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What Delhi rumour mill says on Thursday?

1. Manmohan Singh President of India

2. Pranab Mukherjee, PM

3. Rahul Gandhi, Working President or Dy. PM

4. Murli Manohar Josh,i Vice President

5. P Chidambaram, Finance Minister

6. A K Antony, Home Minister

7. Gulam Nabi Azad, Defence Minister

V S Sampath to take over as CEC on June 11 (UPDATED)
Senior most Election Commissioner V S Sampath, who has been appointed as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in the Election Commission of India, will assume the charge on June 11, 2012.
(We said this on June 4)


Siraj Hussain is new Addl Secretary Agriculture
Siraj Hussain who so far was Chairman Food Corporation of India (FCI) has been appointed as Additional Secretary Agriculture in the GoI. He is an Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1979 batch.
(We said this on June 1)



Dr. Amar Singh is new CMD, FCI
Dr Amar Singh who on central deputation is Executive Director(ED) with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has been appointed as its new CMD. He is a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1981 batch.
(We said this in May)


Khuntia to be AS & FA Petroleum
Subash Chandra Khuntia is likely to join as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.


Chaubey is new DG
Rajeev Nayan Chaubey, Development Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India has been appointed as Director General of Directorate of Hydro Carban Limited. He is a Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer of 1981 batch.

Inter-cadre deputation of IAS officer to Nagaland approved
Inter-cadre deputation of Asangba Chuba from Bihar to Nagaland cadre has been approved for a period of three years. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.


Postal Service officer K Balasubramanian empanelled as JS in GoI
K Balasubramanian has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India under CSS. He is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Joeman Thomas is Member, Committee set up to look into hydrocarbon exploration
Joeman Thomas, MD, ONGC Videsh Ltd., 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.

Rajesh Ranjan to move Geneva
Deputy Secretary in the MEA Rajesh Ranjan has been moved to Geneva as First Secretary on a vacant post.

Chanana is officiating CMD of Oriental Insurance
Sanjeev Chanana, Director and General Manager, Oriental Insurance Company, will officiate as CMD till Government appoints new CMD of the company


Hope for IRS officers of CBEC and CBDT
There is hope now for IRS officers of CBEC and CBDT who were aspiring two be made Members. FM has approved a policy of 1 year's completed service as Chief Commissioner and 1 year's residual service for appointment as Member in both the Boards. Gazette notification in this regard may issue early, paving the way for selection.

Ravi to be DG Investigations Bangalore?
Grapevine has it that senior IRS officer Ravi is being appointed DG Investigations in Bangalore.


Rani Singh to move to Delhi
Senior IRS (IT) officer Rani Singh Nayyar is being moved to Delhi from Bangalore.

10 IRS officers posted to DGIT, Systems
As many as 10 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax presently in various CCA, have been posted to DGIT, Systems. The officers include: Kalpana Kataria, Sanjay Kumar Bharti, Anurag Prasad, Paramita Mondal Biswas, Nirmaljeet Singh, Vivek Sharma, Rajesh Chandra, Monika Rana, Vikas Singh and Ritu Sharma.


6 IRS officers posted to DGIT, Infrastructure
As many as 10 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax presently in various CCA, have been posted to DGIT, Infrastructure. The officers include: Roli Khare, A K Dang, Rajnish Kochar, Anupama Anand and Byomkesh Pradip Kumar.


IRS officer Atiq Ahmed posted to DGIT, Audit
Indian Revenu Service (IRS) officer, Atiq Ahmed, CCA Mumbai, has been posted to DGIT, Audit.


IRS officer Y Kakkar posted to DGIT, L & R
Indian Revenu Service (IRS) officer, Y Kakkar, CCA Mumbai, has been posted to DGIT, L & R.


4 IRS officers posted to DGIT, Administration
As many as four Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax presently in various CCA, have been posted to DGIT, Administration. The officers include: Deep Shikha Sharma, Surabh Ahluwalia, S K Jain and Vinod Jauhari.


