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Mohna dropped a bomb kind of hint!!!

He said 'Some Mantris are going over my head…why…..of course moolah they want to mint'?

And the bomb in this statement is his hinting they have someone's blessing!!

Many will agree with me that Sonia Mohna's addressing!!

Congress Mantris go over his head as they have Sonia's ear!!!

And Coalition partners Mohna ko toh they do not even hear!!

Like to Mohna Raja literally showed his thumb!!!

In the letter in response to Mohna's warning om 2 G he made Mohna look dumb!

So basically Mohna's made it clear for Mantris ghoos dance!

'In my direction do not even glance'!

For Congress Mantris ghoos making contact Sonia Gandhi!!

And contact coalition Leaders for their Mantris 'jinn ki huee hai chandi'!!

And Mohan has hinted he'll complete his stint!!!

Rahul is still not ready he did not need to hint!!

Anil 'Voluntary' Ambani says he went to meet CBI on his own!!

He says this with a magnanimous tone!!

On SEBI's ban too he had said 'it is a self imposed ban'!!!

Basically to save face the man is doing whatever he can!!

What a fall for Anil ...being questioned by CBI!!

At one time he was a holy cow and Could not Be Investigated or CBI!!!

CBI's raided DMK's TV Channel …. of course with prior permission!

It's alleged Raja routed to this Channel some of his '2 G scam commission'!!

Of course nothing will be found!!

And Karuna will say in Tamil ' phookat mein CBI karr rahi hai DMK ko hound'!!

Advani has not provided any clarification on his name in the Jain Hawala Dairy!!

Ask him about this matter and he makes a face like he's bitten kairi (raw maho)!!

He was let off like others on a mere technicality …… not 'cleared'!!

In fact during the last election this coming in his way of becoming PM he feared!

He was so confident of making it that he started behaving like he had made it!!!

Now people say 'rassi jall gayi parr ball nahi gaya' in wit!!!

Advani has a 'holier than thou' complex!

He knows what BJP did during the NDA days so his attitude sure does perplex!!!

Otherwise how do you think Rahul Mahajan started smoking smack using Rs. 1000 notes!!!

On which honesty Advani gloats!!

Yes this I agree Congress has perfected the art of ghoos making!!

And giant steps in this direction BJP is taking!!

Now US is worried will Egypt will become another Iran or another Turkey???

Because if it goes Iran way then matters in the region will get murky!!

In the Arab World the Democracy fire is spreading!!!

Now towards Saudi Arabia the fire is heading!!

Though there are chanced that the Saudi Rulers and Gaddafi have got the money clout!!

And the rebellion will be sorted out!

Confucius says…… after all money does make the World go round!!!!
And so many examples of Public being bought by money can be found!!

Bharat Kumar

Is Pranab Babu having a list of BJP leaders ?
There is a rumour that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has given a list of BJP leaders having huge money in foreign banks to Ms Sonia Gandhi.

What is the significance of this closeness ?
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan are very thick these days. What is the significance?

Ghulam Nabi Azad to assist Pranab Mukherjee
Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian Health Minister will assist Pranab Mukherjee Indian Finance Minister in floor management during budget session of the parliament. Azad will co-ordinate with small parties as per the direction of the Congress party.

1 year tenure to CBDT chief denied !
Uncertainty regarding one year tenure to chief of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has ended, as was recommended by the P.Mankad committee has been turned down by the Government of India (GOI). In the wake of this present acting Chairman CBDT Sudhir Chandra will retire on March 31, 2011.

Aruna Sharma to return
DG Doordarshan Aruna Sharma is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure.She is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Doordarshan is headless
After handing over charge of DG Doordarshan by Aruna Sharma the Doordarshan is headless today. So far no order about the new incumbent.

CSB to meet on February 21, 2011
Next meeting of Central Selection Board (CSB) will be held on February 21, 2011.

DPC for RAS officers on February 21, 2011
A DPC meeting for promotion of RAS cadre officers of the1977 batch who are holding the post of Additional Secretary to the post of Special Secretary will be held on February 21, 2011.

Director (HR) ONGC interview on Monday
Interview for the post of Director (HR) ONGC will take place on Monday.Eleven insiders and four outsiders are appearing for the interview.

