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Does BJP have a choice in Sadanand Gowda?
The drubbing in Udupi- Chikmangalur shows that Sadanand Gowda cannot even win a seat for the party, let alone an election. It is also heard that the party will induct BS Yedurappa at the last minute before the polls. But will it help the party win the southern state is the question?

Is the Sangh toying with the idea of Corporate Hindutva?
It is heard that RSS has been toying with the idea of going to the Gujarat and Karnataka polls with the idea of corporate Hindutva. Based on this it will make an election campaign for 2014.

Is someone preparing to file a PIL in Coal Gate matter?
It is heard that someone in the lawyer community is likely to file a PIL in the Coal Gate matter.

Maj Gen Tej Kaul's presence makes BMA polls interesting
Polls for the "Bombay Management Association" (BMA) to be held in two weeks from now have become quite interesting. It is so because Maj. Gen. Tej Kaul whose name figures in the Adarh Housing Society scam is contesting for the post of Vice President. Opinions are divided about
his candidacy. Some say that he cannot enter the poll arena, while others say that rule of law in India says "one is innocent unless proved otherwise. "This yardstick is applicable for politicians and bureaucrats in the Government, so the same has to be applied here as well say those backing Maj Gen. Tej Kaul.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be Chairman of NHAI?
Who will be new Chairperson of the National Highways Authority of India? Interviews for the post have taken place on March 28. Those who reportedly figure in the short-listed listinclude -Mssrs R P Singh, K S Money, Didar Singh, Joy Oomen,Sindhushree Khullar, K N Srivastava and P C Chaturvedi.

Will Justice Deepak Verma head MPHRC?
Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice Deepak Verma is likely to head in Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission.

Harinder Hira is new CS, HP
1976 batch IAS officer Ms Harinder Hira will succeed Ms Rajwant Sandhu on April 1 as Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh. Ms Sandhu is retiring on March 31. Ms Hira will also retire on May 1.
(We said this on February 15)

Sudripto Roy to be OSD
ACS in Himachal Pradesh Sudripto Roy is being appointed OSD in the Mantralaya.1978 batch IAS officer Roy is expected to be next Chief Secretary.

Tabom Bam empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Tabom Bam has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

M C Ratan empanelled as Secretary in GoI
M Chaya Ratan has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Lubhaya empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Ram Lubhaya has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

K S Mehra empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Kanwal Singh Mehra has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Abhay Bakre is ED, PCRA
Abhay Bakre who so far was Joint Development Commissioner Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has assumed the charge as Executive Director(ED), Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) on March 30, 2012. He is an IRSEE officer of 1988 batch.
(We said this on February 4, 2012)

Ahmad to get extension
Zaki Ahmad, Deputy Director (DD), NCRB New Delhi Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India is likely to get one year extension in his central deputation tenure. He is an Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1993 batch.

Saboo selected as Director, UCIL
B L Saboo, Chief (Finance), NHDC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 29, 2012. As many as five persons were interviewed.

R S Khurana to be MRVC's Director Projects
Ravi Shankar Khurana is poised to be Director Projects in the Mumbai Rail Visas Corporation (MRVC). Presently, he is Chief Engineer with the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL).

Sanjay Agrawal is Principal Secretary to UP CM
Sanjay Agrawal has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhiliesh Yadav. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer.

Who is the powerful bureaucrat in UP?
It is heard that Ms. Anita Singh, Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is the most powerful bureaucrat in the state. She was also close to Netaji i.e. Mulayam Singh Yadav while he was the CM in UP and now she is powerful in the present regime also, say sources.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh next week
Bureaucratic reshuffle is going to take place in Madhya Pradesh next week.

R N Choubey is Addl. Secy., MHA
Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on January 16, 2012)

Ms. Kalpna Singh is Director, LF in DoT
Ms.Kalpna Singh who so far Director, NICF has joined as Director, Licencing Finance (LF) in Department of Telecommunication (DoT). She is an IP&TAFS officer of 1994 batch.

Lull in the Railway Ministry
There is a total lull in the Railway Ministry as only routine business is being transacted in the said Ministry.

Decision making Railway Ministry to be slower
There is a general perception that the process of decision making is going to be slower in the Railway Ministry in the wake change of guards in the Rail Bhawan.

