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Wiki Cables big bomb...... cash for votes and abstentions during Nuclear Deal vote!

Power of the 'note!!!!

Satish Sharma is at the epicentre of this one!!!

He's an old Gandhi family retainer and is now the constituency minder for Sonia and her son!!

But why were the bags full of currency shown to a US Diplomat and why was he told????

'We are doing everything possible to get Opposition into the Nuclear Deal fold'!!

That's because Congress wanted Bush to know what it was doing to push through the Nuclear Deal!

So that indebted (sic) Bush and his Administration would feel!!

Or maybe US via CIA and Congress had a deal!!!

That they would share the Indian portion of the expenses 50-50 to push through The Nuclear Deal!

CIA must have paid its share and must be wanting to know where the money is being spent!

And that's why to see the 'cash chests' the US Diplomat went!!

And then he informed his Bosses in USA!!

This is what the leaked Wiki Cable does say!!

So now it is clear that Mohna's V signs before the Vote were because of 'note ki shakti'!!!

And we all know our Netas literally do 'Note' ki bhakti!!

Doesn't this make our Democracy look like a sham??????

What do you have to say Sonia Maam (pronounced like jam)????

Of course Sonia and Rahul will keep mum and Pranab will fire fight!!

They say Pranab has dreams that he's riding a fire engine dressed as a fire fighter every night!!!!

He'll say Wiki Cable leaks are internal cables of United States Government!

How can India comment on what a US Diplomat to his handlers has sent????

Fact is Wiki Cable leaks just prove what was being doubted!!

That votes were bought and sold and Democracy was routed!!

Of course at the Wiki Cables leaks Sharma and Ajit will throw mud!!!!

Hopefully this bomb will not end up as a dud!!

Just look at the 'scandal fires' that have raged in the recent past!!!

I'm sure many of you like me must the totally aghast!!

Aghast at what has been revealed and then livid at matters being swept under the rug!!

And then the 'chorri and seena jorri' sure does bug!!

I'm sure now majority of Indians want Mohna to resign!!

But by what is unfolding there is no resignation ka sign!!

I do not think in India's history have we had a Sarkaar that has so many scandals to its name!!

I'm sure in private Mohna must he hanging his head in shame!!

Speaking of hanging...... more and more people say Batcha was killed!!!

Because they say as an approver that very day he was to have been billed!!

So now 2 G scam has blood on it too!!!!!!

To prevent the truth from coming out everything the protagonist of this scam will do!!

And just go through Batcha's suicide note........ get it analyzed by a psychologist!!!

'These issues would not have been in his mind at the last moment' would be the analysis gist!!

It'll be another Arushi kind killing..... we know who the killers are but this cannot be proved!!

And despite the blatant lies to us our theory cannot be disproved!!

Just because one is married into Gandhi family does it mean one has to curb ones business ambition?

For propriety's sake I think this would be the unwritten and unspoken but accepted condition!

And the timing of this revelation is bad for Gandhi pariwaar!!

In coming State polls and General polls on this Gandhis will have to face Opposition ka waar!!

Only excuse that Jamai Raja can use is even Vajpayee's son in law wheeled and dealed!!

Many a deal Ranjan Bhattacharya sealed!

Sushma is trying her best to stop BJP from raking up Jamai Raja's matter!!!!

Though on Wiki revelations in Lok Sabha she was for BJP the 'lead and most aggressive batter'!!

Seems Sushma and Sonia have a pact!!!

Protect each other personally but when it comes to their Parties they'll use no tact!

In WB seat sharing talks Congress and TMC are not seeing eye to eye!!

But both cannot afford to say to each other bye bye!!

In WB if Congress and TMC part ways Congress will eat into TMC votes!!

And in Delhi now literally on TMC and DMK support UPA floats!!

UP compulsions prevent Congress from taking active support from Mulayam and Maya!!

Or like they say 'jiss Party ne liya SP ya BSP ki support woh Party ne pucca gotaa khaya'!!

Confucius says...... hatao yeh ghooskhor aur bekaar Sarkaar!!

History will say aiding and abetting beimaani made Mohna bekaar!!

