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My dog Bolshoi the Boxer spends the day either watching TV or keeping tabs on what is going on the building I live in. The other day I came back home tired and l plonked myself in my favourite and was about to pick-up the remote control when my dog Bolshoi the Boxer ran in!!!

Bolshoi: Boss number 1 and 2 time.... you better hurry up .... I cannot hold it for long!!!

Me: Shit..... where's Ramu?????

Bolshoi: He's on strike...... so you can grab a coffee from the Coffee Shop around the corner..... your wife my Enemy Number One is not at home!!!!

Me: Ramu on strike..... why????

Bolshoi: All the servants in the building except the one's on 8 to14 floors are not on strike!!!

Me: Why have they membership of a different Union?????

Bolshoi: Boss I too am puzzled ..... from the dogs in some of the apartments on 8 to 14 floors I learn that these apartment owners work as servants in the apartments. There's this politician from Maharashtra Sharat Power and his family employs them! I learn that an apartment is this building costs Rs. 2.5 crores.... funny that crorepatis are working as servants!!!

Me: Sharat Power is a Neta and he has so much property that he has a full fledged Estate Management Cell that keeps track of his Real Estate investments.It is rumoured that he was passing a building and he asked his Secretary to note down the name of the building as he wanted to buy a couple of apartments in the building and the Secretary told him that the building already belonged to him!!! The servants are just fronts and the flats belong to Sharat Power!!!

Bolshoi: But Boss would you buy a apartment on the name of Ramu...... he'll claim ownership and the next day half his village will be living in the apartment?????

Me: Don't forget Sharat Power is a very powerful Neta..... this is where the goonda clout comes handy!!! One call to Balasahib and Sena goons will do the needful!!!!! And then must have in his possession their signed blank Stamp Papers......these servants are old family retainers and are loyal...... yes Sharat Power takes good care of them and their families!!

Bolshoi: Well you better let Ramu know the truth because he's one of the Leader's of the building Servants Union that is demanding apartments from their owners!! And Boss have you seen this guys cars and SUVs????

Me: The cars and SUVs do not belong to him because in his Affidavit to the EC he's mentioned he and his wife do not own any cars!!!

Bolshoi: Yesterday I peed on the wheel of his SUV and he shouted at me and ordered his driver to beat me up..... saved myself bahut mushqil se.... today when he comes I'm going to pee on the wheel of the same SUV again and when he throws a fit I'm going to taunt him 'tehre Daddy ka kya jaatha hai, because the SUV is not yours'!!!

We step out of the house. And after I buy my Coffee and take the first sip and Bolshoi fires the next question.

Bolshoi: Boss in the dog World we do not bite and wag our tails at the same time!!! How come this takes place in the human World????

Me: Why do you ask????

Bolshoi: Boss you know that very famous Lawyer in the Penthouse.....he takes his ferocious Doberaman for a walk around the building compound and if he sees a trespasser he orders his dog to attack the trespasser but at the same time he pulls the leash with all his strength and helps the trespasser get away!!!! The he starts using expletives and starts issuing legal threats to the dog. His dog is a nervous wreck.... the other day he was in the building compound going around in circles!!!!

Me: Your talking about Shyam Sethmalani ....... he's leading the fight against black money and then he goes and becomes the Lawyer for people who are accused for raking in black money by the tonnes.... it is his nature!!!

Bolshoi: Yeah now I recall....... you know the other day the doggy on the 5th floor whose owner is a retired Parsi Judge asked him that how come his Boss cried from rooftops that black money is a scourge and should be tackled on a war footing and at the same time he fought cases for those neck deep in black money???? You know Boss what Sethmalani's dog said......he said that his Boss says that till proven guilty no one is guilty!!! This dog added that often Setmalani shouts at him without verifying if he's guilty or not!!! He says the other day the servant's kid made a puddle in the living room and Sethmalani punished this already puzzled doggy accusing him of peeing in the living room!!!!

