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1982 batch IAS officers are ACS in Maharashtra
Two 1982 batch IAS officers Anand Kulkarni and Sudhir Kumar Goel have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Maharashtra.

Sikkim Chief Secretary gets six months extension
Karma Gyatso, IAS (SK-1977), Chief Secretary to the Government of Sikkim has been given extension in service for a period of six months beginning September 1.

Ms. Sheela Balakrishnan in fray for Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
Ms. Sheela Balakrishnan who is presently Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Municipal Administration and Water in Tamil Nadu is in fray for the slot of Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu. She is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Muralidhar selected as Director (Prod.), Instrumentation Limited
Alamuri Muralidhar, AGM, (Elect), RINL, has been selected for the post of Director (Production), Instrumentation Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 24, 2012. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Empanelment of 1989 batch IPS officers for JS in GoI
Over 50 IPS officers belonging to 1989 batch are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. They are :Ajay Kumar Sharma, Mukesh Jain ,G P Singh, Milind Kaniskar, Sanjay Mane, G R Meena, P S Phalnikar and S K Jha - MP, M S Ahlawat and Mohammad Akil, R C Mishra - Haryana, A K Singh - Jharkhand Alok Raj - Bihar, Rahul Rashgotra - MT, Rakesh Ranjan and Sanjay Kundu - HP, Nitin Agrawal , S Anantha Krishnan Kerala, Parag Jain, S K Kalra -Punjab, T Sunil Kumar , P S Sandhu, P Ravindranath - Karnataka, Ashok Juneja -Chhattisgarh, Chandra Prakash, P V Ramashastri , Ashish Gupta - UP,C D T Rao, Umesh Sharaf - Andhra Pradesh, R S Meena - Uttarakhand, Sanjay Bainiwal, Sandeep Goel , S K Gautam, R S Krishna - UT, Rajeev Kumar and Srivastava , Vikas Sahay, Ajay Kumar Tomar - Gujarat, Shakeel Akhtar, P Kandaswamy - TN, Lal Tendu Mohanti - J&K, Vivek V Phansalkar and Sanjay Kumar - MH, Ashok Kumar - UD, B K Dak, Umesh Mishra and Nina Singh - Rajasthan and Safi Ahsan Rizvi - Uttarakhand.

CIC's Annual Convention on 12-13 October
Central Information Commission is going to hold its annual convention on October 12 and 13. Its technical session would entail two topics: 1. Compliance and lessons learnt and 2. Right to privacy vs disclosure.

1987 batch IAS officers enters into 26th years of service
After completing 25 years of service yesterday about 122 IAS officers of 1987 batch enter into the 26th years of their services today.

Four IPS officers were considered for DG's post in Kerala
Four IPS officers :Venugopal K Nair, K S Balasubramanyan, K G Premshankar and K S Jangpangi were considered for the position of DGP in Kerala. Finally K S Balasubramanyan was appointed to the post.

Sunita Kokaran to return to Orissa ?
Sunita Kokaran is expected to return to the parent Orissa cadre soon from the central deputation. She is a 1996 batch IPS officer.

Manish Gupta goes to Istanbul
Counsellor PMI in New York Manish Gupta has been moved to Istambul in place of Vanlahuma whose posting is yet to be decided.

Jawed Usmani is back to Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani is back to Lucknow after a long leave. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer.

Vulunmang Vualnam proceeds on leave
Vulunmang Vualnam, (IAS, 1992 batch, MT cadre) Joint Secretary, Administration, Ministry Of Home Affairs, has proceeded on ten days earned leave from August 22, 2012.

T J Lang Kumeer goes to attend Mid Career Training Programme
T J Lang Kumeer (IPS 1991 batch, Chhattisgarh cadre), presently IG Bastar Zone, has been relieved by the state government to attend mid-career training program phase IV. Himanshu Gupta, (IPS 1994 batch, Chhattisgarh cadre) present posting: Director, FSL, Raipur, will handle the charge of IG, Bastar till the return of Lang Kumeer.

Permission to start disciplinary proceedings against IPS granted
Permission for initiating disciplinary enquiry against one IPS officer of the Orissa cadre has been given.

112 applicants for Information Commissioner in UP
There are 112 applications for 8 posts of Information Commissioner in Uttar Pradesh.

K Vivekanandan posted as DS, Governor in TN
K Vivekanandan, Sub-collector, Kallakurichi, Villupuram, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to Governor (Universities).

19 IAS officers get JAG in J&K

As many as 19 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 2000 and 2001 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Jammu and Kashmir. The officers of 2001 include: Mohammad Afzal Bhat, Mohammad Shafi Rather, Sudershan Sharma, Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo, Satesh Nehru, Parvez Ahmad Malik, Anal Kumar Gupta, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Raj Kumar Bhagat, Abdul Majid Mir, Nirmal Sharma, Shafat Noor Barlas, Abdul Latief Deva, Ramesh Kumar Kaul, Khurshid Amad Shah, Mohammad Sharif Sood, Zaffar Ahmad Bhat, Abdul Maazid Ganai and Tushar Kanti Sharma belonging to 2000 batch.

