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It's a very good site giving information about GoI postings and is very useful. It will be much more useful if vacancy details in different ministries, on deputation are also incorporated in this site.

V Chandra

Will India's A team now perform?
The announcement of Pranab Mukherjee as Presidential nominee had for a change big smile on PM's face what was the meaning of that? Till recently the reason why India's A team was not able to deliver was because nobody was listening to anybody. Pranab Mukherjee was not talking to the PM while the PM was not listening to Ms,Sonia Gandhi because her ideas were coming from National Advisory Council, RBI was not listening to Pranab Mukherjee. Will Manmohan Singh, Duvvuri Subbarao, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, C Rangarajan, Kaushik Basu now talk to each other and take policy decisions that will lift the economy from the mess it has landed itself in?

Are the corporate houses lobbying for Pranab?
It is heard that some corporate bigwigs are offering money to MPs and MLAs to vote for Pranab Mukherjee.

Omita Paul to move to Rashtrapati Bhawan
Omita Paul is reportedly moving to the Rashtrapati Bhawan as OSD in the rank of Secretary. An IIS officer Omita Paul is already in the Secretary rank.

BUREAUCRACY

17 IPS officers retiring in June
As many as 18 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers belonging to various batches and cadres are retiring in June, 2012. The officers include: K. Laxmi Reddy of Andhra Pradesh cadre while Manoj Nath and Surendra Lal Das of Bihar cadre and K D Patadia of Gujarat cadre. Similarly, Jagwani Singh of Haryana cadre; Shankar Mahadev Bidari of Karnataka cadre; K K Joshwa of Kerala cadre; A K Srivastava and H K Sarin of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Dr. M G Saanap and S D Trymbake of Maharashtra cadre Shashi Kant of Punjab cadre; Nathu Lal Morya of Rajasthan cadre; K Thukkaindi of Tamil Nadu cadre; Sunil Krishna, Shailja Kant Misra, Prabhat Kumar and Narendra Kumar Srivastava of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

New Secretary Fertilizers to be from 1978 batch
New Secretary Fertilizers in the Government of India (GoI) will be from 1978 batch.

Orders of Madan in a day or two
Official orders of V S Madan as Additional Secretary and FA in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) are being issued in a day or two. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Goyal to be AS in Cabinet Secretariat!
L C Goyal is likely to move as Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

R P Singh is JS AYUSH
Raj Pratap Singh is joining as Joint Secretary AYUSH in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Shakeel Ahmed soon to join PMO
Shakeel Ahmed who so far was Moscow based Director Tea Promotion (DTP); in the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry is soon joining the PMO as Director.He is an IAS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre

CoS to select Member CBDT in first week
Meeting of Committee of Secretaries to select Member of the CBDT is expected to meet either on July 3 or 4.

Amit Jha to return to Haryana
Amit Jha, who on central deputation was Joint Secretary in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), is returning to Haryana. He is an IAS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Naik goes to Munich
Deputy High Commissioner of India in Kuala Lumpur N Sevala Naik has been moved to Indian Embassy Munich.

K S Gopinath Narayan promoted as PD (Accounts), CAG
K S Gopinath Narayan, Director (AMS), has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) and posted as Principal Director (Accounts) in the office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

74 posts of Judges vacant in Allahabad HC
As many as 74 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Allahabad High Court against approved strength of 160. It includes 18 posts of Permanent Judges against 76 approved strength and 56 posts of Additional Judges against approved strength of 84.

Rajiv Kumar Arora, Director, RB selected for 38th APPPA
Rajiv Kumar Arora, Director, Railways, Rail Bhawan ,New Delhi, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Saleem Ahmed poised to be new DG of NYKS
Saleem Ahmed former NSUI president is likely to be appointed as new Director General (DG) of Nehru Yuwak Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) soon.

Purohit is new CMD of NAPCIL
Kailash Chandra Purohit has taken over as new Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

(We said this on March 19 & ON May 3)

Pratapgarh DM and SP suspended
The Uttar Pradesh Government has suspended Pratapgarh DM Y K Bahal and SP O P Sagar.

Post of ED Vigilance vacant in FCI
The post of Executive Director(ED) Vigilance has been lying vacant in FCI.

Jharkhand to see a reshuffle of IPS officers
As the grapevine has it, the Jharkhand Government is going to a reshuffle of IPS officers in near future. This may see a change posting of two IGs, three DIGs and six SPs.

