Whispers news are always on dot. Any guesses/ speculation who will be the next Revenue Secretary.

A k Seth

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Bolshoi and Ramu walk out and I count ten and both return!!!!

Me: In Punjabi there's a saying ' jithe di khothi uthe ayiee khalothi' which means ...... Jenny Ass , feminine of Jack Ass, may roam about but it comes and stands where it belongs!!!! Welcome back!!!

Bolshoi: Boss a bird in hand is better than two in the bush!!!

Me: Mutt you are close to landing in a bush!!!

Bolshoi: Boss when I stepped outside I met the dog of that guy who lives on the 6th floor...... that slimy looking guy Hummer Singh..... do you know the contact number of SPCA??????

Me: No .... but why do you want SPCA's number..... and why do you call him Hummer when his real name is Thakur Kammar Singh?

Bolshoi: He's showy and larger than life like a Hummer!!!! And I want SPCA's contact details because Hummer Singh mistreats his dog.... do you know what he does.....jallad...... he keeps naming his dog after his enemies, and mind you it seems he makes one every minute.........and then taking the name of his enemy he kicks his dog. Today his dog says he's named him Prashant and he's kicking his dog....... his dog says he's kicking him and calling him a 'PIL specialist'..... Boss what's a PIL specialist????

Me: Don't worry your head......bullies are cowards .... take my advice and one of thesedays gather all the dogs in the building and mock attack him..... mock as if you are going to attack him!!!! He'll most probably call SPCA and handover the dog to them!!!

Bolshoi: Chalo though SPCA doggy home (dog pound) is a rough place but any place is better than Hummer's home!! You know Boss his doggy's a rare Chinese breed and Hummer bought him for a fortune!!! He's no dog lover...... he bought this dog because he thought owning such a dog is a status symbol!! Imagine naming such a dog Kaalu!!!

Me: Hummer...... you guys really give apt names to people!!! Tell me why have you doggies named the guy on the first floor Osama????

Bolshoi: He does not come out........and on rare occasions when he does he takes walks in the compound at night!!! Two guys are the family's contact with the outside World!! The other day they bought two Sheep to be delivered to Osama's house and there was a hue and cry in the building!! When kids playing cricket in the compound hit the ball into his balcony Osama's balcony his family does not return the ball......they throw down a cheque for Rs. 50!!!!! The kids have collected a bundle of cheques......... one of them got his Dad to deposit a cheque and it was returned with the remarks 'insufficient funds'!!!

Ramu: (entering the room)..... Are you talking about Osama!!!! Poor guy he suffers from a skin condition that prevents him from coming out in the sun!!!!! He has 6 wives and 2 of them live with him in this apartment!!!! Eight of his kids also live in this apartment!!! Kids are educated at home by their Moms...... the other day two Sheep were brought as the kids were learning 'Ba Ba Black Sheep have you any wool'..... the kids had never seen a sheep!!

Me: But why does he keep giving the kids these dud cheques?????

Ramu: Sahib he's stinking rich..... he got a huge fortune when his Dad died........ one of his wives has sued him and the Court has frozen his accounts!! Poor fellow he divorced this wife because she practiced natrupathy on him..........she gave him some potion claiming that she had invented the real 'Fair and Lovely' cream and he got his skin allergy that prevents him from going out in the sun and so he divorced her!!

Me: Do you have any idea what he does the entire day in the house?????

Ramu: Sahib ..... satkela hai laghta hai......he stands in front of the mirror and while he does this he has a wife film him. Then he watches this film of him standing in front of the mirror...... seems he's in love with himself!!!

Bolshoi: The other day he was fighting with the Dhobi!!!! Seems for some reason his wife stitches a chota Gandhi (Rs.500) into the kurtas he wears........ she was saying he changes a kurta every week .... chee....... and every week when the kurta goes for washing she unstitches the 500 note .....takes it out and stitches it into the fresh Kurta he's going to wear!!! The other day she forgot to remove the note and sent the Kurta to the Dhobi for washing....... so she was accusing the Dhobi of taking the 500 note, as it was not there after the Dhobi returned this kurta!! Boss what is the mystery behind this 500 note stitching?????

Me: Ramu says his wife has sued him ...... maybe the 500 note is his 'monetary life-jacket'!!!!!

Ramu: 500 se aaj kall kya hotha hai Sahib?????

Bolshoi: Boss Ramu's trying to wangle a raise from you.........

