What people say about us !
For the last 5 years, I have been regularly enriching my knowledge on various issues of national importance and concern besides getting to know in advance about the possible movements both in the bureaucracy and the political establishment. You are indeed doing a great service to India and we Indians.

With certainty about your resources; knowledge and rich experience, I suggest you may indentify honest and sincere people in the Government and Political field and highlight their achievements.

I can contribute by naming a politician from Orissa, Shri Mangala Kisan of BJD is a Rajya Sabha Member. He was 6-7 times MLA also earlier. He is one of the best examples of honesty. As a Minister of Water Resources in the State, I recall he never had even a pucca house. The nation should salute such living politicians.

B K Bhutiani

Aaj Ki Aawaz

This Meet the Editors that Mohna undertook was in all probability on the orders of High Command.......she was advised by her 'think tank' that Mohna's silence was making people think that Mohna is not in agreement with what is going on and so he's keeping mum...... not like the ole days when he issued clean chits left, right and centre!!! He may go blue in the face saying he's not a lameduck PM ...... the definition of lameduck is : a lame duck is an elected official (Rajya Sabha MPs are elected indirectly) who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already been elected..... I think this definition 'fits Mohna 100%'....... though some would contest this and say he's not a lameduck PM but a sitting duck PM......both would be courtesy Madam Sonia!! On the Cabinet reshuffle as Mohna himself has very little knowledge he just put up verbally placard ' work under progress'...... he' still not sure if Maran will be dropped!!!! Mohna says he's got maximum cooperation from Madam and that she's done a superb job and either Madam has ordered him to say this or he has Madam's permission to say this........ Mohna is habituated to marking his own exam papers...... wasn't his Report Card for UPA a classical and hilarious example...... his self praise has Editors sniggering!!

He made it clear that he's not the Boss!!!!

PM's authority has gone for a toss!!!

Mohna said Media cannot be accuser, prosecutor and judge......the same taunt was made by Manu Sharma's family prior and after he was sentenced and also by Ram Jethmalani in his bail arguments for Manu!!! Media just highlights the wrongs and demands action.... this cannot be construed as accusing, prosecuting and judging!! Take the 2 G revelations ..... first Government denied any wrongdoing..... then when investigation was demanded Congress tried every trick in the book to block investigation.... when matters went from bad to worse and cover up was no longer possible investigations started........ arrests were made under 'extreme duress'......... and now you know why Government wanted PAC to look into this scam..... because Congress knew it would be in a position to handle matters!!

Media needs to tell UPA that Media does its job of highlighting and demanding action!!

It's the UPA that is responsible for fibbing, adopting delaying tactics, cover ups and inaction!!!

Mohna said strong Lokpal must but Lokpal is not a panacea..... well my take is that as Netas are so opposed to a strong Lokpal its pretty obvious that a strong Lokpal would dent their objectives to be in power....power and money...... so if Lokpal is not a cure Lokpal sure is very strong medicine........ both preventive and cure to some extent!!! As Anna knows that Sonia's the biggest impediment in this Lokpal Bill he's sought and appointment with her..... mind you he's not meeting Mohna!!!!! And Mohna ji nobody resents Ramdev's eviction ... it's the helpless gullible Public that faced wrath of the Cops is what rankles us!!!! And its Congress that gave legitimacy to Anna's Civil Society...... now Public has accepted Anna and his lot as their reps for a strong Lokpal!!!! And in case Mohna Ji you have any doubts step out of your citadel and ask the common man on the street 'aren't Netas also a part of Civil Society' and I'm sure you'll get responses of which 99% will not be civil.....though many would say calling a thief a thief is not being uncivil!!!!

The more our Netas try to hoodwink us on the Lokpal Bill the more they make it clear!!

That a strong Lokpal is causing amongst them fear!!!

