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BUREAUCRACY

Rakesh Singh appointed as Chief Secretary, Punjab
The Punjab Government has appointed Rakesh Singh, a 1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer as new Chief Secretary of the state. Presently, he is Additional Secretary, Financial Services in the Government of India (GoI). He had served with distinction in different positions such as Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur, MD, CITCO, Finance and Home Secretary in Union Territory Chandigarh, Secretary, Housing in Punjab, Principle Secretary, Medical Education.

Sumedh Singh Saini appointed DGP Punjab
Sumedh Singh Saini has been appointed as new DGP of Punjab. He is an IPS officer of 1982 batch.
(We said this on March 13)

S C Agrawal appointed Chief Commissioner, Right to Service Commission
The outgoing Chief Secretary of Punjab, Subodh Chander Agrawal, has been appointed as Chief Commissioner, Right to Service Commission. He is an IAS officer of 1975 batch.
(We said this in April 2011)

Anil Kaushik posted as CMD Police Housing Corporation in Punjab
Anil Kaushik, DGP with the Punjab Government, has been posted as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Punjab Police Housing Corporation. Rajan Gupta has been posted as DG, Investigations, Punjab Human Rights Commission.

Sanjiv Gupta gets a new posting in Punjab
Sanjiv Gupta (IPS) has been posted as DG, Security and Vigilance Powercom Corporation Patiala.

Suresh Arora is DG, Intelligence in Punjab
Suresh Arora who so far was ADG, Intelligence in Punjab has been promoted as DG, Intelligence.

Srikumar Banerjee to retire
Secretary, Atomic Energy in the Government of India Dr Srikumar Banerjee is retiring in April end.

Arunava Dutta is new Additional CGDA
Arunava Dutta, IDAS officer, has taken over as Additional Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA).

5 SSPs changed in Punjab
As many as five SSPs have been changed in Punjab. Basically, the list comprises those officers who were shifted by the Election Commission.

Empanelment of Goel as DGP deferred
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has reportedly deferred the case of 1977 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre, Devi Goel for the empanelment as DGP/ equivalent post in Government of India.

Jagan Mathews in race for Uttar Pradesh's Chief Secretary post
As the grapevine has it, Jagan Mathews is also in the race for the post of Chief Secretary (CS), Uttar Pradesh (UP).He is UP cadre IAS officer of 1977 batch.

Mohammed Afzal to be Secretary to UP CM
As the grapevine has it, Mohammed Afzal is poised to be Secretary to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Akhilesh Yadav. He is UP cadre IAS officer of 1995 batch.

Work in UP Government paralysed
In the wake of change in Government, there is a very adverse impact on working of the Uttar Pradesh Government.

Bureaucratic reshuffle on the anvil in Punjab
As the grapevine has it a bureaucratic reshuffle is on the anvil in Punjab. It may see change in DCs of Muktsar & Barnala. Even DCs of Moga and Kapurthala may be considered as far as changes were concerned.

Vijayendra Kumar poised to go to GoI
Vijayendra Kumar on central deputation has been appointed as Director School Education in HRD ministry. He is an IAS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre. Presently, he is Director School Education with the Haryana Government.
(We said this in November 2011)

Ms Sood is Director NAAA, Shimla
Ms. Vidhu Sood, Director (Research), ICISA, Noida, has been transferred and posted as Director, National Academy of Audit and Accounts (NAAA), Shimla. She will relieve Ms. Gauri Karol.

Empanelment of 1984 IPS officer, M N Reddy as JS, GoI not approved
The empanelment of 1984 batch IPS officer Malgaveri Narain Reddy of Karnataka cadre as Joint Secretary in Government of India has reportedly not been approved at the review meeting of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.


Painter Ajay Choudhary making waves
Painter Ajay Choudhary artworks were on display at the VIP 2.0 Art Fair, New York based online art fair showcasing more than 400 top artist's works from 93 galleries across the planet. From India there were only four galleries invited to showcase the works of their artist. 'For this online fair, I have created golden and silver shining work on canvas, abstract art of the size 4ftx 8 ft' said Ajay. Before this, from 24 to 29th Jan, 2012, Ajay Choudhary paid tribute to late M F Hussain by displaying "white on white" artwork in a curated show at India art fair at New Delhi. M F Hussain have titled Choudhary's art works as 'living art form'. 'A Stroke with Square' a 22 mints documentary made on abstract Paintings of Ajay Choudhary. This film was shown at Morocco international film festivals, Kerala Film Festival, Calcutta Film Festival etc. A sound Installation ' CROCHET OF EMOTIONS' was made by a Bollywood Music Director inspired by art works of Ajay Choudhary. He is life member of Bombay Art Society and Art Society of India. He is an IPS officer, 1999 batch and presently Aide-de-camp to Governor of Gujarat.

