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Who is the boss of CBI?
Who is the real boss of the CBI these days- Prime Minister or the Ten Janpath? This was the hot topic of discussion at a get together in Delhi.

Prof. Arvind Panigrahi also in run for CEA !
Name of Prof Arvind Panigrahi is also doing the round for the post of Chief Economic Adviser. He is presently teaching in the Columbia University.

Amita Sharma is new AS Higher Education in GoI
Amita Sharma has taken over as new Additional Secretary Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD. She is an IAS office of 1981 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Three cleared for Member CBEC !
The CoS is believed to have cleared the names of Sandhya Baliga, Shobha Chary and Lipita Roy Choudhury for the post of Member Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC ).

Minutes for CBDT members yet to be okayed
Minutes for panel pertaining to new Members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) are yet to be finalised.

Five names figure for CBDT members ?
According to sources five names have been cleared for the members penal of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). They are: R K Tiwari, K V Chaudhary and Ms. Anita Kapur, Arun Jain and M K Mirani.

Slaeem ul Haq is new Additional Secretary CVC
Slaeem Haqul has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance commission Government of India in place of Hari Kumar who is a retired CSS officer of 1977 batch. This position is of Joint Secretary level. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch.

4 vacancies of GMs are there in Railways
There are four vacancies of General Managers (GMs) in Indian Railways. They are of: North Front Railway(NFR) - Construction, North Eastern (NE), Southern Railway (SR) and GM Metro Kolkata.

Who will be new DG (Prisons), Delhi?
Among the names doing round for the post of DG ,Prisons, Delhi tie is said to be between Ms. Vimla Mehra and Kanwaljeet Deol. Ms. Mehra is an IPS officer of1978 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre while Deol is DGP ,Arunachal Pradesh. She is an IPS officer of 1977 batch of AGMUT cadre.

Standoff between Delhi Govt & MHA to end soon
As the grapevine has it, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India (GoI) is likely to take a decision on transfers of officers of Delhi Government within a week.

IPS officer to go on inter-cadre deputation
Ms. Sonia Singh, DIG, Nagaland , Police Headquarters is likely to go on inter-cadre deputation from Nagaland to Uttar Pradesh. She is an IPS officer of 2003 batch of Nagaland cadre.

C S Tukaram to join CBI ?
C S Tukaram is likely to join the CBI as SP. He is an IPS officer of 2004 batch IPS of Rajasthan cadre.

NAC without Arun Bhatnagar ?
Now people in the corridors of power have started discussing National Advisory Council without Arun Bhatnagar. Infact, NAC used to be a centre of power when retired IAS officer of 1966 batch , Bhatnagar used to be Secretary.

Promotion of 1980 batch IRS , IT to complete by December
Promotion of all the 1980 batch IRS (IT) officers is expected to be complete by the end of this year.

1979 batch IAS likely to be Chief Secretary of Goa
As the grapevine has it ,D M Spolia may take over as the Chief Secretary of Goa. He is an IAS officer of 1979 batch of AGMUT cadre.

CBI, Joint Director Mumbai transferred
Joint Director, CBI in Mumbai Rishi Raj Singh has been transferred to the Economic Offences Wing of the CBI in the city. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch of Kerala cadre.

Keshav Kumar to move Mumbai as JD, CBI
Keshav Kumar has been moved to Mumbai as new Joint Director of ACB, CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch of Gujarat cadre.

Six Additional Solicitors General re-appointed
Mohan Parasaran, P.P. Malhotra, Indira Jaising, Mohan Jain, Gourab Banerjee and Harin P. Raval have been re-appointed Additional Solicitors General.

IAS officer suspended in TamilNadu
Senior IAS officer R Sampath has reportedly been suspended by the TamilNadu Government on Thursday.

Office of Custodian to be wound up ?
Office of Custodian, established in 1992 under the Special Court (TORTS) Act,1992 may be wound up by Feb.2013. Order of Jayanti Prasad, IA&AS has been issued for appointment as the Custodian for the period upto Feb.28, 2013 only.

Who will be new Director IIFT ?
Who will be new Director of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT? A panel of names including R P Agrawal and Ranjan Chaterjee is believed to have reached the ACC.

Deputation tenure of Alok Kumar extended
Central deputation tenure of Alok Kumar as Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO) in Sports Authority of India, (SAI), Delhi has been extended for a period of two years beyond June 30, 2012 to June 30, 2014. He is an IRS (IT) officer of1990 batch .

