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In UPA's stint seems scams and scamsters are trying to outdo each other!!!

Every scam that comes out and people say ' this one is Scams ki Mother'!!!

And then a bigger one comes out!!!

And then ' this one is the Mother of scams' Media and Public do shout!!!

After the 2 G now a bigger S band scam has come out!!!!

Though at present this is the biggest one a bigger one is on the way without a doubt!

S Band Scam its being said is worth Rs. 2 lakh crores!!!

Why do you think now Public says UPA is 'by and for Chors'????

ISRO comes under the PM and this time Mohna will be giving himself the clean chit!

Or will he take the hit??????

Of course Glib Talker Sibal and Court Liar Montek will be pressed into duty!!!!

And rest assured from them we'll get one after another ' beauty'!!

Most probably it'll be said ISRO has technocrats and PM is one too!!!

With the commercial angle they have nothing to do!!!

Another one .......for spectrum allotment in ISRO there was no commercial precedence!!!

You can expect from UPA such nonsense!

Pranab Da is singing ' mein Budget banaoo'!!!

'Ya JPC pe Opposition ko manaoo'!!

It's now being said UPA has found a face saving way!!!

Via this way ' after a debate in the House we saw the merit in JPC' UPA will say!

For two days in Lok Sabha JPC will be debated!!!!

But then Public will ask ' why for so long UPA waited'???

UPA will lament 'rather than boycotting Opposition should have debated JPC issue'!!

To wipe the 'valuable time lost' blot UPA will use this tissue!!

Congressmen play follow the Leader to the hilt!!!

As Rahul went into the hospital a 'me too' riot erupted outside and the affected girl hid in her quilt!

Chamchas standing outside felt 'If our Leader could go in for a photo-op why not us'?????

The melee made patients and staff in the Hospital cuss!!

Rahul could have sent his reps and brought the girl to Delhi for further ilaaj!!

For trying to score brownie points out of this girl's torture Rahul ko aani chahiye laaj!!

And like a kid he thumbed his nose at Maya ' dare you to come'!!!

To his senses Rahul needs to come!!

Maya should look at Laloo's case!!!

There was Jungle Raaj in Bihar and people's wrath karr raha hai Laloo face!!

Now UP needs a Nitish Kumar kind of Neta and Maya and Mulayam will be history!

Like Laloo inn ki bhi ho jaye gi 'end of story'!!!

And Rahul is not that Neta...... not by miles!!!!!

Till he gets an opportunity to parachute into PM's Chair time he wiles (away)!!!

Dalits are realizing that Maya is actually a Memsahib!!!!

Not a patch like Baba Sahib!!

Basically if any order has to come in UP Badlands carving up of UP has to be done!

Such a humongous State is impossible to run!!

It's being said the Nifty will come down to 5000 level!!!

And again many a fortune Nifty will level!!!

Brokers are still gung-ho and still say Bull Run will restart!!

Making uloo of Investors is an art!!

They say for his 1% commission a Property Broker can put his client's crores at stake!

Broker is only worried in any Deal about his take!!

Confucius says..... Brokers statements should be taken with a pinch of namak!!!

All that glitters is not gold so please verify Broker shown chamak dhamak!!!!

Flash..... PMO says ' no deal between ISRO and Dewas'!!!!

PMO says 'it is all bakwaas'!!!

PMO stresses 'there has been no revenue loss'!!!!

Whereas as per CAG record of 2 G Scam S Spectrum scam does cross!!!

More details are awaited!!!!

We cannot take as Gospel what PMO has stated!!!

Bharat Kumar

Varun Gandhi to get married with Ms. Yamini on March 6
Former Union Minister Ms. Maneka Gandhi's son Varun Gandhi, MP will be getting married with Miss Yamini at Shankaracharya Ashram, Varanasi on March 6, 2011. Reception will be held at Ashok Hotel, Delhi on March 8, 2011.

Maharashtra Dy CM Pawar's relationship with journalists at a new low
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's relationship with journalists has touched a new low with the former taking offences to constant interruptions by the scribes eager to ask some questions. Pawar lost temper and even asked the police to beat up the journalists. A delegation of journalists from print and electronic media representing various organizations on Tuesday met the governor K Sankaranarayanan and the chief minster Prithivraj Chavan against the treatment met to the journos and presented a memorandum to both of them demanding an unconditional apology from Pawar.

