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Congratulations to Dr. Suresh Mehrora & his team

The whispersintheciorridors.com is so much ingrained in our blood that it has become an essential part of "our culture" due to which it is difficult to believe that it is only 10 years old. It appears as we have been living with it for ever. My heartiest congratulations & best wishes to Dr. Suresh Mehrotra and his team.

Upendra Jain, IG-Ujjain(Madhya Pradesh)

Aaj Ki Aawaz

As expected UPA is working to get DMK lot caught up in 2 G scam off the hook..... this was the deal Congress struck with Karuna...... ‘we’ll get your lot off the hook’........in fact ‘breathers’ are in the works for all the 2 G accused...... and BJP Leaders will now find its Leaders in the dock...... CBI reversing tables!!!!! Already CBI has said that it cannot find Unitech’s money trail and now it has said ‘cannot find proof that Maran coerced Sivasankran’..... and TRAI has sent a loaded response to CBI’s loaded question on the loss in the 2 G scam..... TRAI has said it cannot quantify the loss!!!! It’s like a murder trial ....there is a mountain of circumstantial evidence and CBI is purposely not finding the murder weapon and saying in Court ‘ as murder weapon cannot be found we do not have proof of the murder’!!!!!

CBI’s under pressure to waylay the 2 G case!!!!!
And the Officials in CBI do not seem to be concerned that CBI will lose face!!!

The meaning of Sehajdhari is a person who is born a non Sikh and has adopted Sikhism... as Sikhism does not expound conversion hence these individuals are allowed to adopt Sikhism at their own pace.... some stay Sehajdharis for life!!! Mohna is well aware of this and how sensitive this issue is!!!!! First Government announced SGPC elections and then later got its Lawyer to approach the HC to get the ban on Sehajdharis from voting in SGPC elections lifted!!!!! Here is where Sonia is missed ...... because had she been there she would have nipped this covert attempt to create a huge fire in Punjab for narrow electoral gains in the bud!!!! Congress must stop interfering in religious affairs! What a useless individual we have as our PM.... he does not stand up for us Indians ( inflation or corruption) and neither does he stand up for his Faith........ Mohna you’ve really disappointed!!!

Congress must stop ‘using’ religion to politically gain!!!!
This gain comes after it inflicts tremendous pain!!!

Congress is hell bent on creating problems for Modi...... Congress feels if it is able to dislodge Modi this will be hugely beneficial for it in the UP elections!!! The Gujarat Guv’s action of appointing a Lokayukta without consulting Gujarat Government was wrong!!! With trouble makers like PC and Sibal in UPA what else can you expect???? And I understand Rahul has developed a PC and Sibal allergy!!!! PC Gandhis cannot bin because he knows too much but Sibal should be binned..... Mr. Smug has done enough damage.....free him and let him return to his practice and let the Judges deal with his waylaying law for his clients!!! If PC is not put in place and Sibal is kept in the Cabinet Congress will only be creating more problems for itself!!! And Anna has already given ‘Jhoota Number One ‘ title to PC!!

Sadly there are BJP Leaders who are siding with Congress in its dislodge Modi campaign!!
Congress feels that if it dislodges Modi with the majority minority it will gain!!

Will Amar Singh be arrested in the cash for votes case?????? If grapevine in Delhi is to be believed Amar has let his contact in 10 Janpath know that ‘he has a few tapes’ which will be released if he’s touched!!!! The Cops have questioned a senior functionary in 10 Janpath and he has denied speaking to the three BJP MPs on the hand-phone!! Jaitley too has been questioned by the Cops and he’s said he was informed that Congress was planning to buy MPs and all that BJP did was lay a trap!! In the meantime Amar’s gone underground!!!

Amar Singh was made for controversies!!!!
And he even celebrates ‘his top rated controversies’ anniversaries!!

The System is now getting back at Anna’s lot.......trying to put Bhushan Senior in dock for the CD in which it is being alleged that he is heard talking to Mulayam on fixing of a Judge.... though a reputable Chandigarh Lab has opined the CD is spliced......then IT has sent a Notice to Kejriwal for recovery of dues under ‘service rules’...... Kiran is in the dock for mocking MPs.....they tried to get Anna but flopped!!! And Tiwari has been retained on the ‘Lokpal Standing Committee’ this shows he was under orders to attack Anna!!!

