What people say about us !

Who our viewers are?

Officials and subordinates of IAS, IPS, IRS, IFS, ITS, IJS, Defence, Forest services, Railways, Bankers, PSUs, Corporate, National Leaders, UN & Foreign Diplomats and Embassies.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

JPC Chairman Chacko needs to be told that when a file is marked as 'seen'!!
If the one who sees the file does not put a dissenting note then what does it mean??

Means he or she is in agreement with what he or she has seen!!
As per Chacko 'Pranab saw the 2 G Note but he's in agreement with contents this does not mean'!

Every trick in the book is being tried to get PC off the hook!!!
Even at common sense they've 'thrown the book'!!!

Now Swamy has applied for anticipatory bail!!
He fears that PC will get him thrown into Jail!!

Some would say Swamy's overreacting!!
Seems to PC's 'desperation' , 'hopelessness in 2 G case' and 'PC being MOH' Swamy's reacting!!

I get the feeling Team Anna is in for a recast!!!
Sri Sri and Ramdev could now be added to the cast!!

Bedi could be shown the door....... though her supporters will say she's walked out!!
She was in it for the 'attention and camera glare' without a doubt!!

And of course for achieving her goal and that is to become a MP!!!
In her case 'Mischievous Person' is how we should decipher MP!!

Damn the inferences Congress will draw... why not get Swamy aboard Anna's Team????
Congress will of course from rooftops scream!!

Kursheed's excuse to EC is that 9% reservation was in Congress's 2009 Manifesto... no way!
Because once election is over Manifesto is shown 'bahar ka way'!!!

And if this was a carry forward from previous Manifesto why was it not included in 2011 one???
If Kursheed's excuse is to be believed then this should have been logically done!!

What will Government do on RIL's fudging KG Basin costs....let me rephrase it correctly!!
What will Mukesh allow Government to do on the costs calculated incorrectly???

KG Basin is a money spinner... abundant with gas!!!
'We can recover at least 50% of field allotted to RIL' PAC karr rahi hai gas (boast)!!!

It's not that easy as it being made out to be!!!!
In 'the bonnet there is a bee'... which of course at present PAC cannot see!!!

With anger Diggy Raja doth quake!!
This is after PC announced Batla House encounter was not fake!!

Our Netas can never be cornered.....they are like Lawyers who can argue on both sides!!!
It's said when a Neta opens his mouth truth runs away and hides!!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Open confrontation between Gadkari & Advani
As the grapevine has it, BJP's National President Nitin Gadkari has started working too independently of former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani.

BUREAUCRACY

Thy name is Air India
The Air India employees have not received salary since November, 2011. Now a section of Air India pilots have decided to go on
'no-pay-no-work' agitation.

D S Kalha is new Secretary, Pharmaceuticals
D S Kalha will be new Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Pradeep Pujari appointed as Addl. Secy. & Financial Adviser, Agriculture
Pradeep Kumar Pujari, Executive Director, Food Corporation of India, Department of Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Agriculture Research & Education, Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
(We said this on January 11)

P K Mishra is new Secretary, DoPT
Secretary Steel is moving as Secretary Department of Personnel in the Government of India. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on January 5)

Kiran Dhingra is new Secretary, Textiles
Kiran Dhingra has been appointed new Secretary, Textiles. She is a 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on December 13)

Loretta Mary Vas is new Secretary, Panchayati Raj
Loretta Mary Vas is being appointed new Secretary, Panchayati Raj. She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on January 11)

P K Pincha appointed as Chief Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities
Prasanna Kumar Pincha has been appointed as Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. Pincha has assumed charge w.e.f. December 28, 2011. It is for the first time ever that a person with disability has been appointed as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in the country.

Arbind Kumar, GR GM, RITES, selected as Director (Projects), RITES
Arbind Kumar, GR GM, RITES, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), RITES Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Friday. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

M D Sreekumar to join as MD, HMT-MT in February
M D Sreekumar, Director (Tech & Oper), HLL, who has been selected as Managing Director, HMT Machine Tools Limited (HMT-MT) by PESB, is likely to assume charge in second week of February this year.

Arunachal Pradesh to have new Secretariat building
Arunachal Pradesh Government will be housed in secretariat building by April 2012. It is coming up in Itanagar.