Adds... many say he could not have let his good name go down the drain just because of his loyalty to Sonia Gandhi!!

They say pucca Mohna ki bhi huee hai chandhi!!

More.... Though personally I do not doubt Mohna's 'personal honesty'!!!

Yes he heads a Government that as of now takes the cake for dishonesty!!

Flash.... In Lok Sabha Pranab Da said he cannot confirm or deny any Wiki Cable leak!

Just the same answer that US gave when its opinion on the Wiki Cable leaks journalists did seek!

US by saying it cannot confirm or deny Wiki Cable leaks has tacitly authenticated leaked cables!!!

Though Congress is spinning on the Cables its own fables!!

The end is known and now the means have been confirmed!!!

Why do you think from the very start as 'cash for votes' this matter has been termed????

Congress says 'World has rejected 'Wiki Cables'.... fib... lie..... jhoot!!!!

Public is giving Wiki Cable leaks 'thumbs ups' and the embarrassed are the ones that hoot!

Bharat Kumar
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Who is next - will they figure ?
Will Madam Sonia Gandhi and his political secretary Ahmad Patel figure in the next wikileaks ?.Guessing game is on.

Matang Singh to re-join Congress ?
Matang Singh is likely to re-join the Congress party before the ensuing Assam Vidhan Sabha elections?.

BUREAUCRACY

Why did IB Chief and Special Director meet Law Minister ?
Why did IB Chief Nehchal Sandhu and Special Director CBI Balwinder Singh meet Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Thursday?.Anybody's guess.

Annual General Transfers in I T this month ?
For the first time Annual General transfers of Additional Commissioners and Commissioners of Income-Tax are expected to take place in March Only.

Did FM speak to PM about Sudhir Chandra ?
Did Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speak to the Prime Minister for clearance of the proposal of two months extension in service to CBDT Chairman Sudhir Chandra ?.PMO sources confirm.

Decks are cleared for Tripurari Sharan to head Doordarshan ?
Tripurari Sharan Principal Secretary Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs to the Bihar government has been finally given cadre clearance by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.It may be stated that he is number one in panel for the slot of Director General (DG) Doordarshan. He is an IAS officer of the1985 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Prasad to be Indian Ambassador to Nepal
Grapevine has it that Jayant Prasad is being appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal. He is 1976 batch IFS officer.

IB has 21 Spl Directors
Believe it or not, Intelligence Bureau (IB) has 21 DG rank Special Directors and ADG rank Additional Directors.

Shantanu Basu also figures in panel for JS Banking
IA&AS officer Shantanu Basu also figures in the panel prepared for the post of Joint Secretary Financial Services.

Nafisa Ali Sodhi to be Censor Board chief !
As Bollywood veteran Sharmila Tagore's six-year extended tenure as Censor Board chief comes to an end on March 31, she is likely to be replaced by Nafisa Ali Sodhi. The 64-year-old Sharmila Tagore has been serving as the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson since 2004. It is during her term that experimental and bold films like "Tere Bin Laden", "Dev D" and "Love, Sex Aur Dhokha" were released. Movies like "Omkara", "Kaminey", Ishqiya" and "No One Killed Jessica", with heavy usage of slangs too managed their way to the big screen, but with an A-certificate.

5 DIGs to be elevated as IGs in GOI
As many as five IPS officers of DIG's rank who are empanelled for central deputation will soon be promoted to IG's rank. Official orders regarding this will be issued within a day or two.

Why they are keen to meet CBI Chief in Paris ?
Why some people are keen to meet CBI Chief A P Singh in Paris ?.It is rumoured that some people have reached Paris and enquired from the Indian Embassy about the whereabouts of the CBI Chief.He is presently in France.

Srinivasan goes on deputation
E. Srinivasan Senior Deputy Accountant General, O/o Principal Accountant General (A&E), Tamil Nadu, Chennai is going on deputation to the Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu as Finance Officer .He is 1995 batch IA&AS officer.

Mystery shrouds delay deciding DG, NIFT
Mystery shrouds the delay in deciding new Director General (DG) of t he National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). Presently the charge of DG, NIFT is being held by Ms. Monika Sehgal Garg (IAS UP cadre, 1989 batch) whose substantive charge is Joint Secretary Textiles in Government of India (GOI).