PSU appointments now being taken care of by Chatterji
As the grapevine has it, political appointments in PSUs are nowadays being looked after by Pulok Chatterji Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Four officers selected for Mid Career training
Four officers of Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India have been selected for one month Mid carreer training, 3rd batch, Phase-V, MCTP course, 2012 in United Kingdom (UK). (i) Satish Chander,Jha-Bihar Cadre (1981 batch), (ii) Avinash Mohananey-Sikkim cadre (1985 batch), Prithvi Singh Purhoit, Assam-Meghalaya Cadre (1985 batch), M. Heri Sena Verma, West Bengal Cadre (1985 batch).

Three new MCD Commisioners
Manish Gupta and Deashree Mukherjee both batch mates (IAS 1991 UT cadre) and Janak Diggal (IAS 1988 batch) UT cadre are reportedly going to be the three new MCD Commisioners of the newly formulated three MCD zones of Delhi.

Banerjee to be new Home Secretary, West Bengal?
There are reports that Basudeb Banerjee is being appointed new Principal Secretary, Home in West Bengal. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.

PESB seeks applications for post of Director (Personnel), THDCIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Personnel), THDC India Limited (THDCIL). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Board before April 28, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for post of Director (Tech), EIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Technical), Engineers India Limited (EIL). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Board before May 30, 2012.

Three CCITs retiring in March
Three Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) are retiring in March, 2012. They include: R Bhardwaj, CCIT-II, Delhi; Sujata Pant, CCIT-X, Mumbai and Praveen Agarwal, CCIT, Surat.

Three CCITs get additional charge
Three Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) have been given additional charges. Accordingly, R K Tewari, CCIT-IV, Delhi, has been assigned additional charge of CCIT-II, Delhi while Swatantra Kumar, CCIT-XII, Mumbai will hold additional charge of CCIT-X, Mumbai and Rajiv Kumar Lal, CCIT, Baroda is being given additional charge of CCIT, Surat.

Jha posted as Principal Director (Central), Lucknow
Sanjay Kumar Jha, on repatriation to the Department, has been posted as Principal Director (Central), Lucknow, under the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India. He is an IA&AS officer of 1993 batch.

Bansal posted as PD of Audit, NWR, Jaipur
Vishal Bansal, Accountant General (LBA&A), Rajasthan, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, North Western Railway, Jaipur under the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India.

Dharmadarshi is Principal Director (Central), Ahmedabad
H K Dharmadarshi, Principal Director of Audit, North Western Railway, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (Central), Ahmedabad, under the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India.

IRS officer Mrs. Mittal deputed as ADG, UIDAI, Mumbai
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Mrs. Aparna Mittal has been deputed as Assistant Director General in Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Mumbai.

Harbinder Singh transferred to Lucknow
Harbinder Singh, Deputy Director General, Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Chandigarh has been transferred to NSSO (FOD), Lucknow, as Deputy Director General. He is an officer of Indian Statistical Officer of 1983 batch.

Tiwari gets extension in Chandigarh Administration
MD, CITCO and Secretary Forests and Environment in the Chandigarh Administration DK Tiwari has been given an extension of six more months beginning April 1. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

24410 posts vacant in BSF
As many as 24410 posts at various ranks have been lying vacant in Border Security Force (BSF). A total 1184 posts of Gazetted officers are vacant against the sanctioned strength of 4815 while 3178 posts of Subordinate officers are vacant against the sanctioned strength 18780 and as many as 20048 posts of other ranks have been lying vacant against the sanctioned strength 216937 in the Force.

17149 posts vacant in CISF
As many as 17149 posts at various ranks have been lying vacant in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). A total 196 posts of Gazetted Officers are vacant against the sanctioned strength of 1388 posts while 4159 posts of Subordinate officers lying vacant against the sanctioned strength 22144 posts and maximum 12794 posts of other ranks have been lying vacant in this Force.

