It is an excellent site. Please try to cover news about leading PSUs also such as SAIL,NTPC,BHEL,ONGC,IOCL in geater details like promotion & transfers etc.

Bibhuti

(WE SAID THIS ON MARCH 11)

What bureaucrats feel about assembly polls

What bureaucrats feel about five states where assembly polls are to be
held in April and May? A quick survey by <whispersinthecorridors.com>
has shown following seniments

West Bengal -TMC+Congress to form government
Tamil Nadu- AIDMK to form government
Kerala- Congress backed government
Puducherry-Congress to form government
Assam-Congress to retain power .

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Osama was penning his Diary when the Seals got him.

Today I'm in the mood to reminisce!!!! After quite some time I'm making an entry in my Diary!!!

What a journey it's been since I got banished from Saudi Arabia!!! Today as I sit in Abbotabad , my home for the last five years, I'm tired of running and hiding!!! With all this running I cannot even add to my wives collection!!! I have to depend on others to choose a wife for me....... and the ones that are willing to marry a man on the run are old and ugly!!! And I cannot add to my brood....... imagine I'm fighting for religion and forgetting my religious duty of producing kids and adding to the numbers!! I'm sick of eating at home..... I want to go to Restaurants and eat pizzas, burgers, noodles ..... sit in a wayside Cafe and enjoy a Espresso and soak in the 'beauties' passing by!

But then in a way good thing I cannot do so because the Americans have made me bankrupt!!!! Shifting bases costs me a pretty packet......household stuff does not come cheap!!! And then my wives restock after every shift...... I empathize on this issue with those whose wives do not wear Burqas!! Imagine if ladies who wear Burqas spend so much on clothes, makeup and perfumes imagine what ladies who do not wear Burqas will be spending!!

Was a damn good idea, at that time, that I sent my 6 wives into Pakistan and ordered them to set up homes in different Cities!!! Only mistake that I made was that I took the help of ISI and these thugs spawned on 4 of my wives. That's why I have been trying to add to my wife count!!!! I'm thinking of getting myself a Chinese wife so that I can have a home in Beijing or Peking!! And then I can also enjoy Chinese grub to my heart's content......boy it's been ages since I had Chinese grub. I asked the guys who are my helpers and contacts with the outside World to get me some Chinese takeaway from Islamabad.... they did not know what noodles are so I explained them and do you know what they got .... sevian (vermicelli)!!!

Speaking of these two guys!!! They drive around in my SUVs and they ogle at my Yemini wife........ and I know they are charging me ten times for whatever they buy for me!!!! I sometimes feel that I'm eating in a Super Deluxe Hotel when I eat here...... one more reason for my going broke!!! I'm thinking selling one of my SUVs.... desperate to do so...... but am not doing this because these two thugs will get me a pittance and pocket the rest!!! I recall when I came to Pakistan I had ISI handlers and they behaved the same way!!! Wonder are these guys actually ISI operatives.... they say they are Kuwaitis...... the other day I heard one of them talking in Pashtoo to one of the kid's whose ball had come into the compound!!! Imagine they make me pay in the name of maintaining my cover 50 bucks for a ball that lands in the compound..... kids play cricket outside the compound wall!! Everyday 30-40 balls lad into the compound!!! These helpers of mine take the collected balls saying that they are going to destroy the balls...... my foot.... one day I marked all the balls and next day these marked balls started landing in the compound!!! I would not be surprised if these kids are actually their kids and they've made this into a family business!!

This Yemini wife of mine is a Natrupathy freak!!! For constipation she makes me eat raw bananas...... lethargy she treats with watermelon.......she's even invented a natural Viagra!! If we return to civilization one day I'm sure I'll make a killing manufacturing and marketing this Natural Viagra!!! Though this Viagra has a harmless side effect!!! One starts to become a narcissist ..... I now get CDs of myself on TV ....... I'm still a star on TV and every News Channel worth its salt has to show to me at least once everyday in its news broadcasts........ and as I watch myself I have my wife film me watching myself on TV.... then I watch the footage she's filmed of myself watching myself on the TV!!