Ambassadorial appointments likely in a few weeks
As the grapevine has it, appointment of seven to eight Indian Ambassadors to different nations may take a final shape only after February 15, 2011.

Gurjeet Singh loses race for Spain's Ambassador
Gurjeet Singh, 1980 batch IFS officer, seems to have lost race for the post of Indian Ambassador in Spain.

Original plan and what next ?
Posting of S K Sharma as Secretary Financial Services has changed the entire scenario. Infact, Sharma was to be made Secretary Defence and R K Singh was to be moved as Secretary Home. R K Mathur was to be made Secretary Defence Production. Now the entire scenario has changed and nobody knows what next? Posting of R K Singh is however being considered as a certainty as Secretary Home in July.

Who will head the CIL?
Who will head the Coal India Ltd (CIL) once Partha S. Bhattacharyya, its Chairman, retires on February 28, 2011. There are two options. First, senior most Directors i.e. Jha Director Technical in CIL may be given the Chairmanship till a full time Chairman was appointed. Second, option was to appoint Alok Perti (1977 batch IAS officer from Assam cadre) as the Chairman, CIL .Presently he is Special Secretary in the Coal Ministry. However, N.C. Jha is already holding charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of SECL.

Vipul Mittra's rated as best seller book by Crossword store chain
Vipul Mittra's maiden book titled "Pyramid of Virgin dreams" published by Rupa in that was launched by noted billiards player Geet Sethi in Ahmedabad on January 30, 2011 has been rated as the best seller by the famous "Crossword" chain of stores.The book has gone for its 3rd reprint. Interestingly, it has overtaken a novel by famous author Chetan Bhagat titled "2 states (The story of my marriage)" .It is Vipul Mittra's first work of fiction and is a witty, satiric description of the life of Kartikeya Kukreja, the protagonist of the book and a bureaucrat who sees life around him in a quirky, sardonic manner. It is the story of a middle-class boy, his growing years, and his perceptions of bureaucracy and society. The story oscillates between Kartikeya's dreams and reality. It describes his fantasies, unfulfilled virgin dreams and the happenings within and outside the pyramid of Indian bureaucracy. Mittra is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who hails from the Gujarat cadre. For more information logonto www.vipulmittra.com

Kamlesh Prasad to be Member, Postal Board
Kamlesh Prasad is soon going to be elevated as a Member of the Indian Postal Board.

Satya Gopal to move to Delhi
Administrator in Daman-Diu Satya Gopal is all set to return Delhi soon. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Rakesh Mehta may not be Chairman of DERC ?
Rakesh Mehta may not become Member of the DERC, thanks to some judicial decision.1975 batch IAS officer Mehta is presently Chief Secretary of the Delhi Government.

Ms. Vibha Govil Mishra appointed as Deputy Secretary, DOPT
Ms. Vibha Govil Mishra has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, DOPT in Government of India. She is an IP&TA and FS cadre officer of the1997 batch.

Rajiv Kher elevated as Additional Secretary
Rajiv Kher who so far was a Joint Secretary in Ministry of Commerce has been promoted as Additional Secretary in the same Ministry in place of D.K. Mittal, since the latter had become Secretary Corporate Affairs . Kher is an IAS officer of the1980 batch who belongs to the
UP cadre.

S.K. Tripathi gets additional charge
S.K. Tripathi, Secretary (R), Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India will also look after the additional charge of DG (Security) in Government of India.He is RAS Cadre officer of the1972 batch.

CBEC to have 5 vacancies till March 31, 2012
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) will have five new members by March 31, 2012. While a vacancy will arise by March 2011, four vacancies will arise in the financial year of 2011-12.

Amitesh to go to Singapore

Amitesh Bharat Singh is all set to go Singapore on foreign posting. He is 1997 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Somesh Goel's central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of Somesh Goel. He is an IPS officer of the1987 who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

DPC takes place for promotion to Lt General rank
DPC has taken place for the promotion of 18 Majors General to the rank of Lt General. Result is now awaited.

IDAS officers to get HAG soon
As the grapevine has it, senior IDAS officers are soon going to get elevated to the higher administrative grade (HAG).

