Impact of WIC in SC !

Whispers in the Corridors and Supreme Court of India seem to complement each other. Taking another cue from WIC, SC has given notice to Union of India asking them for the guidelines to tap telephones.

Justice (Retd) Khanna

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Aaj Ki Aawaz

On The ITAT order implicating Q Congress offered no comment!!!!

But Rahul let out a lament!!

He said come election and Opposition flogs this dead horse!!!!

So does this mean on the Nation a mid term poll Congress is going to enforce???

Because at present there is no election for Opposition to flog this dead ghoda!!!

And another titbit is after saying this Rahul literally 'dauda' (ran)!!

Fact of the matter is BJP is not behind this order it is ITAT that revived the dead ghoda!!!

Yeh bomb Opposition ne nahi but ITAT ne hai phodaa (burst)!!!

And Mohna Ji letting off crooks is what shows India in poor light!!!!!

Like in Q's case to subvert Country's Law for Q the Sarkaar put up a fight!!!

Now what will Madam Ji do after announcing the 5 point programme to fight ghoos?????

In this matter her programme will go 'phus'!!!

Now Singhvi and Sibal will be pressed into action to deceive!!!!

A web of lies both will weave!!!

The ITAT order clearly shows Q received his cut and all know why Q got it!!!

In Delhi officially as Snam's rep he did sit!!

CBI has said ' Q had uninhibited access to 7 Race Course!!!!

Was in Delhi a 'power source'!!

Snam is not into armaments... so why did Q get a cut in the Bofors payout???

His proximity to the then PM shows that Q got matters for Bofors sorted out!!

Congress keeps saying that Congress is only concerned about Rajiv's name!!!!!

Now that it is official that Q got ghoos Congress's defence is lame!!!

Inflation is rising ...... and Congress is caught up in denying corruption charges!!!!!

Corruption charges fires flare up and to put out fires Congress charges!!

The news from the street is Congress is now 'bad news'!!!!

Choices abuses for Congress people do use!!

Don't blame them.... Congress led Sarkaar has made kitchen inflation rocket!

And huge ammounts of ghoos Mantris did pocket!!

And Mohna Ji this inflation is not on global cues!!!!

Indian red onions are cheaper in London than here..... so there goes your inflation ruse!

In Mumbai Port 200 MT onions are rotting... someone powerful is behind this rot!!

Wanted prices to remain 'very hot'!!

BJP needs to close ranks and should not 'trivialize' Congress's blots!!!

And now Congress's blots are lots and lots!!

Only field Sushma , Jaitley , Prasad and Nirmala and responses should be 'planned'!!

Mikes by only these four should be manned!!

All others should refrain from giving their comments or making statements!!

And please do not let this be a fight for upmanship between 'power tents'!!!

As BJP is known as the 'tentwallahs Party' in BJP quite a few power tents are there!

And all the tents vie ultimately for The Chair!!!

The Chair is still a long way away... so why not first get BJP the right to make someone sit on it!!!

For getting this right BJP should erect a BJP tent and all in this tent should sit!!

Confucius says..... but ambition is hard to suppress..... more so for a Neta!!!!

Harr saans mein Neta apna hee naam hai lethaa!!!!

Flash.....despite ITAT revelation CBI has told Court 'not enough evidence for Q's prosecution'!!!!

Now let us see if Court will assist CBI in justice's 'execution' (killing)!!!

CBI says in the ITAT order there is nothing new!!!

Well Public will say ' why did CBI not net Q if all this CBI knew'!!!!

If Court goes with CBI the Judge should sign the order and break the nib!!!

For killing justice by accepting CBI's fib!!!

This should show what will take place in 2 G Scam and CWG chori!!!

Like in Bofors in these two choris too cover up will be done by sheer jorra-jorri (force

Bharat Kumar
Warning signal for Ten Janpath ?
Unexpected judgement on Bofors is definitely a warning signal for the Ten Janpath. Most surprising part is that the judgement has come during the UPA Government. Who are the conspirators against the Ten Janpath-Congress leaders or the opposition leaders ?.

