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Navin Kumar to move GoI
Naveen Kumar has been appointed as Principal Advisor in the Planning Commission. He is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre. The post is of Additional Secretary level, but now it has been upgraded at par with the Secretary to Government of India (GOI).
Anil Goswami is Addl Secretary Home in GOI
As the grapevine has it Anil Goswami Principal Secretary Commerce & Industries (C & I) with the Jammu & Kashmir Government will now be Additional Secretary Home in Government of India (GOI). His appointment orders have been issued. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
(We said this in November 2009 and again on February 18 )
Sudhir Bhargava to be Addl. Secretary Petroleum
As the grapevine has it Sudhir Bhargava Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers will now be Additional Secretary Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. His appointment orders have been issued. He is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
( We said this on February 18 )
Rajgopalan to be new Addl. Secretary Chemicals & Fertilizers
As the grapevine has it V Rajagopalan is going to be Additional Secretary & FA of Chemicals & Fertilizers. His appointment orders have been issued. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on February, 15 and on February 18 )
1979 batch IPS is DGP of Nagaland
K Kire has J Changkija as the new DGP of Nagaland. He is 1979 batch IPS officer. Perhaps Kire is the the only DGP in the country who belongs to junior batch.
Neelmani is new DGP of Bihar
Neelmani has taken over as new DGP of Bihar . He is 1975 batch IPS officer. He has replaced Anand Shankar.
(We said this on February 9 )
AP Chophy posted as Dy AG in Meghalaya, Shillong
AP Chophy, Director, in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-officio Member Audit Board-II, Mumbai, has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General in the office of Accountant General (Audit), Meghalaya, Shillong.
Rakesh Bahl of SAG/IRSME transferred
Rakesh Bahl of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from CR to WR and posted as ADRM/ ADI.
Bimal Rautji of IRSS recommended to hold Jt. Secr or equivalent post
The name of Bimal Rautji, 1982 batch of Indian Railway Store Services (IRSS), has been recommended for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent under Central Staffing Scheme
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS officer Madan Mohan Hasija, Director, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport, New Delhi, has been posted as DDG, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport, New Delhi.
Shatrudhan Singh relieved to join PMO
Shatrudhan Singh has been relieved by the Uttarakhand Government to join the PMO. He is 1983 batch IAS officer. All the charges have been given to Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Subhash Kumar .
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Nagaland
Himato Zhimomi, IFS will hold additional charge of Tourism Department .MK Mero, Commissioner & Secretary, Information & Public Relations Department, will hold the additional charge of New & Renewable Energy. NN Zhasa, IFoS will hold additional charge of Art & Culture Department. .R Ramkrishnan, IAS, on his return from study leave has been made Secretary, Finance Department. (Page News Service) .
IAS changes in Haryana
Wazeer Singh Goyal will now be ADC Ambala.J Ganesan has been made ADC Jind and A K Meena ADC Fatehabad.
M M Upadhyay Bereaved
Ms Pushpa Devi has passed away in Bhopal..She was mother of 1981 batch IAS officer M M Upadhyay.
Dr Sharma joins MP Government
An ISS officer of 1980 batch, Dr. SP Sharma, has assumed charge of Commissioner, Economics & Statistics in Department of Planning, Economics & Statistics in Govt. of Madhya Pradesh. He will also work as chief Registrar of Births and Deaths in M.P.
Kumawat is new Chairman of Rajasthan PSC
Former DG of the BSF M L Kumawat has been appointed new Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. Kumawat hails from Rajasthan.
Gill retires in Punjab
R S Gill has retired in Punjab. He is 1973 batch IPS officer .
Rai is Addl DG BSF
V N Rai has been appointed Additional DG BSF in the GoI. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
George retires in Haryana
John V George an IPS officer of 1975 batch,Haryana cadre has retired on Sunday.
Pandey appointed Jt Secr in Ministry of Labour
Anoop Chand Pandey has been appointed Joint Secretary in Ministry of Labour. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Arun Sinha appointed Jt. Secr, Dept of Public Enterprise
Arun Sinha, UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch, has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprise for a period of five years.
Bipin Kumar of IOC gets extension
Bipin Kumar, Advisor Security, in the Indian Oil Corporation, has been given 21 months extension upto Nov 30, 2011.
Kailash Chand transferred to Delhi
Kailash Chand, 1997 batch AGMU cadre IAS officer, has been transferred from Andaman and Nicobar to Delhi
BM Bansal to head IOC
BM Bansal, Director Business Development (BD) in Indian Corporation (IOC), will head IOC for three months with effect from March 1, 2010. Bansal will hold this as additional charge.
(We said this early this week)
Verickamackal transferred to Andaman and Nicobar
A Verickamackal, 1988 batch AGMU cadre IAS officer, has been transferred to Andaman and Nicobar
Asim Khurana to return to Gujarat
Asim Khurana, joint Secretary in the Department of Foreigners in the Ministry of Home Affairs, is returning to the parent Gujarat cadre. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.
Nagaland cadre IAS goes to Bihar
The ACC has approved Inter-Cadre deputation of Abhijit Sinha, IAS(NL-00), from Nagaland cadre to Bihar for a period of five years .
Lamba gets MOS status
Being senior to Shiv Shankar Menon in IFS Special Envoy to Pakistan and Kabul, S K Lamba has also been given the rank of Minister of State. He is 1966 batch IFS officer.
( We said this on February 11 )
Srivastava promoted as DG in Maharashtra
P P Srivastava, additional DGP (law and order) has been promoted to the rank of DG .1975 batch IPS officer Srivastava will now head the Maharashtra Police Housing Corporation.
Gafoor moves to ACB in Maharashtra
Former Mumbai police commissioner Hasan Gafoor has been moved from Police Housing to ACB as DG. He is 1974 batch IPS officer.
Dayal is back to Maharashtra
Sanjeev Dayal is back to Maharashtra from a year-long study leave. On return 1977 batch IPS officer Dayal will head Special Operations, a new post created after the Naxal and terror strikes.
Ashok Pal posted as DDG in UID
Ashok Pal Singh (IPOS : 1986) has been posted as DDG in UID after waving off of his cooling period by the ACC
Karan Singh appointed Proctor general
Karan Singh has been appointed Proctor General of India ( Immigrants) for a period of five years.
6 IPS officers given selection grade in MP
As many as six  IPS officers of the Madhya Pradesh cadre have been given selection grade. They are: JP Ahirwar - Commandant 29th Battalion SAF Datia, RK Chaudhary - Commandant 7th Battalion SAF Bhopal, JS Sanswal - SP Vidisha, VK Suryawanshi - SP Sagar, PK Mathur - SP Chhatarpur & RK Shivhare - SP Panna.
RTI
Communication between President and Prime Minister