On the chewing gum attack on MoF Mohna said it's a close chapter.....till some recording surfaces!!! Rather than being worried and taking action this Government is in denial because of politics!! If you ask me Pranab Da 'has been silenced by the Party' and the Congress's fire fighter turned the hose on himself!!! We all know about the turf wars going on in Congress..... Congressmen see a power famine for at least five years staring them in the face post the next general election and many of them want to 'fatten apna apna kitty'!!! Also Sonia's hold on the Party is slipping.......some Congressmen now feel that Rahul has been grossly overrated..... he is not a 'panacea' for Congress's woes...... he in fact is one of the causes for Congress woes!!!

At the bottom of a lot of the stupidities Congress has indulged in is PC's advice!!!!

Paying heed to advice of a Jalebi called PC is unwise!!!

BJP would be hoping that in the next general election Congress position Rahul 'for the top job'!!!

Congress does this and BJP will feel it's got in its 'hand on the door to power ka knob'!!!!

On inflation Mohna spoke little....... Economist PM has proved to be a flop in guiding the Indian Economy!!!!! Or maybe our PM is using reverse psychology to cool down inflation.... let prices rocket and people will stop buying and thus prices will fall!!! He has no control whatsoever on the games that the Agri Mantri in his Cabinet plays!!! The Agri Ministry has indeed proved totally inept when it comes to India and Indians interests....... yes Agri Ministry is the darling of profiteers... legal and illegal!!!

Mohna sipped green tea and chomped on biscuits and titbits!!!

Inflation rages despite the fact that in the PM's chair an Economist of repute sits!!!

PS..... marks the Editors gave to Mohna ...... 2/10..... Remarks..... if Sonia got Manmohan Singh to 'Meet the Editors' then Manmohan Singh continues to be misused and he's to blame because he allows this.....and if this was his own initiative then sorry to say Manmohan Singh has metamorphosed into a Indian Neta!!!

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Kya Madamji Gussa Hein ?
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have sent a terse message to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Political observers say that the contents of this message are of a very serious matter. Is there going to be an upheavel soon? Answer to this question lies with only Madam Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. Now, everybody is now curious to know the body language of the Prime Minister.

Dinesh Trivedi to be new Minister for Railways (MR)
As the grapevine has it Dinesh Trivedi Indian Minister of State (MoS) for Health & and Family Welfare Ministry in Government of India (GOI) is likely to be elevated as a Cabinet minister at the Centre to the Railway Minister.Dinesh Trivedi is a Trina Mool Congress (TMC) MP from an industrial belt of Barrackpore (West Bengal).
(We said this on June 3, 2010)

BUREAUCRACY

Vinay Mittal is new Chairman Railway Board
Vinay Mittal (IRTS, 1975) - GM of South Eastern Railways (SER) has taken over in Kolkata new Chairman Railway Board (CRB).

Why did Pulok Chaterji meet PM ?
Why did Pulok Chaterji meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ?.Is he returning to the PMO ?.Guessing game is on .

Appointment of Members Railway Board next week
Appointment of new Members of the Railway Board is expected to take place only next week.

Vinay Mittal to also be Member Traffic
Newly appointed Chairman Railway Board (CRB) Vinay MIttal (an IRTS officer of 1975 batch) will concurrently hold charge of Member Traffic in the Railway Board.

A.K. Vora to be Staff in Railway Board
As the grapevine has it A.K. Vora is poised to be new Staff in the Railway Board.

Kulbhushan to be Member Electrical
As the grapevine has it Kulbhushan will be new Member Electrical in the Railway Board.

Who will succeed Ranjan Mathai ?
Who will succeed Ranjan Mathai as Indian Ambassador to France ? Tie is said to be between Rakesh Sood and Sujatha Singh. Mathai has been named as new Foreign Secretary.

Chandrasekhar is new Vice Chairman Planning Board in Kerala
Outgoing Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar is back to Kerala as Vice Chairman of the State Planning Board. He is 1970 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer.
( We said this on June 14 )

Who will be new LG Delhi?
Who will be Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi? This is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power.

