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Is there one more reshuffle in the offing?
Even though the PM has said that this is the last political reshuffle, the political circles are abuzz with talks of one more reshuffle maybe small, they say.

AICC reshuffle on the anvil
A major overhaul is on the anvil in AICC.

Will Datta be Governor ?
Name of former Additional Solicitor General B Datta is doing the round for the Governorship of a state.

Where did the Rs 16,085 crore go?
Everybody in Karnataka is asking about the BJP Government- Where did the Rs 16,085 crore go?.

Sonia Gandhi is suffering from fever
The Congress President Sonia Gandhi is reportedly suffering from fever.

BUREAUCRACY

Subhash Joshi tipped to Spl.Secretary Internal Secretary
Subhash Joshi, Special DG, CRPF, North East Zone Guwahati (Assam) is likely to be appointed as Special Secretary Internal Security in the Government of India (GoI) in place of U.K Bansal . Joshi is an IPS officer of 1976 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

Empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers delayed
Empanelment of IAS officers to Secretary's rank in the Government of India (GOI) has been delayed.

CSB meeting today
Meeting of the CSB is going to take place on Monday.

Dr. M. Ravi Kanth to be CMD, PDIL
Dr. M.Ravi Kanth who on central deputation is Joint Secretary Power has been appointed as CMD of the Projects Development India Ltd (PDIL).He will have to resign from the IAS. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
( We said this on May 7 )

P.V.K. Reddy, IG gets additional charge in CRPF
P.V.K. Reddy, IG CRPF, Northern Sector, New Delhi, will be looking after the charge of IG, CRPF, Lucknow. He is an IPS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre.

Sudhir Mittal to be Additional Secretary till May 2012
Sudhir Mittal Additional Secretary Corporate Affairs in the Government of India (GOI)who so far was looking after additional charge of IICA as OSD has now got a regular charge and he will continue there till 1.05 2012. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Will Dange join CAT ?
Name of former Maharashtra Chief Secretary J P Dange is now doing the round for the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).He is retired 1973 batch IAS officer.

Sandhu to move to World Bank
Appointment of Davinder P S Sandhu has been cleared for the post of Advisor to the ED World Bank,Washington.1987 batch IRTS officer Sandhu is presently Director in the PMO.

Ms. Abha Anand Kishore to be CVO, REC
Ms. Abha Anand Kishore has been appointed as CVO, Rural Electrification Corporation. This is a Joint Secretary level post .She is an IRS -IT officer of 1982 batch.

IRS officer Santosh Singh empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Santosh Kumar Singh who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

New IAF chief Browne is first military chief commissioned into service post 1971
Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne is now the first military chief to have been commissioned into service after India's last full-fledged war - involving land, air and naval forces - in 1971. He joined the Indian Air Force in June 1972. He took over on July 31.
(We said about his appointment on October22,2010)

R D Sahay is now JS HRD
R D Sahay, Director in Ministry of HRD, has been promoted as Joint Secretary in the same Ministry on promotion. He is a CSS officer.

Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma becomes senior-most military officer
The chief of naval staff, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma has on Sunday become the senior-most military officer in the country. He was commissioned into the navy in 1970.

IA & AS officer Raj Kumar promoted
Raj Kumar (I), Officer on Special Duty, in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur, has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General and posted as Principal Director of Audit, North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur.

Brig. Sanjeev Manchanda nominated for 37th APPPA
Brig. Sanjeev Manchanda, DDGST (PPP & OL), Dte. General of Supply and Transport, QMG Branch, IHQ of Mod (Army), New Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) commencing at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi on July 1, 2011. The programme includes detailed framework of conceptual and applied modules to enable professional exposure on public administration in Indian and international context.

Neeraj Kumar is Director Heavy Industries
Neeraj Kumar has joined the Ministry of Heavy Industries in GoI as Director. He is 1992 batch Indian Postal Service Officer.