Senior most DMD may get temporary charge as SBI, chief
In case ACC doesn't clear Pratip Chaudhari's file for appointment as new Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) then it is likely that senior most Deputy Managing Director (DMD) in SBI may temporarily be made SBI chief. Present Chairman O.P. Bhatt is due to retire on March 31, 2011.

Picture hazy about NABARD chief
Picture is quite hazy about new chief of NABARD.

Process for Director -HR, BHEL starts
Process for selecting new Director -Human Resource (HR) in BHEL has begun. Present incumbent Anil Sachdeva will be retiring in March 2012.

DIG's post of ACPR vacant since last 3 years
The post of DIG, Atrocity & Protection of Civil Rights- wing (ACPR), National Commission of Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has been lying vacant since last three years. Why is it being delayed?.

Bansal to join GoI as Director Expenditure
Guljari Lal Bansal Financial Adviser, Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation Limited, New Delhi is going on deputation to the Government of India as Director Expenditure in the Ministry of Finance.He is 1992 batch IA&AS officer.

Three vacancies of Administrative Members in CAT
Three posts of Administrative Members - one a t the Ahmedabad Bench and two at the Allahabad Bench - are vacant in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Those willing should apply to the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi, on or before 29th April, 201 1.

Four vacancies of Judicial Members in CAT
Four posts of Judicial Members - one each at the Patna and the Ahmedabad Bench and two at the Bombay Bench - are vacant in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).Current Members who are finishing their term between July 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, would be eligible to apply provided they fulfill the other conditions. Those willing should apply to the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi, on or before 29th April, 201 1.

Pachnanda is new Police Commissioner Kolkata
Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda has replaced Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti as Kolkata Police Commissioner. He is 1983 batch IPS officer.
(We said this only yesterday )

IRAS to join Defence Accounts
IRAS officer R Ananth is going on deputation to the Defence Accounts.

The dramatic release of Raymond Davis
The sequence of events leading to the release on 16 March of US citizen Raymond Davis has been full of high drama. The families of Faizan and Faheem the two Pakistanis shot dead by Davis who had been protesting against pressure being put on them by government agencies to accept a settlement were taken into 'protective custody' on 15 March. Their lawyer Asad Manzoor Butt too was detained. Next morning the family members accompanied by two newly engaged lawyers appeared before the ADJ Muhammad Yusuf Aujla in the Kotlaphpat jail, produced receipts of Rs 100 million paid to each family by Davis as 'diyat' (blood money) and filed their no objection to his release claiming that they had pardoned the killer as per shariyat law. The relatives as well as Davis soon moved out of the jail premises in a large convoy of vehicles. While the where about of the killed Paakistanis' relatives are still not known Raymond Davis was flown out to the US airbase at Bagram in Afghanistan without any loss of time. As Davis name still figures on Exit Control List at Lahore's Allama Iqbal airport as per Lahore High Court order he was apparently flown from the city's old airport which is not under civilian control.

ITI Signs MoU with Telecom Commission
ITI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telecom Commission for the year 2011-12. R.Chandrasekhar Secretary DoT and Chairman, Telecom Commission and K.L. Dhingra Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) ITI Ltd. signed the MoU in New Delhi in the presence of Member (Technology), Member Services and Acting CMD BSNL, Additional Secretary (Department of Telecom), Joint Secretary (Department of Telecom), Acting CMD, MTNL and CMD, TCIL. The thrust areas of MoU include ITI coming back to profits during 2011-12 and implementations of new projects. ITI shall also be required to adhere to implementation schedules of all the orders bagged by it and reduce the liquidated damages (LD).The other thrust areas of this first PSU of the country are going to be quality, technology up gradation, reduction of the non-performing assets, skill up gradation of Human Resources and realization of sundry debtors.

Nand Lal Sharma is new Director (Personnel) SJVN (UPDATED)
Nand Lal Sharma has been appointed to the post of Director (Personnel), of public sector SJVN Limited. The position had fallen vacant on the superannuation of R.S. Katoch on 28th February 2011.

