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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Will Congress's Dirty tricks Department now go after Mamtha???

Looking at Congress's dependence do not think to take on Mamtha

Congress has the 'shamtaa'!!

In Bengal Mamtha does not need Congress.... but Congress needs Mamtha

in Delhi..... so Mamtha can take on Congress but vice-versa is not

possible!! Mamtha knows that on account of her initially playing along

with UPA (Congress) her image took a beating... she knows her image of

being a fighter for the People was hit after she tagged along with

Centre's (Congress's) unpopular policies!! Initially some in TMC felt

Mamtha could merge TMC with Congress, because Mamtha was not behaving

like the 'proverbial' Mamtha and more like a Sonia 'upaasak' !!

Hopefully she's set the trend of correcting the gross over use of the

Gandhi name .... like why shouldn't New Delhi's Airport be named after

Mahatma Gandhi... this irrationality of over usage of the Nehru/Gandhi

name needs to be corrected!!! And knowing Congress's penchant to

create trouble for non Congress State Governments , no Opposition

Party will agree to Congress's usage of 253 to force Centre on

States!!! BJP does not do this so it's not thinking about 'we can uses

this to our advantage when we form Central Government'!! And Mamtha is

aware of a senior Congress Leaders parleys with Commies...... now Didi

is becoming dono ka common enemy!!

A renowned Industrialist's name appears in the HSBC list but he's got

a certificate!!

'On account of an error the name of this gentleman appeared in the

list' the certificate does state!!

The excuse given by HSBC Bank is laughable!! His name appeared because

of his past association with Flag Telecom... this should be

investigated!!! But with Pranab Da , who has a long association with

this Industrialist which goes back to this Industrialist's Dad, the

certificate from the Bank has been accepted.... an ordinary mortal

would have been 'hauled over coals' by ED... wrapped in pee blankets

to make him talk!!! Those in the know say just get account opening

details of the account that HSBC says does not belong to this

Industrialist and co-relate with this Industrialist's passport.....

place and date of account being opened!!! Misnomer that a Swiss Bank

account can be opened only in Switzerland!!! What is indeed very

revealing is that people usually go legit after making 'quick money

initially ... most rags to riches stories have are based on

illegalities, though to varying extent...... leave it to your

judgement if this Industrialist has gone legit after his Dad's rags to

riches story!! Often it is said in India.... if you indulge in illegal

work ensure that its big time... because then the system will protect

you .... but if its small time rest assured the same system will hound

you!!!

Season for turncoats in States going to the polls!!

Greed... opportunism and dukhi souls!!!

Dukhi ... because in the Parties they are they are not getting

tickets..... or they feel their Party is not coming back to power...

poaching!! In UP the Minister Maya has expelled have homes into SP and

BJP!!! No ideologies.... no loyalties.....its every man and lady to

himself or herself!!! In some cases there are 'drama rebels' too!!!!

Expected..... when the objective of Politics in India is to make money

and enjoy perks of power!!! I recall when NDA came to power it took

BJP Ministers a month or so to get over the trappings of power!! I

hear one Minister just went out for joy rides as he enjoyed being

driven about in a laal bathi waali car!! And it is also the season

for 'currency'!!!! Huge amounts are being mobilized .... EC has tried

to fight this but present laws cannot tackle this menace!!! Vices are

also used to buy votes... like in Punjab booze and drugs!! Elections

in India actually mock Democracy though outwardly we show it as the

'dance of Democracy'!!!

PS....... Kurshid is now emerging as the new Sibal..... he was called

Chotta Sibal and now he's becoming a carbon copy if Sibal!!! And they

say if you see PC shivering it is not because of the chill...... and

forecast for him is there are chances his political career could go

into 'rigor mortis'.... and believe me despite the off and on support

being shown by Congress for him 90% of Congress will rejoice on PC

facing the music on 2 G.... includes some who have said PC's a valued

colleague!!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Who will succeed Alka Sirohi; will P Ks?
Who will succeed Alka Sirohi as Secretary Personnel in the Government of India? Latest information says that now Secretary Higher Education Ms Vibha Puri Das is out of the arena. Now names of Secretary Steel P K Mishra and Special Secretary petroleum P K Sinha have started doing the round for the post.