6 IRS officers posted to CPC, Bangalore
As many as six Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax presently in various CCA, have been posted to CPC, Bangalore. The officers include: C Deepak Singh, T H Chagraborty, M Chandramohan, T C Gupta, Niranjan Dey, A R V Srinivasan.


3 IRS officers posted to CBDT
Three Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax have been posted to CBDT. Accordingly, Shiela Chopra has been posted to Director (ITCC) while Rohit Garg is posted to Director (ITA) and K C Badhok to Director (ITA) in CBDT.

21 IRS (IT) officers posted to Directorates of International Taxation
As many as 21 Indian Revenue Service (IR-IT) officers in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been posted to the various Directorates of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing. Accordingly, Kuldeep Sharma, Mrs. Nishtha Tiwari, Mohad. G Ansari and Shelendera Shrivastava have been posted in Delhi while Mallkarjun Utture, Siddaramappa Kappattanavar, Pawan Kumar Beerla, Sujit Sudhakar Bangar were appointed in Mumbai and Sunil Kumar Agarwal, Vivek Anand Perampurna and Zafarul Haque Tanweer are posted to Kolkata. Similarly, Suhas S Kulkarni has been posted to Pune; D V Subba Rao, R M Majumdar and Suresh Lakhwat in Hyderabad; G D Jayanthi Angayarkanni, Nilanjan Dey and Nagabhushana M in Bangalore/Mangalore; H Kabila and V Jenardhan in Chennai and Ajit Pal Singh Daia has been posted in Ahmedabad.

AP State Civil Service officer awarded IAS cadre
M Hari Jawaharlal, a State Civil Service officer of Andhra Pradesh, has been awarded IAS cadre.



D B Gupta is also Administrator, Rajasthan Agriculture Marketing Board
Devendra Bhushan Gupta, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, has been assigned additional charge of Administrator, Rajasthan State Agriculture Marketing Board. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Three new postings in Railways
Three officers have been shifted in Railways. Accordingly, Vishnu Kunar, SAG/IRTSS/ADRAM, Lucknow/NR, has been posted as Executive Director (Traffic)/RDSO while Varinder Kumar, SG/IRTS/WCR, was transferred to ECOR and posted in the cadre and Devesh Kumar Mishra, SAG/IRTS/ NCR, is being transferred to NR and posted in the cadre.


Justice Satyanarayanan appointed permanent judge
Justice Satyanarayanan Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court has been appointed as Permanent Judge


CS Shrivastava posted as Principal Secretary
CS Shrivastava has been posted as the Principal Secretary Higher Education, Punjab

Mrs. Meenakshi Singh deputed as OSD in ITPO (UPDATED)
Mrs. Meenakshi Singh, Addl. CIT, Lucknow, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in ITPO, New Delhi under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on deputation basis.

Kumar is new CJ of J & K High Court (UPDATED)
Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice MM Kumar has been appointed as the 31st Chief Justice of the J & K High Court.

A K Srivastava gets additional charge (UPDATED)
A.K. Srivastava, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Environment has been given an additional charge of Additional Secretary, Disability Affairs, Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch, who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

Akali & BJP holds sway in Punjab (UPDATED)
The combine of Akali Dal and Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP)is going to win 10 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab against it's existing tally of 13 seats. This is what political analysts feel,provided Lok Sabha polls were held very shortly.

CORPORATE

Kannan resigns as MD and Director, Shriram City Union Finance Ltd
R Kannan has resigned as Managing Director and Director of Shriram City Union Finance Ltd w.e.f. June 5, 2012.

Duruvasan appointed MD & Addl. Director, Shriram City Union Finance Ltd
R. Duruvasan has been appointed as an Additional Director and Managing Director of Shriram City Union Finance Ltd w.e.f. June 6, 2012.

Anil Sethi resigns as Chairman, SPML Infra Ltd
Anil Kumar Sethi has resigned as Chairman of SPML Infra Ltd w.e.f. May 29, 2012 on health grounds.

