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Is this the start of TMC and Congress ki aar paar ki war????
Though they say TMC started it but inside story is Congress did the first waar!!

Mamtha responded and showed Congress it's in no position to be the Boss!!
And by replacing Indhira's name 'Laxman sorry Gandhi rekha' Mamtha
purposely did cross!!

Though some say in the end Mamtha and Sonia will meet!!!
And both Parties 'will beat the retreat'!!

The distrust will stay and at TMC Congress's Dirty Tricks Department
has been ordered 'shoo' (attack)!
And we know when ordered 'shoo' what this Department will do???

In BJP is Ghadkari Congress's Trojan Horse????
He's made BJP literally in UP go off course!

Advani's anti corruption Yatra now looks like a joke and BJP Leaders
have omelettes on their faces!
Tied BJP ka left shoe ka and right shoe ka laces!!

BJP's plank in UP was .....in UP Maya's corruption and in Delhi
Congress's ghoos fest!!
Now on Advani's anti corruption Yatra many do jest!!!

But in UP fight is between SP and BSP!!!
Though now it's said Congress has a understanding with SP!!

They say Maya and Congress have had a 'friendly pact' for long!!!
Friendly 'smash , spin and log' like in a friendly game of ping-pong!!

If Congress ends up as King Maker Rahul will be hailed as the new King!!!
Psalms in his praise Congressis will sing!!

Then ulti ginthi of Manmohan Singh exiting 7 Race Course would start!!!
In fact the day this takes place his baggage Manmohan ji should start to cart!!

BJP shifted Khanduri midway and brought him back at the fag end!!
What message did this send???

BJP uses the honest to win an election and then ejects them and hands
over reigns to the dishonest!
And prior to elections they hand over reigns to the honest!!

So in Uttrakhand BJP's facing a uphill task!!
'Midway why did you eject Khanduri' Uttrakhandis BJP ko karr rahe hai ask!!

In Punjab Congress is ahead!!
And as is the case always this will go to Congress's head!!!

So where it looked like a landslide in the beginning Congress's
victory margin will be thin!!
But then win is a win!!

In Goa despite BJP's 'narrow' base!!
They say to form Government BJP is in the race!!

Of course Church in Goa issues a diktat... duty as a Christian to vote
for Congress!!
Will Congress's misdeeds come in the mind of Christians when EVM
button they press???

So in Goa BJP has to show Goans Congress has let down the Nation!!!
Link corruption and inflation and present Goans the equation!!

Sorry my info on Manipur is next to zero.... sorry!!!
Maybe shows the East disconnect and is a cause for worry!!

Congress will do better in these polls!!
But this means for 2014 there will be reversal of roles!!

By 2014 in these States anti incumbency would set in!!!
And Party that loses out in State Elections in General Election in
these States will win!!

Like take Punjab always the Party that wins in State Poll loses in the
General Election!!!
Anti incumbency sets in and that is the reason for the rejection!!

In States like Delhi and Rajasthan and to some extent in AP people
want Congress to go!!
But to BJP Governments in Gujarat, MP and Chattisgarh going people
reply with a emphatic 'no'!

Team Anna wants advice 'what to do now'!!!
Seems Congress karr diya inn ko cow (scared)!!

They should by now be fanning out in Poll bound States with Anna's sandesh!!
In fact by now they should be hard at work in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh!!

Anna's message should be recorded from his bed!!
And he should say 'my mission is in India corruption should be dead'!!

Team Anna in States should elaborate on Lokpal they want and Sakraari
Jokepal Bill!!!
And how UPA ne apni pockets ki hai fill!!

Link inflation and economic woes to corruption!!!!
Don't forget to bring out that in UPA rule there has literally been in
corruption eruption!!

