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What does Sangma aim at?
The BJP backed presidential candidate, P A Sangma, who easily lost the turf, is today likely to file a petition before Supreme Court - challenging Pranab Mukherjee's election as President - on the ground of holding an office of profit. The politicians across the parties believe that Sangma's step aims at unlocking the potential he has generated for his political fortune by playing the pan Indian tribal card.

'All's well that ends well' seems to be the mantra for Manmohan Govt. today?
With the monsoon session to conclude soon on September 07 Manmohan Government seems to give monsoon shower to SC/STs today. Manmohan Singh is going to hold an all party meet at 6 pm today to discuss reservations for SCs and STs in promotions as well. The insiders in Congress say that it will spark off popular sentiments in favour of UPA and to an extent it would wipe out the 'anti aam aadmi sentiments' post CAG reports. But contrary to these speculations all it has to be tested by the time only?

Preparations for Kerala Govt.'s global meet in full swing
Preparations for 'Emerging Kerala-2012-Global Connect', the three day international mega event being organised by the Government of Kerala in Kochi from September 12 to 14,2014, are in full swing. The event is an initiative of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Theme of the event is "Emerging Kerala 2012, Global Connect", informed Alkesh Kumar Sharma (IAS, Kerala cadre,1990 batch) Managing Director (MD) of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) who is also nodal officer for the event. It will be an opportunity for entrepreneurs to explore, invest and establish business interests in Kerala, he added.

Will the banks heed to PCs call to lower EMIs ?
Finance Minister has urged bankers to cut EMI rates to make loans affordable for the common man. However, much needs to be seen in the policy review that RBI will make in September. But do the banks have room to maneuver interest rates ?

UT cadre officers heave a sigh relief on Shinde becoming HM
IAS officers belonging to the UT cadre heaved a sigh relief after Sushil Kumar Shinde became the Home Minister in the Government of India(GoI).

CBI to start preliminary investigations ?
The CBI is likely to start preliminary investigations into half a dozen companies to whom coal blocks were given in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh between 2006 and 2009.

Cabinet reshuffle in Tamil Nadu likely
As the grapevine has it, a major Cabinet reshuffle is likely in Tamil Nadu.

Pro Hindu MNS rally not given permission
Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has organised a protest rally from Chowpatty to August Kranti Maidan on Tuesday against the recent violence taken place in the Mumbai. But the Congress- NCP led government has not given permission to hold protest march , it has only given permission to hold rally in August Kranti Maidan. Will this aggravate hindus further? In Mumbai Hindus are back in favor Hindus we are there for you......screams a Shiv Sena poster with Balasaheb Thackarey on it. Why did the police not target mischief mongers, why are Hindus not feeling safe says a black colored Maharashtra Navnirman Sena poster. Both the posters have appeared over night and are being displayed all over Mumbai in major Hindu dominated areas.

BUREAUCRACY

CRPF DG to get three months extension ?
Latest grapevine has it, that DG CRPF Vijay Kumar is getting three months extension in service. He is a 1975 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. One source, however, maintains that he will get one year extension.

Shamsher K Sheriff sure to be Secretary General, Rajya Sabha
As the grapevine has it, Shamsher K Sheriff is going to be appointed as new Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha. Presently, he is Secretary to Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari who began his second innings on August 13,2012.He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the
AGMU cadre.

Over 60 IAS officers of 1993 batch to be empanelled as Jt Secretaries
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).

Rajiv Mehta to be DG, NCB
Latest information says that Rajiv Mehta Addl. DGP (L&O), Meghalaya, Shillong is all set to be appointed as DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in place of OPS Mallik. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre .

( We said this on July 30 )

Three MEA posts lying vacant
MEA has three posts at the level of Joint Secretary lying vacant in MOIA, NSCS and Ministry of Finance.

Tamil Nadu cadre IPS gets inter-cadre deputation
Ms. Suman Mishra, SP Tamil Nadu Police, has been granted Inter cadre deputation from Tamil Nadu to Jharkhand. She is a 2000 batch IPS officer of TN cadre.

IAS officer to go on deputation to Uttar Pradesh
Vishal Chauhan, who is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre, is going on inter-cadre deputation to Uttar Pradesh for five years.

Prabhat to be CVO, IREDA
IRTS officer Prabhat is moving from the DoPT to the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA ) as CVO.

Will K P Krishnan join Ministry of Finance ?
Will a 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre K P Krishnan join the Ministry of Finance ? Picture is not clear because Finance Minister P Chidambaram is keen to have him in the Ministry but he completes seven year in central deputation next month.