I must bathe more often.... this once a week bathing and changing clothes is not good!!!! I could afford to do this when I had oil based perfumes from my favourite perfumery in Riyadh but now my stock is over!!!! The other day I was smelling and too lazy to bathe so I sprayed on some of my wife's perfume... when one of my so said Kuwaiti helpers came in he got a whiff of the perfume and started behaving funnily with me....sharmuta ( Arabic insult for a gay)!!!

My wife has asked me to get some curtains!! She's come to know there are some guys living down the street who keep looking at this house with binoculars!!!! Cheapos...... voyeurs....... but then I too indulged in this when I was living in Islamabad with my third wife!!! Nothing to do ........ I found a pair of binoculars and I peeped and peeped!! One of the reasons why my wife threw me out...... she's now pally with a high ranking ISI guy whose house I used to peeping into!!

Today I do not know why my spirits are so low!!!! Ominous..... I got this feeling in Tohra Borra ..... and just in the nick of time I escaped the American bombing!!! Maybe today I'll slip out from the rear and sleep in the fields outside the compound!! But then I've been here for five years...... nothing's going to happen......maybe my sugar's low!!!! I have a Saudi Coffee........ literally ten spoons of sugar in a small cup of black coffee..... felt better!!

Americans are hunting for me.... and chances that they'll get me are still high....however lower than before......but today I added in my Will that if the Americans get me they should not show pics of my dead body..... treat it as the last request of a dying man!!! Keep things in limbo..... hope the American President heeds to the last request of a dead man???? If my body is not shown there will be rumours that I am alive.... and this will prevent my wives from remarrying!!! I DO NOT WANT MY WIVES TO REMARRY!!!

Shit the lights have gone off............. got a candle and lit it!!!! That ominous feeling has returned...... no no this is not on account of low sugar!!! I hear Choppers........ has Zardari or Gillani or Kayani or Pasha come to meet me..... last time Pasha came he came undercover ....shawl seller...... Gillani had come hiding in the rear of one of my SUV's?????? Whoever it is will blow my cover.........what the hell ( last words in the dairy.... seems the Seals entered and shot him)!!

Bharat Kumar
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Will Mamta Banerjee leave UPA Government ?
There is now a buzz in the political circles that Mamta Banerjee will form the Government in West Bengal on her own strength. After bargaining from the central government for huge funds she may leave the UPA Government.She will however,continue to give support to the UPA Government from outside.

Will BJP open its account in West Bengal assembly?
Will the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) being headed Nitin Gadkari be able to open its account in recently held West Bengal assembly elections? Pollsters say that the BJP should be able to get two to four seats. It may be stated here that party affairs in West Bengal are being looked after by journalist turned politician Dr. Chandan Mitra. He is serving his second term as the Rajya Sabha MP and is Chief Editor of noted
national English daily titled "The Pioneer".

BUREAUCRACY

Will UPA Government raise retirement age ?
Will the UPA Government raise retirement age from 60 to 62 years ?.There is a strong rumour in the corridors of power that the DoPT has sent a note to this effect to the Committee of Secretaries.

Ranjan Mathai ahead in race for Secretary, MEA
As the grapevine has it Ranjan Mathai Indian Ambassador to France is ahead in race for the post of Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Dadoo to be Joint Secretary Commerce
J K Dadoo is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Commerce in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anshu Prakash to be Joint Secretary Defence
Anshu Prakash is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Defence.He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Gupta moves to Fertilisers as JS
Suresh Chandra Gupta has been moved to the Department of Fertilisers as Joint Secretary.1986 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre Gupta is presently JS Petro-chemicals.

Dewangan is PS to Murali Deora
Vivek Dewangan has been appointed PS to Corporate Affairs Minister Murali Deora.He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

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

Amarpreet Duggal is Dy Secretary DoPT
Amarpreet Duggal has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel.Duggal is 1999 batch IPoS officer.