Who would be the lucky IAS to grace London Olympics?
With just 20 days left for the London Olympics Union Sports Ministry is all set to appoint DG SAI; suspense yet to be unveiled?

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin.), WCL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Finance), Western Coalfields Limited falling vacant in next year on September 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 30, 2012.

Dr Harbaksh Singh gets ACS rank in Haryana
Dr Harbaksh Singh, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Renewable Energy in Haryana has been given ACS rank. He is an IAS officer of 1981 batch .

Ramanarayanan is new Director of GTRE
C P Ramanarayanan has been appointed director of the state-run Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) that comes under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) .

Ashwani Kumar relieved by Delhi Government
Ashwani Kumar has been relieved by the Delhi Government to join Mizoram Government. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch of UT cadre.

IAS officer Anand Kumar to attend foreign training from July 8
Anand Kumar has been deputed to attend short term foreign training programme on 'Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Financial Management' at Duke University, USA from July 8 to 27, 2012. He is an IAS officer of 1994 batch of Rajasthan cadre.

A new turn in DRMs' postings (UPDATED)
A new twist has emerged in proposed postings of new DRMs. Its on considering the cut off date in terms of eligibility. As per convention and practice all panels in Railways are made as on the April 1 and eligibility criterions are reckoned with effect from April 1 of the year under consideration for which panel are formed. GMs panel, PHODs panel, Promotion to SAGs panel are also being made as per this criteria. However in case of DRMs panel, date of reckoning has been kept as July 1,2011. Those, whose date of birth falls between April 1 and June 30, 2011, are reportedly representing for inclusion of their names as well.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh (UPDATED)
Manjeet Singh has been appointed as the Divisional Commissioner of Agra while Ms. Anita Meshram will now be new Secretary, Home Department and M.Devraj is being posted as Secretary, Finance Department.

38 Deputy Secretaries of GoI promoted to Directors (UPDATED)
As many as 38 Deputy Secretaries of Central Secretariat Service posted at various Ministries in Government of India (GoI) have been promoted as Directors. They include: Swarna Das, Alok Agarwal, S K Jha, R K Singh Rabindra Prasad, Mohan Lal Verma, Surendra K Ahluwalia, P C Pritihari, Girish Kumar, Sisisr Das, Santha Thampi, Mohan Charan Chand, Shashi Bhushan Kaushik, Dinesh Kumar, J V Vaidyanathan, S C Sivaji Rao, Bakshi Ram, H C Azad, Ram Swaroop, Rohit Mathur, Sanjukta Roy, Patil Anil Kumar Vinayak,K Gurumurthy, Balmiki Prasad, Lucas L Kamsuan, Deen Bandhu Singh, Sreyasi Chaudhuri, Rajiv Manjhi, A Mahalingam, A Prabhakaran, V K Mehta, B Saravanabavan, Sarvjit Singh Ahluwalia, Sunita, A K Chaturvedi, Maha Bir Pershad, Prakash Sokhanda and Vinod Kumar.

Vijya Srivastava is new Joint Secretary, RD in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Vijya Srivastava has been appointed Joint Secretary, Rural Development in the Government of India. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Five IRS (Customs) officers shifted (UPDATED)
Five Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers to the grade of Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise have been shifted. Accordingly, Dr. Krishnan has been posted to DG Systems Delhi while Ranu Jagdev was transferred to DG HRD and V Usha is being appointed to Core Team on GST. Similarly, Vivek Chaturvedi has been shifted to DG Systems Delhi and Yogendra Garg to Working Group on GST.

Satpathy appointed HC Gambia (UPDATED)
Partha Satpathy, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Senegal, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of The Gambia, with residence in Dakar (Senegal).

MEA to open seven passport offices on July 7 (UPDATED)
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided to keep open seven Regional Passport Offices including Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) under their jurisdiction at the following locations: Jaipur, Kolkata, Patna, Cochin, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and PSK Ambala on July 7, 2012.

Transfers and postings in railways (UPDATED)
Mukul Kumar, SG/IRTS, Central Railway, presently working as Senior DCM, Nagpur, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Director/TT (Punctuality) while Anil Sharma SAG/IRSME, was shifted from WR to ER and posted in the cadre and Madho Singh SAG/IRTS is being moved from NFR to CR.