Orders of Anup Wadhawan this week
Anup Wadhawan is going to be new Joint Secretary, Capital Market, in the Ministry of Finance. Orders of a 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand Cadre are being issued this week.

Dr Mathew to join Rashtrapati Bhawan next week
Joint Secretary Capital Market in the Ministry of Finance Dr Thomas Mathew will join the Rashtrapati Bhawan as Joint Secretary next week. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Gudy Srinivas to get three months extension
Joint Secretary Mining, Gudy Srinivas, is getting another three months extension in central deputation tenure. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

D N Sarangi, CS, TamilNadu may seek Voluntarily retirement
As the grapevine has it, Debendra Nath Sarangi,Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu may seek Voluntary retirement from service . He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of 1977 batch of Tamil Nadu cadre. He is due to retire by end of December 2012.

Panel of Railway GMs approved by PMO
As the grapevine has it, the panel of Railway GMs has been approved by Prime Minister's Office(PMO).

Committee to decide lateral shifting of BANK CMDs ?
Finance Minister is likely to constitute a committee to decide about the lateral shifting of Bank CMDs.

CBEC Member's retirement notice still alive
Retirement notice submitted by an Indian Revenue Service (IRS Customs) officer, Sreela Ghosh as Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is still alive.

Allocation of charges in CBDT and CBEC this week
As expected, allocation of charges in the CBDT and the CBEC could not take place on Saturday. Now it is expected this week.

Chetan Bhushan Sanghi joins in Mizoram Government
Chetan Bhushan Sanghi has joined the Mizoram Government . He has been assigned DoPT. Earlier, he was Commissioner Industries besides being Chairman-Cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Delhi State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIDC) and CEO of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

17 IRTS officers to get HAG
As the grapevine has it, 17 IRTS officers belonging to the 1981 batch are likely to get Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).

CCIT list either today or tomorrow ?
Much awaited transfer and promotion list of CCITs is expected to be issued in a day or two. CIT list is delayed by a couple of days.

Two Directors of NHAI to be decided by September 15, 2012
As the grapevine has it, candidates for two posts of Directors that are lying vacant in the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) will be finalized by September 15, 2012. They are of Member Engineering, Member Technical and Member PPP.

Anil Kishore Yadav to be Deputy Director, AIIMS, Patna
Anil Kishore Yadav on central deputation has been appointed as Deputy Director (Administration) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS)-Patna. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre. Presently, he is DIG, Munghyr.

FAC likely to be restructured soon?
There have been whispers in the corridors of power that Forest Advisory Committee may see further restructuring soon on part of independent expert members. FAC, constituted on August 03 this year, has three independent members namely K P Nyati and N P Todaria and Feroz Ahmed.

G S Patnaik yet to get posting
Ex Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority, G S Patnaik, is yet to get new posting. He will keep getting salary and other benefits without any work/assignment. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre .

Corruption charges against 10 officers in Railways
As many as 10 officials have been charged with corrupt practices in Ministry of Railways. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended action against such officers.

Bureaucratic changes on the anvil in Tamil Nadu
As the grapevine has it, a major bureaucratic reshuffle is likely in Tamil Nadu.

IT to set up 14 Overseas Units
In order to check the menace of black-money 14 new Income Tax Overseas Units are being set up. India has already set up 10 ITOUs in its missions at Cyprus, France, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, UAE, the UK, the US, Mauritius and Singapore

MHA to advertise post of ED, Air India, Mumbai

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to advertise the post of Executive Director (ED), Security, Air India, Mumbai, in the ministry of Civil Aviation instead of selection of the candidate against single application submitted by Inspector General, Indo-Tibet Border Police
(ITBP).

Golcha unlikely to go for MCTP Training Programme
Satish Golcha, DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is unlikely to go for MCTP training programme as the department has heavy workload. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of 1992 batch of AGMU cadre.

Gotru to move to Hanoi
Director (EW) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Srinivas Gotru is moving to Hanoi as DCM.

Will Varesh Sinha be new CS of Gujarat ?
Varesh Sinha's appointment as head of the Finance Department has fuelled speculations of his next appointment as Chief Secretary of Gujarat. Prior to this, a 1977 batch IAS officer Sinha was ACS, Home. It is stated that most of the Chief Secretaries during the past ten years including Manjula Subramaniam, Sudhir Mankad, D Rajgopalan and A K Joti worked in the Finance before becoming the Chief Secretary.

