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Will Sonia's campaign in Pitru Paksh be auspicious for the party ?
The Congress party today kick started the campaign in Gujarat with its focus has been on stripping Modi of his developmental halo and focussing on allegations of corruption in his administration. It wants to create an image of a party that stands by the poor. With development as a campaign theme will Sonia be able to woo the progressive Guajratis ?

Hats off to V.S. Sampath CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) V.S. Sampath's initiative of addressing a press conference in Hindi on October 3,2012 has been widely hailed.He had announced schedule for assembly polls in states of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat on Wednesday.He is an IAS officer of 1973 batch, who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Festivities to get more colour!
Kullus' famous Dusshera and Navratri in Gujarat is bound to get some political colour this time .

BUREAUCRACY

Will K P Krishnan replace SEBI Chief U K Sinha?
Will 1983 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer K P Krishnan replace SEBI Chief U K Sinha in a couple of months ? One can only wait and watch.

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Process for empanelment of 1983 batch of IAS officers starts
Process for empanelment of IAS officers belonging to 1983 batch for being posted as Additional Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI) has started.

Empanelment of 1993 batch of IAS to be final this month
As the grapevine has it, 60 to 65 IAS officers of 1993 batch will be finally empanelled as Joint Secretaries in the Government of India(GOI).It is going to happen by third week of October 2012.

GoI accepts resignation of MP cadre IAS officer
Anil Yadav, a member of the Indian Administrative Service, borne on the Cadre of Madhya Pradesh (MP: 99) is deemed to have resigned from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect in terms of rule 7(2) of the All India Services (Leave) Rules, 1955.

T.R.Bajalia is DMD, SIDBI
T.R.Bajalia who so far was Executive Director(ED) IDBI Bank Limited, is new Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of SIDBI.
(We said this on February 7,2012 & August 8,2012 )

Prabhat Kumar is new Joint Secretary, Civil Aviation
Prabhat Kumar is joining on Thursday Civil Aviation Ministry as Joint Secretary. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on July 31 )

Ajit M Sharan is Member Secretary, Women Commission
Ajit M Sharan has been appointed as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, in the rack and pay of Additional Secretary. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on September 25, 2012)

Rajiv Mehrish is Secretary, MOIA, MSME
Rajiv Mehrishi, Special Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA). He has also been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on September 28, 2012)

IRS-IT officer quits service
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, A C Joseph working as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Salary Range-IV, Chennai, has resigned from the service.

T S Randhawa repatriated to parent cadre
T S Randhawa has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Malothu Ramuly Naik to join CBI ?
Malothu Ramuly Naik, Superintendent of Police (SP), Bhojpur, is likely to join CBI, on central deputation, as DIG. He is Bihar cadre IPS officer of 1998 batch.

Tenure of CVO, Cochin Port Trust extended
Deputation tenure of Manoj Chandran as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) Cochin Port Trust, Cochin, has been extended for a period of two years beyond October 5. 2012 i.e. upto October 5, 2014. He is 1991 batch ITS officer.

Kishor Jagtap assumes charge as Regional Director, SSC, Mumbai
Kishor Baburao Jagtap has taken over as Regional Director, Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Mumbai. He was earlier posted with the Power Ministry. He is a 1998 batch officer of Central Power Engineering Service (CPES).

(We said this on September 4, 2012)

Deputation tenure of CVO, HCL extended
Deputation tenure of Dr. Srabani Guha, CVO. Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), Kolkata has been extended for a period of two years beyond September 1, 2012. Dr Guha is 1986 batch IES officer.

Five officers in Lok Sabha promoted as JS
R K Jain, A K Tewari, Ashok Kumar, Hardev Singh and R S Kambo in the Lok Sabha Secretariat have been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary.
(We said this on October 3, 2012)

Interviews for new CMD of NBCC on November 1, 2012
Interviews for new Chairman cum Managing (CMD) of NBCC will be held on November 1,2012.

Deputation tenure of Sinha extended
Deputation tenure of P K Sinha as CVO in Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Dhanbad, has been extended for a period of two years beyond September 28, 2012. He is 1992 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Orders of Justice Harkauli issued
Orders of the transfer of Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Sushil Harkauli to the Allahabad High Court as a Judge have been issued.

(We said this on September 7, 2012)

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Haryana on the anvil
Bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Haryana in a week or two.

G. Venkataraman to join IB as DIG
G Venkataraman, DIG/Dy. Director, Vigilance and Anti-corruption, Chennai, is likely to be inducted as DIG in Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI). He is an IPS Officer of 1994 Batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

14 posts in Gujarat High Court vacant
As many as 14 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Gujarat High Court against approved strength of 42. The vacant posts include nine posts of Permanent Judges against 29 approved strength and five of Additional Judges against 13 approved strength.

DGCEI, Bangalore seeks applications for Intelligence Officer
Bangalore Zonal Unit of Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) has sought applications for the post of Intelligence Officer at Bangalore. Those willing to apply for the same can send their applications to this office before October 14, 2012.