Inspection of the file dealing with granting scheduled castes status to convert Christians of Scheduled Castes origin was sought. It was refused under section 8(1) (i) claiming that the relevant communication comes under the category of ‘privileged correspondence’ between the then President and the Prime minister. Referring to the
Apex Court judgment in S. R. Bommai v. UoI (AIR 1994 SC 1918) regarding the scope and ambit of Article 74(2) of the Constitution of India, the Commission directed to disclose the information.

Comments

Article 74 (2) says that “The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the President shall not be inquired into in any court.” The object is that an order issued in the name of the President could not be questioned on the ground that it was either contrary to the advice tendered by the Ministers or was issued without obtaining any advice from the Ministers. It does not mean that the nature of this advice cannot be disclosed and hence, such communication is not exempt under the RTI Act.

[Shri F. C. Thomas v. President’s Secretariat in Appeal No.
CIC/WB/A/2009/000094]

Mrs. Anuradha Verma

CORPORATE
Results of CAT announced
The results of Common Admission Test (CAT)-2009 for eight Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) have been declared.

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Confusion all the time
Is he SAG officer...In telecom (ITS) 1987 batch (exam year is 1987 and joining year is 1989) became SAG. Joint Secretaries are SAG officers. For IAS what is exactly batch year. Is this exam year or year of joining or year of Job offer letter ? So much of confusion all the time. Please clarify.
Y V Sastry

Resent, criticize or solve ?
The Neta-bureaucrat-business acts of omissions and commissions have been receiving more than deserved attention, because this nexus hurts all of us, especially who would like the rule of law only to hold the sway. Unfortunately, in India (not Bharat), Rule Of Law is a mere fiction. WIC, as also the media generally, has been informing the Aam Aadmi of the centers of power around the PM/CMs or other powerful dignitaries, which are in reality extra-legal operators. The past years since 1947 have consumed so many zillions of words and thousands of miles of space devoted only to the word "corruption" and yet has ended in helping the corrupt to go higher and higher in their political-official-business careers! Why then waste precious time, energy and effort in just mounting a verbal assault on corruption: why try to find out whether a bridge is constructed in public interest or not? It is being built in the interest of someone after all! If it happens to serve public purpose too, well & good!! Otherwise don't crib. Though public spirited citizens will refuse to accept it. That is really the purpose also: no one need suffer corruption in silence. But instead of expressing resentment or voicing criticism, it would help if the approach adopted is problem solving. This is within the powers of every citizen, especially those employed in public services. They need not fight the enemy or try to correct their unique ways--they should rather do their duty honestly and render public service. The problem is when our colleagues express uninhibited willingness to serve the vested interests at the cost of public service and try isolating the duty conscious among the public servants. But just ignore such elements. Those determined to serve can do so fearlessly and honourably--the corrupt are known to each other very well and are always out to outdo each other. politics is never satisfied with one slave!
M L Gupta 

First approval has to come from Mukesh Ambani !
Selection of a Chairman for a milch cow organisation like IOC is not an easy affair. Whether it is posting of a Petroleum Secretary, Additional Secretary or even a Joint Secretary, the first approval has to come from Mukesh Ambani and then that of the sphinx behind our learned PM.
Naveen K

Stop adhocism
It is reported that SK Srivastava, Director (Operations), Oil India Ltd, has been asked to continue for another six months as the Director-General at the Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH). Such adhocism must stop forthwith. Let there be a public notice inviting applications and then appoint a suitable person for a longer term. Giving someone the power that is not legitimately due to him is not in larger public interest. This practice must stop.
Babubhai Vaghela

Fill up posts
The post of Administrative Officer is also vacant in Chennai and Kolkatta Benches. In Chennai since February 2005 and no action has been taken to fill it up till date. Probably, the Heads of Power 'that be' will see that the posts are filled up early and the office is administered properly.
Visagan

Who is AK Saxena ?
Who is AK Saxena, retired civil servant"? I would like him to identify himself. Which batch, which service he/she belongs to? The guy has an opinion on everything!
Tom Jose

Should India make peace with China ?
Last month I stirred up a hornet’s nest when I threw open for discussion online an article and comments by retired IAS officer B S Raghavan suggesting that India make peace with China by ceding territory.

Editor S V Raju of FREEDOM FIRST, a monthly print magazine, founded by Minoo Masani, which reflects "the liberal position," has, in its March 2010 issue.

RAM NARAYANAN is an American of Indian heritage who promotes US-India friendshipa