Rajiv Ranjan Verma to be Joint Director soon
Rajiv Ranjan Verma, DIG in GoI will soon be elevated as a Joint Director in CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms. Tilottama Verma soon to be Joint Director, CBI
Ms.Tilottama Verma, DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon be elevated as a Joint Director in CBI. She is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Mukherjee is back from Washington
BK Mukherjee (IA&AS-1999), on return from GAO, Washington, has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Coml), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal, Kolkata.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh
PC Meena has been appointed Commissioner Cooperative Societies .Ahsish Upadhyay has been moved as Director Tribal Development Institute. Vinod Kumar has been moved to Indore as Labour Commissioner. Ujjain Commission T Dhramrao will go to Rewa in the same capacity and Commissioner in Cooperative Societies Arun Kumar Pandey to Ujjain as Commissioner. Director Tribal Regional Development Schemes Sanjeev Kumar Jha has been sent to project director in Uday. Commissioner in Renewable Energy and ex-officio PS is in the same department. Anil Shrivastava has been given additional charge of PS in Backward and Minorities Welfare department. Similarly, SC Mishra, MD in State Cooperative Marketing Federation has been shouldered additional responsibility of MD in State Civil Supplies Corporation.

1980 batch IPS gets DG rank in Punjab
S.M. Sharma on elevation has been posted as DGP Security in Punjab. He is 1980 batch IPS officer.

Singhai is new Chairman of Board of Revenue in MP
ACS rank officer D Singhai has been appointed new Chairman of the Board of Revenue in Madhya Pradesh. He will succeed Dilip Mehra who retired from service on Sunday. Singhai is 1978 batch IAS officer,

Ashok Das gets ACS rank in MP
Ashok Das has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh.1978 batch IAS officer Das will now be ACS Home.

Ramanujam gets ACS rank in MP
R Ramanujm has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh.1979 batch IAS officer Das will now be ACS Food and Civil Supplies.

Dash is now PS Industries in MP
P K Dash has been appointed Principal Secretary Commerce and Industries in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1981 batch IAS officer.

Jaideep Govind is new CEO Madhya Pradesh
Jaideep Govind has been appointed new Chief Electoral Officer in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Justice Sinha be CIC Jharkhand
Justice of the Jharkhand High Court DK Sinha will be new Chief Information Commissioner in Jharkhand.

Mishra is new PS GAD in AP
Ajay Mishra has been appointed Principal Secretary GAD in Andhra Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Atul Sharma gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Atul Sharma, Commissioner, Ajmer, has got additional charge of Registrar Samps & Duties in Rajasthan following retirement of Mahaveer Singh on July 31, 2011.

Das is MD of Industrial Dev Corporation in MP
P K Das has been appointed new Managing Director of the Industrial Development Corporation in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

S.Chattopadhyay is ADGP in Punjab
S.Chattopadhyay on his return from deputation from BSF has been posted as ADGP Provisioning in Punjab. He is 1986 batch IPS officer.

Tejindra Singh Dhindsa to be a HC Judge
As the grapevine has it Tejindra Singh Dhindsa an advocate is going to be appointed as a judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court (HC), Chandigarh.

Sachdeva gets highest award in Liberia
India's honorary consul general to Liberia, Upjit Singh Sachdeva has been conferred with the "Knight Grand Commander", Liberia's highest award .

IGP hands over charge to SP in Goa
A piquant situation arose in Goa when the Inspector General of Police, Goa Sundari Nanda handed over charge to an officer of the rank of Superintendent of Police Vijay Singh. Where are other IGs and DIGs? The state is already grappling a shortage of senior IPS officers.

ITI Bags "Top Telecom Turnkey Company of the Year 2011" Award (UPDATED)
ITI Ltd has bagged the "Top Telecom Turnkey Company of the Year 2011" award from Voice and Data, an influential Indian communications magazine from CyberMedia. K.L. Dhingra, Chairman and Managing Director of ITI Ltd, received the award from Mr. R. Chandrashekhar, Secretary to the Department of Telecom at a function in New Delhi recently.

