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Appointment of new Governors only after the Presidential election?
Appointment of the new Governors will only take place after the election of the President of India.

Is team Anna falling prey to caste politics?
It is heard that team Anna is facing an acceptability problem within certain castes especially the upper class. Is not having an upper class agitator unable to attract attention from all castes?

What will be the next step of CPM?
The recent visit of veteran Marxist leader VS Achutanandan to the residence of murdered dissident TP Chandrshekheran is a blow against the leadership of Pinarayi Vijayan. This act could lead to the erosion of Marxist support base ahead of bypolls say experts. The Communists are feeling the heat after being routed in West Bengal, their last standing bastion Kerela too is under threat because of factions within the party. Will the CPM have the courage to take a tough stand against VS or Vijayan now? Will TMC part ways with NDA? As the grapevine has it, the Trina Mool Congress (TMC) being headed by Ms. Mamata Banerjee will part ways with NDA after Presidential polls.

Meghalaya Government goes in poll mode
Meghalaya Government being headed by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has gone into election mode.

Which direction is the quota politics moving?
Is Indian politics of appeasing every caste, religious group and sect moving into sub quota politics? Is Micro quota the future of Indian politics?

Empanelment of 1982 batch IAS soon
After the return of empanelment file by the CBI ,it is expected that empanelment of 1982 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India will take place in a week or two. One information says that meeting for empanelment remained inconclusive on Monday.

Sampat to be new CEC
UPA Government is believed to have dropped the idea to appoint new Chief Election Commissioner superceding V S Sampat. Now this is certain that 1973 batch retired IAS officer of AP cadre Sampat who is senior-most Election Commissioner will succeed S Y Quareshi as CEC.

Will Shumsher Sheriff be new EC?
Latest grapevine has it that Shumsher K Sheriff is being appointed new Election Commissioner. 1977 batch UT cadre IAS officer Sheriff is presently Secretary to the Vice President of India. He is a Secretary rank officer in the Government of India.

Will Prakash Mishra return Orissa as DGP ?
Will Prakash Mishra return to Orissa as DGP? DG NDRF in the Government of India is likely to return the parent Orissa cadre to replace M Praharaj as DGP. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer.


Vikas is DIG (Pers) BSF
Vikas DIG(G,) Border Security Force(BSF), has been transferred as DIG (Pers,) BSF Force Head Quarters, New Delhi. He is an BSF cadre officer.

DRMs postings in next fortnight
As the grapevine has it, postings of senior railway officers as new Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) will happen in next fortnight or so.

Air of uncertainty over officers in Delhi Government
Air of uncertainty over fate of that UT cadre IAS officers in Delhi Government prevails who had been transferred out of Delhi to other state Governments.

UT IAS officers not to be relieved till June 6
As the grapevine has it those UT cadre IAS officers in Delhi Government who had been transferred out of Delhi to other state Governments will not be relieved till Current Assembly session of Delhi concludes on June 6, 2012.There has reportedly been an unwritten understanding between the Delhi Government & the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) .This was agreed upon during a meeting between Delhi Government's Chief Secretary and MHA officials.

Detractors of Ms. Sheila Dixit active
As the grapevine has it, detractors of Delhi Chief Minister Ms.Sheila Dixit are gunning for her. They are using Congress's defeat in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections and Common Wealth Games (CWG) scams as instances of weakening of Congress in Delhi.


MHA has said no to joining by e-mail
In a major departure from the past the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said that those UT officers who had been transferred will have to physically go and join at their respective places of posting. They have been barred from joining at new places through E mail.

Who will have the last laugh in Delhi?
Who will have the last laugh in Delhi? This question is hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. It is keenly being watched that to what extent Delhi Chief Minister Ms. Sheila Dixit will be able to succeed in retaining those UT IAS officers who are under transfer to other states.

Kulsrestha goes as IG CRPF Guwahati
Ajit Kulsrestha, DIG, CRPF, Group Centre, New Delhi has been transferred on promotion as IG, North Eastern Sector, Guwahati Assam. He is an CRPF cadre officer.