IAS officer suspended in Bihar
K Senthil Kumar has been suspended by the Bihar Government. He is 1996 batch IAS officer .

Dinesh Reddy appointed DGP, Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Dinesh Reddy as the Director General of Police (DGP) on Thursday afternoon. Reddy who was the Managing Director (Vigilance and Enforcement) is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Earlier he also served as the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. Reddy will take charge from the outgoing DGP K. Arvinda Rao at 6.15 pm later in the evening.

Three IPS officers allocated Manipur Tripura cadre
As many as three IPS officers who had qualified for the all India Police service during 2009 civil services examination have been allocated Manipur Tripura cadre. They are Jalsingh Meena, S Selvanagarathinam and Ms Saraswati R

Verma to be Director (Exploration) ONGC Videsh Ltd
N K Verma is being tipped to be new Director (Exploration) of the ONGC Videsh Ltd. He is presently GM in the ONGC.

Ravneet Kaur joins WDRA
Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services Ravneet Kaur has joined the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA).She is 1988 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
( We said this on June 23 )

44 cleared for Major general's post
As many as 44 names of Brigadiers have been cleared for the post of Major General.

Mrs. Soundara Kumar is DMD SAM in SBI
Mrs.Soundara Kumar who was recently elevated from CGM Bangalore to Deputy Managing Director (DMD) in the State Bank of India (SBI) has been posted as DMD Stressed Asset Management (SAM) group.

Union Bank ED to retire on August 31
Subhash Chander Kalia, Executive Director (ED) of the Union Bank of India, will be retiring on August 31, 2011.

S.K. Jain to be ED , Union Bank of India
S.K. Jain General Manager Bank of India on elevation will be joining as Executive Director (ED) of the Union Bank of India.

2 officers to be elevated as in Postal Services Board
Two officers who are to be elevated as Members in the Postal Services Board are: Ms. Sunita Trivedi & Ms. Yashodhara Menon. However, their cases are still to move ahead of the ACC.

IA & AS officer Ms. Swati Pandey promoted
Ms. Swati Pandey, Deputy Accountant General in the office of the Senior Deputy Accountant General (A&E), Tripura, Agartala, has been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade of IA&AS and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General in the same office.

New Chairman of Rajasthan Public Service Commission
Vice Chancellor of the Kota University B M Sharma has been appointed new Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.

Sanjiv Ranjan Ojha nominated for 37th APPPA
Sanjiv Ranjan Ojha - IG CRPF, Directorate General CRPF, New Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) commencing at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi on July 1, 2011. The programme includes detailed framework of conceptual and applied modules to enable professional exposure on public administration in Indian and international context.

Will Skandan return to TamilNadu ?
In the reshuffle of Secretaries by the newly elected government, Dr.N. Sundaradevan of the 1979 batch has been made the Industries Secretary. This is considered an interim arrangement as he is due to retire early next year. In all probablity K Skandan (1982 ), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, may be recalled and appointed the Industries Secretary as he had served in the same capacity in the earlier rule of AIADMK government during 2001-2006.

Ms. Kaveri Banerjee resumes as CPMG, Bihar
Ms. Kaveri Banerjee (1978 batch) who was on leave has resumed her charge as CPMG, Bihar.

Gautam Bhattacharya is DDG, Training
Gautam Bhattacharya (1987 batch) has joined as DDG Training in Postal Services Board.

Three former IPS officers are minister in West Bengal
1967 batch former IPS officer Janab Haider Aziz Safwi 1968 batch former IPS officer U N Biswas and 1974 batch former IPS officer Rachpal Singh are now minister in West Bengal government headed by Ms. Mamta Banerjee.

Tamil Nadu CM Ms. J Jayalalitha's approach hailed
Unlike the past the approach adopted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms. J Jayalalitha is being hailed.