Mathai takes over as new Foreign Secretary (UPDATED)
Ranjan Mathai, India's former ambassador to France has tken over as India's new foreign secretary. He is 1974 batch IFS officer. He will have a two -year term.
( We said this on May 12 )

FM to meet business leaders today (UPDATED)
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is going to meet Indian business leaders this evening to discuss the economy and the implication of US crisis on Indian businesses.

R. T. Agarwal is now Director Finance Powergrid (UPDATED)
RT Agarwal who was the Executive Director of Powergrid Corporation has assumed charge as Director Finance of the coporation.

Karma Gyatso is new Chief Secretary of Sikkim (UPDATED)
1977 batch IAS officer Karma Gyatso has been appointed new Chief Secretary to the Government of Sikkim . He has succeeded N.D. Chingapa on his superannuation

D K Mittal takes over as Secretary Financial Services (UPDATED)
D K Mittal has taken over on Monday as Secretary Financial Services. 1977 batch UP cadre IAS officer Mittal was earlier Secretary Corporate Affairs.
( We said this on July 22)

Naved Masood takes over as new Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (UPDATED)
Naved Masood has taken over as new Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Prior to it 1977 batch UP cadre IAS officer Masood was Special Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Health and Family Welfare in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

(We said this on July 22 )

IPS officer Rani Dole bereaved (UPDATED)
Sarveshwar Dole, father of D. Rani Doley (IPS 1986 batch, Jammu and Kashmir cadre) Additional Director General Intelligence, died at Guwahati. He was 85. Saveshwar Dole was Advisor to the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan.

Cadre of IAS officer changed from Rajasthan to Haryana (UPDATED)
Cadre of 2009 batch IAS officer Ms Sharandeep Kaur Brar has been changed from Rajasthan to Haryana on the ground of marriage to 2006 batch IPS officer Ashwin.

MC Joshi takes over as CBDT Chairman (UPDATED)
MC Joshi has taken over as the CBDT Chairman.He is 1974 batch IRS (IT) officer.

K Madhavan Nair Member CBDT (UPDATED)
K Madhavan Nair (IRS 1975 batch) has taken over as Member CBDT .

Pakistan : US Ambassador asked to show NOC while travelling to Karachi (UPDATED)
Pakistan government's strict enforcement of NOC requirement for foreign diplomats travelling outside Islamabad was stretched a little too much when the US Ambnasaor Cameron Munter was stopped and asked to show the requisite permission at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto airport when he was travelling to Karachi. The incident has as expected added to the tension the two countries are experiencing post the May 2 operation at Abbottabad that resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden by the US Navy seals. Pakistani authorities who are trying to play down the incident are also reportedly considering a review of the requirement so as to exempt the heads of missions from it.

Ravi Kota to be Direcor,DoPT (UPDATED)
Ravi Kota, IAS, 1993 batch, Assam-Meghalaya cadre, who was earlier private secretary (PS) to ex- Indian Minister for Development of North Eastern Region DONER)B.K.Handique is poised to be a Director,DoPT. He will look after Senior Management(SM).

S.C.Mishra to be Director, UD (UPDATED)
S.C.Mishra who was earlier private secretary (PS) to ex- Indian Minister for Textiles Dayanidhi Maran is poised to be a Director,Urban Development (UD) in GOI. He is an IAS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Vivek Dewangan is PS to Dr.C.D. Mahant (UPDATED)
Vivek Dewangan has been appointed as private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister of State (MoS)for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries. He is an IAS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre.

Nagarajan posted as Dy Secr Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (UPDATED)
S. Nagarajan, IAS (Junior), Collector, Tirunelveli District , has been posted as Deputy Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government , Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.

Abhay Kumar gets addl charge in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Abhay Kumar, Secretary Finance (Revenue) has been given rthe additional charge of Commissioner Commercial Tax in Rajasthan.