DRMs list being prepared
As the grapevine has it, list relating to posting of Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) is being prepared.

Ms. Swati Sharma retained in Arunachal Pradesh till March 31, 2013
Ms. Swati Sharma who is Special Secretary Finance to the Arunachal Pradesh Government has been permitted by the Centre to be retained in Arunachal Pradesh till March 31,2013. She is an IAS officer of 2003 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Rakesh Bhanot DGM, SEBI seeks VRS
Rakesh Bhanot, Deputy General Manager (DGM), in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS).

Sandeep Jain is Deputy Secretary, DoPT
Sandeep Jain has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for a period of four years. He is an IOFS officer of 1999 batch.

Anil Tripathi posted in DoPT
Anil Tripathi has been appointed as Under Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Syiemlieh takes oath as Member, UPSC
Prof. David R. Syiemlieh, former Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doikukh, Arunachal Pradesh has taken oath as Member, UPSC on June 25, 2012. Prof. Syiemlieh had also served as Lecturer at St. Edmund's College, Shillong and Department of History, NEHU and as a
Reader and then Professor of History, NEHU.
(We said this on May 30)

IAS changes in West Bengal
NR Banerjee will now be only Chairman of the Valuation Board.Hridyesh Mohan will now be Secretary Fire Services and Civil Defence. Subrata Biswas will be Secretary Agriculture. Ms Jaya Dasgupta, secretary, planning has been given additional charge of minor irrigation.

PS to West Bengal Chief Minister shifted
Private Secretary to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, Tapas Chowdhury has been shifted. He would however continue as Joint Secretary in the CMO.

Atul Gupta elevated as PCCF
Atul Gupta has been elevated as PCCF. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Manipur -Tripura (M-T) cadre.

K B Singh's extension on the on anvil
As the grapevine has it, K B Singh is likely to get another extension in his deputation tenure. Currently he is IG in ITBP. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

MCTP Phase III for IAS from July 2
The 3rd phase of Mid term career training programme (MCTP) for IAS officers belonging batches of 2002 and 2003 and before batches of 2002, will commence at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) on July 2012. About 100 bureaucrats are expected to attend the same.

A K Jain selected as Director (HRD), BSNL (UPDATED)
A K Jain, SGM, BSNL, has been selected for the post of Director (HRD), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting held on June 25, 2012. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

56 IRS (C&CE) officers get new posting after promotion to Commissioners (UPDATED)
As many as 56 officers of Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) have been posted at various stations after promotion to the grade of the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. Accordingly, A K Raghunathan has been posted as Commissioner, Coimbatore CX while Ajay Saxena will now be Commissioner, Surat CX-II and Amitabh Kumar is Commissioner, Surat CX-I. Similarly, Ashish Verma has been made Commissioner, Aurangabad CX (A); Ashok K Ranjan, Commissioner, Calicut CX; Ashutosh Awasthi as Commissioner, Kolkata Cus. Airport; Ashutosh Baranwal as Commissioner, Mumbai Cus.-(Import); Avadesh K Singh as Commissioner, LTU, Chennai; B V V T Prasad Naik as Commissioner, Tirunelveli CX; Bijoy Kumar Kar as Commissioner, LTU, Bangalore; C Dhanasekaran as Commissioner, Cochin CX (A); C R Meena as Commissioner, Cochin CX (A); D Balasubramanian as Commissioner, Tiruchirapalli Cus. (P); D D Sherpa as Commissioner, Siliguri CX; D K Srinivas as Commissioner, Tuticorn Cus. (P); D Krishnan as Commissioner, Cochin Cus (P); D Purushottam as Commissioner, Mangalore Cus; G Sree Harsha as Commissioner, Haldia CX; Gaigongdin Panmei as Commissioner, Shillong Cus (P); Irfan Ahmed as Commissioner, Jamnagar Cus (A); Jagdish Singh as Commissioner, Cochin CX; Jane K Nathaniel as Commissioner, Chennai Port (Import); Javed A Khan as ADG, Audit, Ahmedabad; K K Jaiswal as Commissioner, Kolkata CX-I (A); K N Raghavan as Commissioner, Customs, Cochin; Kishori Lal as Commissioner, Aurangabad CX; M M Parthiban as ADG, DRI, Chennai; M Rama Rao as ADG, NACEN, RTI, Kolkata; Manoj Kumar Arora as ADG, DG EP Hqrs. Delhi; Nishith Goyal as commissioner, Thane CX-II; P Hemavathi as Commissioner, Mysore CX; P K Mishra as Commissioner, Bhubaneshwar CX (A); Pradeep Kumar, Commissioner, Raipur CX; R Bhagya Devi as Commissioner, Chennai CX-III; R C Sankhla as Commissioner, Ranchi CX (A); R Manga Babu as Commissioner, Salem CX (A); Raj Kumar as Commissioner, Kolkata CX-III (A); Rajeev Jain as ADG, NACEN, Faridabad; Rajesh Puri as Commissioner, Jammu and Kashmir CX; Ram Niwas-I as Commissioner, Mumbai-I Cus (Adjudication); Ravinder Saroop as Commissioner, Mumbai-III, ACC import; Renu Jagdev as Commissioner, Kolkata CX-V; S Faheem Ahmed as Commissioner, Salem CX; Samanjasa DAs as ADG, CEI, Kolkata; Sandeep Prakash as Commissioner, Bangalore Customs; Sanjay Pant as Commissioner, Bangalore CX-II (A); Sanjeev Srivastava as Commissioner, Ahmedabad (Adj) CX-ST; Seema Jere Bisht as Commissioner, Mumbai CX-II; Shrikant S Patil as Commissioner, Surat CX-I (A); Sunil K Singh as Commissioner, Ahmedabad CX-III (A); Tejasvini P Kumar as Commissioner, Ahemdabad ST, V Usha as Commissioner, Settlement Commission, Chennai; Vivek Chaturvedi as Commissioner, Settlement Commission, Kolkata and Yogendra Garg has been posted as Commissioner, Mumbai-I, Customs (Export).