Work in GoI stalled
Work has been stalled in the Government of India (GOI). Thanks to rumour about a cabinet reshuffle at the centre, such a situation has cropped up.

Pakistan : Non reibursement of medical claim for treatment in India
Lahore High Court has taken up a petition filed by a retired government officer of Pakistan's Punjab against non reimbursement of medical expenses incurred for treatment of his dependent daughter in an Indian super speciality hospital. Dr Sajjad Hussin's daughter Sara was referred by Lahore's Sheikh Zayed Hospital for liver transplant in any neighbouring country as the facility was not available in Pakistan. Sara was treated at Delhi's Apollo Hospital in April 2010 and a reimbursement claim of over Rs 47 lakhs hasn't been so far cleared by the provincial government. Rejecting the government counsel's plea that such reimbursements for treatment abroad have been banned since 1997 the court has asked the government counsel to submit details of all government servants whose reimbursement claims for treatment abroad have been cleared since 1997 and explain why Dr Sajjad's claim has been treated differently.

Akhilesh Prasad gets additional charge of CCIT-IV + LTU, Delhi
Akhilesh Prasad, CCIT-III, Delhi, has been given the additional charge of CCIT-IV + LTU, Delhi - a post that has fallen vacant on the retirement of Qaiser Shamim on June 30.

Sondhi gets additional charge of CCIT-II, Kolkata
BS Sondhi, CCIT-I Kolkata has been given the additional charge of CCIT-II Kolkata- a post that has fallen vacant on the retirement of Kalyan Chaudhury on June 30.

Satya Prakash gets additional charge of CCIT-I, Thane
Satya Prakash , CCIT-I, Pune, has been given the additional charge of CCIT-I Thane - a post that has fallen vacant on the retirement of AP Srivastava on June 30.

Post of Senior Adviser to ED, World Bank, Washington, U.S.A. vacant
The Joint Secretary level post of Senior Adviser to ED, World Bank, Washington, U.S.A., under the Department of Economic Affairs, is proposed to be filled up. Those aspiring for the post must have been empanelled to hold Joint Secretary or equivalent posts at the Centre, senior enough to be empanelled as Additional Secretary in next three years, must have worked for at least 2 years at the Centre under Central Staffing Scheme, if on Central deputation must have at least two years balance tenure as on the date of vacancy, should not presently be on study leave or foreign assignment or training or likely to proceed on foreign training during the next one year and must be below 54 years as on the date of vacancy i.e. August 6, 201 1.

Post of Member in Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) vacant
Applications are invited from suitable and eligible persons for the post of Member in Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is major IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.Altogether 19 IAS officers including the DMs of Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Rampur, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Badaun, Bijnore, Shravasti, Saint Ravidas Nagar, Pratapgarh, Sonebhadra, Jhansi, Maharajganj and Unnao. New postings are :-Hridayesh Kumar DM, Gautam Budh Nagar, Deepak Agrawal wait list, Kanchan Verma DM Shravasti, Shashi Bushan Lal DM Gaziabad, Kamini Chauhan Ratan DM Bulandshar, Sanjay Kumar DM Gorakhpur, Ajay Kumar Shukla DM Sitapur, Shital Verma dm unnao, Vishwas Pant DM Sonbhadra,Pandhari Yadav DM Pratapgarh, Muthu Kumaraswami B DM Mahoba and Suhas L Y DM Maharajganj.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Kripa Shankar Singh has been transferred as commandant 33 battalion PAC Moradabad. Prashant Kumar will now be SP Railways, Allahabad. Navneet Kumar Rana will now be SSP, Badaun. Rana takes over from BK Chowdhury who would now be serving as Deoria SP. Arun Kumar Singh has been moved to SP anti-corruption organisation, Lucknow. A Kumar has been transferred SP, GRP, Agra. RK Bharadwaj will now be SP, Barabanki. Subash Chandra Dubey has been made SP Ramabai Nagar. Prem Kumar Gautam has been transferred as SP Shahjahanpur. Akhilesh Kumar has now been posted as SP, Pilibhit. Jogendra Kumar will be SP Hamirpur while Pratibha Ambedkar has been transferred from Agra to take charge as SP Kaushambi.