Be it Team Anna of us our slogan should be..... Nation and Nation's
interests are what matter'!!
And whatever the inducements may be never be like PC 180 IQ waale or
Laloo the Mad Hatter!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Who is guiding Nitin Gadkari?
Nitin Gadkari's political naivety is known, but the talk is that he is desperate to show that he can deliver, so that he can get an extension of his term as President. Who is guiding him to take decisions that are against the BJP party line, is the whispers in the Saffron outfit.

Muslims to return to Congress in UP
It is learnt that the Barelvi sect has issued a fatwa in favour of the Congress party and this has changed the dynamics of UP elections. There is likelihood that 2012 UP assembly elections will mark the return of Muslim voters to the Congress.

Defence Minister A K Antony being lauded
Defence Minister A K Antony is being lauded for going by the rule book in deciding the age related matter of Chief of Army Gen V.K. Singh.

Nepotism rampant in Punjab Congress
Nepotism has amply played its role as far as ticket distribution by Congress party for this month's assembly polls was concerned.

Will Manpreet play spoil sport for Akalis?
Will Manpreet Singh Badal- nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, play spoil sport for Akalis? This question is hot topic of discussion in political circles.

Sachin Pilot much in demand
Indian Minister of State, Sachin Pilot is much in demand these days. Being one of the key Gujar leaders, he is likely to campaign in 3 out of 5 states where Assembly polls are to be held in first quarter of 2012.

BUREAUCRACY

ISS officer takes VRS
K N Unni has taken VRS with effect from January 2, 2012. He is 1979 batch ISS officer.

Virendra Diwan is new CGDA
Virendra Diwan has taken over as new CGDA.

Varma appointed Ambassador
Yogeshwar Varma, presently Ambassador of India to Panama, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of El Salvador, with residence in Panama.

Bhatnagar gets three months extension
Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, has been given extension in central deputation tenure up to March 31, 2012. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Leena Nandan gets extension
Project Director and Host Broadcaster in DD Team Commonwealth Games, Leena Nandan has been granted three months extension till March 31. She is 1987 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ajay Kashyap to be Spl CP Delhi Police
Ajay Kashyap is likely to be promoted as Spl. CP Delhi Police. He is 1985 batch IPS officer.

Bhupendra K Gupta is Director (IT), Serious Fraud Investigation, Delhi
Bhupendra Kumar Gupta, Additional CCIT, New Delhi, has been appointed as Director (IT) in Serious Fraud Investigation office, New Delhi.

M Murugaboopathy, IRS, posted as Jt. Commissioner, Chennai

M Murugaboopathy, IRS, DCIT, Belgaum, has been appointed as Joint Commissioner in the office of Competent Authority & Administrator, Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulations (Forfeiture of Property) and Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Chennai.

K K Murthy, Addl. CIT, Chennai, deputed to Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
K Krishna Murthy, IRS, Additional CIT, Chennai, has been deputed to Government of Andhra Pradesh for the post of Administrative Member in Andhra Pradesh Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad.

Captain A Nagarajan is Director BIM
Captain A Nagarajan (IAS, 1971, TN) has taken over as new Director of Bharatidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Trichy.

Prashar is Chairman of HERC
Retired 1975 batch IAS officer RN Prashar is the new chairman of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC).

Housing Regulatory in the offing in Maharashtra
Housing Regulatory Authority, which aims to bring transparency in the housing sector, is being set up in Maharashtra.

IPS changes in Assam
Subrajyoti Hazarika, SP Operation, Guwahati, Assam Police has been transferred as SP Dima Haso district. She is an SPS officer. Sunil Kumar, SP, Moregaon has been transferred as SP Nagaon district. P J Barua, SP, CM Security, Assam has been transferred as SP Nagaon district.

IPS officer gets award
Chhattisgarh cadre 1991 batch IPS officer TJ Longkumer has been awarded the CRPF (Home Ministry) commendation certificate/medal. He is the first non-CRPF officer in India to receive such an award.