New post of ADG in Manipur
Government of Manipur has created a new post of Additional DG level and has asked (MHA) Ministry of Home affair Government of India for the approval.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh
Ajay Tirkey has been posted as MD Markfed. MD Marketing Federation SC Mishra has been sent to Chief Secretary office as Secretary Coordination. RK Mathur has been posted as Sagar Commissioner. Sheoshekhar Shukla who was shifted to Sagar as Commissioner has now been posted as MD Sate Warehousing Corporation. Principal Secretary in Backward Class and Minorities Welfare Department Amita Sharma has been given additional responsibility of PS GAD. Secretary GAD Alka Upadhyay will now be CEO of MP Rural Road Development Authority.

Prof Ved Prakash is Acting Chairman of UGC
Vice-chairman of UGC, Professor Ved Prakash has been appointed as the acting Chairman of the UGC.

Parmar nominated as Member
Former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, KS Parmar has been nominated as a member of newly constituted Central Consumer Protection Council.

Will Singh return to Punjab?
Will Amardeep Singh, Deputy Director, IB (SIB), Amritsar, return to the parent Punjab cadre to get promotion to the rank of IG? He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch and belongs to Punjab cadre.

Four officers of Joint AGMUT get IAS cadre
Four officers of State Civil Service of Joint AGMUT cadre (Arunachal Pradesh segment) have been awarded IAS cadre. The officers include Jokey Angu, Nani Mali, Talem Tapok and Onit Panyang.

Bhat joins as Member of Uttarakhand PSC
Dinesh Kumar Bhat has joined as Member of the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission. He is former 1993 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Arun of Jharkhand awarded IAS cadre
Arun, a non-State Civil Service officer of Jharkhand, has been awarded IAS cadre.

Seven Jt. GMs promoted as GMs, five shifted in AAI
As many as seven Joint General Managers (ATM) have been promoted as General Managers (ATM) in Airports Authority of India with shifting five of them. Accordingly, V S P Chinson, CATC, Allahabad, has been shifted to NSCBI, Airport, Kolkata while Jayant Das Gupta is being retained at CSIA, Mumbai Airport and A K Bhardwaj is posted from IGIA, Delhi to CHQ; R K Singh will remain posted APD, Jaipur. Besides, A K Jain shifted from CHQ to IAL, CHQ; A P Gajbe will remain in Southern Region and V N Chandran, APD, Bhubaneshwar is being shifted to Eastern Region, Kolkata on ad-hoc basis.

Five GMs (ATM) shifted in AAI
Five General Managers (ATM) of Airports Authority of India have been transferred and posted at various places. Accordingly, S K Purwar has been shifted to CHQ, NOC from CHQ while Chandan Sen is being posted from NSCBI, Kolkata to Mumbai and M C Dangi from CSIA, Mumbai to SQMS, CHQ. Besides, K V Murali is being posted from SR, Chennai to Chennai Airport and M Muthu from WR, Mumbai to BIAL, Bangaluru.

Three Jt. GMs (Comm.) promoted as GMs (Comm.), two shifted in AAI
Three Joint General Managers (Comm.) have been transferred after promotion as General Managers (Comm.) in Airport Authority of India (AAI). Accordingly, M L Chakraborty has been shifted from Kolkata to CHQ, (CNS-Plng); A K Banerjee from Kolkata to CHQ (CNS-Plng) and Mansoor Ahmed will remain at CHQ (CNS-Plng).