Me: Maybe Osama feels that he will bribe Azrael.........Yumraj when he comes to take him!!!! After all death comes without notice..... can come from anywhere...... even the sky!!!! Otherwise why should he keep the money on himself in such an odd way?? After all when Azrael or Yumraj come to collect souls in India they too could be afflicted with 'chai pani' itis!!!!

Bharat Kumar
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Will Jagan become Mamta ?
People now say that it's the turn of Andhra Pradesh's Jagan Mohan Reddy who will join Congress again and will be the Railways minister.

BUREAUCRACY

3 in reckoning for Secretary MEA
As the grapevine has it, there are three senior officers of Indian Foreign Service who are in reckoning for the post of Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).They are: Ranjan Mathai Indian Ambassador to France, Hardeep Singh Puri India's Permanent Representative to the UN and Sharat Sabharwal Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan.

1980 batch IAS promoted
1980 batch IAS officer have been given in-situ promotion to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.
( We said this on May 9 )

N Ravi Shankar is AS IT
N Ravi Shankar will now be Additional Secretary Information technology (IT) in the Government of India.He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Rawla promoted as Additional Secretary Animal Husbandary
Swarnmala Rawla has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretyary Animal Husbandary in the Government of India.She is 1980 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

D P Singh is now Additional Secretary Earth Sciences
D P Singh has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary Earth Sciences in the Government of India.He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Vijay Laxmi Joshi is new AS Commerce
Vijay Laxmi Joshi has been promoted as Additional Secretary Commerce in the Government of India.She is 1980 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

B. K. Datta is no.1 in panel for BPCL's Director Refineries
As the grapevine has it B. K. Datta is number one in panel for the slot of Director Refineries in BPCL interviews for which were held on May 11,2011. Presently, he is Executive Director (Supply Chain Optimization) in BPCL.

Sundeep Khanna appointed Advisor to Meira Kumar
Sundeep Khanna has been appointed Advisor and Principal Secretary to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.He is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on May 10 )

Are IAS officers keen on heading CIL?
Are IAS officers keen on heading Coal India Ltd (CIL)? As the grapevine has it, answer to this question is simply "yes". Since, appointment of full time chief of CIL is ensnared in series of queries from the Chief Vigilance Commissioner. So, an IAS officer of Additional Secretary level in Government of India (GOI) could head the CIL.

7 in fray for slot of DG, RBI
As many as seven executive directors (EDs) are in fray for the post of Deputy Governor (DG) in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) interviews for which will take place on
May 13, 2011. They are: V K Sharma , V S Das, G Gopalakrishna, H R Khan, D K Mohanty, S Karuppasamy and R Gandhi.

Golcha to get extension in CBI
Satish Golcha, Jt. Director, Central Bureau of Investigation CBI, is likely to get extension for another one year. He is an IPS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to AGMUT Cadre.

Kamini appointed Director NIFT
Ms. N. Kamini, has been appointed as Director, NIFT with the Ministry of Textile, Government of India. She is an IAS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to Tamil Nadu Cadre.

Stocks of Ms.Mamata Banerjee supporters go up
Stocks of Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee's supporters have gone up. People are searching for them.

Interviews for 2 EDs in RBI on May 13
Interviews for the slot of executive directors(EDs) in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will take place on May 13, 2011.These are two newly created posts.

Dosco link for Dinesh Trivedi being found
People are busy to find Dehradun located The Doon school link of Dinesh Trivedi who is Dosco. Trivedi is a Gujarati Kutchi industrialist and adviser of Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamta Banerjee who had won parliamentary election as a TMC candidate from Barrackpore constituency in West Bengal. Trivedi had defeated his nearest rival Tarit Topdar, six-time heavyweight and the then sitting CPM MP, by more than 60,000 votes during last Lok Sabha polls. Barrackpore was considered to be the biggest strongholds of the Left front outside Kolkata. Trivedi hails from Bidada village of coastal Mandvi in Gujarat's Kutch district was a TMC' Rajya Sabha MP before entering into the Lok Sabha.

Post of Member, Staff Selection Commission vacant
The Joint Secretary level post of Member, Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi, on deputation basis, is proposed to be filled up. Only those applications which are routed through proper channel and are accompanied with the CR dossier of the officer with CRs up to 2009-2010 or clear photocopies of the CRs of the office containing CRs of at least last five years, duly attested by a Group 'A' officer with cadre clearance, clearance from vigilance and disciplinary angle and statement giving details of major or minor penalties, if any, imposed on the officer during the last ten years and a certificate that in the event of selection, the officer would be relieved to join the duties of the post would be considered.