Over 25 senior faculty members in race for PGIMER director's post
Over 25 senior faculty members from the institute itself were in race for the director's post at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). There is a growing demand for an insider to adorn the post.

SC rules on VR
The management of a nationalised bank has the discretion either to accept or reject an employee's request for voluntary retirement under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) and he cannot claim a mandatory right that his request should be accepted, the Supreme Court has recently held.

Nobody appointed in place of Ms. Sheela Thomas
The post of Principal Secretary (PS) to Kerala Chief Minister and PS Information and Publicity (IPR) has been lying vacant since previous incumbent Ms. Sheela Thomas on central deputation has assumed charge as Chairman, Rubber Board. Ms. Sheela Thomas is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Extension to S.A Bhardwaj, Director (Technical), NPCIL likely
As the grapevine has it, two year extension to S.A Bhardwaj, Director (Technical) in the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is on the anvil.

Notification on Kerala assembly polls next month
As the grapevine has it, notification regarding assembly polls in Kerala is likely in March 2011.

Rajasthan High court has 10 vacancies
As the grapevine has it, the Rajasthan High Court has got at least 10 vacancies of judges.

Area of cooperation between Himachal and Israel discussed
Ram Subhag Singh (IAS : 1987), Secretary Agriculture and Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday discuss the area of co-operation between Himachal and Israel with Mark Shofer, Israeli Ambassador to India in New Delhi. Singh also presented book on Himachal tourism to Shofer on the occasion.

Railways transfers and postings
Umesh Kumar of JAG/IRSSE has been on return from deputation to CR, transferred to WR to be posted to the cadre, VS Jaipuriar of SS/IRSS has been transferred from ECR to JAG on Notional basis with reference to the date of promotion of his imme diate Jr. Samir Kumar Das, presently working on SER, Tanmay Mehta of SG/IRSME has been transferred from NR to CLW and appointed to officiate in SAG and SK Budhalakoti, GM has been transferred from NR to NWR to look after the duties of the post of GM/NWR in addition to his own, for the period from Feb 2, 2011 to Feb 13, 2011 or till resumption of duties by RC Agarwal, GM/NWR, proceeding on leave.

Protesting PIA staffers disrupt flights in Pakistan
Protests by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Pilots, Engineers and some other staff Associations on Tuesday disrupted some domestic as well as international flights from Karachi. The authorities had earlier sacked Sohail Baluch, President of PIA Pilots Association on charges of instigating workers to strike work. While the staffers claim they are protesting against a recent agreement between PIA and the Turkish airline which they consider detrimental to workers interests the authorities insist that no such agreement has been signed.

Two IAS officers transferred in AP
The Andhra Pradesh Government transferred two IAS officers and posted them as Principal Secretaries. Those officers transferred include Dr. A. Vidyasagar, Special Commissioner, Land Administration, Hyderabad who has been posted as Principal Secretary (Tribal Welfare). He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who hails from Andhra Pradesh cadre. Likewise, Dr. Rajiv Sharma, Director General and Executive Director, Centre for Good Governance has been posted as Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch, AP cadre.

Five IAS from AP to participate in Training at LBSNAA
The Andhra Pradesh Government relieved five IAS officers of Andhra Pradesh cadre to facilitate their participation in the 109th Induction Training Programme for IAS at the LBSNAA, Mussoorie from Feb 14 to April 8, 2011. The IAS officers attending the training are K. Harshavardhan, A. Sharath, P. Bhaskara and Mrs. Parvathi Subramanian all from the 2005 batch and V. Satyanarayana of the 2004 batch.

Venugopala Rao posted as SP, CID Hyderabad
The Andhra Pradesh government posted K. Venugopala Rao, IPS (SPS:1998), Superintendent of Police, (Waiting) as Superintendent of Police, CID, Hyderabad.

Mrs. Nayak posted as SP, Women Protection Cell, Hyderabad
Mrs. D. Kalpana Nayak, IPS Superintendent of Police, on inter cadre deputation from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Women Protection Cell, CID, Hyderabad. She is an IPS officer of the 1998 batch who hails from TN cadre.

AP creates new ex-cadre post of CF, posts Rao
The Andhra Pradesh government has created an ex-cadre post of Conservator of Forests and posted R.V. Rao IFS officer of the state cadre who belongs to the 1980 batch as Conservator of Forests/Forest Utilisation Officer, in the Office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF), Hyderabad with effect from 1.9.1993.