It was a birthday gift to Alka Sirohi
Secretary Personnel Alka Sirohi on Wednesday joined as Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Incidentally 4th January was the birthday of 1974 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Alka Sirohi.

R C Mishra gets additional charge of Personnel
R.C Misra Secretary DARP has been given additional charge of secretary DoP&T for three months in place of Alka Sirohi. He is an IAS officer of 1976 batch,who belongs to the Orissa cadre.


Will Ashok Singhvi be Joint Secretary (P) in MHA?
Dr Ashok Singhvi is likely to be appointed new Joint Secretary (Police) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.



P K Chaudhary gets addl. charge as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
As the grapevine has it, there are only 3 contenders for the post of Director General (DG) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). They are: Rajiv, Arun Chaudhary and Pranay Sahay.



Two IRS officers resign
Two IRS (IT) officers N V Kumbhare, Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax, (HQ), in the office of CIT-II, Nagpur and R Andiappan, Deputy Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Unit-II (4), Mumbai, have resigned from the service.


Will Army Chief resign?
The intelligence data with the Ministry of Defence shows that resignation of the Army Chief General VK Singh is likely to be sought before June 2012. Many insiders in the ministry feel that Gen. Singh is fighting a loosing game as his points of argument and case are not strong to fix up his date of birth issue. It is heard that if Gen. Singh go to the Supreme Court, he might ask Ram Jethmalani to fight his case.

Gen Bikram Singh to be new Army Chief?
In all probability Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Bikram Singh is going to succeed Gen V K Singh as new Army Chief.

Skandan gets extension in deputation tenure
Joint secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs K Skandan has been granted one year extension in his deputation tenure. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Choudhury re-patriated to Assam
Jayanto Narayan Choudhury additional director intelligence bureau (IB) has been prematurely repatriated his parent cadre to take over as new DGP of Assam. He is an IPS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Assam- Meghalaya cadre.



Acute shortage of IPS officers in country
There is an acute shortage of IPS officers in the country. Last year there were 3,393 IPS officers against a sanctioned strength of 4,720, a shortage of 1,327 officers.



1982 batch of IAS officers frozen
The 1982 batch of IAS officers has been as process for their empanelment in the Government of India (GoI) as Additional Secretaries is going to pick up.



Anita Kaul gets extension in deputation tenure
Additional Secretary School Education Anita Kaul has been granted three months extension in central deputation tenure beginning January 2. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Work comes to a standstill in Railway Ministry
In the wake of ongoing row between the Trina Mool Congress (TMC) and Congress, work in Railway Ministry has come to a halt.


Railway Ministry may see a new Ministry
In case ongoing row between the Trina Mool Congress (TMC) and Congress was not resolved then the TMC being led by West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee may withdraw its support to the UPA-II. In case, the Railway Ministry may see a new incumbent.

Senior bankers may be laterally shifted
As the grapevine has it senior Chairman- and Managing Directors (CMDs) in at least three banks may get new heads in the shape of lateral shifting.



Amit Agrawal gets extension till July 2013
Director in the PMO Amit Agrawal has been granted extension in deputation tenure till July 2013. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.



Two new IAS to join Chandigarh Administration
Two new secretary-level IAS officials are expected to join the Chandigarh Administration this month.



Dr Arun Kumar joins ASSOCHAM
Dr. Arun Kumar IAS JK 79 has joined ASSOCHAM as Senior Adviser Policy on 2nd Jan. He is remembered for the excellent work he did earlier as CEO of both Mata Vaishnav Devi and Amarnathji Shrine Boards.



Nalavade replaces Nahata in Maharashtra
Promod T Nalavade is the new DG- Public Relations and Information, Maharashtra. He has replaced Dr. Vijay Nahata.