Postal Service officer Smita Kumar empanelled as JS in GoI
Smita Kumar has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India under CSS. She is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

87 positions of IAS officers vacant in WB cadre
As many as 87 positions of IAS officers have been lying vacant in West Bengal cadre. There are 227 officers in the position against strength of 314 IAS officers in the State. Rao is Member of Committee set up to look into hydrocarbon exploration Justice Jagannadha Rao, Former Judge of the Supreme Court, has been inducted as Member of the Committee constituted by Prime Minister to review the design of future Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) in Hydrocarbon exploration.

Ms Biswas to move to Dubai
Third Secretary in Indian Embassy Cairo Ms Kajari Biswas has been moved as Consul to Dubai.

IAS and IPS reshuffle likely in Orissa
An IAS and IPS officers is likely to take place soon in Orissa. Some officers close to Pyari Mohan Mohapatra are going to be affected.

Rakesh Shrivastava returns to Rajasthan
Rakesh Shrivastava who on central deputation was Joint Secretary Shipping has returned to Rajasthan cadre. He is a Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of the 1981 batch.

Deshpande is now MD of Filmcity in Maharashtra
Laxmikant Deshpande has now been appointed as MD of Filmcity in Maharashtra.
Jaiswal appointed as Divisional Commissioner of Aurangabad in Maharashtra Sanjeev Jaiswal (IAS 96) has been appointed as Divisional Commissioner of Aurangabad in Maharashtra.
Jaivanshi appointed as Latur Municipal Commissioner in Maharashtra Rucesh Jaivanshi (IAS 80) has been appointed as Latur Municipal Commissioner in Maharashtra.
Bokhade appointed as Chandrapur Municipal Commissioner in Maharashtra Prakash Bokhade appointed as Chandrapur Municipal Commissioner in Maharashtra .


PESB seeks applications for MD (HC), HAL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Managing Director (Helicopter Complex), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) falling vacant on June 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 3, 2012.


PESB seeks applications for Director (HR), GAIL (India) Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (HR), GAIL (India) Ltd, falling vacant on June 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 3, 2012.

Paper of Shailesh Pathak appreciated
A leading infrastructure entity organized a recent conference in Delhi on 'Are PPPs Working'. The consensus seemed to be that excesses of some private sector concessionaires are leading to a backlash against PPPs. Several participants informally discussed points in the paper by Shailesh Pathak, published by Stanford University, on 'Indian Infrastructure - Recalibrating the PPP Strategy'. This Paper has been downloaded numerous times. Shailesh Pathak, who was an IAS officer of the MP cadre, has been focused on infrastructure for over a decade now.

IPS transfers in Maharashtra today (UPDATED)
IPS resuffle is expected to take place in Maharashtra on Tuesday.

Vice Admiral D K Joshi to take over as next Navy Chief on Aug 31 (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral DK Joshi, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Western Naval Command, who has been appointed as next Chief of the Naval Staff, will assume charge on August 31, 2012. Joshi, who was born on July 4, 1954, was commissioned on April 1, 1974 in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy.
(We said this on May 11 )

Navy Chief Verma to retire on Aug 31 (UPDATED)
Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral N K Verma is retiring on August 31, 2012.

14 Orissa state service officers awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers of State Civil Service of Orissa have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancy of 2010. The officers include: Dilip Kumar Mohanty, Hadibandhu Singhsardar, Balakrushna Behera, Sudarsan Das, Julius Lakra, Basanta Kumar Behera, Debi Prasad Panda, Pradeep Kumar Rath, Bishnu Prasad Sahoo, Debraj Mishra, Sangram Keshari Ray, Laxminaryana Mishra, Harekrishna Behera and Gobinda Chandra Sethi.

Deputation tenure of IRS (IT) officer R N Sahay extended (UPDATED)
The deputation tenure of IRS (IT) officer, R N Sahay as Advisor (Eco), CCI, has been extended for another one year.


Sambit Tripathy deputed as Deputy Secy, Ministry of Shipping (UPDATED)
Sambit Tripathy, Additional CIT, Delhi, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping, New Delhi on deputation basis for a period of four years.

CORPORATE

RIL's Annual general meeting on June 7, 2012
The Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries Ltd(RIL) is scheduled to be held on June in Birla Matushri Sabhagar, Mumbai on June 7, 2012.The meeting will commence at 11 am.

Radhe Shyam is Metro GM Kolkata
Radhe Shyam has taken over as Kolkata Metro General Manager.