CORPORATE

Is Mallya down - like many of his calendar models?
Kingfisher Airline is practically over. The vultures are descending not on his airline but on Mallya's cash-generating liquor business. There is a good chance that whoever is now lending money to Mallya is buying not the airline which is anyway a dead duck but his liquor business.

Bhattacharya takes over charge as Director (Operations), ONGC Videsh Ltd
Shyamal Bhattacharya has taken over charge as Director (Operations), ONGC Videsh Ltd.

Padmanabhan appointed GM (South), R K Swamy Media Group
V R Padmanabhan has been appointed as General Manager (South) , RK Swamy Media Group.

Gill resigns as Director (HR) , Microsoft India
Joji Sekhan Gill has resigned as Director (Human Resources), Microsoft india.

Chopra appointed Addl. Director, Spanco Ltd
Spanco Ltd has appointed V.K. Chopra as an Additional (Independent) Director of the company from July 1, 2012.

Sareen ceases to be Director, Rajdhani Leasing and Industries Ltd
Ramesh Kumar Sareen has ceased to be Director of Rajdhani Leasing and Industries Ltd with immediate effect .

Ghule appointed Company Secy. Niraj Cement Structurals Ltd
Ms. Sonali Ghule has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Niraj Cement Structurals Ltd from June 1, 2012

Shinde resigns as Company Secy. Niraj Cement Struturals Ltd
Ms. Dipali Shinde has resigned as Company Secretary ,Niraj Cement Structurals Ltd.

Kasturirangan ceases to be Company Secy., Rane (Madras) Ltd
K S Kasturirangan, has ceased to be Company Secretary of Rane (Madras) Ltd from July 5, 2012.

Sen appointed Creative Director, IRIS, India
IRIS India has appointed Anirban Sen as Creative Director.

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Incorrect to say ….

It is not correct to say that the third member in TDSAT has to be from ITS. Earlier officers of IAS and Central Services like Postal Service have been Members and performed very well. Vested interests of the operators is the cause of the third member not being appointed. It shows how good our governance is.

R K Singh

It will be well deserved

If K Vijaya Kumar gets extension as DG CRPF it will be well deserved. As TN STF Chief, he is credited with liquidating elusive Veerappan and his gang, It is especially so when super cops like Walter Dewaram of TN and Sangliana of Karnataka failed in their mission. Sangliana rather went to the forests for a week and declared Veerappan can not be captured or killed.

N K Nair

Keep it up

His expertise and experience in dealing with the Transport (vehicle) Affairs of NDMA General Section will be great assert for Haryana Roadways. He never provided any vehicle even to his IAS colleagues in NDMA out of way. He defeated the notion 'rules are for fools !' Keep it up Jha.

Gendhia

This site is misused for self-glorification!

Rajeev Guha is entirely correct that this site is being abused for self-glorification by some babus who persistently plant self-promotional stories so as to see their name appear in this column every other day.

P D Hota

RIT

Should the Board provide information held at different zonal offices?

The appellant sought information regarding selections held in all zonal railways from the year 2006 to till date in the categories of OS PB II. He also wanted to know how a particular para of a certain Railway Rule was being interpreted by all zonal Railways. The Public Information Officer (PIO) denied the information stating that the applicant is seeking clarification/ opinion of the public authority and not information as per section 2(f) of the RTI Act. Regarding the selections held in all zonal railways the PIO stated that no such data is being maintained by the Public Authority. The Central Information Commission (CIC) accepted the PIO's plea that opinion/ clarification cannot be given under the RTI Act as they fall outside the ambit of definition of information as given in section 2(f) of the RTI Act. Regarding the information related to the selections held in all zonal railways, the Commission held that the information sought is voluminous and is held by different zones of the Railways which need to be separately approached by the appellant as per section 6(1) of the RTI Act. The Commission advised the appellant to approach the PIOs of the respective zones for this information through separate RTI applications.

Comments

It is very often seen that the central office of an organization transfers the application to the different zones and tries to compiles information just out of ignorance or the fear of imposition of penalty. Compilation of information from the field formations is not mandated under the RTI Act.

Citation: Mr. Bhagwan Das Ahirwar v. Ministry of Railways Railway Board RTI Cell, in File No. CIC/AD/A/2012/001292

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)