Sunil Lal may move to Prague
Sunil Lal, 1982 batch IFS officer, is likely to be moved as Indian Ambassador to Prague. He is Chief of Protocol at present.

Paul Antony is new Chairman of Cochin Port Trust
Paul Antony has taken over as chairman of Cochin Port Trust . He belongs to the 1983 batch IAS of the Kerala cadre.

Post of IG, ITBP- Chandigarh vacant
The post of Inspector General, ITBP, Chandigarh has fallen vacant due to promotion of Rajdeep Singh as Additional Director General (ADG) Border Security Force (BSF) in (HQ), Delhi.

V.V. Laxmi Narayan's promotion on the anvil
V.V. Laxmi Narayan is likely to be promoted as a Joint Director in the CBI. He is an IPS officer of the1990 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

IA&AS officer Ms. Sriram transferred to Hyderabad
Ms. T Vani Sriram, Principal Director of Audit, Northern Railway, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (Civil Audit), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad against a downgraded post.

Ms. Purnima Singh returns to her parent cadre
Ms. Purnima Singh who on central deputation was a Joint Secretary in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Social Justice has returned to her parent cadre. She is an IRS (IT) officer of the 1978 batch.

Malkiat Singh to retire next month
ADG Intelligence in Uttar Pradesh Malkiat Singh will retire next month end. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Ms Venugopal to be CVO Madras Fertilisers
Usha Venugopal, IRAS(88), will be new Chief Vigilance Officer in the Madras Fertilizers Limited, Chennai.

Punia giving anxious moments to his former boss
Congress MP P. L. Punia as Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSCs) has been giving anxious moments to his former boss i.e. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati. The schism between Punia and Ms. Mayawati is well known. Punia is an IAS officer of 1970 batch who had retired from Uttar Pradesh cadre.

2002 batch IAS officers elevated to JAG in Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu government has elevated following Eight IAS officers of 2002 batch to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) with effect from Jan 1, 2011. Ms. Archana Patnaik, Collector the Nilgiris District -Udhagamandalam, Ms. Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan on leave, C. Samayamoorthy Collector- Tiruppur , Ms. Mythili K Rajendran Deputy Secretary Public department Secretariat -Chennai, M.S. Shanmugam Collector- Thanjavur, Ms. Reeta Harish Thakkar Joint Commissioner Municipal Administration Chepauk - Chennai, Ms. B. Jothi Nirmala Director Tsunami Project Implementation Unit- Chennai and Ms. Jayashree Muralidharan Deputy Secretary Home Prohibition and Excise Department- Chennai.

Jhansi DM transferred
Jhansi DM Raj Shekhar has been transferred to the Social Welfare Department as Special Secretary and replaced by Special Secretary - Medical Education - Manish Chauhan.

Additional Judges of Himachal Pradesh High Court appointed
Kuldip Singh and Rajeev Sharma have been appointed Additional Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from April 3, 2011.

Three IRS officers posted as OSDs
Three IRS officers of the rank of DCIT, awaiting postings on return from deputation, have been posted as OSD to CCIT (CCA) in Delhi Region. They are PS Choudhary, Padam Singh and GS Virk.

Strange confrontation in Pakistan's judiciary
Pakistan's judiciary is witnessing an interesting confrontation. The Supreme court has passed an order restraining a supreme court judge and at least six judges of different high courts from issuing any judicial orders. These judges are known as PCO JUDGES because they had taken oath afresh under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) within moments of declaration of emergency by Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007 in defiance of a directive of the apex. The PCO Judges have been facing a contempt notice issued by a four judge bench of the apex fixing Feb 21 for their personal appearance. In retaliation one of the PCO judges, Justice Jehanzeb Rahim of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) took the extraordinary step of issuing contempt notice and direction for personal appearance on the same date i.e. 21 Feb to all the four judges of the SC in his chamber. While Jehanzeb Rahim's order has been nullified by a larger bench of the PHC the apex court has declared that no order issued by any of the PCO Judges will have any 'constitutional position'. The PCO judges will be formally indicted for Contempt of Court on 21 February 2011.