CORPORATE

Ramesh Abhishek is Chairman of FMC
Ramesh Abhishek got officiating charge as the Chairman Forward Markets Commission (FMC). He is already there in FMC as a Member. He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to Bihar cadre.

M. V Narasimha Rao gets additional charge
M. V Narasimha Rao, MD, HNL will look after the additional charge of CMD, Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) for a period of six months.

Ramesh Warlepani nominated to SBI's regional board
Ramesh Warlepani has been nominated as member of local Board of State Bank of India, Bhopal region for a period of three years.

Is Sajjan Jindal landing in more problems ?
Sajjan Jindal's company is heading for a slew of problems fresh one being JSW Steel linked with illegal iron mining in Karnataka before this it was JSW Energy linked in the LIC IPO scam. The company is already facing more trouble in Maharashtra. It is in the process of acquiring land in Shrivardhan , Raigad district for a 660 x 2 mw power project for which it is facing a lot of hurdles from farmers and state clearances too are not coming easily.

Two SEBI members quit
Two senior whole time members of SEBI have left the job in the past two weeks or so. They are M.S.Sahoo and K.M.Abraham. The two were handling sensitive and important portfolios of legal affairs, enforcement, market intermediaries supervision & regulation, and investigations & surveillance.

Prateek Kumar is MD of Baroda Dairy
Prateek Kumar has been appointed the managing director of the Baroda Dairy.He will succeed Ravindra Mathur.

Radhika Roy resigns as MD New Delhi Television Ltd
The Board of New Delhi Television Ltd has on July 29, 2011 accepted the resignation of Ms Radhika Roy as Managing Director of the Company.

Radhika Roy appointed Executive Co-Chairperson, New Delhi Television Ltd
Ms Radika Roy has now been appointed as Executive Co-Chairperson of New Delhi Television Ltd.

Dr Pronnoy Roy appointed Executive Chairperson, New Delhi Television Ltd
The Board of New Delhi Television Ltd has approved the appointment of Dr Prannoy Roy as Executive Chairperson.

Two directors on Board of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd retire
Dr. M. R. Girinath and Dr. I. Seetharam Naidu who were directors on the Board of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd have retired w.e.f. July 29, 2011.

Chakraborty appointed Addl. Director, GNFC
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company Limited (GNFC) has appointed Atanu Chakraborty, IAS, as Additional Director on the Board of the Company with effect from July 27, 2011.

Sunder appointed Whole-time Director, Raymond Ltd
H. Sunder, President ( Finance & Chief Financial Officer )of the Company has been appointed as Whole-time Director on the Board of Raymond Ltd w.e.f. July 29, 2011.

Mittal appointed Part-time Chairman, CONCOR
The President of India through Ministry of Railways has appointed Vinay Mittal, Chairman, Railway Board as Part-time Chairman on the Board of 'Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) w.e.f. July 26, 2011 in place of Vivek Sahai who retired on June 30, 2011.

Aga appointed Addl. Director, Pidilite Industries Ltd
Pidilite Industries Limited has appointed Sanjeev Aga as an Additional Director of the Company with effect from July 29, 2011.

Agarwal re-appointed Director, Hit Kit Global Solutions Ltd
Hit Kit Global Solutions Ltd has on July 30, 2011 re-appointed Anand Agarwal as Director of the Company.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Gyan Developers & Builders Ltd
The Board of Gyan Developers & Builders Ltd has on July 29, 2011 accepted resignation of N Gajraj and Ms T Kamala Devi as directors of the Company.

Bhutani resigns as Company Secy. R Systems Internatonal Ltd
Suresh Kumar Bhutani, Company Secretary , R Systems International Ltd has resigned effective August 4, 2011.

CGM SBI Kerala retires
The Chief General Manager of SBI Kerala Circle, B.S. Bhasin has retired from service on July 31.

