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BUREAUCRACY

Sinha to succeed Banerjee as Secretary, Atomic Energy?
Chief of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) R K Sinha is likely to succeed Srikumar Banerjee as Secretary, Atomic Energy.

P K Chaudhary to be Chief Secretary of Haryana?
Latest grapevine has it that P K Chaudhary is being appointed as new Chief Secretary of Haryana. Haryana cadre 1977 batch IAS officer, Chaudhary is presently Secretary- Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India.

Jawed Usmani is new Chief Secretary of U P
Now suspense is over. The new Government has cleared the appointment of Jawed Usmani as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on March 5)

Dutt to be Member of PESB?
Former CMD of the Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) Ashwani Kumar Dutt is likely to be appointed new Member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).

Vrinda Swarup to be Additional Secretary, HRD
Vrinda Swarup is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary School Education in the Department of HRD in the Government of India. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Is there any Chidambaram policy for empanelment?
It is being discussed in the bureaucratic circles that the UPA Government has implemented Chidambaram policy for empanelment. It is believed that Home Minister P Chidambaram has suggested that only 60 per cent officers from the batch should be empanelled.

Madan Mohan to be Director (Finance), SAMC
Madan Mohan is being appointed new Director (Finance) of the Security and Minting Corporation (SAMC). He is presently posted in the Department of Expenditure.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary in Earth Sciences
There is a vacancy of Joint Secretary, Earth Sciences in the Government of India. Any taker for the post?

Extension order of Samar Ghosh, CS in West Bengal issued
Order regarding six months extension to West Bengal Chief Secretary (CS), Samar Ghosh has been issued. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to West Bengal cadre. He was due to superannuate by the end of March 2012.

Nihar Ranjan Banerji is ACS in West Bengal
Nihar Ranjan Banerji on his return from central deputation has been posted by the West Bengal Government as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in department of Fire & Emergency. He is an IAS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to West Bengal cadre.

Ms. Vandana Yadav to be PS to Rail Minister
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Vandana Yadav will be Private Secretary (PS) to Railway Minister, Mukul Roy. She is an IAS officer of 1998 batch who belongs to West Bengal cadre.

Jasmin Ahmad to be Judicial Member of CAT!
Jasmin Ahmad is being tipped to be new Judicial Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

Who is behind creation of a new post in Civil Aviation?
Who is behind creation of a new post of DG, Civil Aviation Authority in the Civil Aviation Ministry? It is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power.

Will Kamini be Director, NIFT, Mumbai?
Ms. N. Kamini, DCP, Crime & Traffic, Coimbatore City, has applied for the post of Director, NIFT, Mumbai. She is an IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Goyal is new Principal RC, J & K in Delhi
Raj Kumar Goyal will now be Principal Resident Commissioner of J & K in Delhi. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer.

Choudhary is new CEO of Shrine Boards
New Principal Secretary to the J & K Boards Navin Choudhary has taken over the charge of the Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer.

New Judge of Madras High Court
M Vijayaraghavan has been cleared for appointment as additional Judge of the Madras High Court.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is another IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. Acoordingly, Shambhu Nath Shukla is Principal Secretary - Housing and Urban Planning, Majid Ali is Principal Secretary - Department of Power. B S Bhullar Principal Secretary - Transport Department, Balvinder Kumar Principal Secretary -Food And Civil Supplies, Ashish Kumar Goyal Waiting, Alok Kumar-1 Managing Director - UP State Roadways Transport Corporation with additional charge of Transport Commissioner, Ritu Maheshwari - DM - Pilibhit, K R Sharma - Additional Land Settlement Commissioner in Board of Revenue, Lucknow, AV Rajamauli - DM - Pratapgarh, Mayur Maheshwari - DM - Budaun and Alok Kumar-3 - DM - Sitapur.

IPS officer Piyush Mordia to join as DIG on central deputation
Piyush Mordia, SP (Sitapur District), Uttar Pradesh, is likely to join as DIG on central deputation. He is an Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1998 batch.

Rithwik Rudra, Deputy Director in IB may get foreign assignment
Rithwik Rudra, Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, is likely to get foreign assignment by Government of India. He is a Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1993 batch.