The Empire strikes back!!!
And for this the Empire is going to get just flack!!

PS......Omar Abdullah says he cannot be forced off twitter.... fact is when the news about him partying in Delhi every weekend and Public Holiday at the expense of the J&K Exchequer came out he excused himself from Twitter saying he was getting more and more busy and finding less time to tweet..... and when he felt the controversy had blown away he returned to Twitter.... what a twit???

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Is the raid a subtle message to Lok Sabha Speaker ?
Which agency can dare to raid PS to the President,Vice President and the Lok Sabha Speaker ?. Is the raid on AP Pathak,Secretary to the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar some thing to do with the Congress politics ?.Is the Speaker not solidly with the PM these days ?.

BUREAUCRACY

IAS officer seeks VRS
V C Katoch has sought VRS from service. He is 1995 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Swadheen K Kshtriya misses the bus
Swadheen K Kshtriya has missed the bus for the post of Chairman Bombay Port Trust. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Sanjay Kumar poised to be CSC-NFR
As the grapevine has it, Sanjay Kumar Director, Vigilance in the Ministry of Railway is likely to be appointed as NF Railway's Chief Security commissioner (CSC), RPF, Guwahati. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Swadeep Singh gets ACS rank in Madhya Pradesh
Swadeep Singh has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

No central deputation for Orissa IAS officers
The Orissa Government has refused permission of central deputation to about half a dozen IAS officers.

Dr Ganesan to be ACS in Orissa
Dr K S Ganesan is being promoted to the rank of ACS in Orissa. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

Ms Abha Asthana is now ACS Culture,Transport and Food
Ms Abha Asthana is now ACS Culture,Transport and Food in Madhya Pradesh.She is 1977 batch IAS officer.

Sanjeev Kumar Mittal to go to US
Sanjeev Kumar Mittal has been nominated by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), Government of India (GOI), for a course on Masters in Public Administration at Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA" commencing shortly. He is a DANICS officer.

DG ACB shifted in Andhra Pradesh
DG of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Umesh Kumar has been shifted in Andhra Pradesh. He has been moved as Chairman of Godavari Valley Development Authority, a post considered to be very insignificant. Now an ADG rank officer D. Boobathi Babuwill head the ACBT P Das will be new DG SPF.

Sharma is now PS GAD in AP
Jagadish Chander Sharma Chairman of Godavari Valley Development Authority has been posted as Principal Secretary, General Administration Department (Accommodation) in Andhra Pradesh.

Narinder Chauhan is new CEO Himachal Pradesh
Narinder Chauhan has been appointed new Chief Electoral Officer Himachal Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Khachi gets pro-forma promotion
Anil Kumar Khachi who is on central deputation has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of Principal Secretary .He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Sandeep Chatterjee is new Registrar JNU
Sandeep Chatterjee has joined as Registrar of the Jawahar Lal Nehru University(JNU) Delhi. He is 1992 batch ICAR officer.

Sudhanshu Shekhar Shrivastava's name recommended by Punjab Govt.
State Government has recommended the name of Sudhanshu Shekhar Shrivastava for DIG's post on central deputation. The Government of India will retain his name in the offer list. This matter is in process. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Devendra Arya is ADC to Sikkim Governor
Devendra Arya has been appointed as ADC to the Sikkim Governor.He is 2008 batch IPS officer.

1984 batch IPS to get ADG rank in Bihar
Three 1984 batch IPS officers Mssrs Abhay Kumar Upadhyay, K.S. Dwivedi and Rajesh Ranjan are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Bihar.

IRS (C&CE) officer Ajit Kumar empanelled as JS in GoI
IRS (C&CE) officer M Ajit Kumar of 1984 batch has been empanelled as JS or equivalent in the GoI under CSS.

S.K. Jain is ED , Union Bank of India
S.K. Jain General Manager Bank of India on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) of the Union Bank of India on September 1, 2011.
(We said this on June 13,2011)

IRS officer Mukhopadhyay empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Mukhopadhyay who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

IA & AS officer Jain transferred
A K Jain, Deputy Accountant General (SRA/DDA), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Delhi, New Delhi, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (A/Cs), in the office of the Accountant General (A&E), J&K, Srinagar, Branch Jammu.