We come back home and I sit in my favourite chair and switch on the TV. Bolshoi comes and sits at my feet.... so that means more intorregation!! I do not want to shoo him away because then he'll say that he did not compete 'what I take him out to do' and I'll have to take him out again!!

Bolshoi: On the 2nd floor there's this guy Spectrum Raja who owns the entire floor!!!!

Me: I did not know we had an Anglo Indian living in the building....

Bolshoi: Don't know about this but this guy's from Chennai !!!!

Me: I've never seen this guy....

Bolshoi: Boss he just bought the apartments six months back.....he's inside for the past few months!!

Me: Inside

Bolshoi: In jail..... his dog meets him everyday there and says Spectrum is not doing too bad in jail!!! Says some friends have joined him in jail and he's made some new friends in jail!!!

Me: What shit.... how can his dog go to meet him in jail????

Bolshoi: Well he says he and the driver leave home for jail and enroute they collect a huge 'dabba' from some restaurant and then they enter a what looks like a empty living quarter in the Jail and there after some time Spectrum and gang come and enjoy their food!!! Why he says as Spectrum expects to stay 'inside' for some time they are getting this living quarter refurbished and air conditioned!! And do you Boss my pal says during his visits to the jail he's befriended some tough guys who have promised to 'take care' of that aggressive Rottweiler who lives in the 3rd floor apartment!!! They've asked my pal to arrange supari!! Boss can you too go inside and I'll visit you and make friends with these guys....... that Doberman pair in the next building are eyeing Debbi .... Labrador on the 2nd floor.....she's my love!!!!

Me: What...... I go to jail ......go to hell ........ and listen buster I'm not a Neta so you will not be able to meet me in Jail...... and nut case go and tell Ramu that I'm not a Neta who needs to indulge in keeping benaami property in the name of my servants!!!

In the meantime Ramu comes in and I explain him the truth about the ownership of apartments on 8 to 14 floors!!! After I finish both Ramu and Bolshoi walk to the door.

Me: Where are you going.... Ramu I've already taken the mutt outside for his su-su, get me a cup of tea.... and Bolshoi why haven't you still got me my slippers????

Ramu and Bolshoi: We resign.... we are going to find work in a Neta's home!!!!

(remembering Late Behram Contractor aka Busybee who used the pen Satire for a Mumbai eveninger. The above is in his style of writing)

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Kaun Banega Agla President ? (6) Ahmad Patel
No one in the country is going to endorse this theory of Ahmad Patel's becoming next President of India. Insiders do not rule out this possibility. This is almost certain that Congress party will not get majority in the Parliament in the next General Elections and in that scenario role of the President will be very crucial. Hence, no one could be better choice than Ahmad Patel who is still steering the ship of the Congress Party.

World Politics and new scenerio ?
Hindustani and Americans-Bhai Bhai

Pakistani and Chinese -Bhai Bhai

Decision on oil prices on May 11,2011
The Empowered group of Ministers ( EGoM) on Petroleum is going to meet on May 11,2011 to decide on hike in petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG
prices. This hike if approved it will come into effect while oil prices in the international market are actually falling. The EGoM
comprises Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Rail Minister Ms.Mamta Banerjee, Transport Minister CP Joshi
and Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Secretary Revenue ?
Who will succeed Sunil Mitra as Secretary Revenue on July 1 ? Logically being Special Secretary Revenue, 1977 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer K Jose Cyriac should succeed him. Insiders, however,rule out this possibility.