Who will be new CMD of Punjab &Sindh Bank ?
Who will be new CMD of the Punjab & Sindh Bank ?.Now the tie is said to be between 1977 batch IAS officer Punjab Cadre and 1980 batch IAS officer of another cadre. both are in the running.

Will Raja Babu Singh be Director, Parliament's Security ?
Raja Babu Singh is likely to be appointed as Director, Security for the Parliament House. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the MP cadre.

16 officers nominated for Course at ILEA, Hungary
As many as 16 officers have been nominated for participation in the Course on Personnel and Facility Security to be held at International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), Budapest, Hungary from June 6 to 17 , 2011. Those who have been nominated are Shankar Dutt Sharma - Addl. DCP Rajasthan, Bipin Kumar - DC BSF, Sanjay Singh - DC BSF, Uday Divyanshu - DC CRPF, Yatender Negi - DC CISF, Akhilesh Kumar Shukla - DC CISF, Vikram Singh - AC ITBP, Devendranath Baghchand Kasar - Sr. DSC RPF, Samit Ranjan Biswas - Dy. SP MHA, Parashari Chandra Shekher - SSO SPG, Vikas Kunwar - SSO SPG, Swayam Prakash Pani - SP NIA, Ajay Sharma - DC BSF, Harsh Pal Singh - AC CRPF, Ms. Aroma Singh Thakur - Sr. DSC RPF and Rajesh Kumar Yadav- SP NIA.

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

Khamo moves to Chennai
Senior Commandant in CISF V Khamo has been moved rom Gaziabad to Chennai.

Postal service J. Panda is CPMG, Chhattisgarh Circle
Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of the Indian Postal service J. Panda (1980) has been posted as CPMG, Chhattisgarh Circle.

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

Interviews for GMs to EDs in PSU banks held
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.

IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan
There is major IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan.Altogether 40 IPS officers including one ADG seven IGs and several SPs have been transferred. The districts affected include Sikar, Nagaur, Bharatpur, Sirohi, Karauli, Pratapgarh, Jhalawar, Baran, Jalore, Kota (Rural) and Jaipur (Rural).

Pakistan : Steep hike in Defence Budget
According to information provided by Ms Fauzia Wahab Chairperson of Pakistan National Assembly's Standing Committee on Finance to journalists Pakistan's Defence Budget for the next financial year is likely to be 3% of the GDP which translates to Rs 619 billion marking an unprecedented steep hike over the current fiscal's allocation of Rs 442 billion. Ms Wahab also informed that the US owes more than $3.5 billion to Islamabad as outstanding dues towards coalition support fund (CSF) as out of $12 billion payable to Pakistan for the support provided to the coalition forces in Afghanistan only $ 8.4 billion has been paid.

Parekh is President of SC Bar Association
P.H. Parekh has been elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) .
The other office-bearers elected are Rakesh Kumar Khanna, vice-president; K.C. Kaushik, secretary; Gaurav Bhatia, assistant secretary; Vibhu Shankar Mishra, treasurer; and Neeraj Kumar Sharma, assistant treasurer.Pinky Anand, Rajiv Dutta, Pramod Swarup, A.K. Ganguly, Ranjit Kumar, and V. Shekar will be new senior Executive Members.Members of the executive committee are Gaurav Dhingra, Kumudlata Das, Umesh Babu Chaurasia, Anurag Pandey, Meera Bhatia, V.K. Biju, Shrabani Chakrabarty, Onkar Prasad and Aftab Ali Khan.

JNU Professor is VC of Hyderabad University
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
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 adre has been posted as Commissioner of Sugar and Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation Ltd.

IAS changes in Sikkim
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
Sikkim Secretary Tourism S.B.S. Bhaduria has been repatriated and posted to his parent department in his substantive post in IFS cadre.