69 Addl. Commissioners/Directors posted after promotion as Commissioners, IT
As many as 69 Additional Commissioners/Additional Directors of Income Tax of 1990 batch have been posted at various places after promotion to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). Accordingly, Darse Samuel has been posted as CIT (A), Bathinda (Chandigarh) while Gurucharanjit Singh Sahota is being appointed as CIT (JUDL), Kolkata, (CCA WB) and Om Prakash Meena as CIT (Audit), Lucknow. Similarly, Ravindra Singh Rawal as CIT (AAR), Delhi; Sandeep Kumar as CIT (A)-2 Surat; Dr. Balwan Chauhan as CIT (OSD), Ghzipur (Kanpur, CCA UP); Obou Athikho Mao as CIT (Audit), Guwahati; Langsun Doukhosei Mate as CIT (A), Shillong; Ram Lal Meena as CIT (A) 20, Kolkata; L R Meena as CIT (A)32 Kolkata; Dhirendra Kumar Mishra as CIT (ITAT)-4, Delhi CCA; Narendra Kumar Chand as CIT (A), Pune CCA; Ankur Garg as CIT (ITAT), Rajkot (Ahmedabad, CCA Gujarat); L K Agarwal as CIT (A)-36, Kolkata (CCA WB); Rupinder Brar as CIT (ITAT)-8 as Mumbai CCA; Ajeet Kumar Jain as CIT DR (TP,ITAT), Mumbai CCA; Mohd Usman as DIT (ITSC), Kolkata (CCA WB); Dr. Shikha Darbari as CIT (ITAT), Cochin (CCA Kerala); Prafulla Kumar Prustry as CIT (OSD), Delhi (CCA); Samita Mishra as CIT (ITAT)-1, Mumbai (CCA); order of Dabjyoti Das is being issued separately; Aparna Karan as CIT (A) Ujjain (Bhopal CCA MP &CG); Kumar Sanjay as CIT (A), Patna (CCA Bihar); E S Nagendra Prasad as CIT (CO), Chennai (CCA TN); Sanjay Kumar Sah as CIT (A) as Noida (Kanpur, CCA UP); Chandana Rama Chandran as CIT (JUDL), Chennai (CCA TN); Krishna Kishore Jasthi as CIT (A), Vijayawada (Hyderabad CCA AP); Prasenjit Singh as CIT-2, Surat (Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat); S K Ambastha as CIT (ITAT)-1, Bangalore (Bangalore, CCA, Karanataka); Capt. P K Bajaj as CIT, Hazaribagh (Patna, CCA, Bihar); Vijay Verma as CIT (A)-1, Surat (Ahmedabad, CCA, Gujarat); S Balasubramanian as CIT (A), Salem (Chennai, CCA TN); Vimallendu Verma as CIT (A)-2, Ahmedabad (CCA); Jai Raj Kumar as CIT (TDS), Kolkata,(CCA WB); Nityanand Thakur as CIT (A)-19, Kolkata (CCA WB); K M Dixit as CIT (TDS), Lucknow, CCA UP (E); Jayant Kumar as CIT (A), Alwar (Jaipur, CCA Rajasthan); Peeyush Jain as CIT DR (ITAT) TP, Delhi (CCA); Adarsh Kumar Modi as CIT (TDS), Pune (CCA Maharashtra); Rajeshwar Yadav as CIT (OSD) D R (ITSC), Mumbai CCA; Sibendu Moharana as CIT (ITAT)-2, Chennai, (CCA TN); Debashis Chanda as CIT (A), Patiala (Chandigarh CCA, NWR); Lalit Krishan Singh Dehiya as CIT (ITAT)-3, Kolkata (CCR WR); Ashok Kumar Saroha as CIT, Hissar (Chandigarh, CCA NWR); Anand Rajeshwar Baiwar as CIT (DR) (ITSC)-1, Kolkata (CCA WB); Asit Kumar Mohapatra as CIT (ITAT)-2, Kolkata, (CCA WB); Dr. Anil Kumar Singh as CIT, Gorakhpur (Lucknow, CCA UP (E); Ram Bilas Mishra as CIT, Thrissur (Cochin), CCA Kerala; Parneet Mahal Suri as CIT (ITAT), Agra (Kanpur CCA, UP (W); Pawan Kumar; Mithilesh Kumar Jha as CIT (ITAT), Ranchi (Patna, CCA Bihar); Sanjay Shivam as CIT (A), Siliguri (Kolkata CCA WB); Anadi Nath Mishra as CIT-2, Guwahati (Guwahati, CCA NER); Alok Kumar, Ruchika Chaudhary Govil, Satyendrea as CIT (ITAT)-3; Kumar Mishra (CCA TN); Bhupendra Kumar Gupta as CIT (A), Bikaner (Jaipur, CCA Rajasthan); Shantanu Damija as CIT (Audit), Kanpur CCA UP, (W); Damodar R Prasad Gupta as CIT (ITAT)-4, Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad, CCA Gujarat); Pratima Kaushik; Mukesh Varma as CIT (ITAT)-1, Pune (Pune CCA, Maharashtra); Aparna Mittal; Sandip Pradhan as CIT (CO), Mumbai (Mumbai CCA); Sushma Singh as CIT, Muzzaffarpur (Patna, CCA Bihar);
Sanchita Srivastava as CIT (A), Asansol (Kolkata) CCA WB; Ashok Kumar Jha as CIT, Shillong (Guwahati, CCA, NER); Farhat Hussain Qureshi as CIT ( ITAT)-2, Bangalore (Bangalore CCA, Karanataka); Adhir Jha; Shashi Bhushan as CIT (A)-3, Cochin (Cochin, CCA, Kerala); Prasad Joe Sebastian, Dr. Narender Kumar as CIT DR (ITAT)-INTT AX, Mumbai (Mumbai CCA); Amitabh Shukla as CIT (A)-16, Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad CCA, Gujarat);Vijay Kumar as CIT (ITAT), Patna (Patna CCA, Bihar); Syed Mohammed Jawad as CIT (A)-3, Cochin (Cochin, CCA, Kerala); Abidi Shantam Bose as CIT (A), Calicut (Cochin CCA, Kerala).