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's stocks go up
Result of panchayat polls in a Karnataka that were announced on January 4, 2011 have boosted stocks of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. The ruling BJP in Karnataka has been able to bag 12 zila panchayats(ZPs) as against one ZP in 2005. Four each ZPs were clinched by opposition parties viz. Congress and JD-S. However, in other 10 ZPs the verdict was a fractured one, but in most of them the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) narrowly missed it. In the poll arena it was Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa who led the BJP.

BUREAUCRACY

1977 batch IAS to get in-situ promotion on February 1
After the appointment of D K Mittal as Secretary Corporate Affairs, all the 1977 batch IAS officers are expected to get in-situ promotion to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India on February 1.

Mittal did not head NHAI ?
In view of the honest face the PMO had zeroed down on 1977 batch IAS officer D K Mittal for the prestigious post of the Chairman of the NHAI, but the officer reportedly declined. Now Secretary Road Transport R S Gujral has been given additional charge of the Chairman for three months.

Khatua to be Ambassador to Uzbekistan ?
A Khatua is being tipped to be new Ambassador to Uzbekistan. He is 1979 batch IFS officer.

CCIT postings this month end
Transfer and Posting of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are expected to take place this month end.

Sahni is JS Overseas Indian Affairs
V K Sahni is going on deputation to the Overseas Indian Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IDAS officer.

Who is the officer in Defence Ministry ?
Top intelligence agencies have been asked to locate black-sheep in the Defence Ministry. A secret file had been found by a roadside in Delhi.

Goa DGP Bassi Promoted
B S Bassi has been promoted to the rank of DG.1977 batch IPS officer of UT cadre Bassi is presently police head in Goa.

Ajay Chaddha promoted in Delhi
Ajay Chaddha has been now made Special Commissioner of Police in Delhi Police in the rank of DG. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Brar promoted in Delhi
B S Brar has been now made Special Commissioner of Police in Delhi Police in the rank of DG. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Six IPS to be promoted as JD in IB
Six IPS officers of the Deputy Director rank in Intelligence Bureau are likely to be promoted as Joint Directors soon.

Menon to head search panel for MMTC's CMD
S.N. Menon (IAS: West Bengal cadre: 1969) will head the search committee that has been set up to select new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the MMTC.

Search panel set up for ECGC's CMD
A search committee has been set up to select new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the ECGC.

Process for NBA's new chief yet to start
Process for selecting new Chairman of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is yet to start. Earlier it was being headed by Dr. P.L. Gautam. After his exit M.F. Farooqui Additional Secretary in central government's Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) was given additional charge of Chairman NBA .He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Process for new Director BSI yet to start
Process for selecting new Director of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata, is yet to start.

National Security Advisory Board constituted
National Security Advisory Board has been constituted by the Government of India.

Arunendra Kumar is Addl Member Pus in Railway Board
Arunendra Kumar who so far was Additional General Manager (AGM) Northern Railway has now been posted as Additional Member Production Units (PUs) in the Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

G.J. Rao to head Paradeep Port
G.J. Rao who so far was heading the Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) has been shifted in the same capacity to Paradeep Port Trust (PPT).

Singh transferred in NDMC
Surender Singh Rao has been transferred as Director, Department of Social Welfare, NDMC. He is a DANICS officer.

CPOs DGs meet to finalise names of R-Day awardees
A meeting of the Director Generals of the Central Police Organisations is in progress in New Delhi to decide about the names of the Police Medal awardees for Republic Day.

58 applicants for DERC Chairman
Altogether 58 applicants, including eight IAS officials and a High Court judge, have applied for the DERC chairman post.

Samar Jha gets extension
Financial Controller of Railways Samar Jha has been granted three months extension in service. He is 1974 batch IRAS officer.