Ms. Veena Ish may see a change
Ms. Veena Ish, currently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India (GoI), will soon see a change within the Ministry. Currently she is looking after the post of Additional Secretary. She is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to Andhra Pradesh Cadre.

Vidhu Kashyap appointed Additional Secretary in CVC
Vidhu Kashyap has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), New Delhi. This post is equivalent to the rank of Joint Secretary. He is an (IRPS) Indian Railway Personnel Service officer of 1984 batch.

Mohammad Shahid Absar is Director, CAPT-Bhopal
Mohd. Shahid Absar, on central deputation, has joined as Director of the Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT) under BPR&D coming up in Bhopal. He is Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer 1996 batch.
(We said this on 16 February 2012)

S.K. Sandhu to continue as PS to Punjab CM
S.K. Sandhu will continue as Principal Secretary (PS) to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. He is an IAS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Vishwajeet Khanna may see a change in Punjab
As the grapevine has it, Vishwajeet Khanna, Principal Secretary (PS) to Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal may get a new assignment. He is Punjab cadre IAS officer of 1987 batch.

Manoj Joshi is Joint Secretary (AT&T), DoPT
Manoj Joshi has joined as Joint Secretary (AT&T), Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), New Delhi, in place of Rajiv Kapoor. He is an IAS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to Kerala cadre.
(We said this on 3 February 2012)

Will Ajay Bhatnagar get extension in central deputation?
Will Ajay Bhatnagar, IG (CISF Headquarter - Airport), New Delhi, get extension in his central deputation? He is Jharkhand cadre IPS officer of 1989 batch.

Jayaprakash Gupta to go on central deputation as DIG
Nikhil Jayaprakash Gupta, Deputy Director (MPA), Nashik, is likely to join on central deputation as DIG. He is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to Maharashtra cadre.

Rajeev Sabharwal may go on central deputation as IG
Rajeev Sabharwal, DIG, ATS Zone, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Police, is likely to join on central deputation as IG. He is an IPS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Balasubramaniam CVO, Neyveli Lignite Corporation to get in-situ promotion
K S Balasubramaniam, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Neyveli Lignite Corporation is likely to get in-situ promotion at his current place of posting. He is an IPS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to Kerala cadre.

S.S.Bissa is Commissioner & Secretary PR in Rajasthan
Shyam Sundar Bissa who so far was Collector Nagaur has assumed the charge as Commissioner & Secretary PR in Rajasthan. He is an IAS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to Rajasthan cadre.

Rajiv Kapoor, Additional Director, IB to get in-situ promotion
Rajiv Kapoor, Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau, Government of India, is likely to get in-situ promotion at his current place of posting as Special Director. He is Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1978 batch.

Rajiv Ranjan Verma to get in-situ promotion
Rajiv Ranjan Verma, Addl. DG, CISF FHQ, New Delhi, is likely to get in-situ promotion shortly. He is Additional Director, CISF Headquarter. He is Bihar cadre IPS officer of 1978 batch.

Basant Seth ex CMD, Syndicate Bank is IC in CIC
Ex Chairman and Managing Director of Syndicate Bank Basant Seth has joined as Information Commissioner (IC) in Chief Information Commissioner's (CIC) establishment. He had retired from the Syndicate Bank on February 29, 2012.

Vijai Sharma is IC in CIC
Vijai Sharma has joined as Information Commissioner (IC) in Chief Information Commissioner's (CIC) establishment. The retired IAS officer of 1974 batch who belongs to Uttar Pradesh cadre is ex Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests

Vijay Singh applies for VRS
Vijay Singh, Special Secretary-Urban Development, New Delhi, Government of NCT Delhi has applied for VRS. He is a DANICS officer of AGMU cadre.

1985 batch IRAS officer Dakshita Das empanelled as JS, GoI
Dakshita Das, an Indian Railway Accounts Services (IRAS) officer of 1985 batch, has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India.

Five DIG level posts in BSF vacant
Five DIG level posts are reportedly vacant in the Border Security Force (BSF).

IES officer Chandra Sekar promoted as Economic Adviser, Agriculture & Cooperation
S Chandra Sekar, Director, REO, Chennai, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Economic Adviser, Agriculture and Cooperation. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1985 batch.

Nobody is ready to go to UP from Delhi
As the grapevine has it, none of the bureaucrats is ready to go to Uttar Pradesh.