Post of Deputy Passport Officer in Chennai vacant
Post of Deputy Passport Officer in Chennai vacant. Comptroller & Auditor General of India and Ministry of External Affairs (CPV Division), New Delhi have invited applications for the same.

More IAS changes in Maharashtra likely
Thirteen IAS officers have been transferred in Maharashtra in the past one week. Now more changes are in the offing.

Postal service officer Col Om Prakash is PMG (BD, Tech & Mktg)
Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of the Indian Postal service Col Om Prakash (1978) has been posted as PMG (BD, Tech & Mktg), W.B. Circle.

Post of Deputy Passport Officer in Bhopal vacant
Post of Deputy Passport Officer in Bhopal vacant. Comptroller & Auditor General of India and Ministry of External Affairs (CPV Division), New Delhi have invited applications for the same.

21 IIS officers promoted
As many as 21 Senior Grade Officers of Indian Information Service (IIS) Group 'A' have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). While Ms. Sneh Rai, Dy. Dir, Publications Division, has been promoted and posted as Joint Director, Publications Division, New Delhi, B. A. Mallick, Dy. Dlr, DDK, Srinagar has been promoted and posted as Joint Director (News), RNU, AIR, Srinagar, Alok Mishra, Dy. Dir, PIB, Mumbai as Joint Director (News), DD News, New Delhi, A. K. Chaturvedi, Dy.Dir. (M&C), PIB, Bhopal as Joint Director (M&C) PIB, Bhopal, Anindya Sengupta, Dy.Dir, DD News, New Delhi as Joint Director, DAVP, New Delhi, Ms. Kismat Anil Sagar, PRO, DPR Defence, Lucknow as Joint Director, FP, Lucknow, Ms. Bena Yadav, Dy. Dir, PIB, New Delhi as Joint Director (News), DD News, New Delhi , S.N. Choudhery, Dy. Dir. NSD : AIR, New Delhi as Joint Director, DAVP, Guwahati, Vijay Kumar, Dy. Dir, DDK, Patna as Joint Director (CM&C), PIB, Patna, S. Srinivasa, PRO, DPR Defence, Pune as Joint Director (M&C), PIB, Pune, Sharat Chandej, Dy.Dir, DDK New Delhi as Joint Director (M&C), PIB, New Delhi, Ajay Agrawal. Dy Dir (N). DD News, New Delhi as Joint Director (N), NSD: AIR, New Delhi , Ms- Gurjeet Kaur Malik, Dy.Dir, AIR, Srinagar as Joint Dlrector (M&C), PIB, Srinagar, M.V.S. Prasad, Dy Dir, AIR, Hyderabad as Joint Director (M&C}, PIB, Chennai, Santosh Kumar, (under order of posting as Dy, Director (N), NSD : AIR, New Delhi, as Joint Director, DFP, Ahmedabad , G.K. Pai Mirye, Dy.Dir, DD News, New Delhi as Joint Director (M&C), PIB, Bangalore, Dinesh Kumar, Dy. Dir, DDK, Itanagar as Joint Diiector, DFP, Guwahati, Ms. Shrutl Patil, PRO, DPR Defence, Bangalore as Joint Director (M&C), PIB, Hyderabad Ms. Pallavi Chinya, Dy. Dir, PIB, Bangalore, as Joint Director (M&C), PIB, Thiruvanthapuram, Ms. Ritu Shukla, Dy Dir, PIB, New Delhi as Joint Director, DFP, Jaipur and Kripa Shankar Yadav as Dy Dir, PIB, Lucknow as Joint Director (N), RNU, AIR, Bhopal.

Govekar to join GoI
R S Govekar is joining the Government of India as AIG Forests in the Ministry of Forests and Environment.He is 2001 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Pakistan Railways : Loco Maintenance Scam
Pakistan's Railway Ministry has ordered a probe in to alleged irregularities in a repair and maintenance contract for its locomotives with Dalian locomotives of China at a cost of $15.2 million. The agreement was finalised in Sept 2009 for repair of 50 locomotives but during a visit by the GM (operations) to Karachi on March 18 - 19 this year it was observed that 'none of the 50 locomotives were made operational' in spite of lapse of nearly 18 months leading to severe curtailment in the movement of freight trains. The GM also noticed that the cost of spares agreed was too exorbitant and in some cases full of anomalies. The inquiry committee will comprise of Mohammad Shafi (Member Finance), Anjum Parvaij (GM Infrastructure) and Ahsan Mahmood Mian (AGM Mechanical).