Interviews for SEBI Members held on July 1,2011(UPDATED)

Interviews for two posts of Members in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) were held on July 1, 2011.The panel for interview was headed by SEBI chief U. K. Sinha while other its members were : Suman K. Bery leading Economist, B.S.Meena former Secretary to GOI & Bimal Julka Additional Secretary Expenditure with GOI.Ten candidates who faced the interview were:Dr.Charapatri Shivaji an IAS of 1986 batch
from Maharashtra cadre, Ms.Usha Narain ED-SEBI, S Sridhar ex Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Bank of India (CBI), D.L. Rawal CMD
Dena Bank, Dr. Shashank Saxena (IES- cadre officer) Director Financial Services in GOI, M. Prasad CMD Agriculture Insurance Company of India, S.N.Bunkar Secretary Competition Commission of India (CCI), Aftab Alam ex SEBI GM who is currently an Advisor at Capital Market Authority Oman and Rajeev Agrawal IRS-IT officer of 1983 batch.

H.S.Kingra is CMD, NSCFDC (UPDATED)
Hardip Singh Kingra has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the National Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation(NSCFDC). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1980 batch who belongs to Himachal Pradesh cadre.He did an outstanding work during last year's Common Wealth Games (CWG) that were held in Delhi last year.He is also a good golf player.

10 CGMs called for SEBI's slot of ED (UPDATED)
Altogether 10 Chief General Manager (CGMs) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have been called. Date for interview is yet to be fixed. Names of them are as follows:Nagendra Parakh, Muralidhar Rao, G.P. Garg, A.K. Sharma, A. Rajan, Rabi Kumar and P.K.Bindlish.

PM clears file for CBDT members (UPDATED)
The Prime Minister has reportedly cleared the panel officers for being appointed as Members of the CBDT in due course. Those whose names have been cleared are:Praveen Mahajan, N.S.Wadhawan, B.D.Ingte,J.Satisundaram, R.S.Sidhu, Vineet Kumar, S.S. Rana, K.M.Nair, S.C.Jain, Ms.Sudha Sharma, R.K.Tiwari, S.S.Bajpai, Vijay Sharma & S.Pradhan.

Emergency board meeting of NMCE in Ahmdebad on July 2 (UPDATED)
An emergency board meeting of the Ahmedabad based National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE) is being held in Ahmedabad on July 2,2011.

Record power generation at Nathpa Jhakri Power Station (Updated)
Power generation at the country's largest 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station, being operated by the public sector SJVN Limited, is heading for another record during 2011-12. While the first quarter generation at the power station has already established a new bench mark at 2650 million units which are 226 million units more than the corresponding quarter of last year, for the year 2011-12 the Ministry of Power has given a generation target of 6900 million units (under excellent parameters). During the year 2010-11, the power station had generated a record 7140 Million Units of electricity which was 440 Million Units more than the design energy of the plant.

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CORPORATE

Why is the corporate world colorless?
There is a sudden lull of activity in the corporate world all the big honchos are quiet no interviews or no press statements or no events etc. It is heard that most big companies had taken funds for investments from banks but these investments have not fructified. The fear of an inquiry is making everyone huddle in sudden quietness.

Adarsh will only be till 6 floors?
The controversial Adarsh Cooperative housing society is now going to be constructed only upto six floors, and not 22 floor as has already been built. However the pertinent question remains what will happen to floor above 6th, will they be razed ? Answers to this question is still pending.