DEBATE

ARE PEOPLE LOSING INTEREST IN DEFENCE SERVICES THESE DAYS ?

What do you think? Why people are losing interest in Defence Services? Have they lost attraction because they are no more that lucrative as they have been earlier or there is a decline of 'nationalism' among the people of country these days. There is a shortage of over 12,000 officers at the junior and the middle rung alone in the Defence services in the country.

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CORPORATE

Will Bhave join Infosys ?
Grapevine has it that the outgoing SEBI Chief C S Bhave is going to Bangalore to join the prestigious Infosys.

Why this IT raid on Zindals ?
Income Tax raid on steel giant Zindals in Mumbai has raised many an eye-brow in the country's corporate world.

CWC signs MOU with Ministry on food targets
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) a Schedule 'A' Mini Ratna Category-I, PSU signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the central government's Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food & Public Distribution setting out various financial targets for the year 2011-12.The MOU was signed by B.B. Pattanaik Managing Director (MD) of the CWC with Dr. B.C. Gupta Secretary in the central government's Department of Food & Public Distribution on March 17, 2011. Those present on the occasion were Mssrs: T.S. Randhawa Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Naveen Prakash Joint Secretary (Storage & Policy) and Functional Directors of CWC. Under the MOU for 2011-12, CWC has targetted to achieve gross sales of Rs.1100 crore, create additional
warehousing capacity of 2.07 lakh tonnes, train 5,500 farmers on post harvest loss minimization and create rain water harvesting structures in its warehouses and
adjoining community buildings/schools, besides setting targets on a number of other parameters under research & development,sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. Subject to the approval of Government of India CWC has also planned to form a joint venture Warehousing Finance Company and a SPV for Cold Chain Logistics Infrastructure along with CONCOR and National Horticulture Board (NHB) of the
Ministry of Agriculture.

HUDCO ED gets achievement award for "Outstanding Public Officer"
The Executive Director of HUDCO S.K. Chaudhary has been honoured with the Achievement Award for "Outstanding Public Officer for the year 2011" by the Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) during the third CIDC Vishwakarma Awards- 2011 ceremony held at New Delhi.

Chaudhary who is a Civil Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering and Post Graduate in Management from IIT, Delhi, has contributed immensely to the all-round growth of Housing, Infrastructure and Urban Development. His contribution includes construction of Housing, Highways, Railways, Airports, Bridges, and other Infrastructure Development Projects in different parts of country and abroad. At present, he is actively involved in implementing projects under the prestigious JNNURM & RAY Programs of Govt. and is benefiting the urban poor to great extent.

Siemens sets up a financial arm in India
Siemens has founded Siemens Financial Services Private Limited (SFSPL) in India.

Sunil Kapoor to head Siemens Financial
Sunil Kapoor has been appointed as CEO of Siemens Financial Services Private Limited (SFSPL)

Patel is Global CEO, Patel Engineering Ltd
Ms. Sonal Patel has resigned as Whole Time Director Patel Engineering Ltd with effect from March 16, 2011 in view of being appointed as Global Chief
Executive Officer of the Company.

Balaji is Addl. Director, Aurum Soft Systems
Aurum Soft Systems Ltd has appointed K Balaji as Additional Director of the company.
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Ward is MD, BBH India
BBH India has appointed Paul Ward as Managing Partner for the Indian region. This is his second stint with the company as he was already a part of the original team that launched its Mumbai business in 2008.

Mukesh Ambani on Bank of America Board
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, was appointed as Director on the Board of Bank of America.
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Mudra Group promotes two top execs. as Group Creative Directors
Mudra Group has promoted Deepak Singh and Ravinder Siwach as Group Creative Directors.

Gundavelli appointed Addl. Director, Solix Technologies
Solix Technologies Ltd has appointed Ms Veena Gundavelli as Additional Directors of the Company

Dash appointed Independent Dir. Solix Technologies
Jnana Ranjan Dash has been appointed as Independent Director of Solix Technologies Ltd .