Five C&CE Commissioners transferred (UPDATED)
As many as five IRS (C&CE) officers in the grade of Commissioners have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Ashok K Arya has been posted as Commissioner, Delhi CX-I (A) while B K Sinha will now be Commissioner, LTU, Mumbai and Ranjana Jha is Commissioner, Allahabad CX (A). Similarly, R P Raheja has been posted as ADG, Audit, Mumbai and Suresh Kishnani as Commissioner, Mumbai CX-I.

K K Suresh Kumar selected as MD, HNL (UPDATED)
K K Suresh Kumar, Director (Marketing), HLL, has been selected for the post of MD, Hindustan News Print Limited (HNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 26, 2012. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Rakesh Srivastava is also PS, Culture in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Rakesh Srivastava, Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Tourism, has been assigned additional charge of Literature, Arts and Culture in Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two IFS officer shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Forests Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rajesh Kumar Grover has been made Chief Conservator of Forests, Ajmer while Ashok Kumar B Ramtek will now be Chief Conservator of Forests, Jaipur.

Prof. Chhipa is first VC of Hindi University, Bhopal (UPDATED)
Professor Mohanlal Chhipa will be first Vice-chancellor of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, being opened in Bhopal. He has been a Vice-chancellor of Mahrishi Dayanand Sarswati University, Ajmer in Rajasthan.

Bijaya K Mishra posted to ECR (UPDATED)
Bijaya K Mishra, SG/IRAS, on return from deputation, has been posted to East Coast Railway (ECR) in the cadre.

V C Verma is President, National Highways Builders Federation (UPDATED)
V C Verma, Director, Oriental Structural Engineers Ltd., has been elected as the President of National Highways Builders Federation, a body of Highway Developers and Builders in India, at its annual general meeting (AGM) held on June 25, 2012 at New Delhi.

CORPORATE

ONGC, CMD, Vasudeva is Chairperson, Board of Governors of NIT, Raipur
Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), has been appointed as Chairperson of Board of Governors of National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh for a period of three years. Interestingly, the Institute is an Alma Mater of Vasudeva.

Kumar resigns as director of Karur Vyasya Bank
Dr S Krishna Kumar has resigned as director of Karur Vyasya Bank.

Nakula appointed as additional director of Shreeyash Industries
Suresh Nakula has been appointed as additional director of Shreeyash Industries.

Raj resigns as director of Grasim Industries
N Mohan Raj has resigned as director of Grasim Industries.

2 appointed as additional director of Sunrise Asian
Sanjit Jha and Mahesh Joshi have been appointed as additional director of Sunrise Asian.