Satish to be ED, NABARD!
P Satish is likely to succeed Shekhawat in NABARD as Executive Director. He is presently CGM in NABARD. Shekhawat is retiring in May.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
All the Mayawati men in bureaucracy have been moved to insignificant posts. DPR Badal Chaterjee has been removed and Commissioner Lucknow Division Prashant Trivedi has been given additional charge of the DPR. Netram will now be Principal Secretary of National Integration Department, both Navneet Sehgal and Sant Ram have been sent to Allahabad as member (judicial) in the Board of Revenue. Kunwar Fateh Bahadur has been made Principal Secretary, religious affairs. Mohinder Singh has been appointed Principal Secretary of GAD. Durga Shankar Mishra has been posted as principal secretary, minor irrigation. Chandra Bhanu has been made Secretary, Departments of Civil Defence and Political Pensions. S P Goel will be Secretary, GAD. A K Goel will be Secretary, Revenue Board. Mohammed Mustafa has been given additional charge as Commissioner, Chakbandi. Secretary, UP Human Rights Commission Ashok Verma has been appointed director (administration), department of medical and health. Archana Agarwal, has now been moved as Commissioner food and civil supplies. Ranjan Kumar has been made DM Prabuddha Nagar, while DM Sonbhadra Vijay Vishwas Pant has been transferred to Varanasi. Pant will now take charge as Managing Director, Poorvanchal Power Distribution Company.

Aujla is now PS, PWD also in Punjab
Paramjit Singh Aujla has been appointed Secretary, PWD (B and R) and in addition, Secretary Sports and Youth Services and in addition Principal Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab. Manvesh Singh Sidhu, has been posted as MD, PRTC Patiala and in addition special Principal Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab.

Sindhushree Khullar to be Secretary Planning Commission! (UPDATED)
Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare in the Government of India Ms Sindhushree Khullar is being moved as Secretary Planning Commission.1975 batch UT cadre IAS officer Ms Khullar will succeed Ms Sudha Pillai who is superannuating on March 31.

D R S Chaudhary to be new Secretary Steel (UPDATED)
D R S Chaudhary is being appointed new Secretary Steel in the Government of India. 1977 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Chaudhary is presently Secretary Public Enterprises.

O P Rawat to be Secretary Public Enterprises (UPDATED)
O P Rawat is going to be new Secretary Public Enterprises in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Lamba to be Secretary AYUSH (UPDATED)
A S Lamba is being appointed new Secretary AYUSH in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Anil Kumar to be Secretary DoNER (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar is moving as Secretary DoNER. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Forceful repatriation of ITS officers from PSUs (UPDATED)
Forced repatriation of many ITS Group A officers from MTNL/BSNL is causing huge loss to the Exchequer. The absorption process of Group B, C, D officers/officials initiated between 2002 and 2004 has led to a huge cost incurred towards settlement of arrears for pay hikes etc. to the tune of 40-60% in various cadres. Following this, DoT has so far made three attempts in 2005, 2008 and 2011 to absorb ITS-Group 'A' officers in these PSUs but in vain as the offer at any point of time has not taken into account or addressed the contentious issues relating to service conditions and career aspirations of the officers.

AG Maharashtra transferred (UPDATED)
Dhiren Mathur, Accountant General (LBA&A), Maharashtra has been transferred and posted as Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Mumbai. He will relieve C M Sane. C M Sane, Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Mumbai, on relief from his present duties by Dhiren Mathur will now be Principal Director of Audit, Navy, Mumbai against a newly created post

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
Services of two officers have been affected in Railways. Accordingly, S K Jain, SAG/IRTS, has been shifted from Western Railway (WR) to Central Railway (CR) and posted in the cadre while M L Appa Rao, SAG/IRTS, is being transferred from South Eastern Railway (SER) to ECoR and posted in the cadre. Besides, the transfer orders of Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, SAG/IRTS from Eastern Central Railway (ECR) to South Western Railway (SWR), have been cancelled.

Dr. Pawar gets addl. charge of Revenue in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr. Malovika Pawar, Principal Secretary, Religious Places, has been assigned additional charge of Principal Secretary, Revenue and Sainik Kalyan in Rajasthan. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre

Two IAS officers get re-employment in Tripura (UPDATED)
The Tripura Government has given 1987 batch IAS officer Sudip Kumar Roy and 1990 batch IAS officer B K Roy re-employment. Both the officers are scheduled to retire on March 31.