NACEN, Kolkata invites applications for Administrative Officer
National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics (NACEN), Kolkata has sought applications for the post of Administrative Officer for its office. Those willing to apply can send their applications to this office before October 31, 2012.

Injeti to attend Mid-Career Training
Srinivas Injeti, Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Government of Odisha, is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half months. He is Odisha cadre IAS officer of 1983 batch.

Ms Nagraj to attend Mid Career Training Programme
Ms. Smita Nagaraj, Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, Government of India, is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half months. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch, who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Satya Murty to attend Mid-Career Training
Satya Murty Dharanipragada, Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Karnakata, is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half months. He is Karnataka cadre IAS officer of 1984 batch.

Jeyakodi Virusankulam Kumarasamy to go to US
Jeyakodi Virusankulam Kumarasamy, Principal Secretary and State Commissioner for Welfare of Differently Abled, Government of Tamil Nadu, is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half months. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch, who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms. Upma Chowdhry to attend Mid-Career Training
Ms. Upma Chowdhry, Executive Director, Food Corporation of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Government of India, is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half months. She is HP cadre IAS officer of 1983 batch.

Jaideep Govind to go to US
Jaideep Govind, Chief Electoral Officer and Principal Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh, is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half months. He is Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1984 batch.

Saurabh Kumar is new Director Tourism
Saurabh Kumar has been appointed new Director, Ministry of Tourism in the Government of India. He is 2003 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Who would be the next DGP of Rajasthan?
With H C Meena poised to be appointed as new DG of CRPF speculations have started doing rounds as who would succeed Meena as the new DGP of Rajasthan. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Malik to join Ministry of Panchayati Raj as Director
Shashi Malik, moving on central deputation soon, is likely to join as Director, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Malik is 1993 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Spolia to take over as Chief Secretary of Arunachal soon?
As the grapevine has it, D.M. Spolia would soon move to Arunachal Pradesh as Chief Secretary of the state. Spolia, Principal Secretary, Finance Government of Delhi, is a 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

K Kailashnathan gets ACS rank in Gujarat
Principal Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, K Kailashnathan has been promoted to the rank of ACS. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

Two 1978 batch IAS gets ACS rank in Gujarat
Two 1978 batch IAS officers Dr S K Nanda and P Panneervel have been given ACS rank in Gujarat.

Sethi gets extension
Consul General in Mandalay Dr Madan Mohan Sethi has been granted extension till September next year.

Calcutta HC Chief Justice to retire today
Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Jainarayan Patel is superannuating on Thursday.

13 CSS officers promoted
As many as 13 Under Secretaries of CSS have been promoted as Deputy Secretary on October 1, 2012 by the DoPT and posted to various inistries/Departments.

IRS-IT officer not attending training programme
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Promila Bhardwaj working as DGIT (International Taxation), Delhi, is not proceeding on the Advanced Mid-Career Training Programme scheduled to start from October 3, 2012.

Mrs Surabhi Sinha is also DGIT (Logistics), Delhi
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Mrs Surabhi Sinha working as DGIT (Intel.), Delhi, has been assigned additional charge of DGIT (Logistics), Delhi.

Pramod Sharma appointed as ED, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Pramod Sharma, SAG/IRSE, OSD, ME, Railway Board, has been appointed as Executive Director (PSU), Railway Board.

Girish Pillai posted as ED, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Girish Pillai, SAG/IRTS, WR, has been posted as Executive Director, (Infra), Railway Board.


R Gopalakrishnan moves to Railway Board (UPDATED)
R Gopalakrishnan, IRTS 99 batch, is moving to Railway Board as Director (Petroleum).

Orders of Vivek Rae in a day or two (UPDATED)
Vivek Rae is all set to move in the Department of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in the Government of India as Secretary . 1978 batch UT cadre IAS officer Rae is presently DG Acquisition in the Ministry of Defence.
(We said this on October 3 )

B P Jain promoted as CCIT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, B P Jain presently working as Commissioner of Income Tax, has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT).

Sarvepalli Srinivas selected as MD, NHDC (UPDATED)
Sarvepalli Srinivas, Exim Bank, has been selected as Managing Director, National Handloom Development Corporation Limited (NHDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 4, 2012. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

7 CsIT/DsIT transferred (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working in the grade of Commissioner/Director of Income Tax have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, D R Sindhal has been shifted to Ahmedabad while D P Haokip is being transferred to Guwahati and B K Singh was posted to Jamshedpur. Similarly, Naveen Chandra has been shifted to Kolkata; Suchismita Palai to Kolkata; Ravjit Singh Arneja to Nagpur; Anuradha Modkerjee to Patna.


