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(OUR PREDICTION ON APRIL 14)
Congress to lose in Delhi elections
It is widely believed that Congress is going to lose in all the Municipal Corporation elections in Delhi.

At the CMs meet was it the politics of ambition?
There was a common thread running during the CMs conclave in New Delhi on April 16, 2012 as most of them were networking to get to the top job in 2014. However, there was a frustration in Congress camp because its floor managers were ineffective in assuaging the feeling of neglect among the opposition ruled states.

Who will head the Congress in Punjab?
It is heard that the names of anti Amarinder faction, Jagmeet Singh Brar former MP from Faridkot and Pratap Bajwa MP from Gurdaspur (who won against BJPs Vinod Khanna) are making the rounds as new president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC).

Who will be UPCC Chief?
The name of RPN Singh Union Minister of state for Oil and Gas is making rounds for Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief.

Is Adarsh report a relief for ex CMs?
The interim report on Adarsh Housing Society that was presented on Saturday stated that state has the sovereign right over the land on which the questionable multi-storied building was made. This report though will not affect CBI and ED probes, it would give a temporary relief to ex Chief Ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Ashok Chavan.

Is anybody waiting for Antony committee report?
It is heard that no one in the Congress is waiting for the recommendations of the three member committee led by Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony to analyse the reasons for failure of the party in the recent elections. Such committees were in the past as well, but the high command finally prevails, say inside sources. The committee is likely to give its report by the end of the month.

Is Jagan's religion going to split the Reddy votes in AP?
In a new strategy to fight Jagan Mohan Reddy's increasing clout, the Congress is reportedly planning to bring in his religion (Christianity) as an issue to win back the Reddy community who has shifted to Jagan camp after YSR's death.

Saurabh Chandra is new Secretary, IPP
Saurabh Chandra will be new Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ashok Thakur is new Secretary Tribal Affairs
Ashok Thakur has finally been appointed Secretary, Tribal Affairs in the Government of India. 1977 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre Thakur is presently Special Secretary, Elementary Education.
(We said this on April 12)

Ramasami to get extension!
Secretary Science and Technology in the Government of India T Ramasami is all set to get one year extension. He is scheduled to retire on April 30.

1978 batch IAS is now Special Secretary in GoI
1978 batch IAS officers posted in the Government of India have been promoted to the rank of Special Secretary.

Lt Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain to be Military Secretary!
Lt Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain is being tipped to be new Military Secretary as the present incumbent Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra is slated to become Army commander.

Is the government out to get Gen V.K. Singh post retirement?
It is heard that the Government is planning to drag Gen. V.K. Singh to court on various issues once he retires in May.

S Suresh selected as Member (Finance), AAI
S Suresh, Executive Director, Airport Authority of India (AAI), has been selected for the post of Member (Finance) for the same organisation at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 16, 2012. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

IPS annual batch-size increased from 103 to 150
The Government of India has increased the annual batch-size of Regular Recruits of the Indian Police Service from 103 to 150.

Ms. Shanti Priya Sarella to be Director, Defence
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Shanti Priya Sarella on central deputation is poised to join as a Director Defence. She is an IA &AS officer of 1996 batch.

Sandeep Arya to move Moscow
Director (D & ISA) in the Ministry of External Affairs Sandeep Arya is being moved to Moscow as DCM in place of Anil K Trigunayal.

Railway Ministry replies to DoPT's query
As the grapevine has it, the Railway Ministry has replied to to a query from Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) regarding postings of three new GMs. The DoPT had asked that as to why senior incumbents had been left out & why no name was mooted for GM North Frontier Railway (NFR) -Construction? The Ministry has reportedly stated that three vacancies in open line needed to be filled up on priority basis. Proposals that are awaiting clearance are: V.K. Gupta GM Northern Railway (NR), Alok Jauhri GM, North Central Railway & H S Virdi GM North Frontier Railway (NFR).

Resentment brewing among Yadavs in Uttar Pradesh
As the grapevine has it, a very strong resentment has been brewing among Yadavs in Uttar Pradesh owing to the raw deal that they are getting under the new regime.

IFS officer Mohan deputed as Director in GoI
Anand Mohan, Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Jaipur, has been deputed as Director in the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. He is a 1996 batch Indian Forest Service Officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ms. Kamalpreet Kaur is ADG Recruitment in ICFRE
Ms. Kamalpreet Kaur who so far was posted in Andaman Islands on central deputation has joined as Assistant Director General (ADG) Recruitment Board in the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Government of India, Dehradun. She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre.

Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI), Delhi now has 22000 members
With induction of 9000 new members strength of Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI), Delhi has risen to 22,000.

Ms. Sen is PD, Commercial Audit & Ex-officio Member Board
Ms. Parama Sen, on repatriation to the Department, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-II, Mumbai under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. She is an IA&AS officer of 1994 batch.

Ms. Neb posted as First Secy., IT overseas unit, Paris
Ms. Ashlma Neb has been appointed as First Secretary, Income Tax Overseas Unit, Embassy of India, Paris, France. She is an IRS (IT) officer of 1999 batch.

Tripathi promoted to super-time scale
C P Tripathi, posted in GNCT of Delhi, has been promoted in Super Time Scale. He is an AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1996 batch.

S K Shrivastava to take over as CMD, OIL on May 1
S K Srivastava, DG, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), who has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Limited (OIL), is assuming the charge on May 1, 2012.

New post of CBI JD in North East
A new post of Joint Director is being created by the CBI in the North-East Region.

Dutt is new Member of PESB
Former CMD of the Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) Ashwani Kumar Dutt has taken over as new Member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).
(We said this on March 21)

K. Balachandran Thampi to be Member Secretary, NRAA
As the grapevine has it, K Balachandran Thampi is poised to be Member Secretary, National Rained Areas Authority (NRAA). He is a Kerala cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) of 1977 batch. He had retired from the post of PCCF &Chief Wildlife Warden.

1994 batch IPS to get IG rank in J & K
1994 batch IPS officers in J & k are being promoted to the rank of IG. DPC is going to meet this week.

MRPL MD to retire in June
Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), Managing Director, MRPL MD U K Bosu will retire on June 30, 2012.

39 UT cadre IAS officers reshuffled
As many as 39 IAS officers belonging to AGMU cadre have been transferred and posted at difference places in the cadre. Accordingly, Bellatee Pertin, G Rakesh Chandra and B R Babu have been shifted from Puducherry to Arunachal Pradesh while Alok Swarup, Manoj Kumar, Vijay Singh Panesar, Vivek Pandey, Ashutosh Kumar, Akash Mahapatro are being transferred from Delhi to Mizoram and Tahang Taggu from Goa to Arunachal Pradesh. Similarly, S S Ghonkrokta and Rajesh Somaal have been shifted from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh; G L Meena, N K Sharma, Sheo Pratap Singh from Delhi to A & N; G Theva Neethi Dhas from Puducherry to A & N; D P Dwivedi, F O Hashmi, Z U Siddique, Jaidev Sarangi, Mohan Lal from Delhi to Goa; Mathew Samuel from Puducherry to Goa; P S Reddy from Goa to DD & DNH, Abahum Varickamakkal from A & NI to DD & DNH, G S Meena from Delhi to Puducherry; Vivek Pandey from Delhi to Puducherry; W V R Murthi from Goa to Puducherry; P R Meena from Delhi to Puducherry; D K Mishra from Delhi to Puducherry; Sajjan Singh Yadav posted to Delhi; Ajit Srivastava from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi; Udipta Ray from Puducherry to Delhi; Ankur Garg from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi; Swati Sharma from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi; K J R Burman from DD & DNH to Delhi; Udit Prakash from A &NI to Delhi and
Amjad Tak has been shifted from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi.

Kuldip Singh is new IG, CRPF
Kuldip Singh has taken over as new IG, CRPF North-West Sector. He is CRPF cadre officer.

DoPT invites applications for Dy. Financial Adviser, CRPF, Jammu
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Deputy Financial Adviser, CRPF, Jammu under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The willing candidates can send their applications to the Department before May 11, 2012.

Manoranjan Kumar promoted as Economic Adviser, Road Transport & Highways
Manoranjan Kumar, Director, Economic Affairs, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Economic Adviser, Road Transport and Highways. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1986 batch.

M S Rao is PS Forests & Environment in Meghalaya
M S Rao on his return from central deputation has been posted as Principal Secretary (PS) Forests & Environment to the Meghalaya Government. Earlier, he was posted as Development Commissioner, SEZ, Visakhapatnam. He was also Chairman of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) as well. He is a Meghalaya cadre IAS officer of 1987 batch.

DRI invites applications for Intelligence officers
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has invited applications for the post of Intelligence Officers on deputation in DRI, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Tuticorin under the Chennai zonal unit. Those willing to apply can send their applications to M Vinod Kumar, Additional Director General at the earliest.

Samra gets three years extension
CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), Planning Commission Dr J S Samra has been granted three years extension.