7 GMs cleared for elevation as EDs in PSU banks! (UPDATED)
According to an unconfirmed report names of seven General Managers (GMs) from the different Public Sector Banks have been cleared for elevation as Executive Directors (EDs). All-together 34 General Managers (GMs) were in contention for the promotions. Those GMs whose names have been cleared are : Atul Gautam-Oriental Bank of Coommerce(OBC), C.G. Pinto- Corporation Bank, T.R. Chawla Dena Bank, S.K. Jain Bank of India, S.K. Widhani-Allahabad Bank, Deepak Narang -Allahabad Bank and Chandrashekharan- Indian Overseas Bank (IOB).

Desh Deepak Verma is new DG SAI (UPDATED)
Desh Deepak Verma has been appointed new DG of the Sports Authority of India (SAI).He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.This post is considered to be quite important in the GoI.

Medical checkup -in Delhi ! (UPDATED)
As per AIS (Performance Appraisal) Rules, IAS officers above the age of 40 years are to get themselves medically checked every year. Medical checkup report forms part of the Performance Appraisal Report. Even the date of medical checkup is to be mentioned in the PAR form.Call it callousness or mismanagement, even after four years of the introduction of mandatory medical checkup, DOPT has not notified any hospital outside Delhi & NCR for the medical checkup. So, IAS officers on deputation to Government of India posted outside Delhi & NCR have to come to Delhi for the medical checkup! They have to take leave and come to Delhi at personal cost for the "mandatory" medical checkup, and queue up in the hospital and cajole the hospitals. As if, there are no good hospitals in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati,…! And as if the mandatory medical checkup is a personal work!.

V Krishna to be PS to Jairam Ramesh (UPDATED)
R Vineel Krishna who was abducted by Maoists in Orissa has been apppointed as PS to Forests and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.He is 2005 batch IAS officer.

Dr. Purshottam Agrawal gets additional charge of MD RFC (UPDATED)
Dr. Purshottam Agrawal, Commissioner (Investmnents and NRI), Bureau of Investment Promotion, has been given the additional charge of Managing Director - Rajasthan Finance Corporation (RFC), Jaipur.

IFS officer in rajasthan gets central deputation (UPDATED)
Services of Munish Kumar Garg, (IFS (RJ : 1988), Chief Conservator of Forests (Eco Tourism), Jaipur, have been placed at the disposal of ministry of urban development, Government of India, New Delhi, for appointment as Director for a period of five years from the date of taking over the charge of the post or until further orders.

M.Nene is no 1 for IOC's Director Marketing (UPDATED)
M.Nene is number one for the post of Director Marketing of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)interviews for which were held on May 13,2011.

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

Suspense is over-file of Sudhir Vasudev cleared !
Finally suspense in 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 .

Interviews for IOC's Director Marketing today
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.

IOC Chairman appointed Chairman of Petrofed
R S Butola, Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has been appointed as Chairman of Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed), an association of private and public oil and gas firms.

Deb resigns as MD, Can Fin Homes Ltd
Dr. K. K. Deb, Managing Director has resigned as a Director and Managing Director of Can Fin Homes Ltd on repatriation of his services to Canara Bank, w.e.f. April 29, 2011.

llango appointed MD, Can Fin Homes Ltd
The Can Fin Homes Board of Directors have appointed C. Ilango, as the Managing Director of the company with effect from April 29, 2011.

Rajan appointed Addl. Director, Varun Industries Ltd
Varun Industries Ltd has appointed M. S. Sundara Rajan as an Additional Director with immediate effect.

Seth appointed Addl. Director, Graviss Hospitality Ltd
Vikram Seth has been appointed as Additional Director of Graviss Hospitality Ltd w.e.f. April 29, 2011.

Gupta resigns as Director, Global Securities Ltd
Alpesh Gupta has resigned from the post of Directorship of Global Securities Ltd .

Shreemali appointed Addl. Director, Global Securities Ltd
Deenkar Bhanuprasad Shreemali has been appointed as Additional Director of Global Securities Ltd w.e.f. March 21, 2011.

