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PM to keep Finance Portfolio?
This is almost certain that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is now going to keep Finance Portfolio. And C Rangrajan is going to be his key advisor.

What is the political deal?
There is a buzz in the political circles that there has been a big deal between Mulayam Singh Yadav and the Congress. Details of the deal will be known to the country in the days to come.

Is Mamta keeping her doors open to Saffron alliance ?
It is heard that the Mahajyot revival is seriously on its way and will gain strength towards 2014. Mamta has plans to keep her relationship warm with saffron party. Some of it can also be read in her choice of Presidents candidate.

Is Jagan the caged Lion still a Lion?
After Jagan's victory the poster outside YSR Congress' office read 'What will CBI court do after the verdict of people's courts?'

"The best is yet to be" Congress says 'Pranab is the best'
'Pranab is the best' Janardan Dwivedi (head of Congress' Media cell) firmly said while addressing to the media persons. Responding to questions on the challenges ahead he underlined that Congress always believes that 'the best is yet to be'.Before declaring Pranab's name Congress had made sure for securing much more than the magic number (5,49,442 votes). Whispers in the corridors of power suggest that after demonstrating its robust political management Congress claims and aims at ensuring two things. First- Dr.Kalam, would abstain as he would not fight to lose. Secondly, after the Left had extended its greetings to Pranab (the son of the soil) Ms. Mamata Banerjee was left with none.While, quoting 'the best is yet to be' Dwivedi seemed to firm on Ms. Mamata's come back on the issue. To the best of its calculations Congress knew Ms.Mamata's compulsions of staying ahead of the Left on discouraging reforms and staying secular. And Ms.Mamata knows it well that in case she joins hands with BJP (NDA fold) Left would start giving her big dents on her credentials.While the speculations and interpretations were there in the air in the corridors of power and politics it became mush apparent that as to why Janardan Dwivedi was so firm on saying that Congress always believes in 'the best is yet to be'.

BUREAUCRACY

Govind Mohan appointed Minister (Economic) in Washington
Govind Mohan, IAS(SK:89), Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat has been appointed as Minister (Economic) in the Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA at the level of Joint Secretary for a period of three years.
(We said this on June 11)

P K Das to join GoI as JS DoPT
P K Das has been appointed Joint Secretary (Training) in the Department of Personnel and Training. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Lt Gen Suhag is new Eastern Army Commander
Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag has been appointed as Eastern Army commander. He would succeed Gen Bikram Singh.

8 IAS officers of West Bengal cadre have resigned
Altogether eight IAS officers belonging to West Bengal cadre have resigned during the past 10 years.

Chinoy is new Ambassador to Mexico
Sujan R. Chinoy (IFS : 1981), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico.

Suri appointed Ambassador to EGYPT
Navdeep Singh Suri, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Shakeel Ahmad moves to MEA Hqs
Consul in Jeddah Shakeel Ahmad has been moved tothe Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

IPS officer debarred for central deputation
Dr B L Meena who failed to join as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Indian Drug & Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) has been debarred for central deputation for a period of five years. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

IRS (C&CE ) Officer debarred for central deputation
Atul Gupta who failed to join as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Nagpur has been debarred for central deputation for five years. He is 1991 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Ms. Usha Narayanan, ED, SEBI to retire on June 30, 2012
Ms. Usha Narayanan who is currently Executive Director (ED) in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is going to retire on June 30, 2012.

Abhishek Dayal to join in Colombo this month
Abhishek Dayal is joining as Prasar Bharti Correspondent in Colombo this month end. He is 1983 batch Indian Information Service officer.

A political-plot; planned sharply at the very outset of Mission Gujarat 2012?
Shankarsinh Vaghela, senior Congress leader and former CM of Gujarat got appointed as Chairman of ITDC on May 29,2012 It may sound a nice piece of information for some; as he got a cabinet rank, a bungalow and other perks. But a very senior Congress leader was heard making it categorical that Vaghela's appointment in ITDC was a part of a 'political-plot' planned sharply by the party. At the very outset of Mission Gujarat 2012 it was designed to put Vaghela out of the turf. After BJP's national executive meeting on May 24-25 in Mumbai, whispers in the corridors of power were that the Congress party was feeling blissful with Narendra Modi's re-emergence as mighty face in BJP. The theory of 'political-plot' (in Vaghela's context) sparks-off questions whether Congress party was really so eager to give 'hard-liner' Modi an easy passage to Mission Gujarat for its brighter prospect in 2014 Lok Sabha elections?

Pandey promoted in DEA
Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey has been promoted as Director. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Four IAS officers transferred in Tamil Nadu
Four officers of Indian Administrative Service(IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Shiv Das Meena has been posted as Commissioner of Agriculture while Dr. K Manivasan will now be Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and Dharmendra Pratap Yadav was made Commissioner, Animal Husbandry and Veterniary Services. Besides, Dr. R Palaniswamy has been appointed as
Inspector General of Registration.

Mrs. Smita Srivastava posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA),Kolkata
Mrs. Smita Srivastava, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Kolkata region.