Baju George is MD, SmartCity Kochi
Dr. Baju George has been appointed as the Managing Director of SmartCity Kochi project. He was holding the post of Project Director- Real Estate at Dubai International Financial Centre Authority

SmartCity Kochi board reconstituted
The Board of Directors of SmartCity Kochi Infrastructure being promoted by the Dubai based Tecon Investments has been reconstituted. Kerala's Minister for Industry and IT P.K. Kunhalikutty will be the new Chairman. The other members of the board include T. Balakrishnan Additional Chief Secretary, Industries, Kerala and Ismail Naqi, MD, Tecom Business Park Operations. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will be the Patron of the board.

Tanksale ceases to be ED, PNB
M V Tanksale, Executive Director on the Board of Punjab National Bank has demitted his office on June 28, 2011 on elevation as Chairman & Managing Director of Central Bank of India.

Two directors cease to be on UCO Bank Board
Md. Akhruzzaman and Jaidev Gupta, Part-time Non Official Directors of UCO Bank have tendered their resignation and have ceased to be directors of the Bank.

Kalra resigns as Director, Jai Balaji Industries Ltd
The Board of Jai Balaji Industries Limited has accepted the resignation tendered by Rajeev Kalra from the directorship of the Company w.e.f. June 23, 2011.

Vishnoi Director (Events), Jaipur Marriott Hotel
Manik Vishnoi has been appointed as Director (Events) , Jaipur Marriott Hotel.

Singhal appointed Exec. Chef , JW Marriott , Chandigarh
JW Marriott Chandigarh has appointed Pallav Singhal as Executive Chef.

Wenk appointed President & CEO, Selan Exploration Tech. Ltd
Selan Exploration Technology Ltd has appointed Andrew Wenk as President and CEO of the Company

Mitra appointed National Director (Digital), Starcom Mediavest Group
Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) India has appointed Arnab Mitra as its National Director ( Digital).

Rane appointed VP, Datamatics Global Services
Datamatics Global Services has appointed Sachin Rane as Vice President & Head of Information Management Practices (IMP) and Application Management Services (AMS) Lines of Business.

Mhaskar is Head (Interactive), Cheil Worldwide
Chandrashekhar Mhaskar has been appointed as Head (Interactive), Cheil Worldwide.

Mishra appointed VP (Sales & Customer Care), Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd
Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd has appointed Dharmendra Mishra as Vice President (Sales and Customer Care).

Sathe is Zonal Manager North LIC
Nilesh Sathehas taken over as Zonal Manager for North Zone of LIC on retirement of V K Sinha.

D'Souza is now GM Goa Tourism Development Corporation
The deputy general manager of Goa Tourism Development Corporation Ltd, Ms Bernadeta D'Souza has been promoted to the rank of general manager,

Problems faced by technical cadre of Income tax dept.

The technical cadre of Income tax department in India, especially the Data Processing Assistant (A/B) cadre, are faced with a host of problems. Several legal matters are pending with different CAT/Court across the country on Seniority issues like seniority in respect of directly recruited Asst. Directors(Systems) in 1994 and those promoted as Asst. Directors from Programmer Assistant/Console Operators (PACOs) of 1989. Seniority issue also exists with directly recruited DPAs in 1996 and former PACOs & DEOs of 1989. Because of this pending litigation matters, many technical persons in both AD (Systems) and DPA (A/B) are have still not received a single promotion even after completing 14 to 16 years.

The other problems include improper work allocation to the technical cadre while most of the technical work has been outsourced by the department, improper distribution of technical strength in different states. While some computer centres are manned single handedly by DPAs, many small computer centres have many DD( Sys.)/AD(Sys.) etc. Besides, there is no transfer policy for executive level posts in technical cadres.

Also, the DPAs were not allowed by the income tax department to apply for employment in other departments/ organizations or go for deputation in other departments etc., for better career avenues. Many of technical personnel were denied NOC (No objection certificate) by the department for attending the Interviews by other department/organizations.

Add to it, during the cadre re-structuring of the department in 2001, almost every staff member of the department benefited in one way or the other through pay benefits and/or promotions but the technical cadre was not even considered though the cadre re-structuring was done citing comprehensive computerization.

