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WHISPERS’ OPINON POLL:
WHO WILL BE THE QUEEN'S CHOICE FOR PRIME MINISTER AFTER DR. MANMOHAN SINGH ?
Rahul - ultimate choice, Chidambram, Pranab Mukherjee , Antony and Digvijay also named
The Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi might have discarded any post in the Government of India so far but most people believe that he would be the ultimate choice of the party's Chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi when the occasion to (s)/elect the next Prime Minister of the country arrives with the Congress or the UPA remaining in power.   This was revealed in the opinion poll run on our web site to learn about who among the present lot of Congress leaders will make the best Prime Minister apart from Dr. Manmohan Singh.
The poll threw open some surprising names as well just because of their proximity and loyalty to the Gandhi-Nehru family. Some people think that it would not be a surprise if this happens even before the tenure of the present UPA government comes to an end. In that case Dr. Manmohan Singh may be pushed to the President House. Present incumbent, Pratibha Devisingh Patil had become the first woman to head the Indian Republic on July 25, 2007. Accordingly, she would be completing her five year term in July 2012 while the next Lok Sabha elections are due in 2014.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee the senior most cabinet minister is voted by most to be the best person who would be the second to the Prime Minister. They don’t want to see Pranab as PM. Apart from Rahul, Union Home Minister P. Chidambram is the most favoured cabinet minister to step into the shoes of Dr. Manmohan Singh. Chidambaram, most surfers suggest is intelligent and tough and has the support of Sonia Gandhi. Likewise, the names of Defence Minister A.K. Antony has also come up due to their loyalty to Gandhi family. Among the other names the name of AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh has also been endorsed by many surfers. Digvijay is the only name that found a mention from leaders outside the government.
(Read the full survey in Feb issue of WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS magazine)

Will Panneervel be new EO ?
Name of P Panneervel has started doing the round for the post of Establishment Officer in the Department of Personnel.He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.Present EO P K Mishra moving as Secretary.
Top 10 of Bihar Chief Minister