S K Purkayastha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Surajit Kar Purkayastha has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Six posts of Judges vacant in Kerala HC
As many as six posts of judges have been lying vacant in Kerala High Court against approved strength of 38. They include one post of Permanent Judge against 27 approved strength and five posts of Additional Judges against 11approved strength.


Jayanta Kumar Saha to be OSD to Mukul Roy
As the grapevine has it, in case of Mukul Roy being made the Railway Minister,Jayant Kumar Saha will be OSD to the Minister. Earlier, he was Executive Director (ED) to Mukul Roy while he was Minister of State for Railways.

S D Singh selected as Director (Production), BVFC
S D Singh, DGM, BVFC, has been selected for the post of Director (Production), Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corporation Limited (BVFC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. Five persons were interviewed for the same.


Mrs. Sharma posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Delhi region
Mrs. Vanita Rattan Sharma, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi Region.

Cadre of IAS officer transferred from TN to MP (UPDATED)
The cadre of Ms Shanmuga Priya R has been transferred from Tamil Nadu to Madhya Pradesh. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.


Sanjay Bahadur posted OSD, CCIT (CCA), Delhi region (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sanjay Bahadur, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Tripathi shifted to ECR (UPDATED)
G M Tripathi, SAG/IRTS, has been transferred to East Coast Railway.

Ms.Vini Mahajan to be PS Finance in Punjab (UPDATED)
Ms Vini Mahajan who on central deputation is a Joint Secretary in the PMO on her return is being appointed as Principal Secretary(PS) Finance to the Punjab Government. She is an IAS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

GM level changes in ITDC hotels (UPDATED)
There have been certain General Manager (GM) level changes in ITDC. Accordingly: Vishal Mathur GM Hotel Lake View Ashok Bhopal to GM Jaipur located Hotel Ashok, Avinash Gajrani GM Bharatpur located Hotel Ashok.to GM Hotel Lake View Ashok Bhopal, Sangnik Chaudhary GM Kalinga Ashok Bhubaneshwar to GM Patliputra Ashok Patna, Ms.Subhlaxmi Bagchi GM Lalita Mahal Palace Mysore to GM Kalinga Ashok Bhubaneshwar, Pawan Kumar Verma Delhi Ashok Hotel to GM Bharatpur located Hotel Ashok, Vidhyut Gautam GM Patliputra Ashok Patna to ITDC run training Centre Delhi and Raj Kumar Sharma GM Jaipur located Hotel Ashok to GM Vigyan Bhawan Delhi.

Karnataka civil service officer awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
A Karnataka State Civil Service officer, N M Panali has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.

Ms. Anita Singh is Secretary to UP, CM (UPDATED)
Ms. Anita Singh has been appointed as Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. She is an IAS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

(We said this on March 13)

Alok Kumar is Secretary to UP, CM (UPDATED)
Alok Kumar has been appointed as Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
He is an IAS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

R.M. Srivastava is PS , Home in UP (UPDATED)
R.M. Srivastava has been appointed as Principal Secretary (PS) Home to the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

3 Special Secretaries to UP, CM appointed (UPDATED)
As many three officers including Zuhair Bin Sagheer (IAS officer of 2006 batch) District Magistrate(DM) Saharanpur have been appointed as Special Secretaries to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav..Likewise,Pandhari Yadav (IAS officer of 1998 batch) and Shambhu Yadav were appointed as Special Secretaries to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.

Rajiv Kumar is PS Appointments in UP (UPDATED)
Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary (PS) Appointments to the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

IPS officers' reshuffle on the anvil (UPDATED)
A large scale reshuffle of IPS officers is on the anvil in Uttar Pradesh after swearing in by Akhilesh Yadav as the youngest Chief Minister.ADG Law & Order Subesh
Kumar Singh, IG Lucknow Javed Akhtar & DIG Lucknow District D.K. Thakur are likely to be shifted.

Subhash Chandra to be IG, Lucknow (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it, Subhash Chandra who is presently IG Homeguards in Uttar Pradesh is poised to be new IG of Lucknow Range. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to UP cadre.

System of IG Zones & DIG Ranges to be revived in UP (UPDATED)
System of IG Zones & DIG Ranges is likely to be revived in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Ambrish Chandra poised to be new DGP of UP (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Ambrish Chandra is poised to be new Director General of Police (DGP) in Uttar Pradesh Government. Presently, he is Director PTC, Moradabad. He is an IPS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to UP cadre.

DEBATE - Should bureaucrats alone be held accountable for policy decisions ?