15 IRS-IT officers in Vigilance Directorate shifted
As many as 15 officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in Directorate of Vigilance. Accordingly Sanjay Kumar Jain and Meeta Sinha have been shifted to CCA-Delhi while Ranjan Kumar, Divya Bajpai and Jagjivan Kumar Garg are being transferred to CCA-Mumbai and Devendra Singh and Sammer Sharma were posted to DGIT-Vigilance, Headquarters, New Delhi. Similarly, P C Pancholi and Dr Vijay Kumar Chadha have been shifted to DIT-Vigilance, North Zone, Delhi; Sandeep Dahiya, Anu Krishna and S B Morey to DIT- Vigilance, West Zone, Mumbai; J K Mishra, Sarbari Mukherjee to DIT-Vigilance, East Zone, Kolkata and S Ravichandran has been shifted to DIT-vigilance, South Zone, Chennai.

7 IRS-IT officers transferred in IT-Systems
As many as seven officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred in Directorate of Systems. Accordingly, Priscilla Singsit, T Vasanthan, Deepak Tiwari and K J Singh have been transferred to CCA-Delhi while Raman Kant Garg, Sushil Kumar and Ishtiaque Ahmad were shifted to DGIT-Systems, New Delhi.

4 IRS-IT officers shifted in L & R
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been posted to Directorate of L & R. Accordingly, Yagyasaini Kakkar has been shifted to CCA-Delhi while K K Mishra, Rajiv Ranka and Alka Gautam were
shifted to DGIT-L & R.

Rinku Singh transferred to DGIT (Admn), Delhi
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Rinku Singh in the grade of Additional/Joint Commisisoner of Income Tax, has been shifted to DGIT (Admn), New Delhi with the DIT posting.

4 IRS-IT officers posted to DGIT, Logistics
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in DGIT (Logistics). Accordingly, Abha Rani Singh has been shifted to CCA-Delhi while Manisha Chandra is being transferred to DIT-BPR, New Delhi and R C Meena was posted to DIT-O & M S, New Delhi.

3 IRS-IT officers posted OSDs in CBDT
As many as three officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been posted as OSDs in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Accordingly, Sheila Chopra has been posted as OSD, CBDT, New Delhi while Amitabh Kumar Sinha was made OSD, ITCC, CBDT, New Delhi and Sunita Singh is OSD-A & J, CBDT, New Delhi.

Eight D/ACsIT shifted in Vigilance
As many as eight officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in Directorate of Vigilance. Accordingly, P S Naik has been posted to CCA, Mumbai while J C Sehgal is being shifted to CCA-Delhi and Om Prakash and Vijay Choudhary were transferred to DIT-Vigilance, Headquarters, New Delhi. Similarly, Anil Gandhi has been shifted to DIT-Vigilance, North zone, New Delhi, Verghese Joseph to DIT-Vigilance, West Zone, Mumbai; Divakar Chakravarty to DIT-Vigilance, East Zone, Kolkata and B Lakshminaryananan to DIT-Vigilance, South Zone, Chennai.

Five D/ACsIT transferred in Systems
As many as five officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in Directorate of Systems, New Delhi. Accordingly, Arkendra Singh has been shifted to CCA-Delhi while Amitabh Shah, Lalit Kishore, A P Yadav and Jaswinder Singh were transferred to DGIT-Systems, New Delhi. Besides, the transfer oders of Vikas Singh to DGIT (System) have been cancelled.

IRS-IT officer Nirmal Nangia shifted to NJRS project
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Nirmal Nangia has been shifted to NJRS Project in L & R, Delhi.

IRS-IT officer Shivani Bansal posted OSD, Logistics
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Shivani Bansal has been posted as OSD in the office of Director, Budget & Expenditure in the Directorate of Logistics, New Delhi.

Four D/ACsIT transferred in TPL, CBDT
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in CBDT (TPL-Division), Delhi. Accordingly, Yogendra Mittal, Arju Garodia, Amit Katoch and Farhad Khan have been shifted OSD-TPL, CBDT, Delhi.

IRS- IT officer Richa Rastogi posted OSD, CBDT- ITA
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Richa Rastogi has been shifted as OSD-ITA, CBDT, Delhi in ITA Division.

2 IRS-IT officers shifted in CBDT (Admn)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in CBDT (Admin Division under JS (A)/ V & L Division), Delhi. Accordingly, Dr Prashant Khambra and Mukesh Sharma have been shifted as OSD V & L
Division, CBDT, Delhi.