10 Addl/Jt Commissioners of Income Tax transferred
As many as 10 IRS officers in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioners of Income Tax have been transferred. They are Bibhu Dutt Mishra - DGIT (Vig.)- Kolkata, Sarita Mishra Kohle - Kolkata, Manoj Kumar - Pune, L. K. Agarwal -Kolkata, Meeta Singh - Delhi, Sanjay Tripathy - Delhi, Rakesh Kumar Agarwal - Ahmedabad, Saiish K. Goyal - CPC, Bangalore, Preeti Jain Das - DlT (Exam), Delhi, and Supriyo Ghosh - Mumbai.

Railways transfers and postings
MK Gupta of AG/IRSE has been transferred from ER to CR appointed as HAG and posted as CAO(C), Chahatey Ram of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR to NWR as CAO(C) to be appointed in HAG and posted as CAO(C), BD Garag of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from RB to NR in HAG and posted as CAO(C)/USBRL/NR, R. Venkadasamy of SAG/IRSE has been appointed in HAG and posted as CAO(C), B. Deva Singh of SAG/IRE has been appointed in HAG and appointed as CAO(C), Dhani Thomas of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from SR to NWR, appointed in HAG and posted as PCE, Pradeep Kumar of SS/IRSS has been transferred from NR to RCF Kapurthala on promotion to JAG, and posted to officiate in JAG on NR, B Swain of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from CMD/ECR to CMD/SER against an existing vacancy, SP Shukla of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from CMD/WCR to CMD/NR against an existing vacancy, RM Batwara of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from CMD/SCR to CMD/NWR against an existing vacancy, SK Sharma of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from CMD/WR to CMD/SCR vice Dr. RM Batwara, PS Prasad of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from MD/ECR to CMD/ECR and AK Vyas of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from MD/WR to CMD/WCR.

36 Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise promoted
As many as 36 officers of the of Indian Revenue Service(Customs & Central Excise), in the grade of Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise (HAG) have been granted Non-Functional Upgradation. They are Vineet Ohri, Ram Prakash, I. D. Majumder, M. K. Gupta, J. M. Shanti, Sundharam, R. S. Sidhu, Vineet Kumar, Shobha L. Chary, Chandrahas, Mathur, Lipika Majumdar, Roy Choudhury, Narayana Basu, J. P. Gregory, A. K. Mishra, A. K. Agnihotri, Kusum Satapathy, M. Suresh, Om Prakash, P. S. Pruthi, Ruchira Pant, Sahab Singh, Arun Sahu, Mathew John, K. Srivastava, K. K. Jha, Amal Kanti Das, Deepak Kumar, Mala Srivastava, V. Ramu, S. C. Jana, Harjinder Singh, C. P. Srivastava, S. K. S. Somvanshi, Rasheeda Hussain, Joy Kumari Chander, Pushp K. Jain and D. S. Negi .

IPS changes in Karnataka
There is IPS reshuffle in Karnataka.New postings are Mssrs:-
B E Umapathy ADG Karnataka Police Manual, K S N Chikerur ADG civil Rights and Enforcement, K A Hafeez ADG railways, Padam Kumar Garg ADG and Managing Director, Mysore Paper Mills Ltd,R P Sharma IGP, Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF), Sanjay Sahay IGP, eastern range, Davanagere, Sunil Agarwal IGP, headquarter-I, Bangalore, B K Singh DIG & director (security & vigilance) KSRTC, Rajendra Prasad SP, Uttara Kannada district, M A Saleem additional commissioner of police for traffic and security in Bangalore City, Praveen Sood ADG computer wing and and C H Pratap Reddy commissioner of police, Mysore City. Four Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise promoted As many as five officers of the of Indian Revenue Service(Customs & Central Excise), in the grade of Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise (SAG) have been granted Non-Functional Upgradation. They are Vijay Kalsi, Pramod Kumar, K. Chandra Sekhar, Suzkzathang Nunthuk and Thomas Rajan.

Ms. Malini Agrawal relieved to join as DD, NPA
Ms. Malini Agrawal on central deputation has been relieved to join as a Deputy Director (DD) of the National Police Academy (NPA), Hyderabad. She is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre. She was Deputy Inspector general of Police, Jaipur Development Authority and Jaipur Municipal Corporation.

IPS changes in J & K
Navin Agrawal will be new ADG Jails .Ram Lubhaya has been given additional charge of ADG Security in J & K.