IAS postings in UP
Samir Verma has been posted as District Magistrate, Mathura while Alok Tiwari will now be Special Secretary, Finance in Uttar Pradesh.

UR Ananthamurthy appointed Chancellor
UR Ananthamurthy has been appointed the first chancellor of Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, for five years.

Suzuki lauds Modi's commitment in setting up company's plant in Gujarat
A 15-member delegation of Japan's world-famous automaker Suzuki Corporation, led by the company's Chairman Osamu Suzuki, paid courtesy visit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi and thanked for the State government's cooperation in setting up of the company's expansion plant in Bahucharaji in north Gujarat. Suzuki lauded the Gujarat government's commitment in extending support to the company in developing world-class infrastructural facilities in accordance with the state policies. He said that Suzuki will call about 500 young engineers from its Gujarat plant for automobile engineering training in Japan. Suzuki is also interested in setting up of an automobile engineering institute in Gujarat, he said. Suzuki mentioned the Chief Minister Narendra Modi's recent successful Japan visit. He also mentioned the unprecedented success of the investment seminar which was held in Hamamatsu during Modi's Japan visit, in which around 430 Japanese auto vender companies participated, highest participation ever. "This will create a great scope of investment and partnership between the companies of Gujarat and Japan", Suzuki said. Modi's Japan visit has become instrumental in strengthening the ties between Gujarat and Japan, he added. The Chief Minister asked to create a Japanese venders' zone at the company's expansion plant in Bahucharaji. He said that a high-power committee of secretaries will discuss various aspects of the company's Gujarat project with Mr. Suzuki and his delegation. Considering the likelihood of trade ties between the companies of Japan and Gujarat on grand scale the Chief Minister expressed interest in developing township, restaurants and other ancillary services on the lines of Japanese culture in inclusion with the company's expansion project. It is noteworthy that Suzuki Corporation will develop a state-of-the-art infrastructure model as a part of its expansion project with the estimated investment of Rs.4000 crore on 650 hectare land in Bahucharaji. Suzuki's presence in Gujarat is considered to create a great scope for skill development in auto sector. Gujarat government is committed to developing Japanese township in the State. Mitsubishi has undertaken the constructing of 'Smart City' in Gujarat. Principal Secretary M Sahu, Secretary to Chief Minister A K Sharma, Chief Resident Commissioner at Delhi Bharat Lal and the CEO of Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant Bhargav was present on the occasion.

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh is new DG Assam rifles
Lt Gen. Ranbir Singh has been appointed new Director General of Assam Rifles. He is currently on deputation to the home ministry.

Sinha is Head, BHEL's Rudrapur unit
An Assistant GeneraL Manager in BHEL's Bhopal unit, PK Sinha, has been made the head of the company's Rudrapur unit. He is likely to join at his new place of p[osting soon. He replaces SC ERai who has been transferred to International Operations division.

CORPORATE

Singh appointed Part-time Director, NTPC Ltd
Dr. A Didar Singh, former Secretary to the Government of India has been appointed as Non-Official Part-Time Director on the Board of NTPC Ltd for a period of three years

Benegal quits Crest Animation Studios Ltd
Shyam Benegal, Director, Crest Animation Studios Ltd has resigned from the company .

Vishwanath appointed Director (F&B), Pune Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre
Nishanth Vishwanath has been appointed as Director (Food and Beverage), Pune Marriott Hotel and Convention Centre.

Patni quits Ankit Metal & Power Ltd
Rohit Patni has resigned as Joint Managing Director of Ankit Metal & Power Ltd .

Singh appointed Addl. Director, Ankit Metal & Power Ltd
Sanjay Singh has been appointed as Additional Director of Ankit Metal & Power

Kumar quits Croitre Industries Ltd
Raj Kumar, Director of Croitre Industries Ltd has resigned from the company.

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Chaudhary deserves appreciation

Such sponsored appreciation must be avoided by your website without verifying the authenticity of information.

Dr Sunirmal Jha, S J Hospital, New Delhi

" No subjective opinions on individuals"

I read the following screaming headlines in the 'Forum' of Aug 22 from fellow browsers.

"A confident and assertive Home Secretary"; "New DG will not be able to stop corruption rampant in DGS&D."; "Good sign for CRPF three month extension of the DG tenure"; "Vineet Chaudhary DD (Admn) deserves appreciations".

I think these were not in good taste as there are always two sides to a coin. The Forum could avoid subjective opinions on individual officers.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Is CVC weak due to vested interests ?

You reported 14 MMTC officials recommended by CVC for disciplinary action. The Ministry of Commerce is sitting over these cases for years.

Baldev Singh, Formerly Of MMTC

Pani - a competent man

U P Pani, a very competent man and a perfect humane is taking the reign of NTPC HR. The company needs such a personality in the present
context.

R K Singh

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)