Additional Judges in Chhattisgarh High Court appointed
Ghulam Minhajuddin and Radhe Shyam Sharma have been appointed Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court, in the same order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.

920 candidates finally selected for appointment in Civil services
Of the 2589 candidates who were short listed for the Personality Test after qualifying Civil Services Examination, 2010, as many as 920 candidates (717 male and 203 female) have finally been selected for appointment to the IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central Services. A total number of 5,47,698 candidates applied for this examination, 2,69,036 candidates appeared for the Preliminary examination, 12,491 candidates qualified for the Main written examination held in October- November, 2010.

Ms. S. Divyadharshini tops Civil Services Examination
Ms. S. Divyadharshini has topped the Civil Services Examination, 2010. She has done B.A., B.L.(Hons.) from Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai.

Ms. Sweta Mohanty is second ranker in Civil Services Examination
Ms. Sweta Mohanty has been the second ranker in the Civil Services Examination, 2010. She has done B.Tech (Computer Science) from GRIET, JNTU, Hyderabad.

Varun Kumar is topper among male candidates in Civil Services Examination
RV Varun Kumar has been the topper among male candidates. He has secured overall third rank. He has done BDS from Ragas Dental College, Chennai.

20 males, 5 females among top 25 qualifying Civil Services Examination
The Top 25 candidates finally selected in Civil Services Examination, 2010, consist of 20 males and 5 females.

Top 25 civil service exam toppers include 15 of Engineering background
Educational qualification wise, the top 25 candidates comprise of 15 candidates belonging to Engineering; 5 candidates belonging to Commerce, Management, Humanities, Science & Social Sciences; and 5 candidates belonging to Medical Science background.

Top 25 civil service exam toppers include eight first timers
Of the top 25 candidates, finally selected in Civil Services Examination, 2010, eight have made to the merit list in their first attempt, four in second attempt, nine in third attempt, three in fourth attempt and one in fifth attempt.

28 physically challenged qualify Civil Services Examination
Of the 920 candidates finally qualifying Civil Services Examination, 2010, 28 are physically challenged.

14 orthopaedically challenged qualify Civil Services Examination
Of the 920 candidates finally qualifying Civil Services Examination, 2010, 14 are orthopaedically challenged.

5 visually impaired qualify Civil Services Examination
Of the 920 candidates finally qualifying Civil Services Examination, 2010, five are visually impaired.

Nine hearing impaired qualify Civil Services Examination
Of the 920 candidates finally qualifying Civil Services Examination, 2010, nine are hearing impaired.

Hanif moves to Scope complex
K A Hanfi ,Dy General Manager(Security) Presently posted at Hotal janpath of the ITDC has been transferred and Posted in corporate administration Division Scope complex New delhi With Effect From may 5th 2011.

Suspense is over-file of Sudhir Vasudev cleared ! (UPDATED)
Finally suspense is over.One can now congratulate Sudhir Vasudev.Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy is believed to have cleared the appointment of Sudhir Vasudev for the prestigious post of CMD ONGC .

JNU Professor is VC of Hyderabad University (UPDATED)
Professor in JNU Delhi Ramakrishna Ramaswamy has been appointed vice chancellor of University of Hyderabad (UoH).

Dr. M. Saikumar is back to Tamil Nadu cadre (UPDATED)
Dr. M. Saikumar who on central deputation was Chennai based Zonal Joint Director General of
Foreign Trade (DGFT) in Department of Commerce on reversion to state cadre has been posted as Commissioner of Sugar and Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation Ltd.

IAS changes in Sikkim (UPDATED)
Karma Gyatso has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary cum Financial Commissioner, in-charge of Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Department. Smt. R. Ongmu will now be Principal Secretary cum Development Commissioner, DPERNECAD .Smt. N. Yethenpa has been posted as Secretary, Tourism & AC Department.A. K. Chettri will be Secretary, Cooperation Department and R. Telang as Secretary, Science & Technology Department.

Bhaduria re-patriated in IFS cadre (UPDATED)
Sikkim Secretary Tourism S.B.S. Bhaduria has been repatriated and posted to his parent department in his substantive post in IFS cadre.