N P Singh assumes charge as CCIT-I, Mumbai
Narinder Pal Singh, IRS, CCIT-II, Bangalore (CCA Karnataka), is taking over the charge as CCIT-I, Mumbai (Mumbai CCA) on Wednesday.



Promotion list of 1990 batch IRS (IT) next week
Promotion and posting list of 1990 batch IRS (IT) officers is expected to be issued next week. About six dozen officers figure in the list.



JCIT transfer list next week
Transfer list of about 200 Joint Commissioners of Income is expected to be issued next week.

Venu Gopal is DIG, CISF
Venu Gopal on central deputation has joined as DIG CISF. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh (HP) cadre.



R P Singh, IRS, shifted to Economic Affairs, Delhi
Rajeev Prasad Singh, IRS, has been shifted to Department of Economic Affairs, New Delhi.

Abhishek is new ADC to Jharkhand Governor
Abhishek has replaced Kandasamy as ADC to the Jharkhand Governor. He is 2005 batch IPS officer.


Post of Director (NP & M) vacant in Railtel
Post of Director (NP & M) has been lying vacant in Railtel Corporation of India Limited. Those willing to apply can send their applications to Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) before February 17, 2012.



One posts of AFT in Kolkata
There is one post of Member in Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Kolkata.


Singla is back to MEA Hqs
Sanjeev Singla, Counsellor in Geneva is back to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.


Alpana Dubey to succeed Singla
Deputy Secretary (E & SA) in the MEA Headquarters has been moved to Geneva as First Secretary.

IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh. PV Ramesh has been appointed Principal Secretary of finance in place of T Satyanarayana Rao who was made MD of the AP State Finance Corporation. Rao succeeds Vikas Raj who has been posted as secretary for rural water supply and sanitation in the panchayati raj and rural development department. He replaces Chitra Ramachandran who has been made Principal Secretary of endowments. CR Biswal will now be PS panchayati raj department. K Pradeep Chandra was transferred to the AP State Warehousing Corporation as its vice-chairman and managing director. M Jagadeeshwar has been made managing director of AP Beverages Corporation in place of M Subramanyam who has been moved to the Board of Intermediate Education as secretary.

IAS changes in West Bengal
H K Dwivedi will be new Finance Secretary, C M Bhachhawat will move as Secretary food processing and horticulture. Binod Kumar will now be Secretary Commercial Taxes. Barun Ray has been made Secretary Textiles. Laima Chozah has been posted as the secretary of the newly-created department ~ statistics and project implementation.


1981 batch IPS gets DG rank
1981 batch IPS officers in Karnataka have been given DG rank.

Gadre to take over as Labour secretary Maharashtra
Nitin Gadre is going to take the charge of Secretary Labour Maharashtra Government.


Jain leads delegation to Singapore
AK Jain PS to CM Maharastra has lead a delegation of Water department to Singapore to study Water supply systems.

New Year week extravaganza-2011 organised at Chandigarh
For the first time, the Tourism Department Chandigarh organized a 'New Year week Extravaganza' with the joint effort of Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited, CITCO from December 24 to 31, 2011. The Christmas Eve celebrations were organized at Sukhna Lake, which was decked up with colourful balloons, buntings and a huge Christmas tree with gifts and goodies indicated the commencement of celebrations and merriment. The children of the slum areas were the special guests of Department of Tourism & CITCO, at the lake where Santa Clauz on a motor boat came with bag of gifts spreading fun and frolic on a colourful decorated boat. More than 100 children from the slum areas were given a ride on Chandigarh's most popular double decker hop on hop off tourist coach by CITCO. D K Tiwari, IAS, Secretary Tourism, says that the Chandigarh is fast emerging as a tourist destination and such week long celebrations attract a large influx of domestic and foreign tourists and give them a milieu of the cultural performances of not only this region but also of International fame during the period of merriment and festivities, this would also give a multiplier effect to tourism. Prominent Punjabi singers Honey Singh, Alfaaz, Jay Star and Deep Money performed on December 29 with a huge crowd of visitors thronging at the venue. On December 30, Sikkimese students gave a colourful performance followed by live performance by Manak Ali, a famous Punjabi musical group. The concluding finale of the New Year Extravaganza on December 31 had a thunderous performance by a renowned Punjabi singer Satinder Sartaaj and a beautiful colourful International dance performance by Korean group consisting of 20 artists who specially flew in from Korea to perform in New Year Week Extravaganza celebrations organized by Tourism Department during the last week.


PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Pakistan: Ambassador Sherry Rehman going to US on Jan 9
Pakistan's embassy in US has received the US state department's consent for appointment of Sherbano (Sherry) Rehman as ambassador to US in place of her controversial predecessor Hussain Haqqani. The consent a diplomatic formality was received on Monday last and the ambassador designate is likely to arrive in US on 9th January to take up her new assignment. Analysts in the US are of the view that Ms Rehman's success or failure would depend mostly upon the state of relations between the US and Pakistani defence establishments and this happens to be an area where she can have only limited influence.

Sharan appointed Ambassador to Ivory Coast (UPDATED)
Anil K. Sharan, presently Consul General of India in Durban has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ivory Coast.

Harphool Singh selected as Director (Commercial), Instrumentation Ltd (UPDATED)*
CMDE Harphool Singh of Ministry of Defence has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial), Instrumentation Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Thursday. Three persons were interviewed for the same.

Tenure of C P Pati as Secy., Agriculture & Cooperation extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Gokul Chandra Pati as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation under the Ministry of Agriculture has been extended for a period of six months beyond January 6, 2012. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Pant joins Ministry of Finance as Director (Updated)
KK Pant has joined the Ministry of Finance as Director. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

CIT Prachi Sinha seeks voluntary retirement (UPDATED)
Prachi Sinha, CIT, OSD in the office of the CCIT(CCA), Delhi, has sought voluntary retirement . She is 1984 batch IRS officer.

IRS Officer KK Sharma seeks voluntary retirement (UPDATED)
IRS Officer KK Sharma has sought voluntary retirement . He is 1987 batch IRS (IT) officer.

IRS Ms. Renuka Jain Gupta returns to CBDT (UPDATED)
IRS Ms. Renuka Jain Gupta who was on central deputation has reported back to Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). She was Director (Economics) in Competition Commission of India.

Chougule appointed as head of fixed income at JP Morgan (UPDATED)
Namdev Chougule has been appointed as the head of fixed income funds at JP Morgan Asset management India.

Balasubramaniam ceases to be Director Shiva Texyarn (UPDATED)
S V Balasubramaniam ceases to be Director of Shiva Texyarn.

Bansal appointed Director LS Industries (UPDATED)
Abhishake Bansal has been appointed whole-time director of LS Industries.

Arora appointed Executive Chef at Hilton Mumbai International Airport (UPDATED)
Rajeev Arora has been appointed Executive Chef at Hilton Mumbai International Airport

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

Is Mukesh Ambani planning a strategy for a 4G rollout?
It is heard that Mukesh Ambani to fund CNBC's acquisition is actually a strategy to not only enter media but also prepare for a 4G rollout eventually.


Is India Inc finding it difficult to repay interest?
Research carried out by a Mumbai based firm has found that India Inc in finding it difficult to repay the interest rate. Even though the interest rate cycle has peaked the study reveals that the ability to re- pay will be on a decline even further when GDP rate falls in 2012.


Iron ore exports to be hit further?
The government has raised export duty on iron ore to ad valorem 30% on lumps and fines as compared to 20% earlier. Government raising the export duty on iron ore will hurt already slumping exports due to ban on mining and a slowdown from Chinese market.

Rawal appointed Whole-time Director, Astec Lifesciences Ltd
Astec Lifesciences Ltd has appointed Janak Jaganath Rawal as Whole-time Director of the company.