2 IRS-IT officers shifted in CBDT (A & J)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in CBDT (A & J ) Division, Delhi. Accordingly, Anchal Khandelwal and Hemant Gupta have been made OSD (A & J), CBDT, Delhi.

1998 batch IPS is now DIG in Orissa

A 1998 batch IPS officer Dayal Gangwar has been promoted to the rank of DIG in Orissa. A 1997 batch IPS officer D K Pattanayak has also been given DIG rank.

Vayalar Ravi takes charge of Ministries of Science & Tech, MSME (UPDATED)
Vayalar Ravi has assumed charge as Minister for Science & Technology and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) on August 21, 2012.

Former IPS officer is no more
Former 1965 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre R C Sharma has passed away.

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is Vice Chairman, DDA (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava has joined as Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Earlier, he was Chief Secretary of Goa where he had successfully served as the Chief Secretary for over last three years.He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre.
(We said this on July 2,2012)

Govt to revive 43 CPSEs (UPDATED)
Government of India has decided to revive as many as 43 loss making Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).

Move to change Mumbai Police Commissioner? (UPDATED)
It is heard that the file has been moved to transfer Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik and soon the announcement is likely to be made.

Orders of D S Dhesi as DG, DGS & D in GoI issued (UPDATED)
Appointment orders of Depinder Singh Dhesi as Director General, DGS&D Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary have been issued. Presently, he was Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Dhesi is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on August 20, 2012)

Orders of Girish Shankar as Addl. Secy., Tourism in GoI issued (UPDATED)
Appointment orders of Girish Shankar as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism have been issued. He is presently Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Shankar is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on August 14, 2012)

Satyapal Singh poised to be Commissioner, Mumbai Police (UPDATED)
Satyapal Singh, ADG, Law and Order, is poised to be new Police Commissioner of Mumbai. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
A number of senior officers have been transferred in Railways. Accordingly, Ravij Seth, SAG/IRAS/CORE/Allahabad, has been transferred to IRITM/Lucknow while Ms.Kalpana Dube, SAG/IRAS/IRITM, is being shifted to RDSO/Lucknow and posted as ED (Finance)/RDSO and S P Trivedi SAG/IRSEE, ECR, was posted to WCR in the same capacity and posted as CSTE(CHOD). Similarly, Margoob Hussain SAG/IRSEE, SCR, has been shifted to CORE in the same capacity and posted in the cadre; Inderjit Singh SAG/IRSME, NFR posted as ED/Carriage/ RDSO; D K Agarwal RDSO as ED/Research /RDSO; Hemant Katiyar SAG/IRSME, CR as ED/VDG vice Sh. Anil Kumar, whose posting as DRM WAT/ECOR; P Mondal SAG/IRSME, on being relived from DRM/HWH, ER RB as ED/MR Cell by utilizing SAG, IRSME; Arvind Mittal SAG/IRSSE, IRISET to RB as ED(Signalling Proj.); Tarun Huria SG/IRSME IRIMEE/Jamalpur to RCF and posted in the same capacity; V K Jain SG/IRSE, on return from deputation, RLDA, as Director (Bridges & Structure) and P K Banerjee, SAG/IRSS SER, has been appointed as HAG/and posted as COS/SER.

Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma takes over as CEO& ED, NIELIT (UPDATED)
Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma has taken over as CEO & ED, NIELIT, an organization with Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. Earlier, Dr. Sharma was Director (Technical), RajCOMP Info Services Ltd, a Government of Rajasthan Public Sector Undertaking implementing IT & e-Governance Projects. Dr. Sharma is BE (Hons.) in Computer Science, M.Tech in Computer Science and Ph.D (e-Governance) with 28 years experience in multiple organizations, which include ISRO, BARC, Toshiba Corporation- Japan, RIICO, Asian CERC & RISL. He also worked as MD for RajCOMP (Society) in the year 2002-2004 & 2009-2011.
(We said this on July 4, 2012)

CORPORATE

Do you know financial loss in BSNL ?
Do you know the losses incurred by the BSNL during 2011 and 2012 ? Official figure says it has touched Rs 8,851 crore.

Puri to be new CMD of UTI, AMC ?
In all probability, Leo Puri, senior advisor at McKinsey & Co in India will be new CMD of the UTI Asset Management Company. The post has been lying vacant for the last seventeen months.