Rupak Dayal to be Director (Persosnnel) WCL ! (UPDATED)
Rupak Dayal is being tipped to be new Director (Personnel) of the Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL).

Interviews for GMs to EDs in PSU banks held (UPDATED)
Altogether 34 candidates faced interviews for elevation from General Managers (GMs) to Executive Directors(EDs) during last two days. On May 11, 2011 there were 20 candidates while on May 12, 2011 there were 14 candidates who faced interviews. Eight incumbents were there
from the Allahabad Bank. They are: S.K.Kalra ,S.K. Widhani,Anil Kumar,S.K.Srivastava, A.L.Daulatani, V.K.Chawla , D.Chakravorty, Deepak Narang(all Eight from Allahabad Bank),Chandrashekharan, Raghavan, Keshavmurthy, S.N.Mishra(all four from Indian Overseas Bank-IOB), two candidates from Bank of Baroda (BoB), C.G.Pinto and C.V. Rajendran(both from Corporation Bank).Raj Kumar, Prasad, (Andhra Bank), Ms.Maithili(Canara Bank).Ambrish from Indian Bank.Over a dozen candidates are to be selected.

Mrs. Namita J Priyadarshee promoted as chief Conservator of Forests (UPDATED)
Mrs. Namita J Priyadarshee (IFS : 1989) who belongs to state cadre of Rajasthan and is at present on central deputation has been promoted to the grade of chief Conservator of Forests of Indian Forest Service on proforma basis.

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

Raka gets additional charge of MD - Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation ltd.
Kuldip Raka , Commissioner, Jaipur Development Authority, has been given the additional charge of Managing Director - Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation ltd., Jaipur.

Interviews for IOC's Director Marketing on May 13
Interviews for selection of Director Marketing of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)-the largest corporate entity of the country, are scheduled on May 13,2011. Nine Executives Directors (EDs) of IOC have been short listed for interviews along with other external
candidates. Of these three senior most EDs are considered to be hot contenders for the top job in IOC's Marketing division. The senior most in fray is Amitava Chatterjee, who has worked in sales, operations and lubricant departments and also functioned as Head of State Office and other Executive positions in Head Office of Marketing Division. He had been a motivating force behind the largest selling lubricant brand "SERVO" and appears to be the most suitable candidate for the job based on profile, capability and seniority. He is also on Board of group Companies IOC MEZ and AVI Oil. M. Nene is the other ED who has an impeccable career profile of operations Department. However, he lacks experience of sales. Also, Jaipur fire incident at IOC depot has happened when Nene was heading the operation Department. The last among the three senior most ED is R. Sareen, who is also having background of Sales and Aviation Departments, but enquiry against him is going on for alleged corruption charges. The other six EDs are relatively junior in comparison to these three stalwarts of IOC Marketing Division and may not be able to super cede their competent senior colleagues. External candidates are unlikely to find favour as IOC Marketing Division involves very complex management skills and individuals having exposure to the same would be always at an advantage.

Mishra to be Director CCL ?
R P Mishra is being tipped to be new Director (Personnel) of the Central Coalfields Ltd.(CCL).

Process for slot of SEBI's ED yet to start
Though three of seven Executive Directors (EDs) in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) are going to retire in July-August this year, process for selecting and appointing their successors is yet to start. They are: J. Ranganayakulu, K.N. Vaidyanathan and Jitendra Nath Gupta.

Menon gets additional charge
Chairman of the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation Rear Admiral (retd.) B.R. Menon has been given additional charge as a director on the Board of Lakshadweep Development Corporation Limited.

Kaul appointed National Dales Head (Television), RBNL
Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL), a part of the Anil Ambani-led ADA Group has appointed Gargi Kaul as National Sales Head, Television

Datta is Regional Slaes Head (West), RBNL
Soumen Datta has been appointed as Regional Sales Head-(West), Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd for Television.

Bhokare appointed Regional Head BIG Connect (South), RBNL
Jayant Bhokare has been appointed as - Regional Head, BIG Connect (South), Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd.

Poddar appointed Alternate Director, Zuari Industries
Zuari Industries Limited has appointed Akshay Poddar as Alternate Director to Shyam Bhartia.

Sen ceases to be Director, Gail (India) Ltd
Dr. U.K. Sen, Part-time Non-official (Independent) Director has ceased to be a Director of Gail (India) Ltd w.e.f. April 28, 2011.