LS Speaker convenes an all party meet
Ms.Meira Kumar Speaker of the Lok Sabha has convened an all party meeting on Monday for smooth working of the House during budget session of the Parliament that is scheduled to commence on February 21, 2011.

IAS postings in Karnataka
K.N. Satheesh has taken over as the new District Collector of Kasaragod. Mr. Satheesh succeeds Anand Singh, who has been posted as the District Collector of Kannuraccord.

Madras HC Judge moves to J & K
A Judge of Madras High Court, Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla has been transferred as Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court .

IG Security given retirement in J& K
The J & K Government has given retirement to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Security Farooq Ahmed after it was established that he had tampered his Date of Birth .

IAS transfers in West Bengal
Rupendra Chaudhary has been appointed oint Secretary Health and Family Welfare.Hirdyesh Mohan has been given additional charge of MD West Bengal Small Industries Corporation,Khalil Ahmed has been given additional charge of Micro & sse.Rakesh Kumar Sinha has been appointed Commissioner employment Guarantee ,Panchayat and RD.Akhtar Karim will now be Director Food Processing .Nilanjan Chatterjee has been made new Howrah Commissioner.

Abducted Malkangiri Collector's whereabouts still unknown
The Orissa has failed to get any clue about the fate of Malkangiri district collector R. V. Krishna who was abducted by Maoists three days back. Even as the state prepares for negotiation the whereabouts of the 2005 batch IAS offcer, Krishna and a junior engineer accompanying him is not known.

Orissa IAS officers is annoyed (UPDATED)
Orissa IAS officers Association has expressed concern and anguish over the kidnapping of Malakangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna by the Maoists.

CORPORATE
Pramit appointed Citi' representative
Pramit Jhaveri, CEO of Citibank India has been appointed, as Citi representative, on Citi's seven-member advisory board for its India operations. The new advisory board is designed to improve governance at the bank.

Avinash Kapoor quits American Axles and Manufacturing
Avinash Kapoor, Director Operations, has quit American Axles and Manufacturing.

Avinash Kapoor joins Helvoet Rubber
Avinash Kapoor has joined Halvoet Rubber as Director Operations.

K S Jamestin honoured with HR Leadership award
K S Jamestin has been conferred with HR leadership award at 19th Global HR excellence awards for his contributions in the field of human resources; be it from destitute child to corporate level negotiations, from implementing the CSR policies to effecting a sea change in the quality of work and living conditions of employees. Jamestin had saved numerous man-hours and money for the corporation. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Secretary, DPE, GoI presented the award to him.

M S Damle awarded Reid & Taylor "Retail Leadership award"
M S Damle, ED-Retail of HPCL has been conferred with the Reid & Taylor "Retail Leadership award" at the Asia Retail Congress 2011 held in Mumbai.

Prasanna Sankhe joins Alok Nanda's design unit
Prasanna Sankh, who has recently quit Publicis Ambience, has joined Alok Nanda & Co (ANC) to head its new design unit. He was with Publicis Ambience for over a decade and was designated National Creative Director at the time of leaving it.

Sudhakar Babu quits TOI, joins The Manipal Group
Sudhakar Babu, who has quit The Times of India Group is joining The Manipal Group - publisher of Udayavani, Roopatara, Taranga, Tushara and Tunturu - where he will be Director, Marketing, specifically in charge of the Group's various publication projects, mostly in Kannada. Babu, whose designation at the time of leaving was General Manager (Response) at TVL- a TOI Group subsidiary. At The Times of India group, Babu had held various middle and senior management positions during his 14 years stint with the TOI.

Karandikar resigns as Independent Director, Sarla Performance Fibres
Sanjay S. Karandikar has resigned from the position of Independent Director of Sarla Performance Fibres Ltd w.e.f. July 1, 2010.

Lakdawalla resigns as Non Exec. Independent Director, BSEL Infra Realty
Abbas Lakdawalla, Non-Executive, Independent Director of BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd has tendered his resignation from the Directorship of the Company with effect from February 14, 2011.

Spice Mobility appoints member for its Investors Grievance Committee
Spice Mobility Ltd has decided to appoint Ms. Divya Modi, a Director of the Company, as a member on the Investors' Grievance and Share Transfer Committee.

