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Malhi to succeed Sahi ?
If all goes well, G S Malhi will succeed R R P N Sahi as Director Bureau of Civil Aviation on February 1. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre. Sahi is superannuating on January 31.
1976 batch IAS will not be Secretary Petroleum
1976 batch IAS officer is unlikely to succeed R S Pande in February as Secretary Petroleum. In all probability either 1974 batch or 1975 batch IAS will be new Secretary Petroleum.
Bijoy Chatterjee to hold additional charge
Bijoy Chatterjee Secretary Chemicals & Petrochemicals IAS (WB; 73) will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary Pharmaceuticals Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers during the absence on leave of Ashok Kumar IAS (BH; 74) from January 9 to January 24,2010.
K. Skandan to be Chairman, Chennai Port Trust
K. Skandan, Joint Secretary (Kashmir), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) will be joining as Chairman, Chennai Port Trust. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Ms.Sheela Thomas to go to the US
Ms.Sheela Thomas has been nominated by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), Government of India (GOI), for a four months course on Public Administration in Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA” commencing shortly. She is an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1985 batch. At present she is Secretary to V.S.Achuthanandan Kerala Chief Minister.
1 post of ADG to go up in BSF
In the wake of ongoing restructuring in Border Security Force (BSF) one post of ADG is going to increase.
GOI to hold parleys with KCP (MC)
In the Manipur State KCP (MC) is a militant organization, which is having 14 groups. Government of India has decided to talk with a group of KCP(MC) on January 8, 2010 under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Manipur Imphal.
Fresh work division likely in DEA
A fresh work division is expected to take place among the Joint Secretaries in the Department of Economic Affairs.
Orders of SS Chhabra soon
SS Chhabra who is Secretary in Sports Authority of India (SAI) is going to be Sports Development Advisor (SDA) to be based at Commonwealth Secretariat in London. Chhabra is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura(M-T) cadre. Orders of Chhabra are being issued in a couple of weeks.
( We said this on December 22 )
Chandra Mohan posted as Director (Audit) in CAG
Chandra Mohan, Director (Inspection), has been posted as Director (Audit) in the CAG Office.
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS Officer Surendra Mohan Mahajan, Director, Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, New Delhi, has been posted as DDG, Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, New Delhi.
Lalit Prasad to go to Helsinki
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy, Colombo, has been moved to Helsinki.
P.V.K. Reddy tipped to join at the centre
P.V.K. Reddy is likely to be posted as IG in one of the paramilitary forces shortly. He is an IPS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre.
No IAS to be posted in Power Ministry henceforth
The GoI is understood to have decided in principle that henceforth no IAS would be posted in the Power Ministry.
IPS cadre in Uttarakhand to increase by 20
IPS cadre in Uttarakhand is soon expected to be increased from 60 to 80.
IPS officers likely to be promoted if Bihar gets three new DGs
Once Bihar gets three more cadre posts of DG, those likely to be promoted to the coveted post are 1976 batch IPS officer US Dutta, 1977 batch IPS officer Abhya Anand and A K Gupta.
Five IAS officers desire to go on deputation to GoI
Atleast Five IAS officers in Orissa are eyeing to go on deputation to GoI.
2007 batch IPS get posting in Orissa
Five 2007 batch IPS officers in Orissa have been given postings.
18 more IFS posts in UP
During the cadre revision,18 more posts of the IFS officers have been added in Uttar Pradesh. Now the number of posts have risen from 199 to 217.
Move to push transfers in IT
There is a move in North-Block to push through the list of transfers of commissioners and chief commissioners of Income Tax this month.
JNPT Chairman to go back to Maharashtra this month
The Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Syed S Hussain, is expected to go back to his parent Maharashtra cadre this month to become ACS . He is 1976 batch IAS officer.
IAS transfers in Tamil Nadu
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle, transfer of Dr. S. Karuthiah Pandian Special Secretary  Home, Prohibition and Excise Department to Commissioner of Town and Country Planning has been  cancelled by the Tamil Nadu government. Consequently, Dr. S. Karuthiah Pandian will continue to function as Special Secretary Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department. Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Joint Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board and Project Director, Hogenakkal Water Supply Project, has been posted  as Director of Town and Country Planning vice Ashok Dongre transferred.
Bhaskar to join GoI
O N Bhaskar is going on deputation to the Government of India. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Pradeep Sharma Commissioner Bhavnagar civic body arrested
Bhavnagar’s Municipal Commissioner Pradeep Sharma(IAS, Gujarat cadre, 1994 batch) has been arrested for his alleged involvement in 2002 Kutch earthquake land scadal. He has been arrested in connection with the scam that took place during 19 June 2001 and 5 November 2007 while Pradeep Sharma was Collector of Kutch.