Ramchandran resigns as Director, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
The Board of Aurobindo Pharma Limited has taken on record the resignation of Dr.K.Ramachandran as a Director of the Company.

Singh appointed Govt. Nominee Director on SAIL Board
Steel Authority Of India Limited has appointed Upendra Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Steel Authority of India Limited.

Sharma promoted as COO, ENIL
Hitesh Sharma, who was Regional Director (West) has been promoted as Chief Operating Officer of Entertainment Network India Ltd (ENIL).

Shetty is Chief Strategy Officer , ENIL
Mahesh Shetty, who was Regional Director (North & East) has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Entertainment Network India Ltd.

Sen promoted as President & CEO, Grey Group India
Jishnu Sen has been promoted to the position of President & CEO, Grey Group India, effective immediately.

Vaidya appointed Business Head (Hindi Channels), Star India
Star India has appointed Nitin Vaidya as the Business Head for its Hindi channels.

Shahane is Creative Head , Rediffusion Y&R
Parag Shahane has been appointed as Creative Head - Art of Rediffusion Y&R.

Selva to be Head (Consumer Banking), India, Citibank
Citibank is appointing Anand Selva who is currently Head (Consumer Banking ) in China as head of its consumer banking operations in India.

FORUM

Absenteeism and habitual late coming in Govt offices

1.This has assumed catastrophic proportion in government offices in general and in Income tax office in particular. If you visit income tax office (Aaykar Bhawan at 10.30 AM ) you will find entire parking vacant even though official time is 9.30 AM. This means all the officers of the rank of Joint commissioner and above are coming late.

2. The position of staff is even worse with majority coming after 11 AM and leaving by 5 PM, worse no officer can discipline them for fear of powerful Unions.

3.It is high time government should introduce biometric attendance(as in home ministry) to stem open wasting of public money.

4.Alternatively government should depend on contract workers as it is not able to command government employees who become "Son in law" once they get a government job and stop working.

5.I wish our cabinet secretary and revenue secretary can respond to this complaint.

Sudhir

Atrocious brute treatment

Surrounding villages, driving out menfolk, maltreating women is colonial style policing. That a person like Mayawati tolerates such inhuman treatment of innocent and non-empowered villagers at the hands of the brute police force and insensitive civil authorities, dooms the death of democracy in India. Even the British Govt had resorted to state violence of this kind but cowered under the counter from the revolutionaries. But for the intervention of Mahatma Gandhi this blood bath would never have stopped. Hence the limits of the police brutality must be acknowledged and civilized treatment of the public grievances be resorted to. It must be noted that Mayawati's detractors and rivals want to malign her on a daily basis and such stupid acts only facilitate them. It is not only UP but most states have misused the land acquisition powers. Can the Government of India provide reliable data on surplus land under the possession of industries and other entities operating in the name of the public(hospitals/schools/colleges/institutions and a plethora surviving in the name of poor, weaker sections, Dalits, Tribals, Minorities, Women , Youth Clubs etc)? All such land was acquired in the name of development but has ended in creating thousands of neo-zamindars. Today's corrupt are crorepatis. Viewing any film of the 50s/60s/70s will contrast the corrupt of today from those during that period when illegal gratification of a mere few thousands would result in a jail term to the culprit. The first thing the corrupt syndicates of neta-babu-business do is to buy big chunks of land at dirt cheap rates in the vicinity of the land proposed to be acquired, since they know it before the information is put in the public domain. Rules of conduct do not permit such transactions for those handling the subject, but who cares for the rules in the regime of unprecedented corruption? All surplus land must be returned to the rightful owners. The Tamil Nadu government passed a law for restitution of alienated land in some other context after 30 years and properties requisitioned by the government in Maharastra & elsewhere continued to be requisitioned even after the lapse of the statutory period under unlawful orders/colourable exercise of legislative authority. Unless the LA Act is amended, more violence can be expected. Governments must understand that it is a permanent cessation of remuneration or source of income for the land holder when his small holding is acquired by the govt. The poor have come to possess small pieces of land after the land ceiling provisions were implemented. Don't rob the poor further!!!

M L Gupta

Why an exception ?

Is it not odd that when Congress M.P. Suresh Kalmadi, Finance Member Jaychandran, Darbari and Mahendroo are all in Tihar for the same offence , an exception has been made of CEO,OC, of the CWG, Jarnail Singh. Why? .

D Chudhury

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)