Hiremath re-appointed CMD, Astec Lifesciences Ltd
Ashok V. Hiremath has been re-appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of Astec Lifesciences Ltd for a period of three years from January 20, 2012.

Two directors to shortly join Board of Khodiyar Industries Ltd?
Khodiyar Industries Ltd will shortly induct Falgun Devendrakumar Joshi and Ms Rashmi Ravipraksh Sharma on the Board of Directors of the company.

Vaidya appointed Head (HR), Group M
GroupM has appointed Sonali Vaidya as Head (Human Resources), India.


Gopalaswamy ceases to be Director, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd
N. Gopalaswamy has ceased to be a Director of Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd w.e.f. December 15, 2011 following his resignation from the company.

Saxer appointed GM, Swissotel, Kolkata
Marco Saxer has been appointed as General Manager of Swissôtel Kolkata.

Kanagat appointed Director, IIHM, Delhi
Rahul Kanagat has been appointed as the Director of International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) Delhi.

Choudhari appointed Addl. Director, Inwinex Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Inwinex Pharmaceuticals Ltd has appointed Digvijay Choudhari as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. December 26, 2011.

Hariprasad resigns as Company Secy. India Motor Parts And Accessories Ltd
S. Hariprasad, Company Secretary of India Motor Parts And Accessories Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. December 31, 2011.

Vijayanand appointed Company Secy. India Motor Parts And Accessories Ltd
S Vijayanand has been appointed as Company Secretary of India Motor Parts And Accessories Ltd w.e.f. January 1, 2012.

Bhardwaj appointed Company Secy. Bharat Rasayan Ltd
Bharat Rasayan Limited has appointed Ms. Deepika Bhardwaj as a Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. January 2, 2012.

Deepak S. Parekh resigns as Director, Castrol India Ltd
Deepak S. Parekh, Non-Executive Independent Director of Castrol India Ltd has resigned as a Director of the company with effect from December 20, 2011.

Khanna appointed Addl. Director, Castrol India Ltd
Uday Khanna has been appointed as Additional Director of Castrol India Ltd.


Kumar ceases to be Director, PTC India Ltd
Sudhir Kumar ,Nominee Director of Ministry of Power (MOP), Government of India following relinquishment of charge of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power has ceased to be Director of PTC India Ltd w.e.f. November 30, 2011

Acharya appointed Nominee Director, PTC India Ltd
Ms Rita Acharya has been appointed as Nominee Director of Ministry of Power, Government of India on the Board of PTC India Limited w.e.f. January 3, 2012.

DEBATE

I think the elected representative was perfectly in order in addressing the bureaucrat as 'Sir". Infact, I have seen that I 'sir/madam' my juniors and some tell me that it is not proper but I kept to it and feel that respecting your junior will enhance your respect. It is said that even if the other person is not a gentleman you should not become ungentlemanly in your behaviour.

R Bharadwaj

Sir, your debate has taken too long!

Your debate on 'sir' has been going on for a long time now. Unfortunately, postings have restricted to 'for or against' only. Nobody has suggested the alternative as yet! Perhaps, because the subject is rather too serious. For one, our masters have left no "precedent" for us to fall upon in these difficult times. That is one of the main reasons of malgovernance, absence of governance and even corruption in India. Neither the government servant nor the "elected representatives" understand and recognize the status, role, functions and responsibilities of each other. Governments tend to issue orders to government servants to address the elected representatives as "sir" even in this 21st century of the Lord! But these orders don't say anything about the manner in which these elected representatives
should address the government servants. So even Navin tells his ministers not to address the bureaucrats as sir, but does not say how they should address them! There is a vast sea of confusion between the two manners of address used by Navin and another equivalent to him some years ago as "naukar" (simply servant). There remains buried the secret of a conundrum which only bold sociologists alone can crack.