DoPT seeks applications for post of Representative India, CICAO, Canada
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is seeking applications for the post of Representative of India in the Council of International Civil Aviation Organisation, Montreal, Canada (Joint Secretary level) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Those willing to apply can send their application to the Department within one month.


DGCEI seeks panel for post of Intelligence Officer, Delhi
Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) is seeking panel for the post of Intelligence Officer on deputation basis in Headquarters, New Delhi. The willing officers can send their applications to the Directorate at the earliest.

PESB seeks applications for post of CMD, ECIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of CMD, Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL). Those willing to apply can send their applications before April 30, 2012.

15 DIG level posts vacant in CRPF
As many as 15 posts of DIG level are reportedly vacant in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).


Mrs. Govil posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Delhi region
Mrs. Ruchika Chaudhary Govil, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Mohapatra posted as ED, Finance Railway Board
B N Mohapatra, SAG/IRAS, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Tinsukia, North East Frontier Railway, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director/Finance (Expenditure).

Mookerjee is FA & CAO, Con., Eastern Railway
S Mookerjee, Adviser (FX), Railway Board has been made FA & CAO, Construction, Eastern Railway.

PESB seeks applications for post of Director (Mktg), HEC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Marketing), Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 8, 2012.

Empanelment of 1984 batch IPS officer Modi as JS, GoI not considered
The empanelment case of 1984 batch IPS officer, Y C Modi of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has not been taken for consideration, due to technical reasons.

Ms. Mala Dutt, IES, promoted as Adviser, Planning Commission
Ms. Mala Dutt, Director, Cabinet Secretariat (on deputation), has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Adviser, Planning Commission. She is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1986 batch.

IPS officer S K Misra empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S K Misra has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Hasan is IG, Central Range, Delhi
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Taj Hasan has been made IG (Joint CP) of newly created Central Range of Police, Delhi.

Krishnaiah posted as IG, Northern Range, Delhi
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Ranbir Krishnaiah has been made IG (Joint CP) for newly created Northern Range of Delhi Police.

Kamraj is IG, South-Eastern Range, Delhi
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, P Kamraj has been appointed IG (Joint CP) for newly created South-Eastern Range of Delhi Police.

Dr. Gogia is IG, South-Western Range, Delhi
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Dr. Vivek Gogia has been made IG (Joint CP) for newly created South-Western Range of Delhi Police.

V.K. Gupta's stocks to go up in the Railway Ministry (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it stocks of V.K. Gupta Secretary Railway Board, in the Railway Ministry will go up in the wake of Mukul Roy having taken over as the New Railway Minister.

IPS officer Rahul Sharma awarded for saving lives in Gujarat riots (UPDATED)
Rahul Sharma, who risked his life to save innocent lives during Gujarat riots and faced the music for his scrupulous works, has been conferred with the Satyendra Dubey Award by IIT Kanpur Alumni Association. He had received B. Tech. degree from this Alma-Mater in Electrical Engineering in 1987. Sharma, who is a 1992 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of this State cadre, was then Superintendent of Police (SP) of Vadodara in riot-torn state. He is credited with saving many lives by ensuring order and harmony. It may be mentioned here that Rahul was posted at Bhavnagar from Vadodara, where he was the Western Railways SP, just before February 27, 2002 -the day the Sabarmati Express was torched. At his new posting, Rahul ensured that peace was maintained in the district during his brief stint there. For the cause of peace and order, he felt compelled to ruffle the feathers of some of his superiors during this short tenure. In his line of duty, he had to resort to open fire on a mob which was on its way to attack members of another community in Bhavnagar town. Subsequently, he suffered humiliation by being posted a low-profile post. During the process of enquiry, the tech savvy Rahul procured the cell phone call details of that period from Cellforce and AT& T, the telecom service providers in the city at that time. These call details provided many important clues that led to the implication of many bigwigs of the state polity as well as the bureaucracy. Later, Rahul was sent on a deputation to the CBI in 2004 as the Gandhinagar SP. He was subsequently promoted and joined the CBI in Mumbai as DIG (economic offences wing) in May 2007. He returned after the five-year stint to his parent cadre and was posted at Rajkot as DIG arms unit in 2009. During these long years, Rahul performed his duties according to the provisions of law to serve the society, used the technology innovatively, and underwent a sequel of humiliation and harassment but upheld his value systems with exemplary sacrifices.

