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Sonia Gandhi and family attend dinner hosted by President
A dinner hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee for Sonia Gandhi and her family is being discussed in the political circles. Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by Rahul, Priyanka, Robert Vadra and their two children.

Why did Mittal fail in India ?
L N Mittal who is known as richest Indian in the UK has failed to expand his business in India. Any reason?

BUREAUCRACY

Prashant Saran begins his 2nd innings as Member, SEBI
Prashant Saran had joined as a Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) for the second time on August 10,2012.His previous term had expired on May 17, 2012. Thus, Saran, has now begun his second innings as Member, SEBI.He was one of the nine candidates who were interviewed for two posts of Member in the SEBI on May 8,2012.However, he had not been allocated any portfolio because SEBI Chief, UK Sinha is away to London.
(We said this on May 9, 2012)

Will Mishra be Chairman, Paradeep Port Trust ?
S S Mishra, a railway officer has reportedly been selected as Chairman of the Paradeep Port Trust. He is presently posted as Member Traffic Inland Waterways Authority. Although 13 IAS officers, one IPS officer and two Railway officers had applied for the job. The selection was finalised on August 6 in the shipping ministry.A1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Shobhana Pattanayak was the seniormost applicant amongst IAS officer and 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre, S S Mishra was also considered to be a powerful contender.

Natarajan is Deputy Chairman of Tuticorin Port Trust
S Natarajan, Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer, VO Chidambaranar Port Trust (Tuticorin) has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the port.

NCTC to be reviewed ?
The ambitious plan of P Chidambaram for controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is likely to be reviewed after Sushilkumar Shinde took charge as Home Minister .

Who would be next Protocol Officer of UP CM in Delhi?
In the power corridors of U P it has been the most sought after matter as who is going to be the next Protocol Officer of UP in Delhi? .

Vijayan to be CS, Goa?
It is widely believed that B Vijayan is going to succeed S K Srivastava as Chief Secretary of Goa. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

IAS officer to go on inter-cadre deputation to Maharashtra
Ms. Sonali V Vayangakar has been granted Inter- cadre deputation from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Bhattacharya appointed CVO,GSI
Gautam Bhattarcharya has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Geological Survey of Government of India, Kolkata (in Ministry of Mines GOI). This position is equivalent to Joint Secretary level. He is an IPoS officer of 1987 batch.

Chhattisgarh Government wants another ADG post
Government of Chhattisgarh has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to sanction a position of Additional Director General of Police(ADG),Police.

Rekha Gupta selected as Member,NCDRC ?
Ms. Rekha Gupta has reportedly been selected as member of the National Commission for Consumer Grievances Redressal ( NCDRC).

Varesh Sinha to head Finance Department in Gujrat
Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Dr Varesh Sinha has been moved to head the Finance Department in Gujrat. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer.

IPS officer in Tamil Nadu promoted after retirement
S V Venkatakrishnan, 1974 batch IPS officer, who retired as Additional Director General of Police, five years ago has been ordered by the Madras high court for his notional promotion as Director General of Police .

IPS reshuffles in Gujarat soon
As the grapevine has it, as many as 24 IPS officers would be transferred and posted in Gujarat post Independence Day.

IAS officer back to Himachal Pradesh
Ms. Shainomol A is back to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer.

Two day "Directors" conclave
International Management Institute ,New Delhi in partnership with the Department of Public Enterprises, Govt of India is organising a Two Day "Directors' Conclave : Towards Value Adding Board "at Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resorts ,Greater Noida during Sept 28-29, 2012 . Designed by former HRD,Secretary Dr A K Rath,Chairman & Professor, Centre for Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility ,IMI New Delhi the Director Program in a unique initiative to enhance the strategic thinking and capacity building of CEOs & Directors of Companies.

Five posts of Rly GMs still lie vacant despite panels ready
As many as five posts of General Managers across five Zones are still lying vacant, despite the panel is ready.

Ex DRM, Samastipur, still awaiting his posting
Satya Prakash Trivedi still awaits his posting after Arun Malik takes over as DRM Samastipur in a reshuffle which took place on 14 July.

Panel of three officers for JS IPP
A panel of one IAS officer ,one IDAS officer and one CSS officer has been forwarded for the post of Joint Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion.

Balachandran goes to Maputo
SS Balakrishnan Consul in Shanghai has been transferred to Maputo.

IAS reshuffle in Orissa soon
IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Orissa soon.

Three officers to move to Kabul in September
A batch of three officers, two IAS officers & one IAAS officer will move for UNDP project in Kabul.

IAS and IPS cadre raised in Jharkhand
IAS cadre in Jharkhand has been raised to180. Now IPS cadre will also be 150.