Test burning of Thar coal deposits for power generation in Pakistan
Dr Samar Mubarakmand, Pakistani nuclear scientist who is also member of Pakistan's planning commission is starting 'underground test burning' of the thar coal reserves in Sind for electricity and diesel generation through gasification in March 2011. If the experiment succeeds, barely 1% of the thar coal deposits could produce 10000 MWs of electricity for next 30 years apart from 100 million barrels of diesel. A distinct advantage of the initiative is that there is no need for coal to be extracted, brought over ground and transported to the power plant sites as the entire operation is possible by burning the deposits 'as is where is' underground, gasifying with the help of compressors and generating power. China is successfully running at least eight such power generation units and will in all probability help Pakistan in executing the scheme. As the thar is a continuous land mass encompassing both India and Pakistan and there is no boundary demarcation running deep where the coal reserves are located, our national security establishment has to satisfy itself that the proposed 'TEST BURNING' doesn't constitute any threat to any mineral or gas deposits on our side of the border or to our national security in any other manner.

Chief Secretary Sikkim Dorjee to retire
Chief Secretary Sikkim T.P. Dorjee who is serving his three months extended tenure is due to retire on February 28, 2011.

Singh heads search panel for Mizoram varsity's VC
A.K. Singh (IAS, 1984 batch) is heading the search panel that has been set up for selecting new Vice Chancellor of the Mizoram Central Univeresity.A.K. Singh is a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).

Sahay is new Lokayukta of Jharkhand
Amreshwar Sahay, a retired judge of the Jharkhand High Court has been sworn in as Lokayukta in Jharkhand.

IPS changes in UP
R K Chaturvedi will now be SP Railways Agra.A K Raghav has been made SSP Itwah.Vir Bahadur Singh will be SP Prosecution Moradabad.

Afzal brothers bereaved (UPDATED)
Ms Mehbooba F Naqwi mother of MP cadre 1990 batch IPS officer S M Afzal and S M Ashraf 1981 batch IRS officer has passed away.She was 81.

Orders of Patnaik issued (UPDATED)
Orders of G S Patnaik for the post of Vice Chairman DDA have been issued on Wednesday.He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on January 3 )

High level meet to review paramilitary deployment in J&K (UPDATED)
A high level meeting of the senior police officers and security personnel is being held at the Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi to review the deployment of paramilitary forces in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Karan A. Singh repatriated to home cadre (UPDATED)
Dr Karan A. Singh Procter General of Emigrants (Jt. Secretary level), Ministry of Overseas Affairs is returning to his parent cadre. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who hails from Punjab cadre.

G. Elias appointed Principal Advisor, TRAI (UPDATED)
The DoPT has accorded approval for premature release of G. Elias Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel. Elias will now be posted as Principal Advisor, TRAI. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who hails from the Kerala cadre.

RTI

Inspection of records
The PIO had first given a date and time to inspect the records and then did not facilitate the inspection. The CIC held the PIO responsible for harassing an RTI applicant by first fixing a date and time for inspection and then not facilitating the same. Under section 19(8)(b) of the RTI Act, the CIC awarded a compensation of Rs. 2000/- to the applicant for the loss and humiliation suffered by him.
Comments
Before fixing an appointment, a PIO should ensure availability of records and any other requirements for inspection, lest there be a charge of dereliction of duty. A PIO must honour his commitment and abide by the responsibilities under the RTI Act.

[Mr. Rajendra Gupta v. MCD in Decision No. C/SG/A/2010/003216/10705]

- 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)

CORPORATE
Sodhi is new MD of GCMMF
R S Sodhi has been appointed Managing Director Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).

( We said this on Jun 14 & Aug 10, 2010 )

Rajeev Agrawal is CGM BSNL AP Circle
Rajeev Agrawal has been appointed as Chief General Manager of the BSNL of its Andhra Pradesh Circle .

NBCC launches Corporate safety policy
Vishnu P. Das, CMD, NBCC, launched Corporate Safety Policy on at a small function held in New Delhi on January 3,2011. Also present on the occasion are Ajay K.Garg, Director (Finance); Ravinesh Kumar, CVO; Executive Directors and other senior officers of the Corporation.

