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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mubarak's gone!!!

But Egyptians feel the battle has still not been won!!!

They say they will continue to sit in The Square!!!!

Till elections are held and a Government is elected 'fair and square'!!!

They say in 30 years Mubarak raked in a Billion!!!!!

Some time back there was a rumor that every minute he cost Egypt a million'!!!

If he had so much money then he should have bought out the protesters.... toh janoo!!!

If he was that powerful he should have not run away...... toh janoo (with apologies to Iqbal)!

Hope our Netas make a note of this..... when limit is crossed!!!

Then by the people 'out you are tossed'!!!!

Pawar can go red in the face denying his Balwa Goenka link!!!!

But he cannot cover up the emanating stink!!!

Similarly Karuna cannot deny Raja acted on his behest!!

Karuna is the Raja and Raja actually Court Jester people say in jest!!

Of course in the 2 G swindle its said the Court Jester took his 'flesh ka pound'!!!

And one link to 2 G money being channeled to Karuna has been found!!

DMK's TV Channel got funds via maze of Companies but funds originated from Balwa!!

Via the maze of Companies Balwa channeled to DMK's TV Channel some 'halwa'!!

We know DMK is Karuna....... so in effect money reached him!!!!!

And Court Jester Raja has said he obeys his Leaders every whim!!

Prior to going to UN seems Krishna had one too many cups of coffee...caffeine high!

He read out the Portuguese Minister's speech.....now you know why!!!

Or maybe his mind was elsewhere!!!!

I think I know where!!!

He must have been thinking how do I get UN to open a Café Coffee Day in UN's HQ!!

Or he was dreaming of a Café Coffee Day in UN HQ and at the counter a long queue!!!

Confucius says....... Sachayee chup nahi sakthi......chupana means more fibs and lies!!!

Into a bigger and more difficult to open knot apne aap ko the one trying to hide truth ties!!

Bharat Kumar

IAS officer takes Voluntary Retirement
Application of Ashok Acharya for Voluntary Retirement has been accepted by the Government. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Acharya to be CMD of UCIL
If all goes well, Diwakar Acharya will be new CMD of the Uranium Corporation of India ltd UCIL). PESB is said to have put his name number one in the panel,

Sumati Mehta's request for Voluntary Retirement yet to be cleared
Vigilance clearance is still awaited for accepting Voluntary Retirement request of Ms Sumati Mehta, 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Pradip Mehra to join Delhi Government this week
Advisor to Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra is likely to join the Delhi Government in a day or two. Will 1975 batch IAS officer, Mehra, be appointed PS Finance? Picture is still not clear.

V S Jain gets extension
Tenure of PESB Member V S Jain has been extended by the Government till June. He is former CMD of SAIL.

File relating to GMs in Railways in Cabinet Secretariat
As the grapevine has it, there has been a delay in postings of new General Manager (GMs) in Railways because the file is pending in the Cabinet Secretariat. Representations of Rajeev Bhargawa and Abhay Khanna (both contenders for GMs) are pending in the said office.

IA&AS officer to join UN
RB Sinha is joining the United Nations Mission in Addis Ababa, Ehiopia, as Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on the Sudan based in Addis Ababa. He is 1983 batch IA&AS officer.

Minister yet to decide about IOC and ONGC CMD
New Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy is yet to decide about the appointment of ONGC CMD and IOC CMD.

Singh is new Member of DERC
J.P. Singh, who has taken Voluntary Retirement, is joining as Member in the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on Monday. He is UT cadre IAS officer of 1977 batch.
( We said this on January 28 )

PS to Murli Deora is back to Delhi Government
PS to Murli Deora ,Sanjeev Kumar is now back to the parent UT cadre.1992 batch IAS officer is yet to get posting in the Delhi Government.

Balaji Srivastava completes central deputation
Balaji Srivastava who on central deputation was Joint Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat has completed tenure & will return to parent cadre AGMU. He is an IPS officer of the 1988 batch.

Mumbaikars flooded with strange phone calls
Nowadays Mumbaikars have been receiving phone calls at odd hours offering them to sell gold. These calls come at odd hours and anonymous caller offers to sell gold at a price much below the market price. Police sources say they suspect these calls are from naxalites who want to sell gold looted from villagers and in turn buy arms and ammunitions.