Official list of 1980 batch IPS officers empanelled for ADGP's post
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of officers of the 1980 batch of the Indian Police Service for appointment to the posts of Additional Director General of Police or equivalent in the Centre. They are Rajiv Jain (JH), Banshidhar Sharma (WB), Surender Singh (WB), Atul Kumar Mathur (AM), Mrs. Archana Ramasundram (TN), P P Pande (GJ), K K Maheshwari (AGMU), Dr. Satyapal Singh (MH), Himmat Singh (UP), Anoop Jaiswal (TN), S N Jain (RJ), Navneet Rajan Wasan (AP), Pramod Kumar Thakur (BH), Narinder Pal Singh (TN), Ahmed Javed (MH), P R Meena (AGMU), Ramesh Chand Tayal (AM), Udayan Mukherji (KTK) and P L Pandey (MP)

Amitabh Jain to go to London
Amitabh Jain is all set to go to London as Minister (Economic) London. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Who will be new Chairman of CCI ?
Who will be new Chairman of the Competition Commission of India. Out of the total 65 applicants nine have reportedly been short-listed for the post.

Anita Bhatnagar Jain to move to Telecom
Joint Secretary Higher Education in the HRD Ministry Ms Anita Bhatnagar Jain is moving to the Telecom in the same capacity. She is 1985 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Bahuguna to be MD RailTel !
R K Bahuguna is being tipped to be new Managing Director of the RailTel. The PESB is believed to have put his name number one on the panel.

Who will be new Railway Minister?
Who will be new Railway Minister? This question is once again a hot topic of discussion. It is widely believed that Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee will be inducted as West Bengal Chief Minister after May 13, 2011. So there will be a new incumbent. However, this is totally an open question as of now.

Sinha appointed Additional RC Kerala House
Bishwa Nath Sinha, PWD Secretary, Government of Kerala has been appointed as Additional Resident Commissioner, Kerala House, New Delhi. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Kerala Cadre.

Ms Bundela is PS to MoS Tribal Affairs
Ms. Ankita Mishra Bundela, Collector, Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli has been joined as Private Secretary to Union MoS Mhadev Singh Khandela for Tribal Affairs, Government of India. She is an IAS officer of 2001 batch AGMU Cadre.

R C Arora is new DG Jails in Madhya Pradesh
R C Arora has been appointed new DG Jails in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1979 batch IPS officer.

Absence CVC delays promotions in CBI
Absence of Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) has reportedly delayed promotions of four IPS officers of 1990 batch in CBI. They are to be promoted from DIG to IGs. Since, promotions in CBI from DIG to IG are like fresh appointment so vigilance clearance has to be obtained from the CVC. Those officers whose promotions have been delayed are: Rajeev Sharma -Rajasthan, Ms. Tilottama Verma-Uttar Pradesh, Anil Palta - Jharkhand and Laxminarayan - Mashrashtra.

Pathak to be JS Atomic Energy ?
Vijay Bhushan Pathak is likely to succeed Shailendar Mentiratta as Joint Secretary Atomic Energy. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Race for the RBI Governor's post turns interesting
Race for the slot of Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has now turned quite interesting. Subbarao Governor RBI is supposed to superannuate in September 2011. While, term of Dr Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Finance Ministry of the Government of India (GOI) is till December. However, with Ashok Lashiri Executive Director (ED) in Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manila getting one year extension, he has as well come in reckoning for the post of Governor RBI.

Is the slot of CIL chief going the LIC way ?
Is the process for filling up slot of having a full time Chairman of the Coal India Ltd (CIL) going the LIC way? This question is a very hot topic of discussion because it was last year the PESB had placed T.K. Lahiri chief of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) and D.C. Garg chief of Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) on number one and two respectively for the slot of CIL's chief. However, a series of queries from the Chief Vigilance Commissioner has delayed the whole thing. Moreover, the CIL has acquired the status of "Maharatna" company.

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh
ADG Administration in PHQ Surendra Singh has been given additional charge of ADG Recruitment. R S Meena will be DIG Sagar. Ved Prakash Sharma has been appointed DIG Chhatarpur.

Ms Sirohi is on tour to abroad
Ms. Alka Sirohi, Secretary, DoPT Government of India is out on an official tour to abroad,for a week. She is an IAS officer of 1974 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Akash Tripathi bags MP CM's Excellence Award for 2009
The Madhya Pradesh government has awarded Akash Tripathi, Collector Gwalior, with the Chief Minister's Excellence Award for the year 2009 in the individual category. He has been awarded a sum of Rs 1,00,000 for his excellent administrative skills. He is MP cadre IAS officer of the 1998 batch.