NBCC and NDC sign a pact
Dr. L.S. Chauhan, Director of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and S.K. Kaul, Executive Director of NBCC, exchanged signed Agreement for construction of New Building for NCDC in New Delhi at a cost of Rs.326.19 Crore.

(DEBATE)
DEFENCE OFFICIALS AS IPS ?
The government intends to allow the entry of the Captain and the Major-rank defence officials if they qualify limited departmental examination to join the Indian Police Service, in all probability, from 2012 onwards. The step is being taken to bridge the shortage of IPS officers in the country. Is it a right step ? Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Ghosh is new Director (Refineries) IOC
Rajkumar Ghosh has taken over as Director (Refineries) of the Indian Oil Corporation on Thursday. He takes over from BN Bankapur who has superannuated.

Varadarajan appointed Director (Finance), BPCL
S. Varadarajan, Executive Director (Corporate Finance) has been appointed as Director (Finance) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) with effect from September 1, 2011

NSIC pays dividend to GOI
NSIC has paid dividend continuously for the fifth year to Government of India . Dr.H.P.Kumar,CMD,NSIC presented the dividend cheque for the year 2010-11 to Minister for MSME Virbhadra Singh.Speaking on the occasions, Dr.H.P.Kumar, CMD,NSIC stated that NSIC crossed a Turnover of Rs.8000 Crores during 2010-11 recording a growth of 60% over previous year and would cross Rs.10,000 crores during 2011-12.Also present on the occasion were Uday Kumar Varma Secretary MSME , Ravindra Nath,Director (Fin),NSIC , P.Udaya Kumar,Director(P&M)NSIC, Saurabh Chandra, AS&FA,MSME , Amarendra Sinha,Joint Secretary MSME and R.K.Manchanda,Economic Advisor MSME , Rajive Chawla,President Faridabad Small Industries Association and members of Industry Associations,Heads of Banks & Chambers of Commerce,etc.

Vishwanathan appointed MD & CEO, Sonata Software Ltd
Sonata Software Ltd has appointed Sanjay Viswanathan as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company besides including him as Member of the Board of Directors.

Baptista resigns as Company Secy. Borosil Glass Works Ltd
C. Baptista, Company Secretary of Borosil Glass Works Ltd has resigned w.e.f. August 31, 2011.

Krishnamurthy re-appointed MD, UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd
UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd has re-appointed Jayakar Krishnamurthy as Managing Director of the company for a further period of five years with effect from September 1, 2011.

Sundaram appointed Director, UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd
R Sundaraman has been appointed as a Director of UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd with immediate effect .

Mahesh appointed COO, Sundaram Brake Linings Ltd
Sundaram Brake Linings Ltd has appointed Krishna Mahesh as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from September 1, 2011.

Dalal resigns as Director of Astral Poly Technik Ltd
Nimish G. Dalal, the Non-Executive Director of Astral Poly Technik Ltd has resigned from the directorship of the company with effect August 31, 2011.

Bhatia appointed Whole-time Director, Provestment Services Ltd
Provestment Services Ltd has appointed Praveen Bhatia as Whole-time Director of the Company.

Vedi appointed Addl. Director, Provestment Services Ltd
Gurdev Singh Vedi has been appointed as an Additional Director of Provestment Services Ltd.

Narang resigns as Whole-time Director, Provestment Services Ltd
Arvind Kumar Narang has resigned as Whole-time Director of Provestment Services Ltd.

Krishnan, ED and CEO of TV Today Network resigns
G Krishnan, Executive Director and CEO of TV Today Network has resigned from the company after about 16 years stint with it.

Eric Kip of Blyk promoted as CEO
Eric Kip has been promoted as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the Blyk, the mobile messaging media which he had joined in 2009. Before being promoted, kip who has 20 years of experience was previously Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Blyk.

CBEC doesn't requires ombudsman

CBEC does not require ombudsman till GST is implemented. Moreover how could Chairman and Members of CBEC become Ombudsman- a post lower in rank than the present assignment.

Rahul

Baseless argument

Some comments whether it is premature to appoint Ombudsman in CBEC because Lokpal is coming. This argument is not based on facts, as CBEC Ombudsman is a grievance redressal mechanism on indirect tax administration. It will be a good idea to place all Ombudsmans and Regulators in government of India and all state governments under the proposed Lokpal.