1. RCP Sinha, PS to CM (UP cadre IAS on deputation).
2. Chanchal Kumar, Secretary to CM
3. Afzal Aman Ullah, Secretary Cabinet coordination
4. Anjani Kumar Singh, PS HRD
5. Siddharth, Secretary to CM.
6. Deepak Kumar, PS DoPT.
7. Anand Shankar, DGP
8. Neelmani DG, Home Guards
9. CK Mishra PS Health .
10.Pratyaya Amrit, Secretary PWD & RD
Who will be new Power Secretary ?
Will 1976 batch Nagaland cadre IAS officer Anil Kumar Succeed H S Brahma as Secretary Power in the Government of India on May 1 ?.Though there is a general perception in the Ministry that Special Secretary Power Anil Kumar will be new Secretary ,but in the power centre there is a gap between cup and lips.
Venu is Joint Secretary Energy in MEA
R Venu (IFS 1986), upon his return from Dubai has been posted in MEA as Joint Secretary Energy Security. He has swapped place with Sanjay Verma of 1990 batch.
Minutes of FSB signed
The Foreign Service Borad met on 17th and the Minutes have been signed by the members.
Minutes of 1990 batch IAS finalized
Minutes of the empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India have finally been signed.
Satnam Singh to be new Chairman of NTPC ?
If all goes well, Satnam Singh will succeed R S Sharma as CMD of the NTPC. Satnam Singh is presently CMD of the Power Finance Corporation (PFC).
Talwar to be Member (Tech) Electricity Appellate Tribunal
VK Talwar is likely to be appointed as Member (Tech) Central Electricity Appellate Tribunal .Name of Uttarakhand based Talwar is reported to have been cleared by the Search Committee.
Dasgupta also quits
A close associate of Shyam Saran,Chandrashekhar Dasgupta has also quit as one of the top climate change negotiatiors.He was having serious differences with Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Rajive Kumar 1 gets one year extension
Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat Rajive Kumar 1 has been granted one year extension in central deputation tenure. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Grover to be Director (Finance ) ITDC !
In all probability, N K Grover will be new Director (Finance) of the ITDC. The PESB has reportedly put the name of Grover as number one in the panel.Presently, N K Grover is General Manager (GM) Finance with the Central Warehousing Corporation(CWC).
MHA sends 3 names for Post of Joint Director Security Lok Sabha
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent three-member panel for the post of Joint Director, Security. They are: RP Meena - ADG Delhi Police 1980 batch- AGMU cadre, KK Maheshwari - ADG Delhi Police 1980 batch- AGMU cadre & S Nityanandam IG 1986 batch- AGMU cadre.
Fierce battle for the slot of KPT’s chief
A fierce battle is on for the post of Chairman Kolkata Port Trust (KPT), Kolkata. Three IAS officers belonging to the West Bengal cadre are vying with each other for this post. They are: Madan Lal Meena (1983 batch), Rajpal Singh Kahlon (1984 batch) & Debashish Sen.
IPS officers happy with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has earned an extra goodwill from IPS fraternity by giving en bloc promotions to IPS officers in the state. Even during his previous tenure he had done a similar exercise.
Foreign postings in Air India to start soon?
Air India is likely to start foreign postings in a couple of months.
IPS changes in Chhattisgarh likely
Deepanshu Kabra, SP, Durg-Bhilai and Amit, SP, Raipur are likely to swap postings and O P Pal may join as SP Bilaspur after promotion of present incumbent Vivekanand, SP, Bilaspur as DIG.
IA&AS officer Ms. Smita S Chaudhri transferred to Lucknow
Ms. Smita S Chaudhri, Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-I, Kolkata, is transferred and posted as Accountant General (C&RA), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow .
Amit Prasad is DIG Gangatok
Amit Prasad has joined as DIG Gangatok. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Prasar Bharti Board meeting next month
First Board Meeting of the Prasar Bharti headed by Ms Mrinal Pande is expected to take place in the third week of March.
Haryana DGP gets additional charge
Haryana DGP R S Dalal has been given additional charge of the CMD of the Police Housing Corporation.
IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There are IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are Mssrs :-L R Kumar SP City Agra, Mohit Gupta SP Kanpur City West, Guptam Commandant 15th PAC, Dharmendra Singh PAC Meerut and B B Singh SP Railways.
Last date for JNPT’s chief on February 22, 2010
Last date for receipt of applications for the post of Chairman Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is on February 22, 2010.
S. Raheja is AAI Member (planning)
Sudhir Raheja has assumed the charge as Member (planning) in Airports Authority of India (AAI) interviews for which were concluded on August 25, 2009.Hitherto, Sudhir Raheja was Executive Director (ED) Planning in AAI
(We said this in August 2009)
Pankaj Mittal is GM, Hotel Jaipur Ashok
Pankaj Mittal who was Banquet Manager Ashok Hotel, New Delhi has now on elevation joined as General Manager Hotel Jaipur Ashok, Jaipur. This is 100 rooms property of the ITDC.
Amitabh Bachchan to open a film city in Gujarat
As the grapevine has it  Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan who is the brand ambassador of Gujarat state is likely to set up a film city near Maharastra- Gujarat Border on a request by Chief Minister Narender Modi.
Hot talks between Pranab Mukherjee & Mamata Banerjee!
Hot talks between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee & Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee in a recent cabinet meeting are widely being discussed in corridors of power. She got approval for 18 out of 25 projects of her’s. This was just because of the late submission of the proposals.
Dr. P. Devaraj is Advisor to Pondicherry University
Dr. P. Devaraj an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch from the AGMU cadre has joined as Advisor to Pondicherry University.

Bhaskar appointed CVO of BHAVINI (UPDATED)
Uday K.R. Bhaskar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bhartiya Nabhikya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI), Kalpakkam. He is 1990 batch C&CE officer.
Muni Raju appointed CVO MRPL (UPDATED)
C.V. Muni Raju has been appointed, as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
HRD Ministry to issue draft rules for RTE (UPDATED)

As the grapevine has it Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal will hold monthly review meeting in Delhi on February 23, 2010. Sibal has urged Education Ministers & Chief Secretaries of different states to enforce the law pertaining to the Right to Education (RTE). For this the HRD Ministry is going to issue draft rules.

Dr Rakesh Mohan to head a High Level National Transport Development Policy Committee (UPDATED)

Dr. Rakesh Mohan former Secretary - Department of Economic Affairs and Deputy Governor - Reserve Bank of India, has been appointed head of a High Level National Transport Development Policy Committee, constituted by the Government of India, to create a policy environment that encourages competitive pricing and coordination between alternative modes of transport in order to provide an integrated and sustainable transport system.

CCIT Kochi gets additional charge (UPDATED)

CCIT Kochi, K Madhvan Nair, has been given the additional charge of CCIT, Thiruvananthpuram with immediate effect.

