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Rakesh Ranjan is Delhi Bureau Chief

Rakesh Ranjan has joined whispersinthecorridors media house as Delhi based Bureau Chief. He is a seasoned journalist and a columnist having spectrum of experience in print and electronic mass media. For nine years he was with Sahara Media.He starts his new inning with whispersinthecorridors as Delhi Bureau Chief.

Kamraj Plan is the only panacea for Congress!
At a high profile party it was hotly debated that as to how the Congress could be saved from its downward slide? Consensus was that Kamraj Plan may be implemented once again to resuscitate the Congress party.

Will Chidambaram quit?
Will Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram quit? This million Dollar question is hotly being discussed.

Akhilesh Yadav has a very tall order
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav faces an uphill task of running the government while keeping different sections of the society with him.

Akali and BJP combine wins civic body polls
The combine of Akali Dal and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has swept civic body polls in Punjab. They have captured four major municipal corporations of Patiala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana & Amritsar. Apart from this they have won most of the civic bodies in Punjab polling for which took place on June 7, 2012.
(We said this on June 7, 2012)

Is Mamta still sulking?
Mamta Banerjee is sulking because the centre is not approving package the financial package for West Bengal, but her perenial sulk has been intensified because of Congress' closeness to other allies.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Cabinet Secretary? (2) D K Sikri
If the Government goes by seniority then next to A K Seth should be 1975 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer D K Sikri. Sikri who is presently Secretary Justice is scheduled to retire on July 31, 2013.

Ashok Lahiri to get another extension?
Grapevine has it that Executive Director in the ADB Manila Ashok Lahiri is getting one year extension. Extended tenure of Lahiri was to end in July. Earlier the name of Deputy Governor of the RBI K C Chakraborty was in circulation for the post.

Soumya Gupta to join Delhi Government
Ms. Soumya Gupta, District Magistrate, Unna Koti District, Government of Tripura has been relieved to join on Inter-Cadre deputation to Delhi Government. She is a Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer 2004 batch.

Ahmed is new Director in PMO
Shakil P Ahmed has been appointed new Director in the PMO. 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre Ahmed was earlier posted in Tea Board, Moscow.

Pratap Singh is new High Commissioner Jamaica
Pratap Singh (IFS: 1987), presently Ambassador to DPR Korea has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Jamaica.

Gurjit Singh appointed Ambassador
Gurjit Singh, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Indonesia, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, with residence in Jakarta (Indonesia).

Munna appointed Ambassador to Croatia
L T Munna (IFS: 1977), presently Additional Secretary in MEA, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Croatia.

2 Ex Power Secretaries are in the ECI
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has got two former Power Secretaries to Government of India (GoI). They are V S Sampath and H S Brahma. Sampath is now Chief Election Commissioners (CEC) while Brahma is Election Commissioners (EC). Sampath is an IAS officer of 1973 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Brahma is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1975 batch.

R P Singh appointed new Chairman of NHAI
Finally Rajinder Pal Singh has been appointed as Chairman National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). He is former Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1976 batch. He is the retired Secretary from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Besides, he had served with distinction in other places including the post of Chairman and Managing Director of the Punjab and Sindh Bank.
(We said this on May 15)

Raja Babu Singh to join ITBP
Raja Babu Singh is all set to join the ITBP as DIG. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Rashid Khan to move to Tripoli
Consul in Indian Embassy in Jeddah Mohammd Rashid Khan has been moved from Jeddah to Tripoli.

Tiwari to be ADG in MoEF
J K Tewari is being tipped to be ADG in the Department of Forests and Environment in the Government of India. 1979 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre Tewari is presently Regional Director in Orissa.

27 figure in GMs panel of Railways
As many as 27 senior railway officers figure in panel for being elevated as General Managers(GMs) in Railways. They are Alok Johari, R S Virdi, K R Atal, Rakesh Mishra (all from IRSME), R K Singh-IRSEE, Ramod Kumar-IRSME, V K Gupta, Madresh Kumar, G Narayanan, V K Jain, Sudhir Mittal, D D Devangan (all from IRSE), Satya Prakash-IRTS, N.C. Sinha- IRTS,R. Kashyap, A Rakshit, Ms. Rashmi Kapur, Ranjan Tiwari (all from IRAS), DP Pandey-IRTS, Mahesh Chandra -IRSS.B K Sinha-IRSS, Naveen Tandon, P K Shrivastava, A K Rawal, Mehtab Singh (all from IRSEE), Amitabh Lal -IRTS and M. Suresh- IRSSE.