Parvathi appointed Director, Radix Industries
Radix Industries (India) Ltd has appointed Ms Gokaraju Parvathi as Director of the Company.

Vyricheria resigns as Director, LGS Global
Pradeep Kumar Dev Vyricherla, Independent Non Executive Director LGS Global Ltd has resigned as Director of the company

Vidyasagar resigns as COO, Sun TV
Ajay Vidyasagar, Chief Operating Officer, Sun TV, has put in his papers.

Babu joining The Manipal Group as Director (Marketing)
Sudhakar Babu of the Times of India Group is joining The Manipal Group as Director (Marketing) in charge of its various publication projects.

FORUM

An appeal to Rahul Gandhi

Rahul, please change the Political Governors and Administrators .They are not interested to get you and Congress in Power. Please see the condition of Daman & Diu , Da&NH Silvassa .Please send some good man who can do the work for people.

Sunil Sharma

Great Forum column

Today's Forum column (17th Feb. 2011) is really great. Every one has made solid contribution. I hope some body in the Government reads these views which are representative of the great majority of Indians. Some people have been appropriately called Chamchas of the younger Gandhi.

Satya Singhal

The Story of decline of a great Government department

This is with reference to the views expressed under the heading Loathed & detested Finance and account personnel which appeared in WIC on Feb 15, 2011 from a retired Postal Accounts Officer. In this regard I would like to tell a story which is like a case study on how an organization withers & declines. The P&T Department was bifurcated in year 1986. Prior to that the administration & management was looked after by the Indian Postal Service (IPS), the technical aspects of telephony & telegraphs by the Indian Technical Service (ITS), the Accounts by the Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service (IP&TAFS). When the P&T Department was bifurcated the ITS took over administration & management of Telecom Circles & the IPS took over administration & management of Postal Circles. The IP&TAFS continued to manage both Departments but the cadre controlling Authority was the Department of Telecom. In DOT with rapid expansion of telephone lines, the posts of ITS grew to such an extent that there was a post of General Manager in each District based on the number of telephone lines. While the Telephone Exchanges & size of switches became smaller & smaller due to advance in technology & expansion of telephony became easier & the norms for creation of posts of ITS should have been tightened but this did not happen. Moreover lower posts in Group-B, C & D were surrendered & abolished & higher posts created. As a result the hierarchy became an inverted triangle with too many posts of Officers at the top & acute shortage of working hands at ground level. So much so that against every lineman's post there was one post of Officer for supervising whereas in earlier times there was one officer supervising 15 line man. For creation of posts of Officers in ITS & Finance Service the field posts of Lineman were surrendered as matching savings. Thus posts which were not in the line of promotion or hierarchy of these posts were surrendered giving a severe blow to efficiency of telephone lines & repairs in the field & outdoor activities was affected. All proposals for creation of new posts of ITS Officers were cleared by the Accounts line Officers in a jiffy because as a counter bargain they had reached an unwritten agreement that with the creation of every post of GMT(SAG)/CGMT(HAG) one post of DGM(F) JAG/GM(F) SAG in Accounts line as Financial Adviser would also be created. As a result the number of posts in Accounts line swelled & number of officers was less. As a result they got accelerated promotions so much so that after completing probation period these IP&TAFS Officers would work for barely a year in STS & get Ad-hoc promotion in JAG. Thus their own batch mates selected from the same civil service exam were left way behind because IPOS got promotion to JAG after putting in 10-11 years of service in JTS/STS & similarly 10-11 years in JAG for promotion to SAG. Since the Finance & Accounts Service was common to both Departments thus they brought along all the bad culture from Telecom which did not go well with the work atmosphere of DOP. The Accounts line Officers posted in DOP started demanding vehicles when even the posts of Director Postal Services incharge of Postal Operations & who have to carry out inspections & visits of areas as large as entire States, did not have any vehicles. In DOT every foreign tour is cleared only when Finance & Accounts Officers are also included in the entourage. Since DOT was earning profit therefore such largesse was possible & no one cared but in DOP the situation was reverse & economy in expenditure required that bare essential number of officers go on foreign trips to reduce expenditure. Thus the DOT could not bear the heavy burden of too many ITS & AFS posts & the DOT became unviable. Now plans are afoot to sell off BSNL/MTNL etc & options have also been called for from ITS & AFS Officers. The AFS Officers, majority of them have opted for government service & the DOP is not in a position to absorb all of them, as number of Accounts line officers is too high & sanctioned posts in DOP are less. Thus now AFS Officers are clamouring for creation of more posts in DOP so that they can all be accommodated & absorbed in DOP, which will only result in sharing the scarce resources & overburdening the Postal system with excess posts not required. Thus the AFS is now cooking up a recipe for the sad demise of DOP after having successfully completed the task of decimating the DOT. It is a known fact that the service lacks professionalism of Audit & Accounts and best solution will be to disband the service & merge it with any of the existing Accounts Services & in future all Accounts Services in DOP can be managed by the Indian Audit & Accounts Service. This will usher in professionalism in the Department in the Accounts Wing. There is too much of a plethora of Accounts Services in the Government & these need to be consolidated, strengthened, merged & restricted to just 1 or 2 services.