Anna

Rules under CCS Leave Rules

Apropos Government's twitching of feet on Arvind Kejriwal's return of bond money subsequent to his not returning back on duty after study leave, this is what the rules under CCS Leave Rules say :

" 63.Resignation or retirement after study leave or non-completion of the course of study.

(1) If a Government servant resigns or retires from service or otherwise quits service without returning to duty after a period of study leave or within a period of three years after such return to duty or fails to complete the course of study and is thus unable to furnish the certificates as required under sub-rule (5) of Rule 53 he shall be required to refund-

(i)the actual amount of leave salary, Study Allowance, cost of fees, traveling and other expenses, if any, incurred by the Government of India; and

(ii)the actual amount, if any, of the cost incurred by other agencies such as foreign Government, Foundations and Trusts in connection with the

course of study,

together with interest thereon at rates for the time being in force on Government loans from the date of demand, before his resignation is accepted or permission to retire is granted or his quitting service otherwise:

Provided that except in the case of employees who fail to complete the course of study nothing in this rule shall apply-

(a)to a Government servant who, after return to duty from study leave, is permitted to retire from service on medical grounds; or

(b)to a Government servant who, after return to duty from study leave,

is deputed to serve in any Statutory or Autonomous Body or Institution under the control of the Government and is subsequently permitted to resign from service under the Government with a view to his permanent absorption in the said Statutory or Autonomous body or Institution in the public interest.

(2)(a) The study leave availed of by such Government servant shall be converted into regular leave standing at his credit on the date on which the study leave commenced, any regular leave taken in continuation of study leave being suitably adjusted for the purpose and the balance of the period of study leave,if any, which cannot be so converted, treated as extraordinary leave.

(b) In addition to the amount to be refunded by the Government servant under sub-rule (1), he shall be required to refund any excess of leave salary actually drawn over the leave salary admissible on conversion of the study leave.

(3)Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, the President may, if it is necessary or expedient to do so, either in public interest or having regard to the peculiar circumstances of the case or class of cases, by order, waive or reduce the amount required to be refunded under sub-rule (1) by the Government servant concerned or class of Government servant. "

65.Power to relax

" Where any Ministry or Department of Government of India is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case, that Ministry or Department, as the case may be, may be order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such exceptions and conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner:

Provided that no such order shall be made except with the concurrence of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions."

It is not as if insistence of bond requirements is mandatory. CBDT has the power to recommend relaxation of the bond conditions. Provided it is satisfied that what Kejriwal has done is in public interest. Is CBDT Chairman bold enough to bite the bullet? Time will tell.

D P Karna

People are supreme

In my opinion in a democracy people are supreme and not the elected representatives. Please correct me if I am wrong.

D S N Murthi

Unfortunate

It is unfortunate that Makan's Sports bill was not appreciated by Cabinet and that our PM did not use his good office to bring it before the 'Sadan'. On one side they say that Lok Pal is not sufficient and many provisions/statute are required to curb corruption, on other hand they are reluctant to bring forth such good moves. Anyway we should respect and thank Makan for his sincere intentions.

Sham Sundar Juneja

Hardworking officer

Sashi Dhar Dimri new Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board is a dedicated and hardworking officer. Good for OFB & our country. Best wishes.

V K Diundi

Best Choice

U K Bansal is the best choice to be appointed as DG BSF. He is highly experienced officer. I wish that the force shall grow to its heights to earn name and fame. Wish him best of luck.

M F Khan

DPS is a Public Authority

Information related to admission made by the Delhi Public School (DPS), Rohini under the policy framework specified by the Department of Education (DoE) for the academic year 2010-2011 was denied claiming that since it is an Unaided Private Institution, the RTI Act is not applicable to the school. The CIC noted that 10,000 sq. mtrs. of land was allotted to the School by the DDA at a nominal rent of Rs. 10/- per annum while another 6000 sq. mtrs. have been allotted at concessional rate of Rs. 65 lacs per acre. The CIC observed that the terms and conditions of service of employees of DPS are as per the norms of DoE and the School enjoyed exemption from Income Tax on its earnings. The presence of two nominees from the DoE in the Managing Committee indicated the Government control in the running and administration of the DPS. The CIC held that the DPS, Rohini fulfills the essential elements of being called a 'Public Authority'.

Comments

Getting a child admitted in a good school has been very difficult for the residents of Delhi. Hopefully, this order would usher in transparency in the working of the educational institutes in the country who shall now be bound to designate PIOs.

- 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)