IAS changes in Karnataka
A.K. Monnappa has been appointed Managing Director, Mysore Sugar Company Limited, Bangalore.K.H. Govinda Raj will now be Special Commissioner, BBMP. Chakravarthi Mohan has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Chamarajanagar District. Manoj Kumar Meena has been made Additional Commissioner for Commercial Taxes (Intelligence), Bangalore. Bevis A. Coutinho, waiting for posting, will be Commissioner, BMRDA. Sanjiv Kumar has been made Secretary to Government, Planning & Statistics Department.
V K Sharma is new Judge of HP HC
Registrar General of the Himachal Pradesh High Court V K Sharma has been appointed Judge of the HP HC.
BSF’s Bharat darshan programme for 35 school children
A group of 35 school children from remote areas of Kashmir today called on MoS (Home) Ajay Maken.  The students, in the age group of 12-16 yrs, were on a Bharat Darshan tour organized by BSF.As part of the programme, they were taken to Amritsar, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Agra and Delhi and visited placed of historical, cultural & national importance in these cities.
Jadhav is new Sirsa SP
Sri Kant Jadhav has been appointed new SP of Sirsa in Haryana. He is 1994 batch IPS officer.
Naik transferred from SWR to SCR
KBT Naik of SG/IRPS has been transferred from SWR to SCR
Jaggi transferred from NR to NWR
HK Jaggi of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR to NWR and posted in the cadre.
Jain of SAG/IRSE posted as CTE
Anirudh Jain of SAG/IRSE has been posted as CTE on CR itself.
Surender Kumar transferred from ER to NR
Surender Kumar Senior Rajbhasha adhikari (Official language officer) has been transferred from ER to NR.
Raghuraman of SAG/IRAS appointed in HAG
S Raghuraman of SAG/IRAS has been appointed in HAG and posted as FA&CAO/Con on SR itself .
Mrs. Nageswaran of SAG/IRAS posted as FA&CAO
Mrs. Meera Nageswaran of SAG/IRAS has been appointed in HAG and posted as FA&CAO.
Punia of SAG/IRAS transferred to NR
RC Punia of SAG/IRAS has been transferred from COFMOW to NR in the same capacity.
Khanna of HAG/IRTS transferred from NR
AK Khanna of HAG/IRTS has been transferred from NR and posted on the Railway itself as FA&CAO/C.

Bariar is CVO of NCCF
K.S. Bariar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited, (NCCF), New Delhi.He is 1993 batch IP&TA&FS officer.
Bajpai posted in Railway Board
Sanjay Bajpai SG;IRTS PRESENTLY WORKING AS Dy GM and Secretary to GM Northern Railway has been moved to the Railway Board as Director (Traffic).
Dinesh Kumar is back from deputation
Dinesh Kumar SG/IRAS is back from deputation. on return from deputation he has been posted to North Central Railway  in place of Ms. Deepa Kotnis, IRAS who is proceeding on deputation.
Appointments of Judges of Patna High Court
As many as two additional judges were appointed as judges of the Patna High Court. They are: Dr. Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Mandhata Singh. Their appointment will be in that order of seniority; with effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices.
Appointments of Judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court
As many as three additional judges were appointed as judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. They are: Justice Reddi Kantha Rao, Justice Vilas Vishwanathrao Afzulpurkar & Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar. Their appointment will be in that order of seniority; with effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices.
Pankaj Kumar Bansal gets additional charge in TN
Pankaj Kumar Bansal who on January 5, 2010o was posted posted as Director of Town and Country Planning shall hold concurrent charge of the post of Joint Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board and Project Director, Hogenakkal Water Supply Project.
Prakash Chandra gets charge of member (IT), CBDT
Consequent upon his appointment as Member CBDT, Prakash Chandra, CCIT (Int. Txt), New Delhi, has been assigned the charge of member (IT), CBDT. He shall also hold the zonal charge of Southern Zone.

CORPORATE
Malay Mukherjee is new CEO, SR Steel Global Operations
Malay Mukherjee has taken over as new CEO Global Operations of the SR Steel.
Swaminathan elevated as CEO, Infosys BPO
Infosys, the second largest Information Technology company in the country, has elevated Swaminathan D., Chief Operating Officer (COO) and senior vice president, Infosys BPO as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director, Infosys BPO.
Gummaraju elevated as Head KPO practice
Kishore Gummaraju AVP and head of consumer packaged goods solutions, Infosys has been elevated as head of Knowledge Services (KPO practice).
Nair is Secretary Rubber Board
V. Sreekumaran Nair has taken over as the Secretary, Rubber Board.
Manish Porwal CEO, Percept Talent Management quits
As the grapevine has it, Manish Porwal, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Percept Talent Management (PTM), has quit .
Manoj Sharma joins India TV
As the grapevine has it, Manoj Sharma has joined India TV as business head.