Ritu Sharma

Playing Ice-Pice

I am very much disturbed since I came to know through Forum that as per DOPT O.M No. 19/1/2008 CS I(P) dated 20th July 2010, the 220 posts of Directors created in CSS cadre are at the cost of other services as it has resulted in Net increase of 160 posts at DS/Director level in CSS cadre which will come from diversion of posts from the Central Staffing Scheme. This is most unfortunate. Already it is so very much difficult to get deputation in Central Ministries & now the number of available posts has been further reduced. Why the posts should be poached from the Central Staffing deputation posts? Why the CSS should benefit at cost of other services? This dirty trick has been played because there is no one to protest this injustice as Central Services are not united. What are the total number of posts available on offer for deputation in the Central Government in Director Grade? What is the composition of percentage representation for each service especially the Central Services. I request DOP&T to inform readers of exact position. Out of these total deputation posts of Directors how many posts are filled up with IAS and from Central Services?

The IAS & CSS Babus play ice - pice with the central services to keep them occupied & divert their attention from main issues. While the Central Services are made to tie the handkerchief on their eyes & their attention diverted to playing ice-pice & given a make belief idea of level playing field & that they will get their due & so central service officer believes & starts playing the game of trying to reach out & touch the IAS & CSS Babus who in the meanwhile jump & frolic around with numerous innovative ideas in secretariat scheming & join hands & quietly disappear with the prize & central service officer continues with his eye band on & remains sincerely doing his job of searching in the dark not realizing they have already fled & even if he spends his life time he will not be able to touch these two & be anywhere near them. In the States the IAS Babus brow beat & implicate such highly professional services like Police & Forest & then repeat the same exercise when posted in Central Ministries.

I feel best thing will be that all the Central Services unite & come under common platform. Only when we are united can such vested interests be broken. All the Presidents of each Service Association should come under one platform & the President of this Forum could be on rotation basis every year. The Officers Associations will have to become effective & represent in the National JCM also. All Presidents may fix date and assemble at CSOI (Civil Services Officers Institute) on first Sunday of every April, July, October & January of each year to discuss a combined strategy to safe guard interests of other services & stop this kind of step motherly treatment.

Brajesh Kumar Yadav

Emulate Gen. V.K. Singh

CJ and SC should emulate Gen. V.K. Singh who took bold steps to cleanse the Army of corruption by initiating Court martial proceedings against top Army Officers. The public is alarmed at the sad and pathetic plight of HCs and SC keeping a mummy like silence when an MP from Kerala publicly announced that he was a witness when Lakhs of Rs were paid to a SC Judge for overturning a bar licence cancellation. Another instance is the efforts of Ex-CJ, KG Balakrishnan to keep his ill-gotten assets from public domain. If every Judge or bureaucrat thinks that his assets are personal information, then there will not be any public accountability and end to corruption. Such allegations against Judges and actions by them will destroy the faith of common man in judiciary. SC CJ should suo-motto order an enquiry into these allegations instead of sitting like a mute spectator. The entire procedure for recruiting officers to higher judiciary should be reviewed. The present collegium system can only bring in corruption. There should be an enquiry into the selection of judges during Balakrishnan's time as CJ and Bhradwaj's time as law minister. Many feel that it were a case of "you scratch my back, I will yours" system. The way Balakrishnan got an important post retirement job has lend credibility to this allegation.