Subhash Sethi appointed Exec. Chairman, SPML Infra Ltd
Subhash Chand Sethi, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of SPML Infra Lts has been elevated as Executive Chairman of SPML Infra Ltd w.e.f. May 29, 2012

Koirala resigns as CFO, Atlanta Ltd
Mahesh Koirala, Chief Financial Officer of Atlanta Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. May 26, 2012.

Rikhab Jain re-appointed Exec. Chairman TT Ltd
T T Limited has re-appointed Rikhab C. Jain, as Executive Chairman of the company for a period of five years with effect from April 1, 2012.

Sanjay Jain appointed MD, TT Ltd
Sanjay Kumar Jain has been appointed as Managing Director of TT Ltd for a period of five years with effect from April 1, 2012 .

Tomita appointed Director, India Nippon Electricals Ltd
India Nippon Electricals Limited has appointed Yuji Tomita as Director of the company w.e.f. June 1, 2012.

Nakamura resigns as Director, India Nippon Electricals Ltd
Kenji Nakamura has resigned as Director of India Nippon Electricals Ltd w.e.f. June 1, 2012.

Aga resigns as Director, The Indian Hotels Company Ltd
Ms. A R Aga has resigned as Director of The Indian Hotels Company Ltd with immediate effect

Kothari appointed Company Secy. Norben Tea & Exports Ltd
Pawan Kothari has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Norben Tea & Exports Ltd w.e.f. May 15, 2012.

Nadaf ceases to be Director, SBI Central Board
G D Nadaf, Director on the State Bank of India's Central Board has ceased to be the Director following his retirement.

Two Independent Directors on Real Strips Ltd Board
Real Strips Ltd has appointed Ashish Shah and Jitendra Mamtora as Independent Directors of the company w.e.f June 6, 2012.

Two directors cease to be on Shree Hari Chemicals Export Ltd Board
Virjanand R Gupta and Shri Amar Kanodia have resigned as directors of Shree Hari Chemicals Export Ltd w.e.f. May 12, 2012.


Three directors cease to be on Board of Sterling Green Woods Ltd
Kunal Mathur, Umang Vyas and Ms Kusum Kumar have resigned as directors of Sterling Green Woods Ltd w.e.f. June 5, 2012.

Duruvasan appointed as additional director of Shriram City Union
R Duruvasan has been appointed as additional director of Shriram City Union.

Sethi resigned as Chairman of SPML Infrastructure
Anil Kumar Sethi has resigned as Chairman of SPML Infrastructure.

Gupta appointed as director of Sumedha Fiscal Services
Raj Kumar Gupta has been appointed as director of Sumedha Fiscal Services.

Two appointed as director of Goenka Diamond and Jewels
DR Mehta ans CD Arha have been appointed as director of Goenka Diamond and Jewels.

Dalmia appointed as director of Jaykay Enterprise
Anil Dalmia has been appointed as director of Jaykay Enterprise.

Two resign as director of Shreehari Chemicals and Exports
Kailash Chand and RR Agarwal have resigned as director of Shreehari Chemicals and Exports.

Nadaf ceases to be director of SBI
GD Nadaf has ceased to be director of SBI.

Koirala resigned as CFO of Atlanta
Mahesh Koirala has resigned as CFO of Atlanta.

Two resigned as director of Sterling Greenwoods
Kunal Mathur and Umang Vyas have resigned as director of Sterling Greenwoods.

Rutten ceases to be MD and CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Lambertus Rutten has ceased to be MD and CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange of India.


Prasad appointed as additional director of Gokak Textiles
DG Prasad has been appointed as additional director of Gokak Textiles

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R Kumar

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant) wrote "Is this Good Governance of DOP&T headed by the PM himself who is not even aware of such infirmities in practice?" What makes him give benefit of doubt to PM? PM is very much aware of everything that is happening under his nose.

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)