Justice A K Mathur AFT chief may get an extension
Justice A K Mathur, chief of the principal bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Delhi is likely to get an extension in his tenure.

Five DGMs of SBBJ promoted to GMs
Five Deputy General Managers (DGMs) of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), an Associate Bank of SBI, have been promoted to General Managers (GMs). The officers include: Kalyan Kumar Das, Megh Raj Khatri, Papia Sengupta, Rajeev Mathur and Vivek Bajaj.

Dr. Lalit K Panwar is now Vice Chief ITDC & MD
Dr. Lalit K Panwar is now Joint Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

S. Bhattacharya empanelled for HAG
S. Bhattacharya (cpo western rly) 1980 batch IRPS has been empanelled to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).

Who will be new Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust?
Who will succeed M L Meena as Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust? Atleast half a dozen IAS officers of West Bengal cadre including Debashis Sen, R P S Kahlon, Arnab Roy, Chandan Sinha and Barun Roy are in the run.

Will Manish Jain be Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust?

If shipping Ministry sources are to be believed Deputy Chairman of the Haldia Port Manish Jain may be appointed Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Valeti is new Director in Commerce Ministry
Prem Valeti has been appointed as Director, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India .He is an (IDES) Indian Defence Estates Service officer of 1994 batch.

DoPT reviews CBI cases
Under the Chairmanship of P K Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of DoPT, cases of certain officers related to the CBI have been reviewed.

Ashok Prasad to join as DGP J& K in July
Ashok Prasad, Additional Director, SIB- J&K will be joining as DGP, J&K in the first week of July 2012. He is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1979 batch.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Engg), NPCCL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking the applications for the post of Director (Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCCL) falling vacant next year on April 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before
August 7, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, NTC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking the applications for the post of CMD, National Textiles Corporation Limited (NTC) falling vacant next year on June 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before August 7, 2012.

Mrs. Archana Ranjan is also DGIT (Vigilance), Delhi
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Mrs. Archana Ranjan, presently DGIT (HRD), Delhi, has been assigned additional charge of DGIT (Vigilance), New Delhi.

8 CCsIT gets additional charges
As many as eight Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, M K Kabra, CCIT-, Ahmedabad has been given additional charge of CCIT-IV, Ahmedabad while Arvind Shankar, CCIT-II, Ahmedabad will hold additional charge of CCIT,
Rajkot and N P Singh, CCIT-I, Mumbai is looking after as CCIT-XII, Mumbai. Similarly, Z S Klar, CCIT, Panchkula has been assigned additional charge of CCIT, Shimla; R C Mishra, CCIT-III, Chennai of CCIT-VI, Chennai; B K Mishra, CCIT-IV, Chennai of CCIT, Madurai; D K Singh, CCIT, Lucknow of CCIT, Bareilly and G N Pande, CCIT, Kanpur of CCIT, Ghaziabad.

Rakesh Verma is also PS, GAD, Civil Aviation in Rajasthan
Rakesh Verma, Principal Secretary, Planning, has been assigned additional charges of Principal Secretary, GAD, Civil Aviation, Estate, State Motor Garage, Chief of Protocol, Administrative Reforms and Coordination in Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

IRAS officer B K Singh deputed as GM (Accounts), RLDA
Basant Kumar Singh, IRAS/SG/NR/, has been selected and approved for deputation to RLDA as General Manager (Accounts) at New Delhi.

IRAS officer Ms. Sarkar deputed as Director in MIB
Ms. Neeti Sarkar, IRAS/SG/NR, has been selected and approved for Central deputation to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) as Director for a period of five years.

A K Mittal is also GM, SR
A K Mittal, GM, South Western Railway (SWR), has been assigned additional charge of GM, Southern Railway.

A K Verma is also GM, NFR
A K Verma, GM, South Eastern Railway (SER), has been given additional charge of GM (Construction), North Frontier Railway (NFR).

Radhey Shyam is also GM, Metro
Radhey Shyam, GM, CLW, will also be looking as GM, Metro.