Patel resigns as director of Suniti Communications
Rajendra Patel has resigned as director of Suniti Communications.

Sarkar resigns as director of Bilpower
Gouri Shankar Sarkar has resigned as director of Bilpower.

Banka resigns as director of Arvind Intermational
Manoj Banka has resigned as director of Arvind Intermational.

Badheka appointed as CFO of Astec Lifesciences
Prashant Badheka has been appointed as CFO of Astec Lifesciences.

Arora ceases to be director of Rainbow Denim
Satinderjit Singh Arora has ceased to be whole time director of Rainbow Denim.

Dr Sen appointed as additional director of AI Champadany
Dr Basudeb Sen has been appointed as additional director of AI Champadany.

Sengupta appointed Non Exec. Director, Websol Energy System Ltd
Websol Energy System Ltd has appointed Dr. Biswa Ranjan Sengupta as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the company w.e.f. June 02, 2012.

Agarwal resigns as Director, Websol Energy System Ltd
Sameer Agarwal has resigned as Director of Websol Energy System Ltd w.e.f. June 2, 2012.

Tibrewalla appointed Director, Non Exec. Director, Websol Energy System Ltd
Santosh Kumar Tibrewalla has been appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Websol Energy System Ltd w.e.f. June 02, 2012.
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Gambhir resigns as Promoter Director, Nova Iron & Steel Ltd
Rajender Kumar Gambhir has resigned as Promoter Director of Nova Iron & Steel Ltd w.e.f. May 31, 2012.

Walia resigns as Whole-time Director, Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Ltd
Ms Sudershan Walia has resigned as Whole-time Director of Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Ltd w.e.f. May 30, 2012.

Katore appointed Company Secy. Responsive Industries Ltd
Responsive Industries Limited has appointed Nitin Bhimaji Katore as the Company Secretary w.e.f. May 24, 2012

Two Non Official Directors re-appointed on STC Board
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce has re-appointed Dr. (Ms.) B. Kinnera Murthy and Jayendra Shah as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of the State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC).

Burman ceases to be Director (Mktg.), STC
S S Roy Burman has ceased to be Director (Marketing) of The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. April 30, 2012.

Sen appointed Addl. Director, AI Champdany Industries Ltd
AI Champdany Industries Limited has appointed Dr. Basudeb Sen as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. May 30, 2012.

Agnihotri appointed Part-time Director, STC
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, has appointed Ms Anita Agnihotri, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Commerce as Part-time Official Director on the Board of The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd.

Khemka resigns as ED, TCI Finance Ltd
J P Khemka, Executive Director has resigned from the Board of TCI Finance Ltd w.e.f. May 15, 2012 .

Somani appointed Company Secy. TCI Finance Ltd
Ms. Radhika Somani has been appointed as Company Secretary of TCI Finance Ltd w.e.f. May 26, 2012.

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It is true The comment about IAS officer of Sikkim cadre is corroborated with an IPS officer from Jharkhand cadre officer.

S Rana

IRSS officers demoralized with delay The IRSS 87 batch SAG panel file is with Member Mechanical since April 18. IRSS officers are too demoralized with the delay.

Surinder

Has Nemesis caught up with him ? Why is GM of NE Railway quitting 6 weeks before retirement date - August 31 ? Has Nemesis caught up with him or he's doing somebody a good turn?

Arun Bhagra

RIT

Can the reasons for suspension be sought under RTI?

The appellant filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act raising some questions about the validity of the bank's action in suspending him from service while not suspending another officer. The Public Information Officer (PIO) replied that the queries did not amount to information. The Central Information Commission (CIC) noted that the appellant wanted to know the reasons for placing him under suspension and not some other officer. Holding that these reasons can be easily found in the relevant file noting, the Commission directed the PIO to provide the photocopies of all file noting and other correspondence, relating to the decision of the competent authority for suspending him from service. The Commission also asked the PIO to provide him with the copies of the relevant file noting in respect of the other officer named by the appellant in his RTI application if there is any such noting available in any file.

Comments

With the advent of the RTI Act, many of the files marked as "confidential" are now coming out of the closet. Denial of information can now be done only as per section 8 or 9 of the RTI Act.

Citation: Shri Madan Lal Kainth v. Union Bank of India in File No.CIC/SM/A/2011/000603

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)