Gokaran is now Secretary, NATRIP
Nitin Ramesh Gokarn has been appointed as Secretary, National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP). He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Axis Bank's Shikha Sharma inducted in newly constituted BSIIAC
Axix Bank, MD, Shikha Sharma, has been inducted as Member in newly constituted Bihar State Industrial Investment Advisory Council (BSIIAC) in Bihar.

Kumar ceases to be Director, MRPL
Vivek Kumar has resigned as Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) following completion of his Central deputation in the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Singh appointed Director, MRPL
P K Singh has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL).

Muneer appointed Addl. Director, Alpine Housing Development Corporation Ltd
Alpine Housing Development Corporation Ltd has appointed Syed Mohammed Muneer as an Additional Director of the company

Chaudhary elected Chairman, GCMMF
Vipul Chaudhary has been elected as Chairman of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF)

Kumar appointed CFO, Aravali Securities and Finance Ltd
Aravali Securities and Finance Ltd has appointed Sushil Kumar as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Dube quits ORG Informatics Ltd
R L Dube has resigned as Director of ORG Informatics Ltd

Pingale quits Wadala Commodities Ltd
Nilesh Pingale has resigned as Company Secretary of Wadala Commodities Ltd

Rajaraman ceases to be Independent Director, Encore Software Ltd
Prof. V Rajaraman has ceased to be Independent Director of Encore Software Ltd.

Gogri appointed Chairman Emeritus, Aarti Industries Ltd
Chandrakant V Gogri has been designated as Chairman Emeritus of Aarti Industries Ltd.

Rajendra Gogri re-designated as CMD, Aarti Industries Ltd
Rajendra V Gogri, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Aarti Industries Ltd has been re-designated as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company.

Rashesh Gogri, re-designated as Vice Chairman and MD, Aarti Industries Ltd
Rashesh C Gogri ,Whole-Time Director , Aarti Industries Ltd has been re-designated as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Renil Gogri appointed Whole-time Director, Aarti Industries Ltd
Renil R Gogri has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of the company.

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It is unfortunate !

There has been widespread reaction to the CAG Report on Coal Block allocation.

I however feel that pending finalisation of the modalities of auction, a Government could not have put on hold for eight years allocation of Coal Blocks to deserving parties. Government was duty bound to ensure energy security and counter the emerging mismatch between indigenous production and demand. It is sad to notice many people smelling rat even when a Government is discharging Raj Dharm.

Dr PK Mishra

Former Coal secretary

Litigation can be avoided

If departmental promotion committee starts hearing the officers, who are not being promoted, before finalising the panel then much litigation can be avoided and there would be faster justice to the government officers.

Punit Ved

Ethnic violence in Assam - extremely serious

The ethnic violence in Assam has turned out to be extremely serious. Lakhs of persons have become refugees in their own land and the mass exodus of people of North-East from several cities as a result of rumour-mongering is an unprecedented calamity. The pictures of huge crowd of NE families - young boys and girls -at the Railway Stations ,the overcrowded trains to Guwahati are so frightening. We seem to be too incompetent to deal with such problems. Instead of handling such situations, our police and security forces get overwhelmed. First we let a problem get built up into a serious situation, then we do not know how to deal with it. The trouble in this country is that we look at every situation from the prism of vote bank politics. Illegal migration from Bangladesh was allowed to continue for years for this purpose. Result? Who is paying the price? Aam and lachar Aadmi.

Aarti Khosla

RIT

Can the disclosure of advice given by CVC impede the process of investigation?

Information regarding the vigilance advice given by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the matter of the appellant was denied by the Public Information Officer (PIO) citing the exemption provisions contained in section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act stating that the disclosure of the information would impede the process of investigation. The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed that it is not clear how the disclosure of the advice given by the CVC in this case including the relevant file noting would impede the process of the disciplinary proceeding/ prosecution of the official concerned. The advice tendered by the CVC is an input based on which the competent authority decides about the nature of the disciplinary action to be taken in any particular case. The Commission further held that the affected person should have a natural right to know about the advice and the manner it is tendered. The CIC directed the PIO to provide the advice tendered by the CVC in this case including the file noting leading to the advice.

Comments

The manner in which the vigilance enquiries are being conducted require a drastic change in the post RTI era. New mechanism and procedure need to be devised to effectively conduct the investigations in a transparent manner.

Citation: Mr. Vikram Angurala v. Central Vigilance Commission in File No. IC/SM/A/2011/901661

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)