Finally, the cadre review of the Incometax Department is going to take place soon. Even though the picture is not clear, there is a buzz that this cadre review also neglects the technical cadres.

-An aggrieved Data Processing Assistant

DOP&T's step motherly treatment

"CS-II Division of DOP&T, responsible for restructuring of CSSS cadre has given step motherly treatment to those members of CSSS (employees) who retired as PS, Steno Gr. 'C' and Steno Gr. 'D' in January 2011 and February 2011 by denying them the benefit of restructuring i.e. ad-hoc promotion while the persons who retired on 31st March, 2011 have been benefited.

The Union Cabinet decided on 20.1.2011 to create additional posts of PPS and the same was notified by DOPT on 27/1/2011 and allocation was also made to various Ministries/Departments but the orders giving effect to the said decision were issued as late as on 29th March, 2011 thus depriving the benefit of promotion to those who retired in January and February, although they were eligible otherwise being very senior in the relevant select lists covered under the said restructuring.

As restructuring process has almost been completed, DOPT may consider giving benefit of promotion to such unlucky employees who retired after the decision of the Cabinet in January 2011 and February 2011. As this is a life long financial loss these individuals are forced to bear due to time consumed by CS-II Division in implementing the Cabinet decision and thus denying promotion, it is requested that a favourable decision may be taken on this anomaly".

G.C. Duggal

Misuse of manpower and vehicles by supervisory officers

Misuse of manpower and vehicles by supervisory officers of Police is astounding. This is true for both state police and the central paramilitary forces. Any voice of dissent is quelled in the name of discipline. The expenditure is covered in the name of "Operations". Even the earmarked funds for police modernisation are being used for building the comfort level of a few.

S Indra

Inter-se seniority in railways

It is high time that inter-se seniority in railways different cadres is prepared at the time of promotion to SAG.

Basudeb Panda

Mystery behind Ramdev's action !

Those who have enormous assets are bound to have some thing to hide. They will become mince meat for the Congress? dirty trick department and their servile investigation agencies. They can easily snare their victims for under valuation of properties, foreign exchange violation etc and under innumerable laws. Bhushans escaped since they have nothing to hide. And Congress will not dare to do the trick on Anna. But our business man Swamy Ramdev is different. With thousands of crores of assets, how can he rub the Government on the wrong side? It is better for him to understand the biblical saying 'He that is among you without synne, let him cast the first stone'. Naturally people think he is a Congress plant. Otherwise why should he after running away from Delhi like a rat and ending his fast as a joke come back to Delhi other than for stealing the thunder from Anna's agitation and that also when Anna is getting ready for the final show down? Is it not to help the Government?

N Krishnan

Tailpiece!!

The shoe missiles fired by journalists became a rage all over the world.The latest episode was reported from a reporter in Delhi.He did not hurl the shoe at Janardhan Dwivedi of the Congress party but merely waved the same at him! The wisdom that prevented the Journalist from shooting the missile at Janardhan Dwivediwas:-

"Congress ab Joota Khanay ke kabil bhi nahi rahi"!!!

Created by :-

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Details of travel

Certain information (such as, passport & travel document; emergency certificate; certificate of identity; passport application along with supporting documents; police verification report; VISA details etc.) in relation to the passports issued to four persons were denied on the ground that disclosure would cause unwarranted invasion of privacy of the third parties. The appellant submitted that these third parties have been directed by the court to remain present in the city as per conditions mentioned in the bail order. The CIC directed the respondent to provide the available information to the appellant if he is able to provide the documentary evidence proving his allegations against third parties.

Comments

Personal information is ordinarily exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j). However, if larger Public Interest is served, then the information can be accessed under Section 8(2).

Shri Kishor Babubhai Ruparel v. M/o External Affairs in CIC/AD/A/2011/000641.

- 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)