Bureaucrats now feel that Ministers and Politicians also be held responsible for 'policy decisions' taken by the government. They also want that entire cabinet should be held accountable for policy decisions. How far they are correct in their thinking ?

Mail your to the point views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Two directors resign from Ennore Coke
V Kannan and R Anantha Rama Krishnan have resigned as directors from Ennore Coke.

Radhakrishnan resigns as MD of Nelcast
S Radhakrishnan has resigned as Managing Director of Nelcast

Deepak appointed MD Nelcast
P Deepak has been appointed as Managing Director of Nelcast

Two resign from Yamini Investments
Shantilal Patel and Musunuri H Rao have resigned as directors of Yamini Investments

Yamini Investments appoints two Additional Directors
Chandresh Upadhay and Suneel Upadhay have been appointed as Additional Directors of Yamini Investments

Rege resigns from Chowgule Steamships
S Y Rege has resigned as director of Chowgule Steamships.

Puri appointed CFO, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd
Sandeep Puri has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd w.e.f. March 12, 2012.

Mankad resigns as Independent Director, United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd
Piyush Mankad, Independent Director, United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd has resigned w.e.f. February 19, 2012.

Mathew T. resigns as MD, LIC Housing Finance Ltd
Thomas Mathew T. has resigned as Managing Director of LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

Sarkar appointed MD, LIC Housing Finance Ltd
Sushobhan Sarkar has been appointed as Managing Director of LIC Housing Finance Ltd w.e.f March 6, 2012.

Rege resigns as Director, Chowgule Steamships Ltd
S. Y. Rege, Director of Chowgule Steamships Ltd has resigned as Director of the company w.e.f. January 23, 2012.

Radhakrishnan resigns as MD, Nelcast Ltd
S. Radhakrishnan has resigned as Managing Director of Nelcast Ltd w.e.f. March 14, 2012.

Deepak likely to be MD, Nelcast Ltd
P. Deepak is likely to be appointed as Managing Director of Nelcast Ltd w.e.f. July 1, 2012.

Reddy to hold additional charge as MD, Nelcast Ltd till June 30, 2012
P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Deputy Managing Director of Nelcast Ltd will hold additional charge as Managing Director of the company till June 30, 2012

Two directors cease to be on Board of Ennore Coke Ltd
V. Kannan and R. Anantha Rama Krishnan have resigned as directors of Ennore Coke Ltd w.e.f. March 7, 2012.

Vijay Amritraj ceases to be Director, Kingfisher Airlines Ltd
Vijay Amritraj has resigned from the Board of Directors of Kingfisher Airlines Ltd due to his extremely busy schedule w.e.f. March 14, 2012

Ramakrishnan to hold three top posts at Polycab Wires & Cables
Polycab Wires & Cables has appointed R Ramakrishnan as the Vice Chairman, Joint Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer.

Bureaucrats alone responsible for failures !

I hold the bureaucrats solely responsible for all the failures on all fronts because of the fact that for over more than 5 decades, these bureaucrats only have been facilitating decisions by the concerned Ministers. When every decision should be in the larger public interest, if at any point of time one Minister did not agree to the good decision proposed by the bureaucrat, the bureaucrat may very well leave that Ministry as a mark of protest. This seldom happens. So, Bureaucrats need to be more compassionate and more realistic and people welfare centric.

Sivakumar

Are the details of the service book liable to be disclosed?

The estranged wife of a government servant asked whether the name of wife has been entered in the Service Book of her husband; If yes, the name as entered in the Service Book; and the name of the nominee & his successor. The appellant also sought the attested photocopy of Service Book and GPF documents of her husband, Shri R B Bhavuk. The third party strongly objected to the disclosure of the requested information on the plea that the same was his personal information and moreover, if disclosed it would not only endanger his life but also the life of the nominee as well. The CPIO declined to disclose the information under Section 8(1)(g) & (j) of the RTI Act. The Commission observed that whether the name of the wife has been entered in the Service Book of any employee is relevant to the functioning of the personnel and establishment division of the Public Authority. Hence, the Commission directed to disclose in 'Yes' or 'No' whether the name of the wife has been entered in the Service Book of her husband. Refusal of the information about the GPF and nominees was upheld under section 8(1)
(j).

Comments

Some parts of the Service Book are personal in nature where other parts are purely administrative in nature. The places of posting, total period and category of leave availed of from time to time etc. ae administrative information and can be disclosed.

[Smt. Nirmala Bhavuk v. Central Excise & Customs in Appeal No. CIC/SS/A/2012/000107]

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)