96 Addl. Commissioners/Directors promoted as Commissioners of IT
As many as 96 Additional Commissioners/Additional Directors of Income Tax of 1990 batch have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). The officers include Darse Samuel, Gurucharanjit Singh Sahota, Om Prakash Meena, Ravindra Singh Rawal, Sandeep Kumar, Dr. Balwan Chauhan, Obou Athikho Mao, Langsun Doukhosei Mate, Ram Lal Meena, L R Meena, Dhirendra Kumar Mishra, Narendra Kumar Chand, Ankur Garg, Sayed Nasir Arneja, Mona, Singh, L K Agarwal, Rupinder Brarn, Ajeet Kumar Jain, Mohd Usman, Dr. Shikha Darbari, Monica Bhatia, Prafulla Kumar Prustry, Samita Mishra, Dabjyoti Das, Aparna Mohania, Kumar Sanjay, Surbhi Varma Gar, Madnesh Kumar Mishra, Suman Sharma, E S Nagendra Prasad,Sanjay Kumar Sah, Chandana Rama Chandran, Krishna Kishore Jasthi, Amal Pusp, Ajay Goyal, Amitav, Prasenjit Singh, S K Ambastha, Capt. P K Bajaj, Vijay Verma, S Balasubramanian, Vimallendu Verma, Kavita Pandey, Amit Mohan Govil, Jai Raj Kumar, Nityanand Thakur, K M Dixit, Jayant Kumar Peeyush Jain, Adarsh Kumar Modi, Rajeshwar Yadav, Sibendu Moharana, Sulekha Verma, Debashis Chanda, Lalit Krishan Singh Dehiya, Anita Sinha, Ashok Kumar Saroha, Anand Rajeshwar Baiwar, Asit Kumar Mohapatra, Anand Jha, Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Asit Singh, Sunil Bajpai, Sanjay, Ram Bilas Mishra, Parneet Mahal Suri, Pawan Kumar Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Sanjay Shivam, Anadi Nath Mishra, Alok Kumar, Ruchika Chaudhary Govil, Satyendrea Kumar Mishra, Bhupendra Kumar Gupta, Shantanu Damija, Damodar R Prasad Gupta, Pratima Kaushik, Mukesh Varma Aparna Mittal Sandip Pradhan, Sushma Singh, Sanchita Srivastava, Ashok Kumar Jha, Farhat Hussain Qureshi, Adhir Jha, Shashi Bhushan Prasad Joe Sebastian, Dr. Narender Kumar, Amitabh Shukla, Vijay Kumar, G T Venkateshwa, Sanjay Prasad, Syed Mohammed Jawad Abidi Shantam Bose.

Inter-region transfers of 16 IRS officers
As many as 16 IRS officers have been transferred to inter-region. Accordingly, M C Pandit, on promotion, has been posted as CIT (C), Patna, (Patna, CCA, Bihar) while Thankappan SSI Kumar is being appointed as CIT (CPC), Mumbai, (Mumbai CCA) and Krishna Rao Kantipudi is CIT (CPC), Bangalore. Similarly, Jagannath Bidyahar Mohapatra is posted as CIT, Nagpur (CCA, Maharashtra); Kaushal Kumar Sharma as CIT-1, Cochin (CCA Kerala); G V Hemalat as CIT (CIB), Hyderabad (CCA, AP); Krinwant Sahay as CIT (A)-12, Kolkata (CCA WB); Pramod Chandra Modi, CIT (A), Bikaner (Jaipur CCA) is posted as Alwar (Jaipur, CCA Rajasthan); Raman Kumar Goyal CIT-2, Amritsar (Chandigarh, CCA NWR) is now CIT-3, Ludhiana (Chandigarh, CCA NWR); Arun Kumar Thatai, CIT (A)-3, Cochin (Cochin CCA, Kerala) posted as CIT, Jammu (Chandigarh, CCA NWR); Harsh Kumar, DIT (System)-3, Delhi (CCA) as DIT (Inv), Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat); Sushil Kumar Agarwal, CIT (A), Ludhiana, (Chandigarh, CCA NWR) as CIT (A), Amritsar (Chandigarh, CCA, NWR); B K S Pandya, CIT-6, Chennai (Chennai, CCA, CCA TN) as CIT (ITAT)-2, Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat); Ravi Sarangal, CIT, Jammu (Chandigarh, CCA
NWR) as CIT Bathinda (Chandigarh, CCA NWR); S S Parida, CIT (ITAT)-4, Ahmedabad, (Ahmedabad CCA) as CIT (A), Panaji (Bangalore, CCA Karnataka) and G Aparna Rao, CIT, Salem (Chennai, CCA TN) as CIT (A), Belgaum (Bangalore (CCA Karanataka).