Narendra Kumar is new Administrator Daman
Narendra Kumar will be new Administrator of Daman and Diu. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Nutan Guha Biswas moves to Delhi
Nutan Guha Biswas has been moved from Pondicherry to Delhi. Biswas is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Meena goes to Pondicherry
K R Meena has been transferred from Delhi to Pondicherry. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Dev goes to Goa
Vijay Kumar Dev has been shifted from Arunachal Pradesh to Goa. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Negi shifted to Arunachal Pradesh
Ramesh Negi has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Namita Dutta posted in Arunachal Pradesh
On return from foreign assignment, Namita Dutta has been posted in Arunachal Pradesh. She is 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Deepak Kumar goes to Pondicherry
Dr S B Deepak Kumar has been moved from Arunachal Pradesh to Pondicherry. He is 2005 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Sain moves to Goa
Pawan K Sain has been transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Goa. He is 2005 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Sanghi transferred to Mizoram
Chetak B Sanghi has been transferred from Delhi to Mizoram. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Nandini Paliwal returns to Delhi
Nandini Paliwal has been moved from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi. Nandini is 2003 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ankur Garg is back to Delhi
Ankur Garg is back to Delhi Government from Arunachal Pradesh. He is 2003 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Sharat Chauhan moves to Goa
Sharat Chauhan has been transferred from Delhi to Goa. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Tripathi goes to Delhi
C P Tripathi has been moved from Goa to Delhi. He is 1996 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Mohanjeet Singh transferred from Chandigarh
Mohanjeet Singh has been transferred from Chandigarh to Daman and diu,He is 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

R K Verma goes to Goa
R K Verma has been transferred from Delhi to Goa. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Satya Gopal moves to Delhi
Satya Gopal has been moved to Delhi from Daman and Diu.He is 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on February 7 )

P K Gupta returns to Delhi
P K Gupta has been transferred from Daman and Diu to Delhi.He is 1989 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ved Prakash transferred to Delhi
Ved Prakash has been transferred from Andman and Nicobar to Delhi.He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Jalaj Srivastava goes to Andman and Nicobar
Jalaj Srivastava has been moved from Delhi to Andman and Nicobar .He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Maheshwari transferred to Delhi
K.K Maheshwari, IG, Mizoram, has been transfer to Government of NCT Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the1980 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Karnail Singh to be IG Mizoram
Karnal Singh Joint CP (NR) Delhi Police in Government of NCT Delhi has been transferred to Mizoram as IG .He is an IPS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Sanjay Singh to be IG Goa
Sanjay Singh Director (Sec.) in Rajya Sabha on completion his central deputation has been transferred to Goa as IG. He is an IPS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Ravinder Singh Yadav shifted from Goa to Delhi
Ravinder Singh Yadav, DIG Goa Police, has been transferred to Government of NCT Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the1995 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Virender Singh Chahal shifted from Delhi to Mizoram
Virender Singh Chahal Addl. CP (South East Distt.) Delhi Police has been transferred as DIG Mizoram. He is AGMU Cadre IPS officer of 1991 batch.

D.P Verma shifted from Mizoram to Delhi
D.P Verma, DIG (Trg.), Mizoram, has been transferred to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the1993 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Paldan shifted from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
Paldan, who was SP in Arunachal Pradesh, has been transferred to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the1996 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Dhaliwal to be SP in Arunachal Pradesh
H. S Dhaliwal, DCP, South Distt. Delhi Police, Delhi, has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh as SP .He is an IPS officer of the1997 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Sharad Agrawal shifted to Andamans
Sharad Agarwal DCP South West Distt. Delhi has been transferred to A&N Islands as SP. He is an IPS officer of the1997 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Karunakaran shifted to Delhi
P. Karunakaran SP Anti Corruption Andaman& Nicobar has been transferred to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the 2004 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

V.V Chaudhary shifted from Goa to Delhi
V.V Chaudhary, SSP Traffic & Sec., Goa, has been transferred to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the1998 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Ms. I.B Rani shifted from Delhi to Goa
Ms. I.B Rani, DCP, East Distt., Delhi, has been transferred as SP Goa. She is AGMU Cadre IPS officer of the 2000 batch.