Minor bureaucratic changes in MP (UPDATED)

In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle Madhya Pradesh Government shifted Gyaneshwar Patil from Director Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA)to Director ICDS Projects in Women & Child Welfare department & Sudha Chaudhary Secretary Finance has been assigned additional charge of MP Child Protection Commission.

RTI

Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s family
The appellant desired details of persons residing normally at 6-A
Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi with the former Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee as his family members and their relationship with him
and also whether they were entitled for some facilities at government
expense. The application was rejected advising the appellant to make
separate applications to the public authorities concerned for
obtaining information without either transferring the application
under section 6(3) or providing the details of the public authorities
to whom an application should be made. The appellant submitted that
the issue is of public interest because it is a known fact that Shri
Atal Bihari Ji Vajpayee is an unmarried person, and that facilities
made available to residents residing there as ‘family members’ of the
former Prime Minister cost exchequer. The PMO argued that providing
‘details of public authorities which may be hold information’ calls
for speculation as it is not a matter of record held by it nor a
function assigned to it. The Commission held that it would have been
user friendly on the part of the PMO to guide the appellant to the
Ministry / Department which could assist him in identifying the source
of information which he seeks.
Comments
The business of the Government of India is to be carried out in
accordance with the rules made by the President under article 77 (3)
of the Constitution and the Rules of Business themselves are business
allocated to the Cabinet Secretariat under the Government of India
(Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, issued in exercise of the
aforementioned Constitutional provision. Hence, the Cabinet
Secretariat holds details of all business allocations. A Public
authority should take a pro-active view in informing the applicant
where the information lies while disposing an application.
[S. C. Agrawal v. Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Appeal No.
CIC/WB/A/2009/000040]

Mrs . Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)

Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann

(A new decision every Monday)

SURVEY

Whispers’ debate- Should civil servants be called as professionals
Running the administration in a vast and diverse country like India is a no mean task. In this age of specialisation we need people with special skills to handle the diverse needs of the people and the country. This is what our civil servants (be it from IAS, IPS, IRS or IFS) are doing. Now, there is a talk about bracketing the civil servants as professionals, instead of simply using the age-old acronym of their services IAS, IPS, IRS or IFS as they are rendering a highly professional duty. Should the civil servants be called as professionals instead of their known service acronyms?
Please mail in your response to:
suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com AND mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE
HUDCO earmarks 3% Profit towards CSR activities
HUDCO is one of the first PSUs to have earmarked a significant percentage of its net profits for CSR activities. Taking immediate cognizance of the recent DPE proposal cleared by the committee of secretaries, the Board of Directors of HUDCO in its recent meeting approved creation of an exclusive budget amounting to 3% of net profits for activities under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which shall be non-lapsable and carried forward if any part is unutilized.

The draft DPE guidelines provides for a CSR budget of 2% to 3% of the net profit subject to a minimum of Rs. 3.00 crore for PSEs having a net profit between Rs.100 crore to 500 crore to be created through a board resolution. The provision of three percent of its net profits is the highest in the band provided in the draft guidelines, which are expected to be notified shortly.

HUDCO, since its establishment in 1970, has focused its activities towards providing affordable housing to the economically weaker sections and the low income groups as well as providing basic infrastructure facilities for improving the quality of life of the citizens, especially the poor. Being totally committed to its contribution to the society as a whole, HUDCO’s activities have constantly been guided by its Corporate Social Responsibility.
 
HUDCO has always reached out to people affected by natural calamities like earthquake, landslides, cyclones, sea erosions and flooding etc. through its support for building technologies and special loan assistance for rehabilitation of the affected. HUDCO’s assistance has helped in the rehabilitation of over 41 lakh families affected by natural calamities. HUDCO has also contributed in the Government of India’s efforts in promoting heritage conservation for major historic, religious and archaeological centers like Bodhgaya, Ajanta, Ellora, Red Fort, Varanasi etc.
 
HUDCO, continuing with its social commitments, is poised to contribute significantly towards improving the quality of life of our citizens with exclusive focus on the weaker sections and the down-trodden.
Jyoti gets additional charge of GSFC
Gujarat Chief Secretary A K Jyoti has been given additional charge of the CMD Gujarat State Fertilisers Corporation. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.
Members of 50 families are not ‘Aam Aadmi’
As many as 50 families are these days said to be running the country. They certainly do not belong to the category of ‘Aam Aadmi’ on whom they are ruling directly or indirectly. It will, however, not be an exaggeration to call them ‘Super Aam Aadmi’.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

BJP’s jamboree in Indore was ‘song and eating’!!
Its blues BJP was beating!!
 