Understand the importance of IRS vis-a-vis IAS

Our friend should understand the importance of IRS vis-a-vis IAS. IRS provides the bloodstream to the functioning of entire government including IAS. IAS can no more claim the age old supremacy. IRS performs the functions of quasi-judiciary, intelligence gathering, investigation, prosecution, representing government in Tribunals etc. In fact, IRS should stop comparing itself with IAS and should seek independence like in the case of Judiciary for assessment work and autonomy like in the case of CBI for investigation work. Unless autonomy and independence are given to I-T Dept, it will be difficult to raise upto the expectations of the people in our democracy.

RK

IRS not always manning lucrative posts

This is regarding Manas Das's comment on WIC on 30July. Its incorrect that IRS are manning lucrative posts in ministries and secretariates. Only 2% IRS are on deputation and many times to posts IAS in not willing to take becoz these are not considered lucrative. As against this, more than 20% IAS in on deputation at any given time. Entire govt. of India is run by them.

Rakesh Tiwari

Woes of an IRS officer

This is regarding woes of an IRS Officer expressed on your site this week. Everyone wants timely promotions and there is nothing wrong in aspiring for these promotions. However to say that the IRS should get them ahead of other Central services because they have joined the IRS at higher rank in the civil services exam is a misplaced thought. Firstly promotions in any service are a by product of the cadre size and efficient cadre management and not at all related to service rankings at the UPSC Exam. Secondly the ranking of the candidates at the UPSC exam is no indicator of the importance or otherwise of the service. Candidate's option for the services shows their values and motivations for joining a particular service . The mere fact that the IRS is getting a higher rank after the IAS/IPS does not make it a superior service . The entire service fraternity knows the obvious reasons for the clamour for joining the Revenue Services . So please don't sit on a high pedestal and look down on the other Central services. You have knowingly joined a service which has a huge cadre size and so the hard truth is that you will not get quick promotions. So accept it and be happy with the worldly gifts and perks of your service !! Every Central Service has a role to play in the System and hence don't display such arrogance !!

AN IA&AS officer

Why did he join Income Tax ?

Why did he join Income Tax in the first instance when he knew that promotions in IAS is faster. Was there any other consideration? It appears those considerations have been fulfilled and now he wants level. What a pity ? What is your contribution to the society who is paying your bills? Why is tax collections not growing as fast?

RR

Endless desires

There is no end to desires and no desire fulfillment can meet the emptiness within. So, my advise to fellow officers is to seek contentment in their jobs and their family and especially in their children's future.

Vijay Singh

Cumbersome procedure

I fully endorse the view that the procedure required to be followed by beneficiaries of CGHS is extremely cumbersome and needs to be simplified. The requirement for obtaining prior permission from HOD and provision for non-reimbursement of medicines purchased from market during OPD treatment are a big roadblock to make the scheme user friendly.

Sandeep Garg

Brightest IAS officer

D K Mittal is the brightest IAS officer of the 1977 batch. The topper of his batch, he is bound to lend added sheen to the post of Secretary, Financial Services.

Arjun Mallik

IT return filing arrangements at Pragati Maidan

Kudos to IT Department for the excellent manner in which the IT return collection exercise for the salaried & pensioners is being managed at Pragati Maidan. It was a delightful sight to witness a disciplined "mela" of people (in fulfillment of their national obligation) being entertained professionally. It shows that there are imaginative ways to enthuse people and enlist their cooperation & contribution in myriad acts of national development. While IT Department appears to have geared up to meet the rush anticipated on July 31, one hopes that ITPO, DMRC, CISF, DTC, DP, NDMC and MCD would also pool in their resources in adequate measure in a festive spirit (of national revenue generation!), even though the subject may not be in their jurisdiction. It is also to be expected that treatment to the salaried in other parts of the country as also to the non-salaried in their specific context would also be an experience for them to cherish. Last but not the least, as always, increase in the efficiency of the process of refund to taxpayers would constitute the Litmus test of the functioning of the IT Department.