Justice Prabha Sridevan is Chairperson of IPAB
Justice Prabha Sridevan, a retired Judge of the Madras High Court has taken over as Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB.) in Chennai.

Singh moves to Mumbai
Senior Commandant CISF M K Singh has been moved from NFC Hyderabad to BAARC, Mumbai.

Ms. Anita Pattanayak posted as PAG Karnataka
Ms. Anita Pattanayak, Principal Accountant General (Audit)-I, Maharashtra, Mumbai has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (Works, Forest & Receipt Audit), Karnataka, Bangalore against an upgraded post.

46 contenders for 2 slots of SEBI
As many as 46 contenders are there are two posts of Member in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Interestingly, clause of quitting and joining SEBI for All India Services (AIS) has so far not been deleted.

West Bengal government lacks funds
As the grapevine has it, West Bengal government lacks funds. It will be quite difficult for it to disburse salaries for May in June 2011.

Corporates trying to woo Ms. Mamata Banerjee
Sensing a possible induction of Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee's as West Bengal Chief Minister after May 13, 2011, businessmen and corporates are making a beeline to her. This had begun even before assembly polls were held. However, it's now gaining momentum.

Anshu Prakash is PS Health Delhi Govt
Anshu Prakash ( IAS 86 batch, UT cadre) has taken over as Principal Secretary(PS) Health Ministry in Delhi government.

Manish Mishra given charge of OSD to Member (P&V), CBDT
Manish Mishra, Addl DIT, Data Base cell, has been given the charge of the OSD to Member (P&V), CBDT, in addition to his assignment at the Data Base cell, CBDT.

Adjudicating Authority to conduct hearings in Hasan Ali case
Full Bench of Adjudicating Authority under Prevention of Money Laundering headed by P.K. Misra (1971 Batch) set to conduct hearings on confiscation of properties belonging to Hassan Ali Khan. Coincidentally, Ali was raided by Income-tax department when Misra was Member (Investigation) heading the Investigation and Intelligence wing of the Income-Tax Department. He retired as Chairman CBDT subsequently. Ali's lawyers and lawyers of Enforcement Directorate shall appear before the authority in this hi-profile case.

Sumit Mallick now Principal Secretary Education Maharashtra
Sumit Malick is now Principal Secretary Education, Maharashtra. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Sanjay Kumar is now PS Higher Education in Maharashtra
Sanjay Kumar has now been made Principal Secretary(PS) Higher Education.He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

M.D.Pathak is now Municipal Commissioner Pune
M.D. Pathak has been made Municipal Commissioner Pune Municipal Corporation.He is 1991 batch IAS officer.

Anup Yadav Asst Municipal Commissioner Pune
Anup Kumar Yadav has now been made Assistant Municipal Commissioner Pune Municipal Corporation.He is 2002 batch IAS officer.

Ms.Jayshree Bhoj is now Collector Wardha
Ms. Jayashree Bhoj has now been made Collector Wardha (Maharashtra).She is 2003 batch IAS officer.

S. J.Koche Collector Beed
S. J. Koche has now been made Collector Beed (Maharashtra).He is 2000 batch IAS officer.

Nand Kumar is new DG Rajmata Jijau Mata Bal Sangopan Mission
Nand Kumar has been appointed as director general of the Rajmata Jijau Mata Bal Sangopan Mission in Maharashtra.He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

Lt Gen Vatsa is new Chairman of Haryana PSC
Lt Gen Devendra Pal Vatsa has been appointed new Chairman of the Haryana Public Service Commission.

Post of Assistant Passport Officer in Ahmedabad vacant
The post of Assistant Passport Officer in Ahmedabad is lying vacant. Comptroller & Auditor General of India and Ministry of External Affairs (CPV Division) - New Delhi, have invited applications for the same.