Kackar is COO of Aptech
Anuj Kacker has been elevated as Chief Operating Officer by the IT Training Company Aptech.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Reform the Cops,
On the Cops being a law unto themselves Sarkaar needs to apply stops!!!
There are hundreds of Cops who have raped and got away with raping!!!!
The raped are left helplessly gaping!!!!
The Cops harassed Ruchika’s brother and seems this drove her to commit suicide!!!
She saw that ‘the law’ was on Rathor’s side!!!
Her family did not even complain about her being expelled from school!!!!
With the 'Rathor's power they did want to fool’!!!!
They knew Rathor would just squeeze them harder and harder!!!!
And rest assured he had a lot of torture for them in ‘his larder ’!!!
SC’s analogy of ‘suicide abatement’ is that the one who abates literally helps in pulling the trigger!
Meaning the one who abates actually pushes the one who commits suicide ka trigger finger!!!
Or the one abating the suicide rigs up the rope and kicks the stool,
SC says one abating the suicide should be in the act a tool!!!
On SC’s analogy of abatement of suicide Rathor must have heaved a sigh of relief!!!
Because he feels this analogy will give him relief!!!
Rathor drove Ruchika to commit suicide by persecuting her and her brother!!!!
And now Rathor is trying to make holes by saying it was all because of a stepmother!!!
Aussie Foreign Minister says ‘ Indian Leaders should stop fuelling hysteria’ …. Is he that dumb???
What he  means is the murders of Indians in Australia should not numb!!!
In fact our Leaders have had a laid back attitude and it’s the Public that’s crying for Sarkaar to act!
And please do not forget Aussies are descendants of convicts and this is a fact!!!
They simply cannot swallow the growing status of Indians worldwide!!!!
And Aussie goons have the Cops openly and the Government tacitly on their side!!!
There’s a huge Chinese and Paki presence in Australia but they are not targeted!!!
Its only Indians who are being ‘netted’!!!!
India’s message should be ‘reign in Aussie goons and stop the Police cover’!!!
Or for the Aussie education Industry it would be ‘game is over’!!!!
Amar Singh's posturing showed that he would be saying to SP bye bye!!!
And its also well known why why!!!
His blog and his praise of Sonia and Farroukh showed he was getting ready to quit!!!
And as of now it does not seem in any Party he'll fit!!!
His excuse for quitting is to spend more time with his daughters and biwi!!!
So for some time Amar will be missing from the newspapers , magazines and TV!!!
But I'm sure the poltician in him will cry out!!!!
He'll be back without a doubt!!!
He may then opt to be a one man Party as no other Party would like to admit Amar!!!
This is going to be for Amar a very long summer!!!
Confucius says.... Amar kind of people thrive on getting Media glare!!!!
And for them in quest for Media glare everyhting is fair!!!!!


Bharat Kumar

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There should be no difference in selection
Regarding whether 50% Judges in the High Courts and Supreme Court be women . In this matter if they qualify for the top posts in the country, then they must be considered for the same. I think there should not be any difference in selection of the Judges between male and female subject to their qualification, past record and judgements delivered by them.
R K Garg
Why this discrimination ?
Why are officers of services other than IAS not being empanelled as Joint Secretaries to the Government even six years later than the IAS? The empanelment of the IAS should stop till the backlog of other services is cleared. Other wise this will continue for ever.
A K Singh
What about retirement age?
What ever happened to age of retirement being raised to 62 yrs? Died down or likely to be resurrected at appropriate time ?
Ravi Pipal
It is prudent to offer Behuria an extension
In the present circumstances, IOCL is passing through a critical transition phase wherein the financials of the Corporation are severely strained. Continuity at apex level is definitely required. Besides there doesn’t seem to be any capable replacement on the horizon. IOCL is on the verge of completing the Panipat petrochemical complex, the project that shall immediately reflect on the bottomline of IOCL. We only hope and pray that Behuria continues as CMD of IOCL especially because he still has three years for superannuation.
A Joshi
A good move indeed !
It will be good move if judicial responsibilities are shared by women judges with more percentage whether 50 % or 40 % but it should be increased. This will provide better judicial management and swift clearance of years' long pending cases.
Anand Seth
 Not Writing ACRs is Violation of GoI Rules
It is definitely a dereliction of duty on the part of the UT cadre IPS officers, who are not writing ACRs of their junior officers for the past 2-3 years. The GoI guidelines stipulates that all procedures related to ACRs be completed by the month of April every year. There may be some other  high-headed officers in Ministries who have not written ACRs of their subordinate officers. It is worth mentioning here that in the case of Anshuman Monga vs. Delhi government, CIC has said that not writing ACR on time amounts to violation of duties by concerned officers. Whether DOPT will take actions against the concerned officers? In my opinion, if such officers write ACR after such a long time, they may discriminate while giving grading. The grading of the boss should match with the subordinate officers as performance of the Office is collective in nature.
HK Deewan