PESB seeks applications for MD, NPPC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Managing Director, Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Ltd (NPPC) fallen vacant since April 29, 2011. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before September 20, 2012.

Post of ED (Pers.), FCI vacant
The post of Executive Director (Personnel) is vacant in Food Corporation of India (FCI), under the Department of Food & Public Distribution, at Headquarters in New Delhi.. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post can send their applications to Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at the earliest.

O V Nagar is no more
Retired 1964 batch, Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer O V Nagar has passed away in Ujjain. He was father-in-law of 1975 batch, IAS officer Prashant Mehta.

CORPORATE

ITC Chairman inducted in newly constituted BSIIAC
ITC Chairman, C Deveshwar has been inducted as Member in newly constituted Bihar State Industrial Investment Advisory Council (BSIIAC) in Bihar.

Two Directors appointed on board of BPCL
Prof Jayanth R Vanna and Bimalenu Chakrabarti have been appointed as Non Official Part Time Directors on board of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).

Sankar quits Four Soft Ltd
Ms. Seena Sankar has resigned as Company Secretary of Four Soft Ltd

Sridhar appointed Company Secy., Four Soft Ltd
A Sridhar has been appointed as Company Secretary of Four Soft Ltd

Gurnami appointed Addl Director, Tech Mahindra Ltd
C P Gurnami appointed Additional Director, Tech Mahindra Ltd

Paranjpe resigns as director of Cosmo Ferrites
HL Paranjpe has resigned as director of Cosmo Ferrites.

Kumar appointed as director of Mega Corporation
Shurab Kumar has been appointed as director of Mega Corporation.

Panchal resigns as director of Splash Media and Infrastructure
Nalin Panchal has resigned as director of Splash Media and Infrastructure.

Pundarika appointed as director of Bartronics India
K Pundarika has been appointed as director of Bartronics India.

Homwalla resigns as director of Transformers and Rectifiers
Micheal Homwalla has resigned as director of Transformers and Rectifiers

Kejriwal resigns as director of Galaxy Entertainment Corporation
Ajay Kejriwal has resigned as director of Galaxy Entertainment Corporation.

Dalal appointed as director of Great Offshore
Prabhakar Dalal has been appointed as director of Great Offshore.

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Another service

We have created another service called ICS (Indian Continous Service)or I Per Service(Indian Permanent Service) from which officers retire only when they retire from life.

Aarti Khosla

Unfair procedure for selection !

Look at the procedure for selection of Directors, Joint Secretaries to the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme. No interview to gauge the suitability or aptitude. No written tests. No nothing except that the CSB comprising 3 Secretaries go through the CR rating and place their finger on the chosen one. How does the CR rating of one working in the animal husbandry relevant for some one 's posting in Ministry of Home can be best answered by the persons who devised and are perpetuating this process of selection. If this were not nepotism being run right under the nose of each one who matter, what else is

Guru

Reprimanded for reporting financial bungling

A DDG level officer in the NSSO has been reprimanded and transferred for reporting the financial bungling of his own boss.

BMS

RIT

Should the PIO transfer the RTI applications to concerned public authority in all cases?

The appellant filed an application under Right to Information (RTI) Act with the President's Secretariat seeking information related to the news of IPS Officer's murder. In response to the application, the Public Information Officer (PIO) gave the name of the department from where the desired information could be obtained. The appellant requested the First Appellate Authority (FAA) to direct the PIO to transfer his petition to the concerned Public Authorities. The FAA also advised the appellant to seek the information directly from the concerned department. During the hearing before the Central Information Commission (CIC), the appellant submitted that instead of advising him to approach the respective ministries for getting further information the PIO should have transferred his RTI application to the concerned PIO in the respective ministries. The respondent submitted that the appellant knew about where the desired information could be found and he should directly apply to those public authorities and not seek the information from the President Secretariat or expect them to transfer his RTI application to other public authorities. The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed that wherever the PIO knows clearly where the desired information could be found he should invariably transfer the RTI application to the PIO of that public authority and should not expect the information seeker to make separate RTI applications. Since the PIO of the President secretariat knew that the grievance of the appellant had been transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), he should have transferred the
application also.

Comments

The view of the different benches of the CIC has varied on the interpretation of this issue as to whether the applicant is expected to file an application to the PIO of the concerned public authority. The disposal of the RTI application by the PIO has been as per the DoPT circulars (http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/dopt-814) and (http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/dopt-742). Perhaps, the higher judiciary should step in to set aside the confusion and decide the issue.

Citation: Mr. Subhash Chandra Agrawal v. President's Secretariat in File No.CIC/SM/A/2012/000754

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)