Post of Deputy Passport Officer in RPO/PO office at Barewilly vacant
The post of Deputy Passport Officer in RPO/PO office at Barewilly is lying vacant. Comptroller & Auditor General of India and Ministry of External Affairs (CPV Division) - New Delhi have invited applications for the same.

Bevan is new British HC to India
James Bevan has been appointed British High Commissioner to India. He will succeed Richard Stagg .

DPC for promotion of Chief Commissioners in CBEC (UPDATED)
A meeting of DPC relating to promotion officers as Chief Commissioners in Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is being held in Pune on May 10,2011. As the grapevine has it twenty officers will be cleared for promotion.

20 Indian Postal service officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 20 Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officers of the Indian Postal service have been given fresh postings. While Col Om Prakash (1978) has been made PMG (BD, Tech & Mktg), W.B. Circle, J. Panda (1980)-CPMG, Chhattisgarh Circle,T Murthy (1981)PMG Aurangabad, Maharashtra Circle,
A K Sharma (1981) - PMG Allahabad, U.P. Circle,P. Thiaga Surendra Kumar (1981)-PMG, Shillong, NE Circle,K P Sethy (1980)- PMG, Kurnool, A.P. Circle,B.V Sudhakar (1981) - PMG, South Bengal, W.B. Circle O S Veerwal (1981) - GM (PLI) PLI Dte, Kulbir Singh (1981) - PMG(BD, Tech & Mktg.}, T.N. Circle, A.N. Nanda (1982) - PMG Coimbatore, TN Circle, Lt. Col. DB Tilak (1983) - DDG, Postal Dte, SP Rajalingam (1981) -PMG, Berhampur, Orissa Circle,
Ms. A Bhathnagar (1982) -PMG, Dharwad, Karnataka Circle, Ms. C Usha Shekhar (1983) DDG (PMLA), Postal Dte, Udai Krishna (1984) PMG Muzaffarpur, Bihar Circle, V. Pati (1986) PMG (Hyderabad Region) AP Circle, Kamila Kr Santosh (1986) DDG (Estates & MM), Postal Dte, SC Barmma (1987)
DDG (IR) Postal Dte, VP Singh (1988) DDG (Establishment), Postal Dte and V Rajarajan (1988) has been posted as Addl Director, PSCI, Ghaziabad.

Sundeep Khanna to be Advisor to Lok Sabha Speaker (UPDATED)
Sundeep Khanna is being appointed Principal Secretary cum Advisor to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.He is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Tyagi is new Indian Ambassador to Norway (UPDATED)
Rajendra Kumar Tyagi, Joint Secretary at MEA headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Norway.

Baba Kalyani to receive highest French civilian award (UPDATED)
Noted industrial tycoon Baba Kalyani who heads $2.40 Billion group of Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL) will add one more feather to his cap later this year. The Insignia of "Officier de la Legion d'Honneur" will be conferred on him. Instituted in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, France's highest civilian award had been conferred on film-maker Satyajit Ray, Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar. The award is a recognition of his outstanding contribution in cementing the Indo-French ties. It may be stated that the BFL has already joined hands with Alstom and Aerva(both French companies).

CWC signs an MoU with KRIBHCO (UPDATED)
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), a major fertilizer manufacturing company in the Cooperative Sector, on May 6, 2011. As per the MoU, CWC will construct a seed processing infrastructure comprising of 6,000 MT seed processing unit-cum-storage and marketing infrastructure at Hisar (Haryana) on "deposit work" basis for KRIBHCO at an estimated cost of Rs.4.25 crore. The project will be completed by April, 2012. MoU was signed by the officials of CWC and KRIBHCO in the presence of B.B. Pattanaik Managing Director CWC and B.D. Sinha Managing Director KRIBHCO. The other senior officials of CWC and KRIBHCO were also present.Under its diversified activities, CWC has been undertaking engineering consultancy work of constructing food grain storage godowns for Orissa State Warehousing Corporation, Andhra Pradesh State Warehousing Corporation, Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) in Orissa, etc. Incidentally, CWC had undertaken construction of seed processing Complex at Siya, District Dewas (M.P.) on behalf of the KRIBHCO during 2005-06.