S.K. Tewari.

We can learn from Pakistan also

What is this cribbing going about fashion icon of the Pakistan minister, without attempting to understand the deft diplomatic move by Pakistan. The J&K CM was disappointed to have missed the opportunity to meet in person such a wonderful lady minister! Our fashion expert women media corps were overworked to describe for our great national benefit the brand of each item on the person of the minister, whether her purse worth US$ 100000 or her watch or her shoes or nail polish. Normally menfolk are known to indulge in the luxury of such kind of a nakh-shikh varnan or description of the person from head to toe! What does India offer to meet the Pakistani gesture? Are we even conscious of the diplomacy involved in such grand moves? Where do we really stand? To be honest we are a horrible mismatch!! Our foreign ministers and Pakistan's ? The entire diplomatic, political, media community goes ga-ga as soon as the Pakistan foreign minister lands in India and until she departs. It is all smiles and more warm smiles and smiles of two traditionally friendly neighbouring countries i.e. India & Pakistan! The smiles ? Of course, diplomacy is all about smiles. But some are winning while others are repulsive. When will India understand the value of smart personalities in winning diplomatic battles just by smiling the right way in the right measure! How can somebody demand that the Pakistan foreign minister should extend the warmth of the diplomatic smiles at them too? India better give up the Big Brother attitude and take a few lessons in the diplomacy of smiles from our friendly neighbour Pakistan!

M L Gupta

Congress takes the shean out of opposition

By appointing leading lawyers as their spokespersons, Congress party has taken the shean out of the opposition by perplexing and confusing the average citizen. Many a time court battles are fought in the channels through these lawyers. Lawyers are accustomed to defend, criminals, murderers, law breakers and also defend the indefensible. It is no wonder Kapil Sibal defended the 2G scam accused by asserting that there was zero loss to the Government. His mocking smile revealed his contempt for the intelligence of the average citizen. While in courts Judges are learned enough to separate wheat from the chaff, the average public is left bewildered. Bar council should bring in some sort of restrictions on political lawyers from hoodwinking the public with outright lies.

Navnith

Escorts Bill not cleared by IT deptt.

I fully agree with the views expressed by Ram Kumar. In my case also Escorts bill of Rs 3.40 lacs only, was not cleared by the Income Tax Department for more than one year. It was finally cleared when Escorts threatened to stop cashless facility to Income Tax Department. If a provision for payment of Interest at an exemplary rate is introduced in the scheme itself, the hospitals will provide cashless facility

Pramod Kumar

Opinion given by Ministry of Law and Justice

The Appellant sought information regarding the legal opinion provided by the Ministry of Law & Justice in respect of an incident for which action is being contemplated against Shri Pranav Kumar (IAS 2008 Batch, Bihar Cadre) under Rule 12 (d) of the IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954. The Ministry of Law informed the CIC that its opinion on any given issue is tendered on the file received from the concerned department. This opinion becomes a part of the File which is eventually returned to the Department concerned. The Commission clarified that the records of any advice / opinion tendered by the Ministry to other Government Departments do not fall under the category of fiduciary capacity and Section 8 (1) (e) is not attracted. The Commission held that the decision in respect of disclosure of the legal opinion given by the Law Ministry to the concerned under the RTI Act, has to be made by the Department seeking that advice.

Comments

There exists a two-way channel connecting the Law Ministry with any other Department of the Central Government. On one way, the File seeking opinion travels from the concerned Department to the Law Ministry and on the other way, the opinion tendered on that File travels from the Ministry of Law to the concerned Department. If the advice given by the Law Ministry is accepted as fiduciary, then such information which will never be disclosed in any contingency u/s 8 (1) (e) of the RTI Act even if the concerned Department is willing to disclose such opinion which is under its control.

[Shri Rajiv Ranjan Verma v. Ministry of Law and Justice in Appeal No.CIC/SS/A/2011/000886].

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)