IPS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu
Altogther 19 IPS officers have been reshuffled the Tamil Nadu. Sanjeev Kumar will now be ADG Administration. Srilakshmi Prasad has been made ADG, Headquarters. T Radhakrishnan will be ADG Social Justice and Human Rights.Sanjay Kumar has been appointed DIG, Salem range. Other postings are Mssrs: VA Ravikumar JCP, Traffic, South, Greater Chennai, Ravikumar will be replaced by Sandeep Mittal, DIG, Ramanathapuram Range,Srilakshmi Prasad ADG headquarters. S Xavier Dhanaraj, SP, Tiruvarur, M Annadurai SP, Enforcement, Madurai, NZ Asiammal SP, Civil Supplies CID, Chennai,S Lakshmi DCP, Madhavaram, Greater Chennai, S Rajendran DCP, Traffic, East, Greater Chennai, Pravesh Kumar SP, Kanyakumari, L and O, Salem, SP, Namakkal, KN Sathiyamurthy JCP, Headquarters, Greater Chennai, B Balagangadevi DIG, Madurai.AG Babu, SP DCP, L&O, Salem city, P Nagarajan SP, TN Police Academy, Santhosh Kumar SP, Karur, M Ramasubramani DIG, Ramnad and Sandeep Mittal Armed Police, Chennai.

Vice Admiral Muralidharan is new DG ICG
Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan has taken over as Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard.

J S Chandrasekhar promoted & posted as Addl. Director, CEI, Kolkata
J S Chandrasekhar, IRS, Additional Commissioner, Guntur, has been promoted as Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise and posted as Additional Director, CEI, Kolkata.

Shortage of IAS officers in West Bengal
There are only 212 IAS officers in West Bengal where there should be 314 and even then 60 officers are now in deputation outside Bengal.

IPS officer gets award in Tripura
Tripura Additional SP (CID) Sanjoy Roy has been awarded with 'Policemen of the year-2011'.

2166 posts vacant in Assam Rifles
As many as 2166 posts are vacant in Assam Rifles (AR).

Ms Parikha posted as DAG (Wks/ACs), C&AG, Bhopal
Ms Priya Parikh, Deputy Accountant General (Admn/LBA/Civil), in the office of Senior Deputy Accountant General (LBA & A), Chhattisgarh, Raipur, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Wks/ACs) in the office of Accountant General (A & E)-1, Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior at Bhopal branch under the department of Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

T N Hariharan posted as Collector, Coimbatore in TN
T N Hariharan, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai, has been transferred and posted as Collector, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Pakistan Whispers

Pakistan: Rawalpindi court to transfer 26/11 record to CMM Mumbai
Rawalpindi's anti terrorism court (ATC) has approved transfer of its record of the trial of seven Pakistan based Pakistani nationals for the 26/11 terrorist attack on Mumbai to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mumbai who will be the Presiding officer for the proceedings of the judicial commission from Pakistan visiting Mumbai. ATC has also transferred its own judicial powers to Mumbai's CMM for the duration of the commission's visit to Mumbai. Court Clerk Hameed Afzal of ATC Rawalpindi shall be responsible to look after the record during the Mumbai proceedings and bring the same back to Rawalpindi. The ten member commission shall comprise of five defence counsels, two special public prosecutors, a deputy director from Pakistan's federal investigating agency, an officer from their external affairs ministry and the court clerk. The four Indian witnesses whose statements are to be recorded by the commission are Mumbai's Magistrate Ms RV Sawant Waghule who recorded Kasab's confessional statement, Inspector Ramesh Mahale IO of the case and two doctors who conducted autopsy on the terrorists who were killed during operations by security forces. Defence counsels will be able to cross examine the four who have been cited as prosecution witnesses in the Pakistani court.

Pakistan: Property details of civil servants, military officers and judges to be made public
Pakistan's federal cabinet has decided to amend the 1964 promotion and service rules so as to make publication of details of assets of civil servants, military officers and judges mandatory. At present public servants in these categories notify their property details to their respective organisations annually but the proposed amendment seeks to make the same public as is the case with law makers.