Ms Swarup selected as Director (HR), EIL (UPDATED)
Ms. Veena Swarup, GM, ONGCL, has been selected for the post of Director (HR), Engineers India Limited (EIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 21, 2012. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

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

Sanjay Razdhan promoted as Group Head in Samsung
Sanjay Razdhan has been promoted as Group Head (Mobile Service) in Samsung in Bangalore.

Anand Mahindra designated Vice Chairman & MD, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Anand G. Mahindra has been designated as Vice-Chairman & Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd for a period of five years w.e.f. April 4, 2012.

Doshi designated as ED & Group CFO, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Bharat Doshi has been designated as Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd w.e.f. August 28, 2012.

Haldar appointed Addl. Director, Assam Company India Ltd
Assam Company India Limited has appointed Amit Halder as an Additional Director with immediate effect.

Andhra Bank appoints three shareholder directors on its Board
Andhra Bank has appointed G R Sundaravadivel, Kailasam Raghuraman and Nandlal L Sarda as shareholder directors of the bank.

Ramchandani appointed Addl. Director, Kaycee Industries Ltd
Kaycee Industries Ltd has appointed Sona P. Ramchandani as Additional Director of the company.

Three Directors cease to be on Board of Kwality Credit & Leasing Ltd
Bhagwan Das Soni, Amit Jajodia and Somnath Gupta have resigned as Directors of Kwality Credit & Leasing Ltd.

Gougeon appointed Addl. Director, Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd
Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Limited has appointed Jean Christophe Gougeon as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors of the company w.e.f. March 19, 2012.

Jain resigns as Independent Director, Sarthak Industries Ltd
Vishwas Jain has resigned as Independent Director of Sarthak Industries Ltd w.e.f. March 13, 2012

Sharma appointed Professional Director, Sarthak Industries Ltd
Sanjay Sharma has been appointed as Professional Director of Sarthak Industries Ltd w.e.f. March 13, 2012

Two directors appointed on Board of Xo Infotech Ltd
Xo Infotech Ltd has appointed Amishkumar Dantara and Dhanpal J. Gandhi as Directors of the company w.e.f. March 20, 2012.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Xo Infotech Ltd
Anil C. Mistry and Shankar Prasad Bhagat have resigned as directors of Xo Infotech Ltd w.e.f. March 20, 2012

New Income -Tax section

Perfect gem from the taxmen in this budget - Look at the brand new section 96 of the Income Tax Act intending to define and prohibit colorable transactions through some thing called the general anti avoidance rules. Look at the construction of the section and decide for yourself what this means. Uncomplicated minds have failed to get the message so far.

" (3) An arrangement shall be presumed to have been entered into, or carried out, for the main purpose of obtaining a tax benefit, if the main purpose of a step in, or a part of, the arrangement is to obtain a tax benefit, notwithstanding the fact that the main purpose of the whole arrangement is not to obtain a tax benefit." Help needed from your readers.

Birju

Good you posted this whisper

By posting the whisper "Madhurani delivers a baby " you have asserted that you remember upright and bold officers. IPS officer Narendra Singh was a victim of mafia's illegal activities in Chambal area, Muraina. Hats off to you. it means that there are people who acknowledge the honesty and boldness of government officers. This aspect of acknowledgement by even a small group of Bhartiya gives us the strength to remain upright and fight out illegalities of criminals and corrupts.

Er. S. B hardwaj I.E.S. (Engg)
Patna, Bharat (India).

Bless the son

May Waheguru bless the Son (of Martyr Narinder Kumar Singh, IPS officer) with long life. Sir, rest in eternal peace. Your unfinished work of eliminating the Mafia will be carried forward by your son.

Inderjeet Singh

Mamta Didi's interview

This is with reference to Didi's interview with CNNIBN. Pranabbabu is also Aam Admi. One should have seen his condition when he used to live in Howrah and then North Kolkata before becoming Deputy Minister in Delhi.

Varun

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)