IAS postings in Uttar Pradesh
S P Goel will now be Secretary Irrigation; Kumar Kamlesh has been given additional charge of Land Development. Yogesh Kumar has been given additional charge of Fisheries.Vivek will be CDO Unnao.

Former Director Finance of NTPC no more
P Narasimharamulu, Former Director (Finance) NTPC left for his heavenly abode on April 13, 2012 in Hyderabad. He had joined NTPC in 1979 and superannuated from NTPC in the year 2005.

Civil Services Officers Institute, Delhi to open at new place

The Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI), Delhi is expected to be shifted sometime in July 2012. It is likely to be operational
at the new venue in the July 2012.

CWC opens Inland Container Depot at Kannur in Kerala (UPDATED)
The Inland Container Depot (ICD) established by the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) at Kannur (Kerala) was inaugurated by Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala in the august presence of Prof. K V Thomas, Union Minister of State (IC) for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. K P Mohanan, Minister for Agriculture & Warehousing and P K Kunhalikutty, Minister for Industries, Government of Kerala, P Karunakaran and K Sudhakaran, Members of Parliament were the guests of honour. The ICD set up on a 4.84 acre land established at a cost of Rs.4.00 crore have two godowns of 1825 MT each to handle the import/export cargo. It has an open container yard of 2500 sq. metres with provision for expansion of capacity depending upon the need and demand. The ICD will be providing facilities of stuffing/de-stuffing of containers, storage of empty containers, bonded warehousing, Customs examination and transportation of loaded/empty containers to and from Gateway Ports of Mangalore and Kochi depending upon the need of the exporters/importers. The representatives from North Malabar Chamber of Commerce, Customs and Trade also attended the inaugural function. B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC addressed the gathering and highlighted the facilities provided in the ICD.

8 in fray for chiefs of PS non life insurance companies (UPDATED)
There are Eight contenders for new chiefs of two public sector (PS) non life insurance companies interviews for which were on April 16,2012. They are: Dr.A.K. Saxena -Oriental Insurance Company,Kuldeep Singh- National Insurance Company Ltd (NIC),Ms. Usha Nair United ,Joseph-United, Sanat Kumar-New India Assurance Co. Ltd, Raghvan-General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), Girija Kumar -National Insurance Company Ltd (NIC) & Yogendra Rao-National Insurance Company Ltd (NIC). Probably chief for New India Assurance Co. will also be selected. Names are yet to be finalised.It will be done after evaluating ACRs of these incumbents.

Mrs. Sasikala posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Mumbai (UPDATED)
Mrs. I Sasikala, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Mumbai region.

Kumar Sanjay is also CIT (Appeal), Ranchi (UPDATED)
Kumar Sanjay, Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT, Appeal), Patna, has been assigned additional charge of CIT (Appeal), Ranchi.

Mitra promoted as CCIT (UPDATED)
S K Mitra, Commissioner of Income Tax (Retd), has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT).

Suryawanshi posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Delhi region (UPDATED)
Vikas K Suryawanshi, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Selvaraj selected as Director (Fin.), MDL (UPDATED)
M Selvaraj, GM, MDL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at a Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 17, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

63 Private Secy. promoted as Principal Pvt Secy. (UPDATED)
As many as 63 Private Secretaries have been promoted as Principal Private Secretary (PPS) of CSSS. They include: K S Kanthimathi, Sunil Bajaj, Naresh Chhiber, Deepak Kumar, R S Rawat, Manjeet Kumar Chawla, V Kurien John, M Ramji, R V R Sesharatnam, D K Sharma, P Jagadesan, K Sunder, K Venkatesan, Sangeeta Jain, Ashok Kumar Gupta, D Jeevaraj, Latha Venkatesan, H P Sreeramana, Vandana Banerjee, R Rangarajan, S chandrasekharan, Mukesh Bali, V S R Murthy, Manbar Singh, Manbar Singh, Bharat Bhushan Bhatnanagar, Harish Kumar Lakhera, Basant Kumar, Jaya Sadanandan, Anoop Seth, Suman Taneja, D K Rathore, Subrata Basak, S K Gulati, Brij Bhushan Sharma, Ms. Rashmi Minocha, Anil Kumar, Ms. Machiraju Sarada, Narendra Kumar Sharma, Subhash Chander, Pradeep Kumar, Satyabrata Padhy, Shobhana Menon, Ms. Usha G Rajeev, Anandaraman S, Satish Kumar Batra, Ms. P Gayatri, Dalip Kumar Sharma, Musthaq Ahmed, M N Radhakrishan, Ms. Himalini Prashar, Surender Kumar Sharma, Baldev Singh, T V Paulose, Ms. Surinder Kaur, Anandavalli Raman, Sampuran Singh, A Y Anand Raj, Sanjay Kumar, Anand Kumar, R Rengarajan, Lekh Raj and Mrs. Suman Mahi.