Additional Judges in Delhi High Court appointed (UPDATED)
Ajit Bharihoke, Vinay Kumar Jain, Mrs. Indermeet Kaur Kochhar and Anil Kumar Pathak have been appointed Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court in that order of seniority for a period of two years with effect from May 14, 2011. Ajit Bharihoke's tenure shall, however, be upto October 16, 2011, the date of his superannuation.

DEBATE
Does ACC system have its relevance for all posts?
Does the ACC system has its relevance as far as appointment of incumbents for all posts was concerned? It is time consuming. Under the system it is examined at each level and in every Ministry there are at least six levels. Broadly speaking it goes from concerning Ministry to DoPT Ministry, then to cabinet secretariat and then to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).Finally it goes to the PMO. It is extremely time consuming .In the wake of this please give your valuable views to us.
Mail us-mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Acting CMD of CIL gets three months extension
Coal India's acting chairman, N.C. Jha has been given extension for another three months.

Bose is now Dy Chairman of Paradip Port Trust
S Anantha Chandra Bose is new Deputy Chairman of Paradip Port Trust (PPT). The post of deputy chairman was lying vacant since February.

Nair appointed Non-official Director, Bank of India
Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated K K Nair as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Bank of India for a period of three years.

Venkataraman to be MD of Karur Vysya Bank
K. Venkataraman, Managing Director and CEO, SBI Global Factors will now head ofKarur Vysya Bank with effect from June 1.He will succeed P. T. Kuppuswamy.

Ajit Singh is now ED HPCL Coordination
Ajit Singh head of Delhi Coordination office at HPCL Delhi, has been elevated to Executive Director Delhi Coordination Office.

Jayakrishnan now ED Business Development HPCL
Jayakrishnan is now Executive Director Business Development, HPCL. He
was earlier GM East Zone HPCL.

P.K.Goyal takes over as Director Finance IOC
P.K. Goyal has taken over as Director Finance Indian Oil Corporation
(We said this on January 24, 2011)

George re-appointed CFO, GVK Power & Infrastructure
GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited has re-appointed A. Issac George, as Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for another period of 3 years.

Rajagopalan appointed Addl. Director, Lanco Industries
S.Y.Rajagopalan has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors of Lanco Industries Ltd from May 7, 2011.

Bandy resigns as Chairman , California Software Company
Clyde Michael Bandy has resigned as Director and Chairman of California Software Company Ltd effect from April 25, 2011.

Reilly appointed Chairman , California Software Company
Thomas Kevin Reilly has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of California Software Company Ltd with effect from May 6, 2011 who will also be the Chairman of the Board.

Dalal appointed Nominee Director, Arvind Ltd
Arvind Limited has appointed Prabhakar Dalal as its Nominee Director on the Board of the Company with effect from April 29, 2011 in place of R. W. Khanna

Kalra resigns as Nominee Director, K S Oils Ltd
Rajeev Kalra, Nominee Director on the Board of K S Oils Ltd has resigned w.e.f. May 5, 2011 and the same has been accepted by the Company accordingly.

Jain appointed Exec. Chairman India Infoline Ltd
Nirmal Jain, Chairman and Managing Director has been appointed as Executive Chairman of India Infoline Ltd

Venkataraman appointed MD, India Infoline Ltd
R Venkataraman, Executive Director, has been appointed as Managing Director of India Infoline Ltd .

Narayen resigns as Director, GVK Power & Infrastructure
The Board of GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited has approved the resignation of Sanjay Narayen as Director from the Board of the Company.

Bata India Ltd to appoint two additional directors
The Board of Bata India Limited has approved appointments of Atual Singh and Akshay N Chudasama as Additional Directors on the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from April 28, 2011.