Loyalka resigns as Chairman, Zenith Exports Ltd
Bilas Rai Loyalka has resigned as Chairman of Zenith Exports Ltd w.e.f. June 25, 2012

Two directors cease to be on Board of Karur Vyasya Bank
K. Parameshwara Rao and V. Santhanaraman, Directors of Karur Vysya Bank have resigned from the Board of Directors of the Bank w.e.f. June 24, 2012 .

Suri appointed Associate Vice President (Operations)
Best Western India has appointed Yuvneet Suri as Associate Vice President (Operations).

Rathore appointed COO, Madison Media Omega
Dinesh Singh Rathore has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Madison Media Omega.

Rajwade re-appointed MD, Hindustan Hardy Spicer Ltd
A R Rajwade has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Hindustan Hardy Spicer Ltd w.e.f. May 17, 2012.

Shenoy appointed ED, Vijaya Bank
The Central Government after consultation with Reserve Bank of India appointed K. Ramadas Shenoy, General Manager, Corporation Bank as Executive Director of Vijaya Bank.

Dasgupta ceases to be Director, Grasim Industries Ltd
A K Dasgupta has resigned as a Director of Grasim Industries Ltd with effect from June 21, 2012 following withdrawal of his nomination by Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

Raj appointed Addl. Director, Grasim Industries Ltd
N. Mohan Raj has been appointed as an Additional Director of Grasim Industries Ltd w.e.f. June 21, 2012.

Kapur resigns as Director, Hitech Plast Ltd
Ranjan M Kapur has resigned as a Director of Hitech Plast Ltd w.e.f. June 19, 2012

Rakshit appointed GM, McCann, Delhi
Rajeev Rakshit has been appointed as General Manager of McCann, Delhi with immediate effect.

Hibi to be MD, Sony India
Kenichiro Hibi has been appointed as Managing Director of Sony India w.e.f. July 1, 2012.

Let us not condemn

Undoubtedly officers from IAS/IPS/IRS etc having outstanding PRs/CRs with unimpeachable integrity are selected by CVC, adequate circulars/instructions of CVC are in place to protect the CRs/PRs of CVOs. In fact, if the career progression of senior IRS/IPS officers who not only did brilliant work in the field of both preventive & punitive vigilance in BPL/HPCL/RCF/AIR INDIA/NCPL in Bombay were not only adjudged with "outstanding ratings" by the Secretary of concerned ministry but the same was confirmed by the then CVC and they not only got promotion to the rank CC/DG but also selected for the post of members of CBDT/SEBI/CAT/Appellate Tribunal (PMLA)/ATFP, e.g. KK Sharma, IRS (1965), Member, CAT, Anatraman, IRS (1968), Member, SEBI, B K Srivastava, IRS (1971), Member, ATPMLA/ATFP, Manjari Kacker, IRS (1974), Member CBDT and Hardeep Srivastava, IRS (1974), Member, CBDT and O P Sharma, IRS (1960), Member, CAT. So let us not condemn any post/department, it all depends on the quality of the people & culture of the organization & environment. Let us acknowledge that govt & society needs brilliant & honest officers from IAS /IRS /IPS /IAAS etc to man more 200 post of CVOs in central PSUs alone.

C Bijai

Under CBI radar

Two top officers of NSSO, MOSPI are reportedly under CBI radar for defrauding the public exchequer of lakhs of rupees.

A former DG, MOSPI, Gurgaon

RIT

Reconstruction of the missing file under RTI

Information regarding permanent absorption of an Indian Forest Officer (IFO) as M (Environment) in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), such as certified copy of the office order, minutes of the screening committee that scrutinized his candidature, the minutes of the meeting of the selection committee, noting of the Competent Authority approving his permanent absorption, copy of NOC issued by his parent department and the copy of the RRs for the post of GM (Environment) against which his candidature was scrutinized by screening committee was sought. The Public Information Officer (PIO) informed the appellant that the file pertaining to absorption of the said person was not traceable and hence the information cannot be provided. The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed that it was unfortunate that such an important file was missing. Holding that the citizen's Right to Information cannot be defeated by claiming that the concerned file containing the information was not traceable, the Commission directed the PIO to reconstruct the file by taking feedback from the concerned ministries and provide complete information to the appellant.

Comments

It is often claimed by the public authority that the records are untraceable and hence cannot be provided. This order opens up the possibility of the re-creation of the records for providing to the applicant.

Citation: D.P. Majhi v. National Highways Authority of India in Case No. CIC/SS/A/2012/000172

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)