FORUM

Dear Sir,
DEBATE (1)_The promotional aspects in Defence Services vis-a-vis other services are quite low even if one is outstanding and done quite well on courses, he is overlooked in comparative merit. Thanks to Bagga Committee, rank of Lt Col is time scale. Earlier 50% officers of each batch were retiring as Majors. Pyramid is so narrow that there is rat race and cut throat competition amongst officers which leads to Ketchup Col, Boose Brig and Sukhna Gen.Even Highly Decorated officers don't make Brigs. Leave aside Gens. Allow growth of Armed Forces officers and their lateral movement to other organisations, one may see increase in induction. Officers joining other services retire at least Jt Secy/ IG and above which is not the case in Armed Forces. Also age plays a major role compared to other services and of course corporate sector is more lucrative.
One can debate for hrs on the issue. This is what I feel in nut shell.

Sunil

DEBATE (2)Liberalisation has been a great catalyst for shift from public to private employment. Firstly the opportunities and the remuneration is honestly tempting. In Karnataka, Coorg which sent one member from each family to the armed force . Today it is more of economics than other consideration. It is high time the government take steps to involve the armed forces in other fields of economy and ispire people to join it.

Gopinath Jagirdar

DEBATE (3)Mr W Misra is absolutely correct about the skewed system of Defence Services Officers recruitment.I have worked in Def. Ministry. Artificially, shortages of officers are maintained. Enough aspirants are there, only to be denied. It may be curious to find out how many Def. officers children make it, compared to poor "Civilians".

P S Singh

Shri W.Mishra comments on selection system for commissioned officers are absolutely bereft of factual position and he has nothing else but prejudices emenating from "I appeared five times before SSB". That he is today in CRPF is no qualification that he should have been in the Army. That is a faulty arguement which all people of All India Services and even subordinate services adance.

Selection criteria for commissioned officers are decided by DIPR, an institution under DRDO and not Armed Forces. One of the qualified psychologist of DIPR is generally posted with Selection Center. He is a civilian scientist.

It is not uncommon to come across so many senior officers, the IAS and IPS who have this grouse that they were not selected for Defence forces but made it to IAS / IPS etc.

That mind set emenates due to lack of realisation that SSB is menat to select officers for the Armed Forces and not Civil Servants leave aside for CPOs.

Putting blame for shortage of officers on the Services is rediculious.

Rajiv
About Retirement Age

Retirement age should not be increased rather GoI should promote government servants to opt for VRS so that fresh blood could get opportunity to serve the country at all leveals. It would be highly desterous on the part of the GoI to increase the Central Govt. employees retirement age on both ways politically and also administratively. Those sitting in the North Block or South Block should wake up and do not try to ruin the country further. Thank you and Happy Holi!

V S Rana

Dear Sir,
I agree with Mr S.Srinivasan, IAS, on the issue of retirement but on the same arguments. Retirement age is the function of Social management and optimum economic exploitation of human resources. The life expectancy in the country has moved up the ladder tremendously and so has the young population bulge. People are portraying this as contradictory to each other in socio - economic management, which economically or socially it is not.
Young population bulge demands that more and more opportunities for employment must be generated by the society, state and economy. That has to the result of economic progress and social management of a certain standard of living. At the same time, rise in life expectancy demands that people should not be forced to retire early and pushed into uneconomical resting population base. The essentials of economics demand that people be allowed to work till their economic utility age and the advantages of experience etc be fully utilizes in economic terms.

After certain retirement age, a pensionable govt employee is actually kept in service for half the pay doing full paid job. Say an employee is entitled to retire at 58 years of age with pension half his last salary. If he is allowed to continue in the job for another four years, he is actually serving for half the pay and with more experience expertise than the newcomer.

The lack of employment can not be solved by pushing people early into retirement but by faster economic development and creating more opportunities of employment. Turnover in Govt jobs being fixed in numbers will not result in any significant generation of employment. On the contrary, the state will be adding on to the uneconomical population without any economics reasons.

In our society, both young and old are required to be taken care of. If young population needs jobs, so do the old people respectable living. Why trow them away at a loss. Ratain them for the gains and economic advantages for the govt.

This needs to be taken from this perspective in which economics must be given greater weightage than mere politics.