Local changes of 63 IRS officers
As many as 63 IRS officers have been shifted at local level. Accordingly, Kailash Chandra Naredi has been posted as CIT-2, Ahemdabad (Ahmedabad, CCA, Gujarat); Nathu Singh Dayam as CIT-7, Ahemdabad (Ahmedabad, CCA, Gujarat); Yogendra Kumar Batra as CIT (Audit), Ahemdabad (Ahmedabad, CCA, Gujarat); Chhavi Anupam as CIT (A)-1, Ahemdabad (Ahmedabad, CCA, Gujarat); Alok Johri as CIT (A)-15, Ahemdabad (Ahmedabad, CCA, Gujarat); Surinder Singh as CIT-2, Amritsar (Chandigarh, CCA NWR); Anuradh A Goyal as CIT-2, Bangalore (Bangalore, CCA Karanataka); Prabhsha R N Singh Chhina as CIT-3, Bangalore (Bangalore CCA, Karnataka); Paul George as CIT (LTU), Bangalore (Bangalore CCA Karanataka); Danasale Channap A Gowda Sreedhar as CIT-4, Bangalore (Bangalore, CCA, Karnataka); Gadi Venugopal Rao as CIT (A)-1, Bangalore (Bangalore, CCA Karnataka); Sadanand Sonbarsa as CIT (Audit), Bangalore (Bangalore, CCA, Karanataka); Archana Choudhary as CIT (A)-6, Bangalore (Bangalore, CCA, Karnataka); Sanjai Kumar as CIT (TDS), Bangalore (Bangalore, CCA, Karnataka); Sriharsha Mohapatra as DIT (Inv.), Bhubaneshwar (Bhubaneshwar, CCA Orissa); Artabandhu Patra as CIT (A)-1, Bhubaneshar (Bhubaneshwar, CCA Orissa); P N Devadasan as CIT, Calicut (Cochin, CCA, Kerala); Iyadurai Vijaykumar as CIT (C)-1, Chennai (Chennai, CCA, TN); Omkareshwar Chindra as CIT-6, Chennai (Chennai, CCA TN); E Sankaran as CIT-8, Chennai (Chennai, CCA, TN); R B Naik CIT (TDS), Chennai, (Chennai, CCA, TN); Shriram Barathan as CIT (A)-2, Chennai (Chennai, CCA, TN); Uppalapati Anjaneyulu as CIT (A)-4, Chennai, Chennai, CCA, TN; Tripti Biswas as CIT (C), Cochin, (Cochin, CCA, Kerala); Smit Rekha Vishnoi as DIT (ITSC)-III, Delhi (Delhi, CCA); Dinesh Kumar Gupta as CIT (ITAT)-10(Int Tax), Delhi (Delhi, CCA); Rashmi Saxena Sahni as CIT (TP)-1, Delhi (Delhi, CCA); Harmesh Lal Dihana as CIT (A)-5, Delhi (Delhi CCA); Mohammad Wasimul Haque as OIT (ITSC)-II, Delhi (Delhi CCA); Anirudha Kumar as CIT (TP)-2, Delhi (Delhi, CCA); Gajanand Meena as CIT (A)-13, Delhi, (Delhi CCA); Ashwani Kumar as CIT (A)-29 (IT & TP), Delhi (Delhi CCA); Jayant Misra as CIT (A)-22, Delhi (Delhi, CCA); Dinesh Kumar Chhablani as DIT (system)-3, Delhi (Delhi, CCA); Ram Swaroop Meena as CIT (JUDL), Delhi (Delhi CCA); Rameshwar Singh as CIT (A)-8, Delhi (Delhi, CCA); K Mythili Rani as CIT (CO), Hyderabad, (Hyderabad, CCA AP); Chitta Ranjan Pati as DIT (Exam P), Hyderabad (Hyderabad CCA, AP); K G Nana Prakash as CIT (ITAT)-2, Hyderabad (Hyderabad CCA AP); Salagala Narasamma as CIT(A)-3, Hyderabad, (Hyderabad, CCA, AP); D R Sindhal as CIT (CO), Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Subrat Mishra as CIT-10, Kolkata, (Kolkata, CCA, WB); Pankaj Vidyarthi as CIT-12, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA, WB); S C Baberia as CIT-14, Kolkata (Kolkata CCA, WB); Sachchid Anand Srivastava as CIT (C) (A)-1, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Ravi Jain as CIT (A)-3, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Sanjay Kumar Rastogi as CIT (C) (A)-2, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Govind Lal as CIT-21, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Subrata Sarka as CIT-17, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Varinder Mehta as CIT (A)-1, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Yogendrea Chaudhary as CIT (A)-4, Kolkata (Kolkata, CCA WB); Jagdeep Kumar Goel as CIT (A), Ludhiana (Chandigarh, CCA, NWR); Gunjan Misra as CIT-25, Mumbai (Mumbai, CCA); Shanta Sujata Abrol as CIT-26, Mumbai (Mumbai, CCA); Kishore Kumar Vyawahare as CIT(A)-1, Mumbai (Mumbai, CCA); Reena Jha Tripathi as CIT (A)-19, Mumbai (Mumbai, CCA); Yeshwant U Chavan as CIT (JDUL), Mumbai (Mumbai, CCA); B Senthil Kumar as CIT (A)-34, Mumbai (Mumbai, CCA); Malathi R Sridharan as CIT (A)-10, Mumbai (Mumbai, CCA); Raminder Kaushal as CIT-1, Pune (Pune, CCA, Maharashtra); Mandi Kumar Dubey as DIT (Inv.), Pune (Pune, CCA, Maharashtra); Hareshwar Sharma as CIT (A)-5, Pune (Pune, CCA, Maharashtra); Anil Kumar Singh as CIT-1, Surat (Ahmedabad, CCA Gujarat).