AP relieves Vijay Kumar for IB posting
The Andhra Pradesh Government has relieved Vijay Kumar DIG, CID, Hyderabad and placed his services with the GoI to facilitate his posting to the Intelligence Bureau. He is an IPS officer of the 1997 batch who hails from AP cadre.

AP reconstitutes DPC for Senior Time scales for IFS officers
The Andhra Pradesh government has reconstituted the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) to decide suitability to Senior Time Scales of Indian Forest Service officers. The committee comprises of following members- Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. S.V. Kumar, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (FDA), Hyderabad and A.V. Joseph, APCCF (CAMPA), Hyderabad.

Janaki gets additional charge of Project Officer, ITDA, Bhadrachalam
Mrs.M. Janaki, Sub-Collector, Bhadrachalam Andhra Pradesh has been entrusted with the additional charge of Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Bhadrachalam. She is an IAS officer of the 2005 batch who hails from Andhra Pradesh cadre.

IAS postings in HP
Ritesh Chauhan has been appointed DC Bilaspur.Rajiv Shankar will now be DC of Lahol Spiti.

SP shifted in UP
Bahraich SP Sanjay Kackar has been transferred to RTC Chunar as Commandant.

NTPC - the Most Respected Company in Power Sector (UPDATED)
NTPC the largest power utility in the country has been bestowed the honour of being the most respected company in Power Sector for the year 2011 by Businessworld. The Award was presented by Union Minister of Finance Pranab Mukherjee to NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury at a function in New Delhi. The company has been awarded for its innovativeness, depth and quality of top management, ethics, transparency, quality of product/ services, people practices, global competitiveness, financial performance and return to shareholders. The selection is based on a survey by Ipsos Indica Research of 249 companies based on 757 respondents in phase I and 506 respondents in phase II. NTPC lights up every third bulb in the country with a total installed capacity of over 33000 MW and plans to be a 75000MW company by 2017.

Judge of Kerala High Court Appointed (UPDATED)
Justice Madathiparambil Lonappan Joseph Francis, Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court has been appointed Judge of the Kerala High Court with effect from February 11, 2011.


Additional Judges of Bombay High Court Appointed (UPDATED)
Pramod Dattaram Kode, Umesh Dattatraya Salvi, Shrihari Purushottam Davare and Anil Ramchandra Joshi, Mrs. Mridula Ramesh Bhatkar, Anand Vasantrao Potdar,Filomeno Manuel Lopo Sales Rosario Dos Reis, Rajesh Govind Ketkar and Ravi Krishnaro Deshpande have been appointed Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court in that order of seniority for a period of one year.



Railways transfers and postings (UPDATED)
KK Patro of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SER to ER, and posted as ADRM/HWH vice Sh. SR Ghoshal SAG/IRSME, PV Barapatre of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SECR to CR, and posted as ADRM/BSL vice Sh. RD Meena, SAG/IRSEE, SN Jaiswal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from CR to RSC and posted as Sr. Professor(Management) vice Sh. VK Saxena, SAG/IRSME, orders for whom will follow, SR Ghoshal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ER to Should be posted in the Rly itself in the cadre, Gautam Majumdar of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SWR to RWF/MSY and posted in the cadre, RK Singh of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred to IRIEEN in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, Prem Chand of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred to be posted in the cadre on SWR itself, RB Singh of SAG/IRSEE has been on being relieved from the post of ADRM/BSP transferred from SECR to WR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre on the Rly itself, Dinesh Kumar of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from SER to WR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre by making local adjustments, CJ Jeengar of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from ECOR to to NER in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, RK Mehta of SAG/IRSEE on being relieved from the post of ADRM/Malda trfrd to CR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre by making suitable local adjustments, RD Meena of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from CR to to WR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, NK Mohanty of SAG/IRSEE has been on return from deputation transferred to SER in the cadre.

Arvind Gaur is APS to Vayalar Ravi Aviation Minister (UPDATED)
Arvind Gaur has taken over as additional private secretary (APS) to Indian Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi. Gaur is known as an upright and a competent officer. He had earlier worked with Suresh Pachori former while the latter was Minister of State for Personnel. Arvind Gaur is CSS cadre officer of the 2004 batch.