Confidence in BJP is low and the jamboree failed to instill confidence!!
Such a waste of money in such times simply did not make sense!!
 
Ghadkari proved what many say that he’s the wrong guy to be at BJP’s helm!!
With no solutions for BJP's woes with his singing he tried to overwhelm!
 
Modi, Swaraj and Jaitley have been anointed ‘next in line’!!!
And then Swaraj let out ‘why not Shivraj’ whine????
 
Advani announced his intention to rest!!!!
Though tomorrow he could retract this and say he said this in jest!!
 
Sena’s breathing fire at Ghadkari’s request to the Muslims on the Ram Temple!!
Sena says on sentiment of Kar Sewaks kiya Ghadkari ne trample!!
 
Seems Balasahib is in a fighting mood and is fighting with everyone!!!
Maybe soon Balasahib will even fight with his own son!!
 
Ghadkari's request to Muslims was made to further BJP’s ‘get Muslims aboard’ quest!
But Muslims are not going to accede to Ghadkari’s request!!
 
‘Raddi waalas made a packet with the empty booze bottles left behind’!!!
So actually it was ‘song, drinking and eating’ after this empty booze bottles find!
 
Advisory was issued that delegates carry empty bottles in their baggage!!
However a huge pile of bottles were found when tents kiya tentwaalas ne rummage!! 
 
In the end after putting on weight those attending the Conference went back home!
Some to see ‘culture’ in Khajurao karr rahe hai roam!!
 
At first PC said ‘the amnesty was only for Kashmiris gone astray’!!
He placed one more offering for the majority minority on his ‘sops tray’!!
 
After scoring brownie points with them during his Punjab visist he changed his raag!
Maybe during this Punjab visit he changed his mind after partaking ‘sarson ka saag’!
 
Now he says the amnesty is for Punjab also!!
This after first saying ‘no’!!
 
Such an amnesty cannot and should not be only for a certain lot!
On his exclusive amnesty Punjab 'had got hot'!! 
 
Telegana is back on the burner!!!
Many would agree the Center needs to get sterner!!
 
States should not be divided on the grounds that Telengana demand is being made!!
Or very soon through a host of such demands India would have to wade!!
 
I feel Congress has really mucked up this matter!!!
And now on Telengana karr rahi hai Congress ‘pitter patter’! 
 
Really has Pranab Da’s status been downgraded???
And PC’s been upgraded????
 
Is now PC Congress’s new ‘trouble shooter’ the type Pranab Da used to be???
Well in due course the truth in this rumor we will get to see!!
 
At present Pranab Da is giving no signs as he has a jovial exterior!!
But then you never know he may be boiling in the interior!!
 
Naxalism is ‘haves and have nots’ fight!!
Naxals feel ‘ the opulence in face of starvation’ is not right!!
 
To tackle Naxalism what is needed is ‘inclusive development’!!
And that does not mean that some of the tribals into the police force being sent!!
 
Yes it cannot be fought only with force!!
What is needed is to visit ‘ the Naxalism’s source’!!
 
Basicaly UPA has let Naxalism get out of hand!!
When it came to Naxalism's spread UPA had its head in the sand!!
 
Big B is hopping mad on an article in Mirror on Ash,
In his Blog the Media ko karr raha hai bash.
 
Why does he not ask his beta and bahu to prove the Mirror wrong by having a baby?
And stop being such a big cry baby????
 
Confucius says…. seems he thinks he’s a Deni God and above ridicule!!!
He feels ‘ Media can only print pro Big B atricles’ should be the rule!!
 
Adds… he forgets that such Media attention goes with the territory!!
Tell your Beta and Bahu to have a Baby and then demand from Mirror a 'sorry'!

Bharat Kumar

It is time of new leadership
Now it is time of new leadership in the party and the government both. After Dr. Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi is and should be the only choice for the post of PM because it is no more choice of Congress party as it is a call of Indian masses which can and should not be ignored.
A M Khan
New transfer guidelines making mess
The new transfer guidelines of Income Tax makes a further mess. With the cap of continuous stay in ‘A’ cities having been lifted ,a new Brahmanical order is likely to be created. People with right  ‘connections’ can now continuously stay in major metropolitan Cities throughout their career without having to move to ‘B’ & ‘C’ stations. Officers in ‘B’ & ‘C’ stations will now have to wait for substantial number of years for people to vacate metropolitan stations like Hyderabad, Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad etc which they may be occupying after having already done 13-14 continuous years in other ‘A’ class stations. For the latter now have a further lease of 8 years .There was considerable merit in the earlier FM’s insistence on having a 14 year cap on continuous stay in ‘A’ cities.It created an even dispensation with necessary exposure in cities other than metropolitan after a fixed number of years. More importantly, it created a right ‘secular’ mix in many ways.
-M Misra