Why do we hesitate to use the most appropriate form of address to a person occupying a public office? Do we not respect the hierarchy? Are we given to show disrespect to the person occupying a public office? Is the public servant not rendering service and deserve to be treated respectfully? Since it was only one way traffic during the Mughal rule and British rule, forms of address were selectively prescribed, such as Huzur, Nawab, Munshiji etc. During the British rule things were a bit difficult as titles were rarely allowed to be used, even if conferred (Padma awardees are not supposed to use it as a title before their name, but they do so most happily). Sometimes , it seems a situation evolves the correct form of address(a Member of a Constitutional body once dilated how the honorific "ji/jee" came to be attached to Mukherjee or Banerjee . It was when the Gora Sahab ordered the peon to call Baner or chater, which were short for Bandopadhya or Chatopadhyaya-found quite tongue twisting for the Saheb. But the peon would not address the respected higher in social order without using ji or jee before his/her name. That is how ji or jee came to be used in the surname. Sounded quite interesting, but not sure of its genesis). However, no such custom has emerged, and the elected and the
appointed continue to struggle for the most appropriate and least hurtful form of address. However English has nothing more to offer than sir. How about Janaab or Taat or Bandhu or any other Indian form? For many shrewd elected representatives sir rightly used is an investment that is sure to yield very sumptuous returns for life and even beyond. Only Bharat Kumar has the right nose when he connects Mauritius and investment in shares in India by foreigners immediately after the Lokpal Lila in the House. For the politician, elections are more important, Sir. It doesn't matter whether victory comes from funds flowing from abroad or pilgrimages to religious places or New Year resolutions, as the Aaz Ki Aawaz has made. I only wish: award an amount equal to what has been spent on Kasab to an Indian scientist to deliver to you the best design of the weapons system you need desperately for the security of the country in this year of
celebration of the NSC and build the national confidence in ourselves. No use feeling sad if China has surpassed us. So can we, provided we resolve to do so.See how we treat doctors: first compel them to strike work and then negotiate settlement. Just examine the transfer industry in the states and the centre to appreciate the trauma to talent by the corrupt system.

M L Gupta

Reduce retirement Age from 60 to 55.

Time has come to reduce retirement age from 60 to 55 in Govt. services immediately so that new talent could be recruited in Govt. Sector by enhancing chances of job for Indian youth waiting in country.

Raman

"Enhance retirement age from 60 to 62 years"

The GoI will fix the age of retirement at 65.But,wait for the opportune time ie till next General Elections in 2014.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Is it not ironical?

Is it not ironical that while the Indian Railways claim to have won the award for e-governance for the year 2010-11, the Classified List of Gazetted Establishment of Railway Servants on their web site still shows the position as in the year 2005 and has not been upgraded for the past seven years!

Ram Sevak

Executives have a big role

Executives have a big role in weeding out the inefficient and corrupt employees. They have been provided with huge powers by way of conduct
rules, compulsory retirement, punishments etc. which may be meted out to such employees. What executives seems reluctant in weeding out such employees. Compassionate appointments, back door entries, favouritism in promotion, reservation etc. has resulted in corruption and inefficiency.

RK

What about getting rid of rags to riches ?

Well Sara. What about getting rid of rags to riches, arrogant, corrupt politicians like Lalu, Pranab etc.

Nitin

Certified copies of the photocopies

Background

The appellant sought certain attested documents and information regarding the rule of the RTI Act, under which the attested copies of documents should be given. The PIO denied the attested copies of documents claiming that the Public Authority does not possess original documents. The Commission directed the PIO to provide the relevant provision of law to the appellant regarding attestation and to supply attested copies of the photocopies of documents available in the records to the Appellant along with a note on each page clarifying that the same are only copies of photocopies and not copies of the original documents.

Comments

The RTI Act empowers the citizens of India to obtain certified copies of the documents from the Government Organisations and the PIO should not refuse to certify the documents even if the Public Authority does not possess the original documents. In such cases, a note should be given that they are only copies of photocopies and not copies of the original documents. It should be remembered that certified copies of the original may be used as an evidence in a court of law.

Citation: Shrikant Vaidya v. North Central Railway, Allahabad in File No. CIC/AD/A/2011/002311

[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)