47 CCITs & DGITs transferred
As many as 47 IRS officers in the grade of Chief Commissioners and Director Generals of Income Tax have been transferred. The new postings are Sudhir Chandra - CCIT - VI, Chennai, PS Chellaphan - CCIT - Coimbatore, Chitra Srinivasan - CCIT, Hubli, RK Rai - CCIT - II, Patna, GN Pande - CCIT, Allahabad, PC Srivastava - CCIT - III, Hyderabad, SK Ray - CCIT - VIII, Kolkata, RC Pramanik - CCIT - IX, Kolkata, Sunil Verma - CCIT - II, Pune, Poonam Dutt - CCIT, Bareilly, DK Das Sharma, CCIT, Panaji, Pramila Shrivastava - CCIT, Gaziabad, BN Panda - CCIT - III, Ahmedabad, SK Pahwa - CCIT, Trivandrum, RK Sharma - DGIT (Inv) Pune, SK Srivastava - CCIT - IV, Ahmedabad, D Das Gupta - CCIT XI, Kolkata, Kiran Oberoi Vasudev - CCIT - VII, Mumbai, K Satyanarayana - CCIT - Vishakhapatnam, SM Rastogi - CCIT XI, Delhi, S Rajguru - CCIT Durgapur, Atulesh Jindal - CCIT - Udaipur, T Jena - CCIT V, kolkata, Arvind Shankar - CCIT - Surat, AK Mehrishi - CCIT XIII, Mumbai, Subbiah Bose - CCIT Madurai, Dilip Kumar - CCIT, Jalpaigiri, Swatantra Kumar - CCIT - XII, Mumbai, RK Gupta - CCIT, Guwahati, YK Batra - DGIT (Inv) Patna, Dhirendra Khare - CCIT - Kanpur, SS Kannan - CCIT - Trichy, Purnima Singh - CCIT - XII, Delhi, Baljit Singh Sondhi - CCIT, Kolkata, Rajendra Narain Tripathi - CCIT, Ahmedabad, Keshari Prasad Singh - CCIT - II, Ahmedabad, Pankaj Gupta - CCIT, Lucknow, Uma Kant Shukla - CCIT VI, Mumbai, kaushal Singh Pathania - CCIT, Amritsar and RK Tiwari - DGIT (L&R), Delhi, Sharad Chandra Jaini - CCIT II, Hyderabad, MNA Chaudhary - CCIT VIII, Delhi, Naresh Kumar - CCIT IV, Mumbai, kalian Chaudhuri - CCIT II, Kolkata, Deep Chandra Pant - CCIT - III, Kolkata, Sujata Pant - CCIT IV, Kolkata and Akhilesh Prasad - CCIT III, Delhi.

