The only thing, which surprises me is that there are regular updates on Air India, which I have been patronising for more than 50 years, ever since my childhood, but in all such updates, invariably you mention the name of the CMD. Though, I have nothing personal, I do not even know him on a personal basis. At the same time, I find remarkable improvement in the services of the carrier, ever since, the present CMD is in chair.

BK Bhutiani

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IMAGINARY INTERVIEW WITH PM MANMOHAN SINGH (PART-2)

Post Obama's visit I'm sure many like me want answers from Manmohan Singh. I thought to myself why not call Manmohan Singh on the number he had called me from??? I picked up my mobile and called the number he had called me from!!

Mohna Ji: Hullo Madam Ji I'm doing the needful ….please understand it is not that easy!

Me: Manmohan Sir Ji this not Sonia Madam this is Bharat Kumar. Don't you have a caller ID on this landline????

Mohna Ji: You cannot call me on this number….. you could go to jail for doing so!

Me: Arre you can call me from this number so why can I not call you back?? Are you God????

Mohna Ji: Yaar if you waste my time the Nation looses out as I am working for the Nation 24x7!!!

Me: Wah…… so we should sue your prostrate that makes you waste time in the loo…. Mirza Ghalib because you take time off to listen to his poetry…… and even your doggy for the time lost when it forces you to play!

Mohna Ji: Chadh yaar (leave it)…. why did you call me????

Me: Sir Ji I want to ask you some questions!

Mohna Ji: Chal puchch le (okay ask)! I know you are a chipkoo and if I do not answer your questions you will keep hankering me!!

Me: Did Obama ask for Chavan's and Kalmadi's sacking???

Mohna: What a ludicrous question! What has Obama got to do with their sacking????

Me: Well he must have read the papers and got to know about Kalmadi and Chavan's sheer chori and the Government's inaction! Well unlike Madam and you he's pretty sensitive to Public opinion and if news gets to US that Mohna who he rates so high is siding with scum his rating would plummet further!!! Raja is out of the papers nowadays or Obama would have first asked for his resignation too!!

Mohna Ji: Oye terri aisi kumm taisi… say what you want about me but do not talk about Madam in a derogatory way!! Madam is sensitive to Public opinion… her attire and hairdo are based on public opinion…… her think tank keeps her abreast on Public opinion!!!! Her OSD or Officer on Saree Duty, Ms. Selja keeps abreast with public opinion while deciding on the sarees Madam wears!

Me: The timing of booting out Chavan and Kalmadi stinks!! Why just after Obama's leaving Indian shores????
Mohna: Madam wanted to boot both of them some time back and she had asked for my opinion but I was too busy with Obama's trip!! You know she really values my advice!!

Me: I cannot believe that Manmohan Singh would delay answering Sonia because of some other work!!!! Or is Obama more important?????

Mohna ji: Merre tu saamne honnda teh mai tennoo mukka maarr denda ( I'd have punched you if you were in front of me)! Sonia ji Madam ji comes above everyone else!!! Arre she knows I was preoccupied for her and the Nation!!

Me: Chalo now I feel you are not lying because you've said 'her and the Nation' which means for you Sonia comes above even the Nation!!

Mohna ji: Change the topic or I'm putting down the phone!!!

Me: Chalo I've got my answer…… tell me you've booted out Kalmadi and Chavan but Raja who has made the Nation lose more than the cost of the CWG Games is still in your Cabinet!!

Mohan ji: Coalition politics…. Congress has done the needful now it is up to DMK to take action!!

Me: But isn't Raja in the Cabinet on ' the PM's pleasure'???

Mohna ji: If this was the yardstick only one Minister would be in my Cabinet!!

Me: And who would that Minister be?????

Mohna Ji: Rahul Ji ….. that is till he is ready to take over!