Pincha appointed Chief Commissioner in Tripura
Government of India has appointed Prasanna Kumar Pincha as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in Tripura.

Justice Bhonsle is new Judge of Karnataka HC
Dilip Babasaheb Bhosle, senior judge of the Bombay High Court is new judge of the Karnataka High Court .

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".

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CORPORATE

Prabhakar is new CMD of Andhra Bank
B A Prabhakar, the newly appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank has taken over charge. Prior to this he was Executive Director of Bank of India for three years.

Sehgal is VP DLF Place
Benu Sehgal has been appointed as Vice President and Head of the mall DLF Place, New Delhi.

Bhattacharya appointed Additional Director Concurrent India
Abhijit Amarendra Bhattacharya has been appointed as the additional director of Concurrent (India) Infrastructure.

Bhamidipati appointed Company Secy. Neuland Laboratories Ltd
Ms. Sarada Bhamidipati has been appointed as Company Secretary of Neuland Laboratories Ltd w.e.f. January 3, 2012

Saran appointed Director (Sales), Holiday Inn, Cochin
Inter Continental Hotels Group has appointed Nilay Saran as Director (Sales) at Holiday Inn Cochin.

Sathyamurty to shortly join as President & Head, Mudra Max Media
N P Sathyamurthy would shortly join Mudra Max as President and Head for Mudra Max Media.

Bhattacharya appointed Addl. Director, Concurrent (India) Infrastructure Ltd
Concurrent (India) Infrastructure Ltd has appointed Abhijit Amarendra Bhattacharya as Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.

Shushant appointed Company Secy. Ramco Industries Ltd
V S Navin Shushant has been appointed as Company Secretary of Ramco Industries Ltd.

Krishnan retires as Company Secy. Ramco Industries Ltd
S. Krishnan who was Company Secretary, Ramco Industries Ltd has retired on December 31, 2011 on reaching superannuation.

Debate

The people who elected the CM, Ministers and MLA's shall address them exactly like what the CM expects the elected representatives to addfrss the senior officials.

M R Ganesan

Patnaik is quite right. He can address the functionary as "Chief Secretary", "Mr. So and So", or any other form of address. Why should he call him sir?

-Aditya

Unholy nexus between babu and neta

Recently there was a disturbing self-promotional item planted in this column that a section of the Congress Party wants a certain IAS officer to be posted as chief secretary of Kerala, though he was far junior and stood no chance of being posted. Disturbing because official appointments are to be decided not by political parties but by the government. This shows the abject servility shown by some babus to the netas in and out of power, for their private gains at the cost of public interest and in return for their boot-licking and law-breaking get plum assignments, multiple posts and foreign jaunts. It would be revealing that the officer in question holds three FA posts plus a DG post and boasts about his Harvard training and was holding half a dozen posts all at the same time while serving in his home state also. This new trend points to a severe deterioration in the values and culture of the steel frame which had served this
country well.

C K Najib

No harm in increasing retirement age

There is no harm in increasing the retirement age. But at the same time appointment should be made open without rerstriction on age on the basis of merit. As open economy, open govt. job opportunities must be there. Employee can get retirement benefit on the basis of years of service rendered.

RK

Nothing wrong in exemption to Judges

I am in full agreement with the comments passed on the subject why such provision in the IT Act? There is nothing wrong in giving exemption to the High Court and Supreme Court Judges. What I feel is that the country is run by a few, viz. politicians & bureaucrats. Why I am saying so a few years back the Government of India issued circulars on Air Travel in which it was clearly stated that frequent fliers points which was being earned by the officers will no more be earned by the officer who is flighing at the cost of Government, but it will be earned by the Government itself. But after a few days that
circular was reversed saying that the frequent fliers point will be earned by the officer concerned who travelled by Air though at government expense. So, it is quite clear that in this country everything is possible since it is run by a few.

T K Banerjee

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)