Mankad appointed Addl. Director, Navin Flourine International Ltd
Sudhir Mankad has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Navin Flourine International Ltd with effect from April 29,
2011.

Bhattacharya resigns as Director, Meghmani Organics Ltd
Chandan Bhattacharya, an Independent Director has resigned from the Board of Directors of Meghmani Organics Ltd with immediate effect.

Two directors of Hinafil India Ltd resign
G S Shetty and Prem Chand Kansal the independent Non Executive Directors have resigned as directors of Hinafil India Ltd .

Bindra re-elected to the Board of LyondellBasell
Jagjeet S Bindra former president of Chevron Global Manufacturing, has been re-elected to the board of directors of LyondellBasell along with three others.

Ramani is new Principal IOB Staff Training College
M. S. Ramani, Chief Regional Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Kochi has been appointed as the Principal of IOB Staff Training College at Chennai.

Chaturvedi to join L&T Group
Ved Prakash Chaturvedi is joining the L&T Group as the head of capital markets vertical of L&T Finance Holding.

FORUM

Need for a case study of Civil services final results.
The preponderance of candidates in the final results of Civil Services this year, declared by the UPSC today ie 11th May,11, from the southern India, is welcome. As per the trend in the past, at least, over 100 candidates belonging to the OBC,SC and ST categories must have qualified at general standards. This is also welcome. All this confirm the credibility of UPSC and the fairness of its practices.The only disturbing feature is that the candidates with the engineering backgrounds are opting for the subjects of humanities streams in preference to their own disciplines. Does it not call for enhancing the ?difficulty levels? of subjects from the humanities streams?
It may, however, be analyzed how much percentage of candidates from the rural region have qualified vis-a-vis the urban sector! Having served as Joint Secretary (Confidential) in the UPSC from 1989 to 1996 (before transfer as Joint Secretary ,DOP&T) I urge upon Ms Alka Sirohi,the No-nonsense Secretary DOP&T, to order a case study of the results and take remedial steps to remove the anomaly, if any. There is also a need to introduce the creamy layer concept to the SC and ST categories. so that the benefits are not cornered by the elitists among these two categories and benefits percolate to the grass root level.
May I urge upon Dr Suresh Mehrotra Editor-in-chief, WIC,to post the above views on the website for the considerations of UPSC and DOP&T?
A K SAXENA (A retired civil servant)

The administrative reforms, which we are aiming for, can easily be achieved, if we installed bio-metric machine and hidden video cameras in all the Government offices. Not only we will be bringing about punctuality but also reducing corruption. Many of the self-respectful, honest and sincere employees of the government suffer because of the 'sir mujhe samajh me nahi aa raha aap he kar lijiya'attitude of their juniors. You cannot say anything against the rude behavioured and non-working clan of Haryana and Western U.P. in the offices of Delhi because you may face their vendatta. You cannot say anything to the lady employees because the current law is in their favour. Nobody wants to take the risk and wants that he should get his regular pension after retirement.

BBS

It is really shocking to see the incidents when the farmers resort to take such steps against the Administration and the State going blindly to appease the Corporates. The valuable fertile land being taken @ 850 per sqm. being sold to corporates @300 per sqm. These corporates are selling the same land after getting the same hypothecated to different Banks @ 13 to 15,000 per sqm. Where is the public interest? The Central and Govt. the Civil Society need to think upon such acquistion of land blindly under the garb of public interest. We all know the status of SEZs. How many have been made operational? All need to awake to keep the generations flourish.

Devendra Mishra

The Best option for the country for Foreign Secretary shall be Shri H.S.Puri.

Kishore Dudani
Retd Dy. Secretary, MEA

She is also the daughter of my batchmate Mr. P.K. Mohanty of AP cadre. Our whole IAS batch of 1979 is proud of this achievement! Congrats PK!

S. Ramasundaram, IAS (retired), TN, 1979

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)