Kalyanaraman retires as ED The Federal Bank
P R Kalyanaraman ceased to be an Executive Director of The Federal Bank Ltd due to his retirement on January 01, 2011, after completing 3 years of service in the
Board of the Bank.
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Jain retires as Director, Vijaya Bank
Nishank Kumar Jain, Non Official Director has retired from Vijaya Bank after completing the tenure of three years.
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Sundara appointed CFO, Arvind Remedies
Arvind Remedies Limited has appointed S.V. Sundara Raman as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Suku appointed Exec. VP Aidem Ventures
Aidem Ventures has appointed M Suku as Executive Vice President. Prior to this appointment, Suku was with Reliance ADA Group, where he was the Head of Media & Alliances.

Kamakodi assumes charge as Exec. President, City Union Bank
Dr. N. Kamakodi Executive Director of City Union Bank has assumed his office as Executive President with effect from January 3, 2011.
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Johar ceases to be Director, Central Bank of India
M.S.Johar has ceased to be Director of Central Bank of India on completing his tenure.

Pydah no longer Director, PNB Gilts
Nagesh Pydah has resigned from the office of Director, PNB Gilts Ltd from December 31, 2010 on his elevation as Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce.

Hitachi Home appoints directors
Vinesh Sadekar and Ramachandran Subra Mani have been appointed as independent directors of Hitachi Home And Life Solutions (India) Ltd .

Bandyopadhyay appointed President, Destimoney Securities
Destimoney Securities has appointed Sudip Bandyopadhyay, the former Managing Director of Reliance Money, as President.

K Mamakodi is now EP City Union Bank
Dr N. Kamakodi, Executive Director, City Union Bank will now be Executive President of the bank.

Ruchita Sharma joins Swarovski India
Ms Ruchita Sharma has joined Swarovski India as the marketing operation manager .Earlier she was with Globaluxuria.

FORUM
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WHO IS MORE CORRUPT

Nobody can be singled out. All are equally corrupt as on today. Politicians and Babus were in the corrupt system earlier. The new band wagon is the journalist joined with them with more power then these two without any responsibility. They started with humbleness but doctorate in the corruption now.

M V Prabhakar

Judiciary and Pvt Sector in Corruption : People of this country may not be knowing that Pvt Sectors especially their top Managers are the most corrupt in this country.There is no CBI/Anty Corruption wing for them.Similarly,the Judiciary is, now a days,has broken all the records. The Then President of India Mr Narayanan had said,once upon a time, that lower judiciary has become casino.I have not found till today even a single judge in lower judiciary whose image in public was clean.Judges take bribe without any fear because they treat themselves immune from arrest.Now, the public has no faith in judiciary.

S K Singh

Neta, Babu, bania(businessman) and Munshi (judiciary) all are corrupt to the extent of their capacity and the power at their discretion. Justice Ahmadi gave the controversial decision in Bhopal gas case and after this the frequent Dubai visit of his son was frowned upon by his co-judges in judiciary. Justice Balakrishan controversy is still in newpapers. Regarding bania, no corruption of Neta, babu and Munshi is possible without collusion of bania. He is one of the two party in all corrupt deals.

Rakesh Tiwari

What about the members who passed orders in Lalu's case and in Mayawati's case? They were rewarded also?

LJ

Anomaly in Pay of Directors working on Deputation under CSS

The Directors, who are working on Deputation in Govt. of India under Central Staffing Scheme and got Proforma promotions in their Parent Department during the period of deputation, are getting less pay as compared to the such officers who are working in Govt. of India on deputation other than Central Staffing Scheme. The DoPT OM dated 17.6.2010 duly protected the the pay of such officers. The DoPT should also protect the Grade Pay of Rs. 10,000/- in addition of deputation allowance of the Directors, working under Central Staffing Scheme, by issuing suitable guidelines. There should be no anomaly of pay.

Y. MISHRA

For all round progress & development

We, the people of India, do here by resolve to contribute out best in making this world better for one and all. Let there be unity of purpose and vision, respectful living and peace with all round progress and development.

A.K. Verma

Secretary, ISS Association (Eastern Chapter)