Me: And then for the first and hopefully the last time the Indian PM would address his Cabinet Minister as 'Sir'!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Did Obama recommend inclusion of Shashi Tharoor ?
There is whisper in Delhi circles that US President Obama during his recent visit recommended inclusion of Shashi Tharoor into the cabinet to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

BUREAUCRACY

Zaidi to be Secretary Civil Aviation !
This is almost certain that Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi is going to be new Secretary Civil Aviation on December 1. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Proposal of Chaturvedi for Member Traffic Rly Board shelved
Proposal of General Manager of the South Western Railways Kuldeep Chaturvedi for the post of Member (Traffic) Railway Board has reportedly been shelved. Chairman Railway Board Vivek Sahai will continue to hold additional charge of the Member (Traffic) till June.
Mudgil to be Director (Projects) Engineers India Ltd !
In all probability, Deepak Mudgil will be new Director (Projects) of the Engineers India Ltd..
DPC meeting of R&AW to be held today
A DPC meeting of R&AW will be held on November 12, 2010 for
considering promotion to the post of Additional Secretary and Special
Secretary.
Kareer may be Secretary Maharashtra Dy. CM
As the grapevine has it, Nitin N Kareer may be Secretary Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Kareer is presently posted as Secretary in the Maharashtra Chief Minister's office. Nitin N Kareer is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Nandan may be new DGCA
As the grapevine has it, Rohit Nandan may be new Director General (DG) of the DGCA. Presently he is a Joint Secretary in the Indian Civil Aviation Ministry. Rohit Nandan is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Sanjeev Kumar likely to return to Maharashtra cadre
As the grapevine has it Sanjeev Kumar private secretary (PS) to
Prithaviraj Chavan former Minister, DOP&T is likely to return to his
parent cadre. He is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to
the Maharashtra cadre.
Why no more supercessions in Railways?
Why there will be no more supercessions in the railways as far as posting of senior railway officers as general managers (GMs) was concerned ? Reason for this is that in the past superceding of officers in posting of GMs had generated a lot of controversy. So, in
order to nip any kind of controversy in the bud, Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar has asked Chairman Railway Board (CRB) Vivek Sahai, not to jump the queue.
U.K. Bansal elevated
U.K. Bansal, Special Secretary (Internal Security) Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) of Government of India (GOI) has been promoted to rank
of Secretary, (Internal Security) in the same Ministry.He is an IPS
officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Gupta is joining as Food Secretary a very crucial juncture
Newly appointed Food Secretary B.C. Gupta will be joining the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation at a very crucial juncture because a bill on Food Security is on the anvil. Gupta is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.
Ms. Trivedi promoted
Ms.Satwant Atwal Trivedi has been Promoted as DIG NIA Headquarter, New
Delhi.She is an IPS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the HP cadre.
Dr. Kashmir Singh likely to be elevated
Dr. Kashmir Singh, Joint Secretary (Naxal Management), Ministry of
Home Affairs, Government of India likely to be promoted as Additional
Director General , ITBP.He is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who
belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
K. S. Balasubramanian elevated
K. S. Balasubramanian C V O. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC)
who is posted in Chennai has been promoted as Additional Director
General; CISF.He is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to
the Kerala cadre.
Air Marshal Browne to succeed Barbora
Air Marshal NAK Browne is going to succeed Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force Air Marshal P K Barbora next month.