Menino D'Souza is new Excise Commissioner in Goa
Menino D'Souza has replace Jayadev Sarangi as new commissioner of excise in Goa.

16 IRTS officers of 1990 batch promoted to SAG (UPDATED)
As many as 16 IRTS officers of 1990 batch have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). Some of them have been shifted after promotion. Accordingly, GC Meena will remain at SECR while Sanjay Goel is being transferred from NR to NWR and Y Nagendra Babu was posted from SWR to SR after promotion. Similarly, Shashi Kant Singh has been shifted from SER to ER, Pranai Prabhakar will remain at WR, Neeraj Ambastha is promoted at ECR; Ajay Shankar Jha shifted from SCR to SER, Deepak Kumar Jha promoted at ECOR; Shailendra Kumar Sharma at NR; Sanjay Tripathi at NCR; VR Lenin at SR, Chinta Venu Gopal at ECOR; NK Dewani at WR, Tej Kaul at WR; M Mahali has been transferred from METRO to ER while R K Dada Rao Sindikar will remain at CR after promotion.

Mystery shrouds delay in postings of DMDs in SBI (UPDATED)
Mystery shrouds delay in postings of five out of 10 contenders who had been selected as Deputy Managing Directors(DMDs)in State Bank of India (SBI). Their interviews were be held on April 28,2012. They are:B.V. Chaubal,Sushil Kumar Mishra, B Shriram ,V Murali & Sharad Sharma

Mrs. Manju Rajpal deputed as Dy. Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Mrs. Manju Rajpal, Collector and District Magistrate, Ajmer, has been deputed to Central Government as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Rural Development for a period of four years. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

ASSOCHAM President meets Prime Minister (UPDATED)
ASSOCHAM has called for a big dose of political courage to halt the negativity being spread by vested global agencies and reverse the on-going decline in investor confidence. At a meeting with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the ASSOCHAM President Rajkumar Dhoot submitted a memorandum suggesting measures to tackle issues like high fiscal deficit and inflation on a war footing. Talking to the media, Dhoot dismissed the Standard and Poor's assessment of the Indian economy and said there is nothing in the report which is revealing or new . It looks as if the researchers have compiled together newspaper clippings and put out a paper, which is quite damaging for an economy which is among the top five in terms of purchasing power parity. Some of the comments in the report about the political and government leadership are uncalled for, to say the least. Some of these comments are quite a drawing room talk, that too in a loose fit, the Chamber Chief said. Strangely, the ASSOCHAM President said, these comments come from an agency which had given AAA ratings to some of the junk financial products in the run-up to the global financial crisis of 2008-09.

CORPORATE

New ITDC Chairman meets HODs
Shankar Sinh Waghela who has taken over as new Chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) met all HODs on June 11, 2012.

Khanna resigns as Non Exec. Director, Moser Baer India Ltd
Rajesh Khanna, Non-Executive Director, Moser-Baer India Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company.

Ramesh resigns as Whole-time Director, Fortis Malar Hospitals Ltd
Krish Ramesh has resigned as Whole-time Director of Fortis Malar Hospitals Limited w.e.f. June 9, 2012.

Khan appointed Non Exec Director, Aajaneya Lifecare Ltd
Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd has appointed Minhaj Khan as the Non Executive Independent Director of the company w.e.f. June 11, 2012.

Wadhwa appointed Director, LS Industries Ltd
LS Industries Ltd has appointed Ashish Wadhwa as Director of the company w.e.f. June 01, 2012.

Singla resigns as Director, LS Industries Ltd
Dhinav Singla has resigned as Director of LS Industries Ltd w.e.f. June 1, 2012.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Dazzel Confindive Ltd
Ankit Dinubhai Patel and Satya Narayan Rathi, directors of Dazzel Confindive Ltd have resigned from the company w.e.f. June 5, 2012.

Gupta appointed Non Exec. Director, Dazzel Confindive Ltd
Anish Gupta has been appointed as Non-Executive, Independent Director of Dazzel Confindive Ltd w.e.f. June 5, 2012

Saboo resigns as Director, Saboo Brothers Ltd
Sukumar Saboo has resigned as Director of Saboo Brothers Ltd w.e.f June 6, 2012 citing personal reasons.