DEBATE

CAN RAHUL GANDHI BECOME "MAHATMA GANDHI " IN THIS "KALYUG"?
He is an icon for the Indian youth in more than one way who wants to build cadre of Congress at grassroots and striving hard to do a Mahatma Gandhi in today's " Kalyug "by injecting a whiff of fresh air. Yes, he is none other than AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi who has been going from place to place. Whispers has decided to conduct a debate on"Dos' " and "Don'ts" for Rahul Gandhi. Surfers are requested to mail their views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com.

CORPORATE
Sampath is Non-Exec. Chairman Thirumalai Chemicals
The Board of Thirumalai Chemicals Limited has appointed R. Sampath as an Additional Director of the Company and elected him as the Non-executive Chairman of the Company w.e.f. February 07, 2011.

Aggarwal resigns as Director, Radha Madhav Corporation
Satyendra Pal Aggarwal has resigned from the post of Director of Radha Madhav Corporation Ltd .

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, Everonn Education
Everonn Education Limited has appointed Dr.M.S.Vijay Kumar as an Additional Director of the Company.

Vidyaprakash re-appointed Exec. Chairman Super Spinning Mills
Super Spinning Mills Limited has re-appointed Mr. Vidyaprakash D as Executive Chairman of the company.

Ramamurthi appointed MD, Super Spinning Mills
Sumanth Ramamurthi has been appointed as Managing Director of Super Spinning Mills Ltd for a period of three years with effect from April 01, 2011.

Bansal ceases to be Director, CPCL
B.M. Bansal, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited has ceased to be a Director on the Board of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) effective January 31, 2011 consequent to his superannuation from the services of Indian Oil Corporation Limited.

KSIIDC nominates Director on JSW Steel Board
The Karnataka State Industrial Investment & Development Corporation Limited (KSIIDC) has nominated M. Maheshwar Rao, IAS, as its Nominee Director on the Board of JSW Steel Ltd in place of Ms. Vandita Sharma, IAS.

Dilip Shanghvi wins award
Dilip Shanghvi, Chairman and Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, has won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 award.

FORUM
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Playing from the gallery

DEBATE -He is playing from the gallery. He should first take some responsibility of any post. even in his personal life he has no responsibility. Will be a disaster PM if he becomes ever.

Meenaxi

Honest officers victimized

Everybody talks about action against the bribe takers. No body talks about the people who refused bribe and got the bribe givers trapped through premier investigating agency of India. The officers who refused bribe were victimisd by their own office/agency. No one is bother about them.

Sundari Gera

PM should consider raise retirement age

Prime Minister should also consider the raise in the age of retirement in the coming budget so that he fulfills his promise to the class which actually supports him for his kind words and style of working. He should oblige them as it is very late.

Kunwar Ramsmiran

Treat everyone uniformly

Yes, all those officers who were denied promotion on weak grounds should drag the GoI to Supreme Court. There are numerous cases in which officers have been dropped for promotion merely because they had a below benchmark grading of Good and that too when there was not even a single warning or admonition issued against them. Mind you such officers were not considered fit for promotion despite fact they did not have any FIR lodged against them, no complaint, no enquiry, no disciplinary case - nothing at all. Yet they were not promoted & their fate sealed. The case of P.J Thomas must & should open the floodgates against such injustice. If Thomas can be strongly defended & backed by GoI for CVC post then similar favour should be extended to all those hapless officers who were dropped merely because their immediate superior graded them as Good without substantiating it. Everyone does not have same ability for providing sewa-paani & therefore Reporting Officers should lower expectations in this regard from honest & hardworking subordinates & they should not be made to suffer for life by such motivated Grading in ACR. GOI should not adopt double standards.