Three 1979 batch IPS empanelled
Three 1979 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs Sharad Kumar (Haryana) Krishna Chaudhary (Bihar) and Anand Lal Banerjee (UP).
Bassi to be Addl Director, CBI
The name of Bhim Singh Bassi, DGP, Goa State has been approved by Central Selection Board (CSB) for the post of Additional Director, Central Bureau Investigation (CBI). DOPT will be sending his name to ACC very soon. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
( We said this on February 9)
Post of Spl. Commissioner Delhi Police (Operation), HQ vacant
Due to joining of P. R. Meena as Joint Secretary, Parliament Security, the post of Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Operation), HQ has fallen vacant. He is an IPS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Munda for jacking up of HDI in Jharkhand
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda wants to put the state on a fast track of development. In order to get a clearer picture and set priorities Munda has instituted a fiscal study. It is being conducted by three experts.They are: Vivek Debroy an international financial expert , Latikesh Bhandari & Kumar Vishal Singh -an MBA from Oxford. The team has toured different parts of the state.Basically, Arjun Munda is very keen on improving the human development index (HDI).
Post of Special CP (Security), HQ is vacant
Due to joining of Ranjit Narayan as Special Commissioner Delhi Police Crime Branch, the post of Special CP (Security), HQ has fallen vacant .He is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Sharma tipped to be Jt. Commissioner Delhi Police (Security), Rashtrapati Bhawan
As the grapevine has it, the name of J.K. Sharma is likely to be selected for the post of Joint Commissioner Delhi Police (Security), Rashtrapati Bhawan.He is 1982 batch IPS officer. .
Arya's promotion on the anvil
Aditya Arya, Joint Commissioner Delhi Police (Security), Rashtrapati Bhawan is likely to be promoted to the post of Special Commissioner of Delhi Police at (PHQ) Headquarter. He is an IPS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Mamata's blue-eyed officer puts WB government in a fix
Nazrul Islam, known to be Mamata Bannerjee's blue eyed boy has sought to know from the CM, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and his home department that why the government has not paid him Rs 50,000 as ordered by the West Bengal Information Commission (WBIC). Islam who is executive director (security) Railway Board, also wants an explanation on the vigilance inquiry against him, based on an anonymous letter alleging that Islam had amassed disproportionate assets. The other important question is whether the state government has adhered to a high court order deducting Re 1 from the salary of the vigilance commissioner who had conducted the inquiry.
Chaubal to be SBI's CGM SAM group
D.B. Chaubal will be new CGM of Stress Asset Management (SAM) group in
the State Bank of India (SBI) at central office Mumbai.
Jha attending 5th PG course
B.C.Jha, Dy.commandant, CRPF is one of the officers who are attending the 5th Post Graduate (PG)diploma programme in Public Management and Policy that commenced recently at the Management Development Institute(MDI) Gurgaon (Haryana).
IA&AS officer Ms. Devi transferred
IA&AS officer Ms. P Radha Devi, who is Senior Deputy Accountant General (LBA&A), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, is being transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (A/Cs & VLC), in the office of Accountant General (A&E), Kerala Thiruvananthapuram.
Dr. Meharda to attend 51st NDC course
Dr. Ravi Prakash Meharda, IPS(Raj:1990), DIG, CRPF has reportedly been selected
for the 51st NDC course scheduled to commence in Delhi on January 10,2011.
Shortage of 76 IPS officers in MP
In Madhya Pradesh, there is shortage of 76 IPS officers.
Interviews for CIL's chief on November 25, 2010
Interviews for the post of Chairman, Coal India Ltd (CIL) will be held
on November 25, 2010.
Kumar is new Director Corporate Affairs