Why so much opacity ?
There are plenty of people in the Civil Services who are passed over for promotion to the top posts after serving 37 years in government. When batches are superseded in the Foreign Service for Foreign Secretary, the IAS for Cabinet Secretary, no one sees page long blow ups and interviews. The fact is that the judicial service is as much a bureaucracy as any other and just like civil servants, judges also have to take the rough with the smooth. Judges are no special breed, they are recruited either by the High Court or are seconded to the bench by a particular selection process. Why is the so called opacity of the process apparent only when the same process which was adopted when the same candidates succeeded, fails the candidate for future appointments?
Vijay Kumar

Need to review the pattern of gazetted holidays
The DOPT has declared 14 gazetted holidays for 2010 of which only three ,i.e. Republic day , Independence day, and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, being national holidays should be compulsory. Other compulsory holidays are related to religious festivals of different communities and should not be compulsory. These should be included in the list of restricted holidays and the number of restricted holidays allowed, be proportionately increased. The present pattern shows a distinct tilt towards certain communities. Besides the officials will be able to take restricted holidays for festivals they actually celebrate.
Suman Swarup

Elimination of high denomination notes to eliminate corruption.
In my view, the right solution will be to switch over to a non-currency state by eliminating entire currency system of any denomination. Every citizen should be given a currency card wherein any kind of credit / debit could be booked. All shopping’s will be done by this card only. Even small vendors like vegetable sellers and petty shop owners can be given machines similar to the ones now being used for parking coupons and in petrol bunks for charging customers. This kind of machine is very user friendly and does not need any training. These could be connected to servers via networks easily. This paves way for money flow in a very easy, transparent manner. The implementation can be taken along with the issue of Citizen ID.

The advantages are many 1) Black money is curbed entirely 2) Income Tax could be collected 100% 3) Property will be bought at market rate and registered at market rate and this will increase revenue to the Government 4) Counterfeit is eliminated totally 5) External threats to our economy is totally wiped out 6) Money meant for terrorism will be fully blocked.

The question will be how a illiterate person will handle this kind of transaction? The answer is they are more conversant with machines of this kind as one could see that the usage of cell phone has not created any hazzle for the rural and illiterate population.

Will the Finance Minister look into this suggestion and take the challenge to switching over to a non-currency State, may be the first in the entire world!!
N. Natarajan

All kudos to Dr. Manmohan Singh
Dr. Manmohan Singh is fantastically doing wonders in governance especially in curruption. He has good team of senior Ministers supplementing the Prime Minister and the UPA. I think he is the best choice and best bet till Rahul Gandhi positions himself for the task. Rahul Gandhi is keeping himself abreast of each and every nook and corner of the country and is doing miracles while interacting with the Old, Young and the deprived. He should be the best choice next !!!
Takam Sanjay

Austerity in Postal Department needed at all costs
Asking for austerity does not mean venom against the Department of posts. The writer of venom is a good defender, who knows only 'Ayashi'. The writer of venom must know why the Postal Department has been chosen for doing NREGA works etc. It is due to the reason that the Postal Department has only vast network connecting the people from all works of life, which is next to impossible for other Departments. I request the writer of venom not to befool the masses. What is the need of the hour is that modernisation but at the same time one has to see that public exchequer does not go waste. Has the writer of venom any idea about what would be expenditure for organising a seminar/meeting of such type. In total it will cost not less than few lakhs. I am now asking if the seminar/meeting is not organised in every month at the cost of tax payers, whether the NREGS scheme will not work? Implementation of any scheme announced by Government of India is bound to be implemented by the functionaries of government organisation. It is perhaps the Department of Posts is not lagging behind in the matter of Video Conferencing. So, what is the necessity of wasting huge funds from government exchequer for organising such meetings/seminars at different locations. The writer of venom must be well aware that the higher ups of the Department are sent abroad frequently. Will the department be benefitted out of it? Does he know that the poor postal staff who manages the post offices are over burdened? Does he know that no punctuality and discipline is maintained in most of the Administrative Offices of the Department throughout the country? Does he noticed at what time one come and at what time he leaves? One who adopts the tactics of Ayashi, he knows only how to enjoy. So, who will bell the cat? If someone asks for rectification he should be condemned by those so called venom writer.
Ajay Prasad