Ritu Sharma

Pull the curtain from drama of arrogance

Please refer to the whisper which appeared in WIC under the caption CVC, PJ Thomas may be shifted. I am unable to understand why this government is so desperate that it is bending over backwards & offering a choice of not less then three posts to P.J Thomas & all that is required from him is to tick one of the choices, but he is not impressed & wants to be appointed as a Governor so that he can enjoy protection from prosecution. I envy these IAS officers who made an effort only once in their life by passing one exam & thereafter have enjoyed throughout their career the perks, privileges & comforts of their post, who have never taken any risk in their life, never ever opposed any directions from their political masters despite knowing fully well that it may results in loss of crores to the country, have strutted around with an air of supremacy as if their merely occupying the high chair is a great favour bestowed by them upon the hapless people of India. The only aim of such officers was to get outstanding ACRs which opened the ladder of progress for them therefore they never got perturbed by anything & introduced no reforms & ensured that nothing was disturbed as they did not want to make any efforts. Change requires initiative, improvement requires effort & all this is anathema to such people. If this is called an illustrious career which remained eventless & the posts held by the officer were a mere incident of service for which except for sycophancy & complacency nothing else was required & yet the government bends before these select few. As per government rules even Leave is not the right of a Government servant & granting leave can be denied then how come after retirement re-employment is considered a right by the likes of PJ Thomas. He should be kicked out immediately. We have had enough of this drama. He has become a National embarrassment.

Dimpy Chopra

What's so unusual about one particular JS going on leave?

This is regarding one news item captioned under heading "S.K.G. Rahate Joint Secretary Agriculture on leave" which appeared on 8th Feb. I went through the news item expecting something earth shaking but it contained nothing of news value. As you are aware the government of India has more than one hundred posts of Joint Secretaries in the main Ministries alone, thus what is so unusual about one particular Joint Secretary going on leave? Please avoid giving prominence to such mundane news & wasting valuable resources. No one is interested in knowing the so called 'personal reasons' for which leave is being availed by officer. It will be better if valuable space is used for exposing corruption. This will be of great service to the nation.

Lok Nath Mehra

Corruption in POSTS - Fall out of the then Secretary's genius

The stink of corruption in POSTS as observed by him in your columns has its origin in the genius of the then Secretary Posts who discovered that the Transaction of Business rules of Government of India can very easily be overlooked and as such started the practice of either not referring the cases for Finance advice or ignoring their advice if it did not serve his purpose. Incurring expenditure on POSTECH 2000 exhibition held by a private party in Pragati Maidan is a case in point. It is high time CAG issues a press note intimating the total amount of fiscal loss involved in the audit objections which are yet to be settled by the concerned departments inspite of expiry of the prescribed time limit for the pubic at large.

S K Sharma

Charge sheeted officials must file writ for discrimination

The GoI in the case of PJ Thomas submitted reply stating that charge sheet can not create any obstacle in promotion and posting to higher grade and even sensitive posts. This reply is now a public document and hence can be used by those who have been refused promotion on the basis of charge sheet. Discrimination of any type is the violation of Fundamental Rights enshrined in Articles 14&21 of the Constitution. Thus, any victim can file a Writ under Article 226 in the High Court or under Article 32 in the Supreme Court.

S K Singh

To met shortage in Army, attract youth

Shortage in Army was first felt during Kargil war. To attract the young blood in Army, it is necessary to provoke the interest of young blood. But no steps have been taken since Kargil. I would like to propose to provoke the interest of young blood through NCC. Only those public schools be approved those have NCC in there schools.

Ramesh Chhabra

Do not write off 'Spectrum' Raja

Congress President may choose him as the next Presidential candidate. Tail wagging Congressmen will blindly support him cocking a snook at the intelligentia, press and the public.

N Krishnan

Obliged to wonder

In this fracas over the CVC selection, one is obliged to wonder if P J Thomas would have been the first in line for Cabinet Secretary's post on 30th June 2011, unless ?

AP

She deserves appreciation

One such officer in DOT who deserves all appreciation for conducting the 3G auction that was a revenue spinner to the Government is the Member (Finance) Telecom Commission Mrs. Vijayalaxmy Gupta. Her efforts should indeed be appreciated by the GOI.

Anita

Prasad will be remembered for his compassion

R R Prasad IPS, ex DGP of Bihar and Member of the State Human Rights Commission of Bihar, was a warm and generous personality. Compassionate, helpful and popular among the rank and file, he will be remembered by his many admirers within the Police and outside. His services to the downtrodden and needy were many and varied, and will always be remembered. May God grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the family to bear the irreparable loss.

A K Singh

Why "Woman to succeed..."?

The title is sexist. Why "Woman to succeed..."? If you want to make a point that an Indian Diplomat at a multilateral body is being replaced by another national, highlight the nationality.

Rajesh Singh