Alok Kumar has joined as Director Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IOFS officer.
Winds of change have begun to blow in Maharashtra
In the wake of Prithviraj Chavan becoming Maharashtra Chief Minister,
winds of change have begun to blow.
Bureaucrats hardly know Prithviraj Chavan
There is hardly any bureaucrat barring a very few exceptions who can claim that either they know new Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan or Prithviraj Chavan knows him.
DoPT experience will come in handy for Prithviraj Chavan
There is a general feeling among bureaucrats that new Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will put his experience of DoPT to use in transfers and postings of government officials. It is also being felt that seniority, past experience and qualifications coupled with merit will only find a place under new regime in Maharashtra.
Chavan is a very good listener
New Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is a very good listener.
SBI official Abhijit Dutta transferred
Abhijit Dutta, Assistant General Manager, Regional Business Office, Krishnanagar, Region-V, Administrative Office, Bidhannagar has been posted as Deputy General Manager (Content Design), Productivity Excellence Programme, National Banking Group, Mumbai.
Jaiswal is OSD to Member (Investigations) CBDT
IRS officer KK Jaiswal has been posted as OSD to Member (Inv) CBDT in the Board.
Transfer of two IRS officers in abeyance
Transfer of two IRS officers, AV Shahpur and Ms. D Rohini, in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been kept in abeyance upto Dec 31, 2010. The officers shall be joining at their new place of posting w.e.f. Jan 1, 2011.
Two DCITs promoted as JCITs
Two Deputy Commissioners of Income Tax (DCITs), GS Suryavanshi and AC Joseph, posted at Pune and Chennai respectively, have been promoted as Joint Commissioners of Income Tax (JCITs).
Khatua is now CIT (CCA) Delhi
IRS officer Ambika Khatua, on return from deputation, has been posted as CIT (CCA) Delhi.
Praveen Agrawal is back to cadre
Outgoing Chairman of the Goa Port Trust 1978 batch IRS officer Praveen Agarwal , on return from deputation, has been posted as CIT (CCA) Karnataka.
IRS officer Kamakshi posted as CIT (CCA) Andhra Pradesh
IRS officer Karri Kamakshi, on return from study leave, has been posted as CIT (CCA) Andhra Pradesh.
IRS officer Prasad posted as CIT (CCA) Delhi
IRS officer T Tonsing Prasad, on return from deputation, has been posted as CIT (CCA) Delhi.
IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
S. P. Tucker, Principal Secretary, Irrigation has been moved to the Planning Department as Principal Secretary.Mahapatra will be new Principal Secretary Irrigation. D. R. Garg has been appointed Commissioner, Inquiries.K. Devanand, Special Commissioner, APHB, has been made Commissioner, Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies.Vijay Kumar has been appointed Secretary, MA& UD. B. Udayalakshmi, MD, AP State Civil Supplies Corporation will be Commissioner, Aayush.A. Dinkar Babu has been appointed MD, AP Civil Supplies Corporation. K. Chandramouli will be Commissioner, AP Academy of Rural Development.
Senapati is now Development Commissioner in Orissa
R N Senapati has been appointed Development Commissioner in Orissa.He is 1977 batch IAS officer
IPS changes in Assam
Mukesh Sahai has been appointed ADGP (law and order). IGP (Security) GP Singh has been shifted in the same position to Northern Range, while the Northern range IGP SN Singh will replace GP Singh. Jitmol Doley has been made SP, Railway Police, Pandu. Brojesh Sinha has been made the Deputy Director, Fire Service. Deori will now be SP Udalguri. AP Tiwari has been made SP, Sonitpur.
Prithviraj Chavan's anointment being taken with a pinch of salt
Anointment of Prithiviraj Chavan as the Maharashtra Chief Minister is being taken with a pinch of salt by many a politicians.Among others is Indian Heavy Industries Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh. Either of them did not see eye to eye at the oath taking ceremony of Prithviraj Chavan that took place in Mumbai on November 11, 2010.