Three IAS officers shifted in Haryana
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service(IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Mohinder Kumar (HY: 92) has been appointed as Director General of Medical Education & Research, Haryana while Amit Kumar Agrawal (HY:03) will now be Managing Director, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam, Hisar and Nikhil Gajraj (HY:08) is ADC-cum-CEO,DRDA, Fatehabad.

Ms. Deepika Lohia posted as Dy. Secretary in DoPT
Ms. Deepika Lohia Aran has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). She is an IOFS officer of 2002 batch.

Vijay Bahadur Singh posted as ACIT, CCIT, Kanpur
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Vijay Bahadur Singh has been posted as ACIT (OSD) under the charge of CCIT(CCA), Kanpur region.

Mrs. R S Manjula Rangarajan is DRM, Trichy
Mrs. R S Manjula Rangarajan, SAG/IRAS/SR, has been posted as DRM, Trichy, Southern Railway.

Trichy DRM, Vaidialingam shifted to Railway Board
Trichy DRM, PV Vaidialingam, SAG/IRAS, has been shifted to Railway Board.

"The best is yet to be" Congress says 'Pranab is the best'
'Pranab is the best' Janardan Dwivedi (head of Congress' Media cell) firmly said while addressing to the media persons. Responding to questions on the challenges ahead he underlined that Congress always believes that 'the best is yet to be'.Before declaring Pranab's name Congress had made sure for securing much more than the magic number (5,49,442 votes). Whispers in the corridors of power suggest that after demonstrating its robust political management Congress claims and aims at ensuring two things. First- Dr.Kalam, would abstain as he would not fight to lose. Secondly, after the Left had extended its greetings to Pranab (the son of the soil) Ms. Mamata Banerjee was left with none.While, quoting 'the best is yet to be' Dwivedi seemed to firm on Ms. Mamata's come back on the issue. To the best of its calculations Congress knew Ms.Mamata's compulsions of staying ahead of the Left on discouraging reforms and staying secular. And Ms.Mamata knows it well that in case she joins hands with BJP (NDA fold) Left would start giving her big dents on her credentials.While the speculations and interpretations were there in the air in the corridors of power and politics it became mush apparent that as to why Janardan Dwivedi was so firm on saying that Congress always believes in 'the best is yet to be'.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary to retire this month
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Pankaj Dwivedi is retiring on June 30. He is a 1975 batch IAS officer.

CORPORATE

Committee constituted to investigate fire at RINL-VSP
Dr. S R Jain, ex-Chairman, SAIL, will head the Committee constituted to look into the cause of fire at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP).Besides, K K Mehrotra, Chairman, MECON and HoDs of Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT, Delhi/Kanpur are members of the same.

Mehra resigns as Director of Bala Techno Global
Siddharth Mehra has resigned as Director of Bala Techno Global.

Biswas resigns as Director of Uttam
Pasha Biswas has resigned as Director of Uttam.

Two appointed as Additional Director of CignitiTechnology
Sudhakar Pennam and Mani Subbramaniam have been appointed as Additional Director of Cigniti Technology .

Gupta appointed Country Head (Trade and WorkingCapital Division), Barclays
Barclays has appointed Vivek Gupta as Country Head(Trade and Working Capital Division)

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Bala TechnoGlobal Ltd
Siddharth Mehra and Kapil Mehra have resigned from the Board of Bala Techno Global Ltd w.e.f. March 30, 2012.

Biswas resigns as whole-time Director, Uttam SugarMills Ltd
Pasha Biswas, whole-time Director , Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd has resigned from the company.

Sami resigns as Independent Director, FuturaPolyesters Ltd
Shyam Sunder Sami, Independent Director, FuturaPolyesters Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. June 11, 2012 .

Ramasubramanian appointed Independent Director,Futura Polyesters Ltd
K Ramasubramanian has been appointed as Independent Director of Futura Polyesters Ltd w.e.f. June 11, 2012.

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PSO can't be called Steno

It is derogatory connotation to call a PSO as a steno. Yes, Ajay Sharma had initially joined as personal assistant but in his career of 31 years, he has got five promotions. It is like calling a Secretary to GoI as probationer [as he had joined as probationer].Even in the past, people like Zile Singh, Ashok Kumar had joined as stenographers but were appointed as Ambassadors. One Ramesh Chander joined as Lower Division Clerk [LDC] but was appointed Consul General in Edinburgh and then Ambassador in Belarus. Then what is the fuss? The present hue and cry is actually internal turf between secretariat staff and stenographer, which their akas are also enjoying.

Praveen Saxena

Now you need political God Father

Apropos to Baleshwar Rai's comments on P K Tripathy as an extremely competent, honest and mature officer and thus best suited for the post of Election Commissioner. These qualities make him unfit for the post. As it is, no such officer can aspire to the post unless he has a political God father no matter what his integrity and competence is .

N Krishnan

Railways, Ram Bharose

This delay is causing unrest among the lower cadre and the result is poor show of the Railways in punctuality, safety, administration It is running "Ram Bhorase". Why can't PM prevail and implement his orders of Rajeev Bhargava to be posted as GM ( Open Line ) all is set then Good Luck shall prevail on PM

Kunal

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)