Ramana appointed Addl. Director, Pioneer Embroideries Ltd
Pioneer Embroideries Limited has appointed C.V. Ramana as an Additional Director on the Board of the Company.

Charkrapani resigns as CFO, Savera Industries
M.Chakrapani, Company Secretary cum Chief Financial Officer, Savera Industries Ltd has resigned with effect from May 5, 2011 and in his place, N.S.Mohan has been appointed as Company Secretary cum Chief Financial Officer with effect from May 6, 2011.

Lal resigns as Director, Rolta India Ltd
Behari Lal has resigned as Director from the Board of Directors of Rolta India Ltd citing health reasons.

Sharma appointed Director, KEC International Ltd
KEC International Limited has appointed M.K. Sharma as a Director of
Company w.e.f. May 6, 2011.

Reddy is new Chairman of KVG Bank
Shambashiva Reddy has been appointed new Chairman of Dharwad-based Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVG-Bank).

FORUM

Effects of increase in Retirement age

What the comment Misses is that :

1. There are 7-8 Grades even within Gazetted.

2. A small fraction may get benefited.

3. The top in best posts works for two more years

4. The layers bottom to top suffer stagnation

5. Graying top, never an asset for Organizations

6. For every beneficiary there will be seven disgruntled

7. The twenty year full pension reform of 6th CPC becomes a mockery

and a lot more.

Babu R V B

Who would benefit from 62 years of age?

A handful of bureaucrats or few PSU officials. But it will eliminate fresh young smart talent from corridors of power in infusing much needed respite from old ideas.

S S Singh

CBDT challenges

Yes, the extension to present CBDT Chairman may be considered so that he can improve the system further. Assessment can be finalised on line and refunds can also be issued on line for Sr. Citizens and small tax payers whose income is up to 10 Lakhs (to start with). In status report which is being sent to CBDT by all CCIT, two more columns can be added one Total number of tax return received and second total number of assessment finalised before coming to the columns of refunds, refunds entered not processed etc. Improvement in the system and delay in the cases will improve overall image of the department. As Rakesh Mehta were quoted in TV programme for filing of property tax return on line has improved the system very much.

R K Mishra

You asked for it !

All the sweet encomiums of Alok to Sudhir Chandra, the Acting Chairman of CBDT, would make a diabetic of him. Trust me. Why not a proposal to make him a life-time Chairman of CBDT, a la Chairman-emeritus under the Company's Act. Bit far ?

DR

Let there be no mention of caste in human rights

Human rights are one and same for all the human beings whether S.C/S.T/O.B.C. Violation of rights of all the humans are to be treated as human rights violation. The CIC has given scope to unwarranted discriminations (which is already divided) in society by tagging caste to human rights. Will be it be correct if promotion is denied to other than S.Cs and can it be justified?. Therefore in the matter of human rights let there be no mention of caste.

Ranga Rao K

Constitution of bench by the SC

The CIC observed that the information whether the Registry of the Supreme Court (SC) has placed certain papers before the Chief Justice of India for constitution of a Bench as directed in the SC Order in the SLP No. 32855/2009 is plainly administrative in nature. It is difficult to imagine how the disclosure of such information could cause any abrogation of the independence of the judiciary. The CIC directed to provide information on action taken by the SC Registry and also provide copy of the order, if any, for constituting a Bench of appropriate strength for further hearing on the SLP. The CIC further directed to provide a copy of the document, if any, confirming the news about the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India advising Karnataka Chief Justice Hon'ble Mr. Justice PD Dinakaran to go on leave.

Comments

While the CIC deserves applause for the interpretation of the RTI Act, is it not surprising that the CPIO of the mighty Supreme Court of India cannot decipher one of the simplest Acts of the independent India? Even earlier, the CPIO of SC has received a rap on the knuckles for similar aberrations.

Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal vs. CPIO, Supreme Court of India in File No. CIC/WB/A/2010/000316 & CIC/SM/A/2011/001078

- 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)