N Krishnan

All scams only end with a whisker

I must have read newspapers for approx 10000 days as of today and can bet that at least 9500 days the newspapers have carried story of one scam or the other. Story of each scam, like story of our world famous bollywood movies, have a similar sequence i.e. start with a high drama, build up small predictable climax and then end with a whisker. The end of every scam story has a uncanny similarity to our bombaiah movies with each having a happy ending. Scams like our movies keep everyone engage for a while, give them some pleasure and then suddenly vanish in thin air. I am yet to see a different ending for any 'popular scam' and I am more than 200% sure that even the current ones will have the same ending. I am ready to bet with anyone on the same including the CBI director. Any takers?

MB

PM's conference - a futile exercise

Many have commented (even on this site) on the Prime Minister's interaction with the editors of electronic media. Let me add my sentiments over this futile exercise which confused and outraged the country. Prime Minister's responses to many of the questions were indeed pathetic. Why 2G spectrum loot was allowed to take place? Answer-one has to make compromises in coalition. What a message? Letting a coalition partner rob the exchequer of huge amount is a compulsion of coalition dharma. Why call it dharma, I am foxed. Presumptive loss is no loss since we never knew the actual revenue it would have fetched if the auction route was followed said the Prime Minister. Voicing the same thoughts as his HRD cum Telecom minister. Was it not proved by the 'kill' these companies made soon after buying 2G spectrum by selling the same at many times the buying cost. But the most atrocious statement was comparing the give-away of Spectrum to the Corporate houses at cheaper rates with the subsidies given to farmers on fertilizers. Bracketing our poor farmers with the Ambanis, Tatas, Ruias, Mittals and Dhoots, no way Prime Minister. Our farmers provide food to the country but these Corporates only add to their own billions collecting best of luxuries from all over the World. Prime minister's response to price rise was also typical of the actual growth rate effect where we are adding more to the billionaires' list but depriving the poor of even two square meals for the day. According to our Prime minister we have to choose between growth and inflation. Growth is fine if it helps our poor to meet their basic needs as also lift their lot from the desperate conditions they are in. But what this growth is actually doing. Making a few super rich while pushing more and more into the ditch of poverty. We will therefore choose price control over growth, Prime Minister if that is the choice though I fail to understand with my little knowledge of economics why both cannot go togather. I wish our great economist that Prime minister is clarifies this to the nation.

Aarti Khosla

Poor police administration in Orissa

The abduction of Krishna DM Malkangiri shows how poor is the police administration in the state. Further there is a need to adopt a specialized approach in such naxalite infested areas. We know that people there are poor and the pilferage of public goods continues to happen with impunity. The recent approach of the centre and state viz. to issue land rights and allow collection of minor forest produces appears to be absolutely a short term approach. If we want the people to live happily on a long term basis what we need is to ensure that we offer them an option to either live in a modern style i.e. in multistoried houses (where scarce land resource is factored) or to live in the lap of nature. Further if they choose the second option then the onus will be on the state to ensure that nature and what ever comes with it is maintained in its pristine form. We can only go about it if we are to ensure that natural forest areas and natural habitats are made inviolate and out of bounds of commercial activities. This is the only way by which the long term interests of those people who intend to continue to live in the lap of nature. About Krishna one more fall out will be when (God forbidding) a lower rung government functionary is abducted, then what will be the state's response? Can we expect a similar exchange program and cessation of operations? Perhaps an answer here will determine as to do we carry on with governance.

Shantanu

Welcome

My hearty welcome to Madam Lilly as our Director (Finance)...

PHILIP LIVINGSTON S

We heart fully welcome Lilly Madam as our great Director (Finance)....

Vikraman A

Ideal Choice

I entirely agree with Dudani that Butola is the ideal choice for appointment as IOC chairman. I wish him all success in his new assignment.

P K Kailasa Babu

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)