Additional Judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court appointed
Nadimpalli Rama Linga Nageswara Rao, Ponnuru Durga Prasad, Kallakuri Girija Shankar, Nyshadham Ravi Shankar and Vegi Suri Appa Rao have been appointed Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the

Ashok Das is new PS Home in Madhya Pradesh
Ashok Das will be new Principal Secretary Home in Madhya Pradesh.He is 1978 batch IAS officer.
Railways transfers and postings
RK Panda - Group`B' officer of Sigl./Telecom on return from Deputation, has been posted to ECOR, Vivek Acharya - SS/IRSME has been transferred from WPO/Patna to RCF/Rae Bareilly in the same capacity, Suneel kumar - JAG/IRSME has been transferred from ECR to Workshop projects Organisation, Patna, in the same capacity, Mrs. Pushpa Rani - JAG/IRAS has been transferred from ECR to NCR against an existing vacancy, Mrs. Aparna Garg - SAG/IRAS has been transferred from SWR to RSC and posted against an existing vacancy, D Ramaswamy - SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from IRIEEN to CR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre by making suitable local adjustments, Ashish Kumar - JAG/IRTS has been transferred from ECR to NFR and posted in the cadre, Bibhuti Bhushan Gupta - SG IRTS has been transferred from ECR to NFR and posted in the cadre, AK Shama - SAG/IRSME has been transferred from WR to DLW and posted in the cadre and AK Varshney - SAG/IRSS has been transferred from NR to NCR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle Ms. B. Maheswari, Joint Commissioner of Municipal Administration has been shifted as Commissioner, Ambattur Municipality & Ashish Kumar ,Commissioner - Ambattur Municipality has been posted as Deputy Commissioner (Health).
CCIT - I, Delhi gets additional charge
Milap Jain, CCIT - I, Delhi has been given the additional charge of CCIT - III, Delhi.
CCIT - I, Mumbai gets additional charge
PP Srivastava, CCIT - I, Mumbai has been given the additional charge of CCIT -V, Mumbai.
22 senior officers join Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management
Twenty two senior officers from 17 ministries of Govt. of India/State Govts of Maharashtra Rajasthan, Haryana, Pondicherry and three self-sponsored professionals have joined the fifth course of Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management that was inaugurated at School of Public Policy and Governance, MDI, Gurgaon, on Nov 11. Ms. Alka Sirohi, Secretary Department and Personnel and Training was the Chief Guest and Shri Ajay Sawhney, Jt. Secretary, DoPT was the Guest of Honour of this inaugural function. Dr. Arun Kiunar Rath, Dean and Professor of School of Public Policy' & Governance (former Secretary, MHRD, Govt. of India) is the Programme Director of this course.

CORPORATE
Former IPS officer joins as CSO
Yashwant Malhotra, IPS (Retd), BH:1975, has reportedly joined Cairn Energy India, as Chief Security Officer for India and South East Asia.
Will Sobti join Media ?
Former Ranbaxy Chief Executive and Managing Director Atul Sobti is likely to jump into media.
IndusInd Bank appoints Head (Credit Card Business)
IndusInd Bank has appointed Anil Ramachandran as Head (Credit Cards Business).
Lever appointed Dir. Cambridge Solutions
Cambridge Solutions Limited has appointed Kenneth Lever as Director of the Company with effect from October 29, 2010.
Houghton resigns as Dir. Cambridge Solutions
Richard Houghton, Whole-time Director has resigned from the Board of Directors of Cambridge Solutions Ltd with effect from October 29.
Prabal is CFO Adani Power
Prabal Banerjee has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Adani Power Ltd .
Kulkarni appointed MD, Kirloskar Industries
Kirloskar Industries Limited has appointed Nihal G. Kulkarni as the Managing Director of the Company.
Ravichandran appointed Addl. Director
The Board of Eicher Motors Limited has approved the appointment of R.L.Ravichandran as an Additional Director of the Company with effect from January 1, 2011.
Aggarwal is CEO VE Commercial Vehicles
Consequent to Vinod Aggarwal taking over as Chief Executive Officer of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, he has relinquished the position of Chief Financial Officer of Eicher Motors Ltd.
Malik appointed CFO Eicher Motors
Lalit Malik has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Eicher Motors Ltd.
Parigi appointed Senior Advisor
Accel Transmatic Ltd has appointed A. P. Parigi as Senior Advisor and Consultant .
Jubilant Life appoints Director
Arabinda Ray, Independent Director of Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd has resigned from the company's Board with effect from November 11, 2010.
Ruchi Infra Board approves appointment
The Board of Ruchi Infrastructure Limited approved the appointment of V.K.Jain as an Additional Director of the company.
Radhakrishnan appointed Addl. Director
Cipla Limited has appointed S.Radhakrishnan as an Additional Director and Whole-time Director of the Company for a period of five years.
Joshi appointed Exec. Chairperson
Prasoon Joshi, Executive Chairperson, McCann Worldgroup India and Regional Creative Director, McCann Asia-Pacific has been appointed as the Chairperson of McCann Worldgroup Creative Leadership Council.
Tata Motors reconfirms robustness of Tata Nano design
Claiming that Tata Nano is a safe car with a robust design, state-of-the-art components and built with an uncompromising attention to quality in all aspects, Tata Motors has said that it is not recalling Nanos adding, "Customers can rest assured that there are no generic defects in it". Besides, the company has claimed that its customer satisfaction studies with current Tata Nano owners indicate that about 85% are satisfied or very satisfied with the car, because of it being 'small yet spacious', its performance, maneuverability, durability, low operating cost and safety. The reasons for the incidents in few Tata Nano cars, the Company claims, were specific and due to additional foreign electrical equipment having been installed or foreign material left on the exhaust system. As such, the company said, "we have decided to make the car even more robust by providing additional protection in the exhaust system and the electrical system".