Four more IRS officers made Expenditure Observers for UP elections
D R Lathoria, CCIT, (CCA), Bhopal, has been made Expenditure Observer for poll-bound Uttar Pradesh state. Besides, Rajiv Sinha, CCIT (CCA), Patna; Jeetendra Kumar, CCIT (CCA), Delhi and SMS Tauheed, CCIT, (CCA), Patna, have also been entrusted with the responsibility of Expenditure Observers for Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

Chaudhary is new Additional Judge of HP HC
Dharam Chand Chaudhary has been appointed as the additional judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Ravishankar Chavi has been appointed as Commandant of 37th Battalion PAC in Kanpur .Gyaneshwar Tewari will be SP (Railways) in Lucknow.K Ezilrasane has been posted as on SP (Railways) at Gorakhpur. Prem Narain SP (Railways) will go to Moradabad and Kripashankar Singh as Commandant of 6th Battalion PAC in Meerut.

PSC Chairman resigns in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Chairman R. Sellamuthu has resigned. He is former 1976 batch IAS officer.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Pakistan: Islamabad High Court to hear petition to restrain government from sacking Keyani and Pasha
Islamabad High Court has admitted a petition filed by an advocate, Maulvi Iqbal Haider praying for restraining the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan from issuing any order to remove army chief Keyani and DG ISI, Shuja Pasha from their respective posts. The petition is to come up for hearing in the court on January 14, 2012. It assumes significance in the backdrop of rumours that PM's close confidant Nargis Sethi has been given an additional charge of Defence Secretary so that the procedural requirement of any such order being signed by the Defence Secretary is met without any let or hindrance. The petition also accuses the PM of willful failure in implementing the Apex court's orders in the NRO and the 'memogate' cases.

Pakistan : Commission recommends greater accountability for ISI and IB
A government appointed commission comprising of judges, advocates, police officers and representatives of the journalists union has recommended that steps should be taken to ensure that the ISI and the IB are made accountable for their activities. 'These agencies', the commission has recommended, 'should be made more law-abiding through legislation, carefully outlining their mandate and role'. The commission has suggested three tiers of accountability; first internally through the minister in charge, second to the parliament through parliamentary commission and third to the judiciary through a suitable grievance redressal judicial forum. The commission headed by a judge of the supreme court Mian Saqib Nisar was appointed in the context of killing of journalist Shehzad Salim in which the needle of suspicion was seen pointing strongly to the ISI.

