thereafter. Their grip is vice like on the system, as harshly judged by WIC contributors have amply proved. That is why UPSC selected officers, earning consistently "outstanding" ACRs miss out on promotions/postings and other growth opportunities. Their names are included in panels of officers eligible for appointment to a particular post by the Board comprising the highest civil servants, approved by the Minister of Personnel, approved by the Appointments Committee chaired by the Prime Minister, but routinely returned first by the Babu and thereafter by the Minister, several times. Unless intense/hard lobbying is resorted to, no name will be approved by the concerned Minister. If the Cabinet Secretary or the PM forces the Ministry concerned and  orders mandatory posting, the incumbent will not be allowed to function smoothly by the corrupt Babu or the Minister, and shall be replaced soon by a "suitable" candidate. What can be expected of such suitable appointees? Honesty or corruption? If developments leading to G2 spectrum going cheap or CWG coming under the scanner of the CVC etc(I refrain using words like corruption/scam/scandal for these developments, since they mean nothing more than just developments now)do occur, why should the nation be angry or the media pulverize them into engrossing stories for several days? The great poet Tulsidas had written that everything is available on earth, only the lobbyist (he termed them karmaheen nar) get it not. Long live relentless lobbying!!!
M L Gupta