FORUM
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Curruption in Public life.

A Raja, Minister of Communication & IT, has crossed all limits of corruption. His misdeeds have costed the country whopping Rs. 1,76,350 crores and irony is that he is still unshaked...going strong. He should immediately be sacked and be arrested pending inquiry. He and his party should be made to pay for the loss that has been inflicted upon country. Sonia Gandhi and PM must take action against him. If not, they will also construed to be sharing the booty. Anyway, they can't escape blame. 2G spectrum was auctioned years back. Auctions for the 3G have recently been concluded. What our govt. has been doing during this period. It could not have happened without their knowledge and if it happened so, they are not fit to hold the high positions that they are holding. I am amazed what DMK (Karunanidhi) is doing. How can free hand be allowed to such people and political parties. They should be held responsible for their acts....Country would never forgive them.....Aren't they inspiring people to come out of shell... steal, loot and what not?? PM is responsible for each and every misdeed that his ministers do. Thanks.

PKS

Tolerance of self styled honest persons surprising

Tolerance of self styled honest persons (PM Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi) is surprising especially in case of A Raja. The so called "Coalition Dharma" is actually "Corruption Dharma". They should remember that Rajiv Gandhi lost the election in 1989 over an allegation of kick back of Rs 64 Crores only. If CAG is to be believed, then A Raja has caused a loss of Rs 1,40,000 Crores to the country. If CAG is not to be believed as Manish Tewari of Congress appeared to be saying on a TV Channel, then probes in CWG scam by CAG or Ex CAG should also be treated as an eye wash.