Pakistan : I am coming to tell the truth, says Mansoor Ijaz
US businessman of Pakistani origin Ijaz Mansoor who is the central character in the infamous 'memogate' case has confirmed that he is coming to Pakistan 'to tell the Pakistani courts that former ambassador Hussain Haqqani invited the US to intervene in matters relating to Pakistan's military'. "I am coming because it is important that there be no perception left about whether I feared telling the truth on the record, whether I feared the threats, whether I feared the government and its sharp tongued ministers, whether I feared facing Haqqani and his legal team - I am ready for all of them......I intend to speak the truth to power loudly" Ijaz has thundered in a telephonic interview to Guardian newspaper from Switzerland giving Hussain Haqqani reason to feel worried.

Interviews for PS banks' CMDs held (UPDATED)
As many 11 Executive Directors (EDs) of Public Sector (PS) banks faced interviews for six slots of Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) in PS banks on January 12, 2012 .They are: Mrs. Archana Bhargawa - Canara Bank, Mrs. V R Iyer - Central Bank of India (CBI), R K Dube - Central Bank of India (CBI), Ashwani Kumar - Corporation Bank, Rajeev Rishi - Indian Bank, A K Dutt - Dena Bank, V Kannan - Oriental Bank of Commerce, Rakesh Sethi - Punjab National Bank, H S Mundra - Union Bank of India, Mrs. Shubhalakshmi Panse Vijaya Bank & N.K.Maini of SIDBI.Interviews had concluded around 3.30 pm.Of them Mrs. V R Iyer ,R K Dube, Mrs. hubhalakshmi Panse , A K Dutt & H S Mundra ,reportedly figure in the final list.

Pranab Mukherjee yet to see the list of banks CMDs (UPDATED)
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is yet to have a look at the list of candidates whom selection committee has shortlisted for elevation from ED to CMDs in public sector(PS) banks.As the grapevine has it he will have a look at it on January 16,2012.Those who reportedly figure in the probable list are Mrs. V R Iyer ,R K Dube, Mrs. Shubhalakshmi Panse , A K Dutt & H S Mundra reportedly figure in the final list. However, changes in this are not ruled out.

S Madhumathi is new Collector of Chennai in TN (UPDATED)
S Madhumathi, Collector of Kanniyakumar district will now be Collector of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ajay Yadav is Collector, Vellore in TN (UPDATED)
Ajay Yadav, Commissioner of Tirunelveli Corporation, has been posted as Collector of Vellore in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

S Nagarajan is Collector, Kanniyakumari in TN (UPDATED)
S Nagarajan, Collector of Vellore has been shifted as Collector of Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Hanish Chhabra is Collector, Kancheepuram in TN (UPDATED)
Hanish Chhabra, Deputy Commissioner (Revenue & Finance), Corporation of Chennai has been transferred and posted as Collector, Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms Sen is in US (UPDATED)
Ms.Damyanti Sen Joint Commissioner of Kolkata Police(Crime)is on US trip for 4 days to attend the Crime related Seminar. She is an IPS Officer of 1996 batch who belongs to West Bengal Cadre.

DEBATE

Is it appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir"?

Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has asked Cabinet Ministers to maintain dignity of the office. Patnaik conveyed his mind when a Minister addressed "Sir" to an IAS officer in his presence. "You are Cabinet Minister and should maintain your dignity" the Chief Minister said. How far it is appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir".

Mail your to the point views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Batra appointed Deputy MD, IDBI Bank Ltd
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has appointed B K Batra as Whole-time Director of IDBI Bank Ltd who had also been designated as Deputy Managing Director of the bank.

Schiller resigns as Director, CRISIL Ltd
Thomas Schiller has resigned as Director of CRISIL Ltd w.e.f. January 11, 2012.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Genus Commu Trade Ltd
Keyur Babulal Modi and Praful Vithalbhai Mistry have resigned as directors of Genus Commu Trade Ltd w.e.f. April 11, 2011 and November 11, 2011 respectively.

Barari resigns as Whole-time Director, Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd
Soumitra Barari, Whole-time Director of Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company w.e.f. January 13, 2012.

Gopalakrishnan appointed CEO, Intelliverse Telecom India
K V Gopalakrishnan has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Intelliverse Telecom India.

DEBATE

It's really sad that we are still fumbling with this archival notion of "Sir" being reminiscent of colonial era. Traditionally and culturally, we have been groomed to address our guests, elders and seniors as Sir or with some other respectful word. But over a period a particular class has made it their privilege and gets offended if not addressed that way. Leave aside bureaucrat, even a office peon does not like it, if not addressed "Sir" or "Ji".