Promotion & Posting of Senior Police Officers in Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu government on February 13, 2011 announced promotions and transfers of senior IPS officers. They are: Dr K R Shyam Sundar, ADGP, State Human Rights Commission, has been promoted and posted as DGP, Enforcement, Chennai. Vibhakar Sharma, ADGP/MD, Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation Ltd has been promoted as DGP,TNPHCL. DCP (Mylapore) K Periaiah has been promoted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and posted as DIG/JC South Zone, while incumbent P Sakthivelu has been transferred and posted as DIG, Railways. AG Mourya, SP, Railways, Chennai, has been promoted and posted as DIG, Tiruchy Range, while incumbent A G Pon Manickavel has been posted as DIG of Villupuram. A Pari, SP, Namakkal, has been promoted and posted as DIG, Madurai City. N K Senthamarai Kannan, Assistant IGP, Headquarters, Chennai, has been promoted and posted as DIG, Armed Police, Chennai, while incumbent V A Ravikumar has been transferred and posted as DIG Thanjavur Range. R Thirugnanam, DIG, Thanjavur Range, has been transferred and posted as DIG, Training, Chennai, in the existing vacancy. C Sridhar, DCP, CCB, has been promoted and posted as DIG, Crime Branch, CID, while S Murugan, CBI, Anti -Corruption Branch, has been promoted as DIG and deputed to the Centre. V Varadaraju, DCP, St Thomas Mount, is promoted as DIG and posted as Police Commissioner, Tirunelveli City. MC Sarangan, DCP, Adyar, has been promoted as DIG and posted as Joint Commissioner, Central Zone. Y John Nicholson, SP, Salem District, is promoted and posted as DIG, Dindigul Range. Ashok Kumar Das, DIG, CISF, has been promoted as IG and deputed to Centre, while Shailesh Kumar, DIG, Dindigul Range, is promoted and posted as IGP, Modernisation, Chennai.R Arumugam, DIG, Railways, Chennai, is promoted and posted as IG, Technical Services, Chennai, while E Ma Masanamuthu, DIG, Villupuram Range, is promoted as IG and posted as Commissioner of Police, Tiruchy City. K Vanniaperumal, the incumbent, will now be IGP, Central Zone, Tiruchy, in place of Karun Singha, who has been posted as IGP/Joint Director, DVAC. Sunil Kumar, the incumbent, has been transferred and posted as IG, Railways, Chennai. Kanhu Charan Mahali, IG, Railways, has been posted as IG/Member Secretary, Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, while P Kannapan is promoted and posted as IGP,Tamil Nadu Police Academy, in place of G Dorairaj, who will now be IG, Civil Supplies CID, Chennai. T P Sundaramurthy, the incumbent, has been posted as IGP, Elections, Chennai, while Su Arunachalam, CBI, Anti-Corruption Branch, has been promoted as IGP. P Balasubramanian, DIG/Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, has been promoted and posted as IGP, Madurai Range, while SS Krishnamoorthy, the incumbent, has been posted as IG, Crime (SIT), Chennai. A Alexander Mohan, the incumbent, has been posted as IGP, Special Task Force, Chennai. P Thamaraikannan, DIG/JC, Central Zone, is promoted and posted as IG, Administration, Chennai, while Abhay Kumar Singh, IGP, Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, is transferred and posted as IG, Headquarters, Chennai.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Dr Gurdeep Singh will be Principal Secretary National Integration Department. Ram Bahadur will be new DM of Gonda. Madhukar Dwivedi has been made Special Secretary Education. S V S Rangarao will now be Special Secretary Food and Civil Supplies.

IPS postings in Uttar Pradesh
There is IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are Mssrs :- B P Jogdand IG Security, S K Kaul SP CID Hqs, Mohit Gupta Commandant PAC Allahabad,Amit Pathak PAC Varanasi, Vinod Kumar PAC Mirzapur, Yogendra Kumar PAC Sitapur, Nitin Tiwari SP TG Lucknow, Pratibha Ambedkar SP City Agra and Dipika Garg Vigilance Bureau Lucknow.

3 contenders for Nagaland government's RC
As the grapevine has it, there are three IAS officers who are in fray for the post of Nagaland government's Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC). They are: J. Alam Housing Commissioner , A.S. Bhatia Forest Secretary & R. Ramakrishnan Secretary to Nagaland Governor.

Singh is new Director in MHA
Anil Kumar Singh is new Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the GoI.He is 1995 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Lokhande is PS to Sharad Pawar
Prashant Sitaram Lokhande has been appointed PS to Union Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar. He is 2001 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

TN relives Shashi Sekhar for posting as Jt. Secy, GoI
Tamil Nadu government has placed the services of Shahsi Shekhar at the disposal of the Government of India for appointment as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who hails from Tamil Nadu cadre.

Samuel posted as CPMG, J&K
The postal department has transferred G.J. Samuel GM, BD Dte, New Delhi as Chief PMG, Jammu & Kashmir Circle. He will take over from Brig. Y.P.S. Mohan who is proceeding on leave. Samuel is an Indian Postal Service officer who belongs to the 1980 batch.

CAT stays IAS officer's suspension in Orissa
The Cuttack bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) granted an interim stay on the suspension order served on Srikanta Prusty, Director, Secondary Education by the Orissa government. Purusty was placed under suspension in coal scam during his tenure as General Manager of Cuttack DIC. He is an IAS officer of the 2003 batch who hails from Orissa cadre.

Pakistan levies tax on Afghanistan bound goods
Pakistan has imposed 0.08% tax on all goods transiting through the country to Afghanistan 'by Road, Sea or air'. The levy will bring more than Rs 5 billion annually to the cash strapped government fighting rising fiscal deficit and crippling increase in security and flood relief related expenditure from the exchequer. Surprisingly the goods including petrol tankers and military hardware supplies to NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan has been exempted from the levy in spite of a resolution by the standing committee of the parliament's upper house to 'tax NATO supplies trucked through Pakistan'. However Mukesh Kumar Chawla the Sind Provincial Minister for Taxation and Excise says, 'we are not applying the tax to the NATO supplies as this is our longstanding policy'.