Samalochak

Raja raises questions of propriety

The telecom minister, Raja, has raised questions of not only constitutional propriety but the scope of the fiction of failure of constitutional machinery. In states, the Governor can take action under the constitution if there is a failure of the constitutional machinery in the state. In the absence of specific provisions in the constitution whether it is applicable to the central government too, remains to pass the test of judicial enquiry. But Raja, by his open challenge to the authority of the Prime Minister and naked violation of his oath of office, has raised the question as to what can be done in such cases. Unless answered decisively now, the question is bound to cripple the constitutional form of government in the states as also the center, in future, when several clones of this Raja follow his footsteps. It is, therefore, necessary to examine the remedies available to the government, and when the government too fails or indulges in the luxury of criminal abnegation of its responsibility, the people of India? Fortunately there is enough in the constitution of India to meet these eventualities. As the constitution of India is based on the Government Of India Act 1935 and cast in the Westminster mould, convention demanded Raja should have resigned the moment the scandal broke out or any adverse report was submitted by the competent authority. Under the Westminster model, conventions have the force of written law. India also hoped that it will be so here too. Alas, the Rajas, Kodas, Gurujis, Chelas, Ranis, Nawabs, Singhs and slaves all have proved it beyond reasonable doubt that there can be no place for anything not written in the constitution. In fact, Raja is the only one who has chosen to show utter disrespect even to the written law: the constitution; The Transaction of Business Rules; Oath of Office; financial rules; Prevention of corruption Act; IPC sections 160 through 165 etc. However, luckily for us the people of India, our wise constitution makers made no mistake on this count--they were men and women of great erudition, knowledge, moral fibre and selflessness, unlike these controversial figures. Challenge to the executive authority of the government had been anticipated by them and provisions at different places have been made. In the normal course(i.e. if the writ of the Prime Minister had truly run), Raja should have been asked to resign or sacked. But there are compulsions of unholy selfish coalitions, dictated by vote bank politics in an evolving democracy, other remedies available should be tried. Nobody has the power, Not Even The Prime Minister of India, to violate the constitution and the laws passed by the parliament. If the elected representatives collectively fail to discharge their constitutional duties the judiciary steps in. The writ jurisdiction of the judiciary has enough power to ensure dismissal of Raja and his clones in future by issuing the writ of Mandamus. That is why the judges are not elected but appointed--not by the ministry of law & justice nor the Prime minister, but the President under his/her own signatures and seal. Their appointment is not conveyed through an ordinary letter of appointment issued to us civil servants/all government servants, but under a Warrant. It is in the nature of a command from the Head of the State(as contrary to the Head of Government/Head of Office), with the implicit direction to act in accordance with the spirit and letter of the constitution in the most equitable & just manner. That is the guarantee of the independence of the judiciary. Those constitutional authorities which are independent are fearless too and act without favour or ill will to anybody. That is why the judiciary is empowered to strike down any law or a part of it as ultra virus when found to be hitting the constitutional provisions. The same authority is enjoyed by them under the writ jurisdiction to declare any action or inaction of the government, including its agencies, as ultra virus and order such remedies as it thinks appropriate. So Raja has the choice to gracefully quit or some respectable lawyer of the Supreme Court file an appropriate writ petition immediately. India should not suffer such indignities in silence. Butcher the constitution, and you shall see Rajas in every gali-kucha (street/street corner) of India!!!

M L Gupta

A good choice

Nehchal Sandhu is a good choice. An officer who has seen action at the grass root level in Punjab during the bad days. Familiar with va et vients of IB working.

Maddan

CBDT Chairman may get extension

CBDT Chairman may be given an extension till 31st March. There are numerous predents of such extensions when they have retired in December.

Swapan Mehra

Unwelcome

IRS heartily welcomes the appointment of its outgoing Chairman as Memeber SAT. It is a great day in the life of IRS. He was responsible for the highly acclaimed transfer policy.

Rita

Jurisdiction of CBI be extended

Yes its true that the jurisdiction of the CBI must be extended to the IAS ,IPS AND IFS as they draw all the facilities of the central government for pay and perks but when it comes to corruption they become state government employees. Strange ,when it comes to huge bungalows, servants ,vehicles they again become state government employees which is much more liberal on these issues ,but when it comes to disciplinary action they switch over to the central status again. So they have the best of both worlds. when it comes to empanelment as JS 1991 batch OF IAS begins and for other services its 1981 to 84 .they want to be ahead by a decade so that no central service ever comes even the distant second.

Manipulations !

Manipulations. Thy name is the IAS or Indian Araamdayak Service . IRS --Indian Rona Dhona Service,( No Promotions),Ips --Indian Powerful Service ..IFS --Indian Fursat Service ..

Anil Singh

Better extend the age of retirement

After retirement from a PSU some people join the same type private company and use his experience/contacts of his ex-company & dig roots of his ex-company. So it better to extend the age of retirement.

Pawan Khatri

He is not an IPS officer

Rohit Kapoor Addl. SP CBI Guwahati is a CBI Cadre Officer and not an IPS officer.

P C Sharma