Rajiv

RESERVATIONS BASED ON CASTE MUST CONTINUE:

Our lawmakers and nation builders were right in framing the old reservation policy. They succeeded in their vision to eradicate untouchability, social inequality, bring downtrodden to mainstream with so called upper castes.
No policy in any history has been so successful as the old reservation policy.
The old reservation policy must continue till there is social equality between castes in Hindus. Poorer among so called higher castes should be given some financial aids not reservations in jobs as they dont suffer casteism nor have they ever suffered it. Reservation was not about money but about social reforms in hindu society.
GB Singh

Is CBDT listening

Can CBDT consider sparing the Sr. Citizens under pensioner category whose income from pension and other professions does exceed 10 lakhs from scrutiny to avoid hardship and harassment. This will raise moral of Sr. Citizens
A Kumar

The hands that took Bofors cuts
The Wikileaks expose on bribery of MPs is nothing more than recounting the facts already in public domain. Yes, the names of the operators and agents of the crimes against democracy have surfaced for the first time. How audacious these fellows are can be seen from the success of their operations across party lines, against party whips and ideologies. The MPs, who are touchy about their privileges, are not ashamed of getting bribed for acts against our national interests, as the civil nuclear deal and other anti people economic policies of the past 7 years of Man Mohan Singh led government have demonstrated. How deep are foreign interventions and influences in our government can be surmised from the repeated grand successes of the operators. The civil society will have to take notice of these culprits. Late Rajiv Gandhi was charged with bribery of just a paltry sum of Rs 65 crores. Were Rajiv the real bribe taker, corruption & bribery of the high level as witnessed now would never have happened. That leads to only one conclusion that the same gangs of operators took the Bofors bribe also, but Rajiv got caught in the scandals. Not being a sterling operator of corruption, the poor fellow paid very heavy price. It can also be understood like this: the current scandals of Bofors raised to the power of 11 are happening during the proxy Prime Ministership of Sonia Gandhi, and all the blame is bound to be directed to her, once the UPA looses power, which is probable. Does that mean that Sonia is responsible and recipient of all the illegal money flowing from historical scandals like 2-G, CWG, Adarsh, S-Band etc or the cash for vote one? That would be mischievous. The real operators will never be exposed to public by our media, notwithstanding wikileaks. Wikileaks has yet to inform us of the great mystery of who or why or how of Somnath Chatterji having been persuaded to charge the MPs who exposed the cash for vote scandal in the House rather than going after the operators. Only history will judge the truth of his moral stand in the matter. Had the case been investigated by a JPC, the nation would have been saved the atrocities of the scandals, suicides, murders,lawlessness,hopelessness and total collapse of governance in the country. Late Jyoti Basu only regretted one historical blunder, Somnath will have to regret that greatest historical blunder of all times in not chasing the cash for votes operation. Such errors of judgement destabilize nations and destroy the established rule of law. Can Man Mohan Singh bring to justice these culprits who bribed the MPs and brought shame to the Congress and the country and democracy and who have proved themselves stronger than the law of the land!

M L Gupta

Disclosure of agreed list file

The file pertaining to the preparation of 'Agreed List' for the year 2004 containing the recommendations of higher authorities was sought. The RTI applicant referred to Instruction No. 1881 dated 13th February 1991of the Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) which laid down guidelines regarding preparation and operation of the 'Agreed List'. (i) In every case where an officer's name is being
included in the 'agreed list', a gist of the material, on the basis of which this is being done, must invariably be put on record. (ii) Normally, an officer should not remain on the 'agreed list' for more than one year on the same ground, extended in exceptional cases by one year each to a maximum of 3 years with the prior approval of the CBDT. The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal against the order of CIC directing disclosure of file applying section 10(1). The HC also directed payment of Rs. 5,000/- as costs to the RTI applicant.

Comments

Under Section 4(1)(d) of the Act, every public authority is required to indicate the grounds for taken for decision, at least to the affected person. Unfortunately, the name of an officer tends to continue on the agreed list indefinitely due to lack of adequate care and the affected person having no means to know about the same. The whole concept of 'agreed list' needs to be revisited in the post RTI era.

[Union of India versus D.N. KAR in W.P.(C) 4056/2008 and CMs 7869, 10885/08]

- 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)