Our ruling class should learn from developed countries. The most powerful man on earth is called Mr President or Barrak and certainly not Sir. I am told by my Australian Professor friend that when he met Prime Minister there, the first introduction was Mr Prime Minister, but in later meetings, it was only Mr Howard.

Hope we take lessons from this and concentrate on development rather than such useless egoistic jingos.

Vineet Agrawal

DEBATE (2)

The subject of your debate is just 'Much ado about nothing'.

Aarti Khosla

IAS has served the country well!

Other services should not compare with the IAS. The IAS is the only service which has served the country well, from 1948 onward till date, IAS officers have even died in the cause of the nation. Anyway, it is the elite service in India and no other service can even compare.

A K Singh

If a Government employee gets a delayed promotion, the logic of 'no work no pay' is adopted. The court's of the country also ratify this. But if the MPs stall the Parliament proceedings and no work takes place, they get payments for having not worked. Can anybody explain this dilemma in the background of Right to Equality embroiled in the Constitution of India.

A Srivastava

Factually incorrect

This regarding the comment of Rakesh Tiwari regarding "State of affairs" on 11-01-2012. This is factually incorrect as nowhere in the country has 1997 batch of IAS has got SAG. 1996 will be eligible for it this year (actual grant may take some time in all cadres), but only to those officers posted in the state cadre, not in GoI.

Surendra S Rawat

All Kudos to brave Officers

These upright and sincere officers faced the violent mob which assaulted police and public in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu. Because of the timely action by police hundreds of innocent lives were saved. Kudos to such brave Officers.

Anuj Goel

Many may not be aware that the Indian Muslim League is the successor of the hated Muslim League of the pre-partition India. They maintain the same head quarters of the pre-partition days in Kerala. Nehru who is the cause of many problems facing this country was responsible for allowing this outfit to continue in Kerala. At first Congress was scared to come any where near this communal party. Later Congress and the left vied with each other to give credibility to this party. Now Sionia led UDF has gone one step ahead by including them in the UDF and giving ministership in the vital HRD Ministry at the centre. Congress has now found this arch communal party as its secular mascot. This party is busy now coordinating and bringing all Muslim communal elements under their umbrella. The Minister is busy opening branches of Aligarh Muslim University in all nooks and corners of this country where there are sizable Muslim population.In Kerala, they have opened a branch in Ernad, the centre of Moplah rebellion of 1921 where thousands of Hindus were killed. Congress who is responsible for the first partition and cause of many problems facing this country is slowly taking this country for the second partition.

N Krishnan

Why should IT companies go to SE Asian countries?

Given that cost of living is lower in many tier II cities such as Patna, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Bhopal, and many others, its a case of state governments pulling these entities with an attractive package ( soft loans, land etc). This will ot only create demand for jobs in these cities, it will help India retain its comparative advantage and earn the FE that is badly needed. GOI should perhaps facilitate this process.

Vinayak

A blatant fraud by Gen V K Singh

I agree with views of writer. Law does not look at the faces. Every one is equal before it. Had such action is against an persons below officer rank, an army officer, who is commanding a battalion, would have put him before summary/general court martial but Gen Singh is threatening to Government of India that he would go to Supreme Court for so called justice. Justice is that he should be penalised if he has done something wrong in changing his date of birth which he could have done before he entered the Army.

RC

Can the High Court rules over-ride the RTI Act?

The appellant's request for information relating to the Haryana Superior Judicial Services was refused by the APIO citing the rules 4(a) and 5 of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana (Right to Information) Rules 2007. On appeal, the FAA directed to provide information on certain points. Regarding remaining information, the FAA endorsed the decision of the APIO without claiming any exemption section of RTI Act. The respondent submitted that he was bound by the rules framed by his own High Court and could not comment on whether those rules were in conformity with the provisions of the RTI Act or not. The Commission held that the stand taken by the Respondent is totally out of sync with the provisions of the RTI Act and directed to provide the information.

Comments

Many PIO's tend to refer to departmental rules or rules made by the public authority in exercise of its powers under Section 28 of the RTI Act. Section 28 confers powers on the competent authority, to make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. But no competent authority can make rules to obstruct the disclosure of information by adding additional exemption provisions not contained in the original Act.

Shri Sudesh
Kumar Goyal v. High Court of Punjab & Haryana in file
No.CIC/WB/A/2010/000070SM

[Mr. Paras Nath Singh v. Ministry of External Affairs in CIC/SG/A/2011/002072/15657Adjunct]

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