DEBATE

Will any investor rush into India's aviation sector? Will the plan of the Government to re-structure Air India succeed?

Mail your views-mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh. Mehrotra @yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Who is powerful industrialist in Gujarat?
Who is the most influential businessman in Gujarat under Narendra Modi's rule? This was a hot topic of discussion in the bureaucratic circles in Mumbai. And the conclusion was number one Adanis, number two Ambanis, Number three Tata's and number four Ruias.

BHEL bags SCOPE Meritorious Award 2010-11
President of India, Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, presented the 'SCOPE Meritorious Award 2010-11 for best practices in human resource management' to B. Prasada Rao, CMD, BHEL, in the presence of Praful Patel, Indian Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises in Delhi the other day.

NSFDC gets SCOPE Meritorious Award 2010-11
President of India Pratibha Devisinh Patil presented the SCOPE Meritorious Award 2010-11 for 'Best Managed Public Sector Enterprise set up under Section-25' to Hardip Singh Kingra, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC) in the presence of Praful Patel, Indian Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises in New Delhi on April 13,2012.

Patel stresses on ITI's revival through hand-holding of PSUs
Praful Patel, Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, stressed on the revival of companies such as ITI Ltd. He called upon stronger and bigger PSUs to do the hand-holding and demonstrate the collective spirit as all PSUs function under one big umbrella. It is necessary to support each other in these competitive times, he said at the Public Sector Day function organized recently at New Delhi by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE). The week-long celebrations were held from April 10 to 16, 2012. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India, who graced the occasion, endorsed the views of Patel and said supportive gesture and understanding from stronger PSUs will speed-up the revival of struggling PSUs. Representatives of almost all CPSEs including K L Dhingra, CMD of ITI Ltd were present on the occasion. Some of the top PSUs of the country were felicitated during the occasion for their meritorious achievements.

RBNL's Big Productions appoints Simmi Karna as Biz Head
Simmi Karna has been appointed Business Head of Big Productions by Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL). Big Productions is the television content production arm of RBNL.

Jaideep VG appointed Editor-in-Chief of Paprika Media
Jaideep VG has appointed Editor-in-Chief for Paprika Media. He was Deputy in the company. Jaideep who will report to the Chief Operating Officer and Publisher of Paprika Media will be responsible for the overall editorial content, appearance, coverage, and scheduling of all the publications.

Ashita Sarin appointed Senior GM (Marketing) at DY Works
India's oldest and largest brand strategy and brand design firm - DY Works - has appointed Ashita Sarin as Senior General Manager- Marketing. She will work with the client servicing and creative teams to manage key clients in India, Singapore, Africa and the Middle East.

Anita Nayyar of Havas Media moves to BCCL!
The CEO of Havas Media - South Asia, Anita Nayyar, is understood to be moving to Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL) that owns brands including The Times of India and The Economic Times.

Mohit Joshi heads MPG India
Mohit Joshi has been appointed Managing Director, MPG India. Joshi who has also been with the group for over five years was the Managing Partner at MPG.

Mukherjee resigns as CFO, Timex Group India Ltd
Ananda Mukherjee has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Timex Group India Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2012

Jha resigns as CFO, Mather and Platt Fire Systems Ltd
Shailendra Jha, Chief Financial Officer, Mather and Platt Fire Systems Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. April 10, 2012

Three addl. directors on Board of Tijaria Polypipes Ltd
Tijaria Polypipes Limited has appointed Anand Prakash Jain, Vinod Patni and Sanjeev Kumar Mishra as additional directors of the company.

Dhanuka appointed Company Secy. Intrasoft Technologies Ltd
Intrasoft Technologies Limited has appointed Rakesh Dhanuka as Company Secretary with immediate effect.

Sridharan appointed President and COO, Cleartrip
Cleartrip has appointed Samyukth Sridharan as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company.

Solanki resigns as Company Secy. Circuit Systems India Ltd
Dharmvijay Solanki has resigned as Company Secretary of Circuit Systems India Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2012.

Vasani appointed MD, Circuit Systems India Ltd
The Board of Circuit Systems India Ltd has appointed Paresh Vasani as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2012

Vij appointed Company Secy. Vardhman Acrylics Ltd
Vardhman Acrylics Limited has appointed Ms. Ruchita Kumar Vij as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. April 2, 2012 .