High profile bureaucrat in Punjab shifted
DG School Education Krishna Kumar has been made Special Secretary Health and Family Welfare.B Pursharthi will now be Special Secretary Education.

Ms Acharya passed away
Ms Dipti Acharya wife of late Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary K C S Acharya has passed away in Jabalpur.She was mother of Vishrut Acharya.

Sanjay Singh is new Secretary (East) in MEA (UPDATED)
Sanjay Singh, IFS (76), presently Ambassador in Tehran has been appointed as Secretary (East) at the Headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs vice Ms. Vijay Latha Reddy, IFS, on her relinquishing the charge of the post.

( We said this on February 8 )

Thakur is PS to C P Joshi (UPDATED)
Rajeev Singh Thakur is new PS to Union Minister of Road Transport C P Joshi.He is 1995 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Kansal is PS to Dinsha Patel (UPDATED)
Puneet Kansal has been appointed PS to Union Minister of State Mining (Independent Charge) Dinsha Patel.He is 1996 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Nadadur to be Additional Secretary Space (UPDATED)
R G Nadadur is being appointed Additional Secretary Space.He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

ACIT Delhi Region Dua transferred (UPDATED)
Amit Dua , Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi Region, has been transferred and posted to NWR Region with immediate effect.

ACIT Delhi Region Bandhu transferred (UPDATED)
Sandeep Bandhu, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi Region, has been posted at OSD (V&L), CBDT, Department of Revenue, Delhi, with immediate effect.

Ajay Jasra quits Perfect relations (UPDATED)
Ajay Jasra has quit from Perfect Relations where he was head of Public Affairs .

Ajay Jasra joins Adfactor group (UPDATED)
Ajay Jasra has shifted from Perfect Relations where he was head of Public Affairs to Adfactors PR where he will be the group head of Public affairs.

S Venkatramani is the new CEO of Indo Solar (UPDATED)
S Venkatramani is the new CEO of Indo Solar Ltd, he was earlier ED and Senior Vice President of Philips Lightning.

CORPORATE

Bhide appointed on Citi's advisory board for India operations
Former revenue secretary Pradeep V. Bhide has been appointed on Citi's seven-member advisory board for its India operations. The new advisory board is designed to improve governance at the bank.

Tuteja appointed Independent Director, Adani Enterprises Ltd
S K Tuteja, has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Adani Enterprises Limited.

Birla appointed GM, Jaipur Marriott
Pankaj Birla has been appointed as General Manager of Jaipur Marriott, the latest addition to Marriott's portfolio of properties in India.

Vyas appointed Director, Suntek Wealthmax Investments
Sunteck Wealthmax Investments Ltd has appointed Kamal Kishore Vyas as Director of the Company with effect from February 12, 2011.

Murlidharan appointed Addl. Director, Spectacle Infotek
Spectacle Infotek Ltd has appointed Ms. Yogita Murlidharan as an Additional Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Majumdar resigns as Director, Adhunik Metaliks Ltd
The Board of Adhunik Metaliks Ltd accepted the resignation of Makhan Lal Majmudar from the Directorship of the Company with effect from February 11, 2011.

Saswat nominated on Gontermann Peipers Board
The Export-Import Bank of India has withdrawn the nomination of Saumar Sonowal, from the Board of Gontermann Peipers India Ltd and appointed Satyashiva Saswat, Chief Manager Exim Bank on the Board of the company with effect from February 11, 2011

Balachandran to cease as CMD , ADC India Comm. From March 11, 2011
K. Balachandran, the present Chairman and Managing Director of the ADC India Communications Ltd will cease to hold CMD's position with effect from March 31, 2011.

Tuteja resigns as Independent Director, Adani Power Ltd
S. K. Tuteja an Independent Director on the Board of Adani Power Ltd has resigned w.e.f. February 12, 2011.

Vishweshwar appointed Nominee Director , Priyadarshini Spinning Mills
H. N. Visweshwar has been appointed as Nominee Director in place R. Venkatraman on the Board of Directors of Priyadarshini Spinning Mills Ltd .