19 CsIT/DsIT locally transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 19 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working in the grade of Commissioner/Director of Income Tax have locally been transferred. Accordingly, Nathu Singh Dayam has been shifted as CIT-3, Ahmedabad while Sandeep Kapoor was moved to CIT (A)-3, Ahmedabad and K Sridhar is being posted as CIT (A)-6, Ahmedabad. Similarly, Feroz Khan has been posted as CIT (ITAT)-7, Delhi; Jayant Diddi as CIT (A)-32, Delhi; Suniti Srivastava as DIT (O&M), Delhi; Dr Uppuleti Venkateswara Rao as CIT-6, Hyderabad; Atul Pranay as CIT (A)-1, Hyderabad; K Gnana Prakash as CIT (Audit), Hyderabad; Vasundhara Sinha as CIT (A)-4, Hyderabad; Venkat T Reddy as CIT (A)-6, Hyderabad; M Ravindra Sai as CIT (ITAT)-1, Hyderabad; Kavita Jha as CIT-2, Kolkata; Kumar Sanjay as DIT (Inv), Patna; Prakash Chandra as CIT (C), Pune; V Anandarajan as CIT (A) Central, Pune; T H Lucas Peter as CIT (A), Vishakhapatnam, Kandlakuntavenkat Narsimha Charya has been posted as CIT (ITAT), Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad.

DEBATE
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CORPORATE

NBCC pays dividend to government for FY 2011-12
Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Urban Development, was handed over a dividend cheque of Rs.37.80 crore by Vishnu P Das, CMD, National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC), towards 90% of the equity share capital held by the Government in the Company. The dividend cheque was handed over to the Minister at a small function held on October 1, 2012, in presence of Dr Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Urban Development, D Diptivilasa, Additional Secretary of this department, Anoop K Mittal, Director (Projects), NBCC and other senior officers of MoUD & NBCC.

Bhartiya appointed Company Secy. Amtek India Ltd
Ms. Shuchita Bhartiya has been appointed as Company Secretary of Amtek India Ltd .

Shenoy appointed Company Secy. Sentinel Tea and Exports Ltd
Mithun B. Shenoy has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Sentinel Tea and Exports Ltd w.e.f. October 1, 2012

Raghunath P. Appointed Financial Controller, Fortis Malar Hospitals Ltd
Raghunath P. has been appointed as the Financial Controller of Fortis Malar Hospitals Ltd w.e.f. October 1, 2012

Gaikwad appointed Company Secy. Future Capital Holdings Ltd
Future Capital Holdings Limited has appointed Satish Gaikwad as Company Secretary w.e.f. October 1, 2012.

Bhattacharya appointed ED, Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Ltd
Partha Bhattacharyya has been appointed as an Executive Director of Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Ltd .

Gupta appointed Head (Infrastructure Finance Business), HDFC Bank
Ajay Gupta has been appointed as Head (Infrastructure Finance Business), HDFC Bank .

Dixit to Head financial services practice at HDFC Bank
Akshay Dixit appointed as Head of financial services practice at HDFC Bank.

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Five years cooling off required for AIS officers contesting polls

All India Service (AIS) officers should not be allowed to contest elections even after getting VRS. This shows they were having a 'soft corner' towards the political party during their service they plan to join and contest elections and after getting assured of a ticket stage manage the VRS. There should be a gap of at least 5 years after getting VRS for contesting elections.

U Kumar

Gutkha more troublesome for politicians

Ajit Pawar came in trouble as he touched Gutkha. If you see the past history who so ever has tried to do so lost his seat. Ambumoni Ramodass, Shatrughan Sinha in past and Ajit Pawar recently. Trouble started for Nitish Kumar - a court case which may claim his chair. Arjun Munda - JMM started demanding 28 months chief minister ship for them. Narendra Modi - lost in Ahmedabad Municpal elections after 20 years. UPA - from stable partner to unstable partner. So next in cue are Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Raman Singh, Sheila Dixit and Prem Kumar Dhumal.

Sanjay Bechan

Future of India

Modi is future of India

Amin Shaikh

Congrats.!

Mr. Sahay, Congrats.!

Dr Neelam Goyal

RIT

Can CAT direct All India Radio to grant a promotion to the RTI appellant?

The appellant filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act with the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). He wanted to know if CAT could direct the All India Radio (AIR) to give him promotion under some statutory amendment of a certain recruitment rule. The Public Information Officer (PIO) informed the appellant that he could make an application to the CAT under its rules for the redressal of his grievance if the matter fell within its jurisdiction. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) also denied the information observing that it was not the duty of the PIO to respond to hypothetical questions nor could he offer any interpretation. During the hearing before the Central Information Commission (CIC), the appellant argued that that he was entitled to get the advice of the PIO since the definition of information given in section 2(f) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act included opinion and advice. The Commission held that under the RTI Act, the citizen cannot seek the opinion or advice of the PIO on any matter unless such opinion or advice already exists with the public authority. The Commission rejected the appeal stating that the PIO had very rightly referred the appellant to the relevant rules under which he could always approach the CAT for redressing his grievance.

Comments

The term 'opinion and advice' appearing in section 2(f) refer to any such opinion or advice which the public authority might have obtained and which form part of the records. It does not refer to any opinion or advices which are not in existence. The Section 2(f) of RTI act does not permit seeking 'opinion and advice' of PIO as a consultant of the applicant.

Citation: Mr. Deba Prasad Dutt v. Central Administrative Tribunal in File No.CIC/SM/A/2011/001923

Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO's Guide to RTI by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)