Postal dept poised for a technological leap
Dept of Posts I understand is poised for a huge technological leap, this includes networking of all 136000 post offices and converting the savings bank into a core bank with seamless network. I presume the writer who complains that senior officers are moving around too much is aware that a project like this requires intense monitoring? is he also aware that the PO savings bank has more accounts than all the banks put together.
Alok Nath

Rahul is a gem of a person
Really Rahul Gandhi is a person of caliber and creativeness with variety of adventures and schemes in his mind in this young age. He is really a gem of a person who is absolute thinker and devotee for the strength and growth of the country and make a strong bridge of global stand in the world over. I luv Rahul Gandhi and being holding his father like position wish him all the best.
hsbhalla@gmail.com

A welcome step- by Madhya Pradesh CS
It’s heartening to know that the new Chief Secretary of MP is stressing on clean administration and strict action against corruption during his round of State wide  Divisional meetings . However, he should also keep an eye on  the type of officers accompanying him in helicopter and moving around him in these meetings, to show  to all those who matter in the Divisions that they are closest to him.  Some of them should be the first to face the long pending actions against them for the 'Ghotalas'  they have done in their 'golden' years in the past rules.
Mritunjay

Don’t justify the unjustifiable
It is surprising to see that some one attributed failure of police/ central forces every where due to some DOPT orders. It is also surprising that the field officials reaction on the ground is so conditioned by the so called morale of the IPS officers. For God's sake don’t try to justify the unjustifiable.
It is true that we all join service knowing the service conditions and when in, try to think in terms of parity etc. It is a lame excuse to hide one's failure.
There was a time when police commissioner system was fielded as panacea for law and order problems and see what happened where the system has been implemented. Similarly separation of judiciary was said to be the solution of delay in justice system. What happened.
AN

Wrong govt act
Central Secretariat Service (CSS) in the years 1998 and 1999 DOP&T provided in-situ upgradation to a number of SOs as Under Secretaries (USs. As upgradation does not amounts to creation of new posts/actual promotion, Supreme Court in a number of judgments have held that reservation cannot be provided. In spite of the aforesaid fact the CS Division of DOP&T applied the policy of reservation in the upgradation of SOs of CSS, which had taken place in the year. Thereafter the CS Division, DOP&T on a number of occasions made ad-hoc promotions of the SOs to the USs and as per law again applied the policy of reservation and additional an number of SC/ST candidates got the benefit of it. Now the CS Division of DOP&T are slowly and slowly coming out with the Select List of Under Secretaries for the years 1998 onwards. Again they are applying the policy of reservation and giving benefit to more number of persons. Does this not amount to giving benefit to SC/ST category of people on three occasions for jump in promotion of only one level. Such acts of government are responsible for development of hatred in the General candidates against the SC/ST Candidates, which the former do not want on their own volition.
A Srivastava

Merger of CSSS and CSS
Is there any update on the merger of CSSS and CSS, as recommended by VI CPC. Government should not spend huge money on such commissions if their recommendations go unheard.
Kaushal

Present body is undemocratic
The present body is constituted undemocratically. In 2006, the President was of the rank of Chief CIT, who continued till 2010. The grievance of young IRS members could not be redressed because the then President of IRS Association and the Administrative Head of the Department were one and the same. The President of the present body is from the junior most batch of Commissioners. What a contrast? His effectiveness is under doubt. The activities of the Association are limited to hosting picnic and lunch parties. On the other hand, the ITGOA is very strong and fights for the welfare of their members. IRS Association Kolkata is lifeless body managed by some officers behind the scene who are well wishers of the members of ITGOA.
P C Srivastava

Arrogancy of Judges
This news item gives me a shock and surprise. Nowadays, arrogancy of Judges is ruling the roost of the governance. They think that they are the superior to anyone. In all over the world, accused persons are allowed to sit at the chair in the court hall before the judges whereas in India, accused persons have to stand hours and hours in the court hall before the so called judges who think that they are the Gods.
Brahma

None other than Chidambaram or Mukherjee
If there is change in command, P Chidambaram, Union Home Minister will be a suitable politician for this premium post. Second choice with the UPA will be Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister.
H S Tanwar

Chidambaram is the best
After Dr. Manmohan Singh, the only person, whom I consider best is PC Chidambaram, who is sincere and does lot of home work on any given matter. He has recently drawn accolades even from opposition parties for his good work as Home Minister.
T A Vaidyanathan