FORUM

DEBATE (1)

Really, the survey itself is farfetched. Just for similar surname to draw similarity is absurd. I don't think Rahul deserves this survey.

KKS

DEBATE (2)

Why not ? For this he must have great Khan Abdul Gaffar khan, Sarder Patels. Rather then Chamchas, he must open his eye of observation about near & dear for long inning as now environment is not like old days. Now you have to be very careful with your friend. I wish him all the best because great family just needs to avoid chamchas and should be more flexible while meeting people because good people has face an uphill task to meet this young & great leader.

Jai Hind !

Ghaus Mohd

Deputation process must change

All corruption of CWG,2G would have been avoided if ministers and secretaries were not allowed to bring their cronies on deputation. Such crony officers will never able to withstand the pressure to do a job of minister's and secretary's liking. In fact they will be happy in doing so. Because they have been picked up from a panel which included more deserving candidates but could not be selected because they had no access to the minister or secretary. The deputation process must change to be objective to avoid subjectivism and adhocism.

Sanjiv K Singh

Not aware about facts

It is interesting to read that someone commenting on the promotion avenues in BSF is not aware about the facts which exist on ground. I would like to inform that the officers, joining in BSF are given the status of Group "A" services whereas there is nothing on ground which matches it on ground. It is not understood why Govt. has not given any heed to it. The very fist aspect being the organized cadre. BSF officers are not in organized cadre whereas they are in All India Services. Government should look into it or it may lead to much amongst the BSF officers.

Aashish

Congratulations

I would like to congratulate 'an Indian' for raising such genuine grievances about the BSF Cadre Officers and I would also like to inform that present status of BSF cadre in BSF is.... 1975 batch is IG,1986 batch is DIG,1991 batch is Comdt,1995 batch is 2-in-command,2003 batch is Dy Comdt. hence 36 years for IG,25 years for DIG,20 years for Comdt,15 years for 2iC and 7 year for Dy Comdt. and medical officer are not getting any such advantages in army accept direct appointment/seniority as captain. Moreover, infantry officer are the one who get fastest promotion but they deserve it just like BSF officers who dont get it though being deserving. And leave aside Army, IAS,IPS or any other organised cadre, BSF Officers are far behind their other para military brother officer of CRPF,CISF,ITBP,SSB etc as far as promotions are concerned though selected together in these forces.

Rahari

Promotions in Maharashtra Forest Service

The promotion riddle in Maharashtra cadre of IFS is getting curious and curious! DPC for APCCFs was held in December end. Panel was approved in the first week of January, 2011. However, posting proposals continue to play flip flop between CM and the Dept.! Reason? Grapevine says its the invisible hand from the "High Command" which has prevented the implementation of DPC's outcome. Heard that a review favouring those who were superseded is on the cards! So much for a Government which professes transparency and integrity!

An IFS officer

It's not harassment

The income-tax department has introduced a new system of collection of information through AIR (Annual information return) filed by various agencies. Accordingly the department is now enabled to verify certain investments made, such as investments in Mutual Funds, investments in immovable properties, investments in term deposit and in SB accounts. For this purpose the Assessing authority issued notice u/s.143(2) as per IT Act. This is not harassment. If the tax payer produces the material evidence for the source, then the AO can close the file by giving an order u/s.143(3) of the IT Act on the same day. As a honest tax payer, Narayana Moorthy please note that the ITO has done a social commitment to dig the unaccounted fund as per I.T. Act. Do not think it is harassment.

Koyaji

Mafia for deputation

Indian council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) headquartered at Dehradun is an autonomous council of Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India (only council in the field of forest and environment research). Before formation of ICFRE as an autonomous council in the year 1991 there use to be only 4-5 IFS officers on deputation to ICFRE and its institute but now there are more than 75 IFS on deputation to ICFRE. The deputation and further extension on deputation is being managed by these officer with the help of concerned ministry officials and DoPT. The officers on deputation are very good in manipulating the rules. They use rules selectively & arbitrarily. Very recently DoPT vide their letter no.14021/3/2008-AIS(II)dated 16th March 2010 have clarified that officers posted on centre deputation are not eligible for non-functional scale, but in ICFRE and MoEF other institutes inspite of DoPT order they are getting non functional scale on centre deputation. Another example you must have been well aware that the top most post of Director General, ICFRE, Directors of ICFRE institutes and Deputy Director Generals in ICFRE are not filled since last one and half year to provide benefits to certain group of IFS officers. This is happing in ICFRE inspite we have dynamic leadership of honorable minister Jairam Ramesh. There are many cases for violation of rules by these officers in ICFRE. I think there is a urgent need for monitoring of deputation at Centre level, keeping in view the growing demands and problems of the concerned states.