Bairwa appointed ED, Gujarat Meditech Ltd
Gujarat Meditech Ltd has appointed Rameshwar Bairwa as an Executive Director of the company w.e.f. April 11, 2012

Two directors appointed on Board of Disa India Ltd
Disa India Ltd has appointed Robert E. Joyce Jr and Mr. Andrew T. Carmichael as directors on Board of the company.

Patel resigns as Director, Fiberweb India Ltd
Janak Rameshchandra Patel has resigned as a Director of Fiberweb India Ltd.

Neravati appointed COO of Cigniti Technologies
Raj Neravati has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer of Cigniti Technologies

Prasad resigns as ED of Chemcel Bio-Tech
K C S Prasad has resigned as executive director (production) of Chemcel Bio-Tech.

Prasad appointed as Additional Director of Chemcel Bio-Tech
P V S Prasad has been appointed as additional director of Chemcel Bio-Tech

Rao appointed additional director of Ashram Online.Com
Jetender Surchander Rao has been appointed as additional director of Ashram Online.Com

Ahuja resigns as director of Ashram Online.Com
Gopal B Ahuja has resigned from the directorship of Ashram Online.Com

Bairwa appointed as ED of Gujarat Meditech
Rameshwar Bairwa has been appointed as the executive director of Gujarat Meditech

Mohta appointed MD of Metropoli Overseas
Ashok Kumar Mohta has been appointed as managing director of Metropoli Overseas

Jha resigns as CFO of Mather and Platt Fire Systems
Shailendra Jha has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Mather and Platt Fire Systems

Open the forms

Now, at least open the forms to Deputy Secretaries awaiting their Registration.

Kishore Dudani - Dy. Secy (MEA) (Retd)

Dinesh Trivedi treated shabbily

I am a retired Railway Officer. I had spent my blood and sweat for 34 years for the Railways as Class I Officer. I am deeply hurt with the manner in which Dinesh Trivedi was treated. Indian Railways is for the entire country and not a personal hegemony of Bengal. I challenge if the current leaders of West Bengal will come out with flying colours after their 5 years stint in the State Government. The way Railways is being treated, I am afraid that one day I will not get my pension. By bringing in sick PSUs like BSCL and Braithwate under the fold of Railways was totally wrong. Now nobody should try to teach me that Braithwate has turned around. What about the repayment of GOI loans & interests, requirement on regular basis of GoI guarantee for getting working capital assistance from banks, its reference to BIFR in mid 1990s its disinvestment exercise taken later thereon? Catch me if you can 'a la Mahapatra style'.

Bahadur

This country doesn't needs officers like Rahul Khullar

This country does need officers like Rahul Khullar for Telecom job! After all IAS is a great qualification. Rahul may not have telecom experience!!. So what? He will learn with the guidance of the powers to be!! He will quickly learn and dispense knowledge to the technical persons manning the sector!!! Very great. The interview panel must have seen the spark in him. He is a great choice. I wish him luck.

Col. Ravi

Knowledge essential!

After the creation of TRAI only those who had served as Secretary in DoT were appointed as they would have had some experience of the sector. In times like these a knowledge of the Sector is essential---but it appears these are not considerations anymore for Regulators.

Rajiv Agrawal

Check your facts

This is not correct. Officers belonging to Yadav community are being posted in districts. First round of postings belong to Muslims

Is there any age limit for the appointment of Cabinet Secretary?

The appellant asked the Prime Minister's Office for the inspection of the relevant records related with the appointment of the Cabinet Secretary, CVC and the CIC. The Public Information Officer (PIO) transferred some of the requests to the PIO of the DoPT and refused for other details on the ground of the personal information. During the hearing before CIC, the appellant specifically submitted that he was interested in inspecting the records relating to the policy followed by the Government of India for appointing individuals above the age of 60 years as Cabinet Secretary. The CIC directed the PIO to provide the photocopy of the relevant Fundamental Rule which lays down the age related conditions for the appointment of the Cabinet Secretary. Further, the appellant submitted that he would be able to commute to Delhi to inspect the records only after four months due to his ill health. As a special request, the CIC directed the PIO of the DoPT to invite the Appellant on any mutually convenient date after four months to show him the documents.

Comments

The RTI Act has enabled a citizen to question the appointments at the senior levels of governance, which has also lead to frivolous applications at times. The DoPT should consider putting the qualifications of all senior posts on the web to lower the application load.

Citation: Shri Nand Lal Sharma v. Prime Minister's Office in File No. CIC/SM/A/2011/000874

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)