Gaur resigns as Company Secy. Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd
Ms Sunita Gaur has resigned as Company Secretary of Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd w.e.f. May 19, 2012.

Bhardwaj appointed Company Secy. Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd
Ms Shruti Bhardwaj has been appointed as Company Secretary of Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd.

Srivastava appointed Company Secy. TRF Ltd
TRF Ltd has appointed Tarun Kumar Srivastava as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. June 11, 2012.

Shetty resigns as Company Secy. Parekh Aluminex Ltd
Ms. Savitri Shetty has resigned as Company Secretary of Parekh Aluminex Ltd w.e.f. June 11, 2012.

Kalloli appointed Company Secy. Parekh Aluminex Ltd
Ms. Jyoti Kalloli has been appointed as Company Secretary of Parekh Aluminex Ltd w.e.f. June 11, 2012.

Khan appointed as director of Aajaneya Lifecare
Minhaj Khan has been appointed as director of Aajaneya Lifecare.

Sayed appointed as Vice President of Servion Global Solutions
Samir Sayed has been appointed as Vice President of Servion Global Solutions.

Tiwari appointed as Company Secretary of Maharashtra Polybutanes
Neema Tiwari has been appointed as Company Secretary of Maharashtra Polybutanes.

Idnani appointed as CEO of ISGN Corporation
Ritesh Idnani has been appointed as CEO of ISGN Corporation.

Sanzgiri appointed as director of Gokak Textiles
Vasant Sanzgiri has been appointed as director of Gokak Textiles.

Khan appointed as director of Aajaneya Lifecare
Minhaj Khan has been appointed as director of Aajaneya Lifecare.

Sayed appointed as Vice President of Servion Global Solutions
Samir Sayed has been appointed as Vice President of Servion Global Solutions.

Tiwari appointed as Company Secretary of Maharashtra Polybutanes
Neema Tiwari has been appointed as Company Secretary of Maharashtra Polybutanes.

Idnani appointed as CEO of ISGN Corporation
Ritesh Idnani has been appointed as CEO of ISGN Corporation.

Patel resigns as director of Dazzel Confindive
Ankit Patel has resigned as director of Dazzel Confindive.

Ramesh resigns as director of Fortis Malar Hospital
Krish Ramesh has resigned as director of Fortis Malar Hospital

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Govt doctors disgracing hospitals

It is by such actions that Government doctors are disgracing the government hospitals. Such actions in the past have led to Government empanelling private hospitals and envisaging health insurance scheme for Government employees. This calls for government establishing a hospital exclusively for the Central Government employees in the city of Delhi, with allotment wards depending upon the status of the persons. Railways and Defence have such kind of systems. In the absence of such facility the Government employees are a wasting a lot of government time by standing in queues. If this is not possible, then hospitals should remain al through on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

A Srivastava

No rule in RML

Regarding RML, there is no rule of the land. Every one thinks that he is the big boss. Rule is for only few.

Ravinder Kr Gupta

RIT

Reasons for keeping employees in very sensitive post for more than 15 years

The applicant filed a Right to Information (RTI) application with the West Central Railway, Jabalpur seeking information about the prescribed tenure of employees in non-sensitive, sensitive, and very sensitive posts. He also wanted to know the reason for allowing certain employees to remain in very sensitive post for more than 15 years, claiming that it was against the policy of the public authority. The PIO, Jabalpur furnished information, pertaining to his office and transferred the application to the PIO, Kota. The PIO, Kota provided a copy of policy dealing with the sensitive posts. The appellant filed the second appeal before the Central Information Commission (CIC) complaining that information related reason for allowing certain employees to remain in very sensitive post for more than 15 years has not been given to him. The Commission directed the PIO, Kota to provide the reasons (for allowing certain employees to remain in very sensitive posts for more than 15 years), as available on record in the form of file noting, correspondences etc. to the appellant.

Comments

Transfer and posting are administrative decisions which remain a contentious issue amongst the government servant. There is a prescribed tenure for employees in non-sensitive and sensitive posts and the public authority is required to pro-actively disclose the reasons for any deviations as per section 4 of the RTI Act without the need for anyone to file a RTI application for it.

Citation: Mr. Dinesh Porwal v. West Central Railway, in File No. CIC/AD/A/2012/000361

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)