Dr. M. Thayagrajan

Deputation mafias are very active

There are reasons to believe that deputation mafias are very active in getting selected the non performer and corrupt officers of the states on deputation to various key posts in the Central Government. some times the merits of the other candidates are simply ignored in order to achieve this goal. MOEF is full of officers from North-Eastern or some other difficult states, marring the chance of other deserving candidates. The minister has a discretion of just picking any one out of the panel of three or four candidates. It is here that the mafias play their dubious role. This is the high time for the Supreme Court of India to review such action of just picking up of one candidate by the Minister arbitrarily, and save the country from the clutches of corrupt and non performers.

Nirmal Trikha

Intelligent officer

Namita Dutta is a good, energetic, devoted and intelligent officer. I saw her working in Delhi when I was CLO of MCD. It is good that she has come back to India. I wish her good luck and I am sure she would continue to work with the same Zeal and energy.

Deepak Singh

Games CSS play

From time to time the pitiable CSS bravely attempts to take the focus off the machinations being indulged in by their cunning office bearers. Like the proverbial naked king who sincerely believed that he was wearing the best dress in town, the CSS is trying to delude itself into thinking that the undeserved cadre restructurings and the consequential creation of thousands of posts are due the duties and responsibilities described in the Manual of Office Procedures! Facts are otherwise. Care to know how? Read on:

Let us look at the ghoulish joke called insitu promotions perpetrated on the taxpayers of the country. Till 1999, promotions at the level of US were given only on the basis of actual vacancies. Section Officers of 1980 batch were the beneficiaries of the same. However, due to a plethora of court cases, the US vacancies could not be filled up for a long time and the 1981 and 1982 batch officers started to feel the pinch of lack of promotions. To accommodate their concerns, in the year 1999, the government decided to give insitu promotions to SOs upto the 1983 batch only.

Immediately the dirty tricks department of CSS went into the overdrive mode. It is rumoured that a 1987-Batch SO who was working in the house-keeping Section in North Block literally fell on the feet of the powers that be in DOP&T and lo and presto, insitu promotion was bestowed upon SOs upto 1987 batch without any logic whatsoever. As such, within a short period of one month, 4 more batches of SOs were promoted as Under Secretaries on insitu basis. These promotions were solely due to the result of the alleged shenanigans of the CSS and not because of any duties and responsibilities described in the MOP.

It is also useful to look into what the CSS are actually doing. Recently, hundreds of CSS clerks were promoted as DS/ Directors. All of them are on the verge of their retirement. Not one of them reaches office in time. A surprise attendance check will reveal the complete picture. Most of them availed LTC to the farthest areas permissible under the LTC rules, claimed lakhs of rupees towards air fare, encashed 10 days of earned leave, and retired from service. Adding insult to injury, those with right connections have managed to stay on as consultants, on astronomical consolidated retainers, taking advantage of the newly relaxed norms on appointment of consultants.

This is the real work being performed by CSS. It is indeed risible that with this track record, they are trying to pontificate others about their own virtues. God save India.

RK Agrawal

Whisper running out of rumours & news ?

Whisper seems to be running out of rumours and news?? All the posting of these UT cadre guys could have been shown as one. What is the fun in splitting them into 10? Are you running out of news? Ridiculous.

Vinay

RTI

Minutes of DPC in sealed cover

The Commission directed to provide (i) the marks awarded by the DPC to the Appellant under all heads, if necessary by opening the sealed over in which the evaluation sheet for this particular DPC has been kept;
and the (ii) photocopy of the action taken report including the file noting concerning the disposal of his representation dated 19 January 2010 addressed to the UPSC.

Comments

Sealed cover proceedings no longer enjoy absolute immunity from disclosure. The procedure of 'sealed cover' needs to be re-visited to evolve a new mechanism to deal with the current realities.

[Shri B L Sinha v. UPSC in File No.CIC/WB/A/2010/000569 & 868SM]

- 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)