5 DC appointed in Punjab (UPDATED)
Five bureaucrats have been posted as Deputy Commissioners(DCs) on March 30, 2012.They are: Ms. Alaknanda Dayal DC Kapurthala, Paramjit Singh DC Sri Mukatsar Sahib.Arshdeep Singh DC Moga, Ms. Kavita Mohan Singh Chauhan DC Barnala & Amit Dhaka DC Mansa.

R K Sharma posted as ADG, CEIB, New Delhi (UPDATED)
R K Sharma, IRS (IT), has been appointed as Assistant Director General in Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), New Delhi, under the Department of Revenue on deputation basis.

Dr. Datta of Tripura awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
Dr. Pratapaditya Datta of Tripura has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancy of 2011.

P K Chaudhary is new Chief Secretary of Haryana (UPDATED)
Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India P K Chaudhary is returning to the parent Haryana cadre as new Chief Secretary. He is 1977 batch IAS officer .
( We said this on March 21 )

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

V R Gupta to join as Director (Finance) CWC on March 30, 2012
V R Gupta is going to be new Director (Finance) of the Central Warehousing Corporation from March 30,2012. Presently he is Director Finance with IRCTC.
(We said this on April 15, 2011)

NALCO pays dividend of Rs.202 to GoI
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna PSU, under the Ministry of Mines, Government of India (GoI), has declared an interim dividend of 18%, i.e. Rs.0.90 per share of Rs.5 each, amounting to Rs.231.95 crore for the financial year 2011-12, on the paid-up equity share capital of Rs.1288.62 crore. Dinsha J. Patel, Union Minister of State (independent charge), Ministry of Mines, was presented a National Electronic Clearing Service (NECS) advice amounting to Rs.202.14 crore as interim dividend on the 87.15% shares held by the GoI in New Delhi on March 28, 2012. Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Mines GoI and from NALCO, B L Bagra, CMD and S S Mahapatra, Director (Production) were notably present on the occasion. NALCO, which started its commercial operations in 1987 has been earning profits consistently and has been declaring dividends since 1992. For the year 2010- 11, the company had declared a total dividend of Rs.257.72 crore. The company had earned a net profit of Rs.1069 crore during the year 2010-11. During the current financial year 2011-12, the company has provisionally earned a net profit of Rs.567.40 crore up to December 2011. The 18% interim dividend is being paid on enlarged capital base after split and bonus issue last year. Since its inception, NALCO has paid Rs.4171.25 crore as dividend including Rs.3637.16 crore to GoI. In addition, the company had also repaid an amount of Rs.644.31 crore to its shareholders during 1999 by reducing the capital base by 50%.

NERAMAC signs MoU with GoI for 2012-13
North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC), a CPSU, under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), Govt. of India, has recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the FY 2012-13 with MDoNER, Government of India. The MoU for 2012-13 signed between Anil Kumar, IAS, Secretary, MDoNER and S Bhattacharjee, MD, NERAMAC, sets out certain performance targets based on static financial parameters, dynamic parameters, sector specific and enterprise specific parameters. P K Pattanaik, IAS, Joint Secretary, MDoNER and P R Meshram, Director, MDoNER were also present during the MoU signing. As per the MoU, Ministry of DoNER will assist NERAMAC in supporting the NLCPR projects planned to take up in the north east for development of agro & food processing in a larger perspective. The MoU envisages higher growth in NERAMAC's
operations during the year 2012-13 with significant focus on its procurement & marketing portfolio for the farmers of the north east. NERAMAC would support the farmers in bringing up agri-business through capacity development programs, awareness programs etc. Continuing with the growth registered during last couple of years, NERAMAC is poised to continue its growth and contribute towards bringing up sustainable agriculture marketing in NE Region.

ASSOCHAM's 5th Intl. Conference on Aerospace & Defence on Mar 30 in Delhi
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is holding its 5th International Conference on Aerospace & Defence on the subject of "Creating a Domestic Supply Chain in the A&D Sector" on March 30, 2012, at 10 am at Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi. Dr. M M
Pallam Raju, Union Minister of State for Defence will be chief guest while V K Singh, Chief of Army and R K Mathur, Secretary, Ministry of MSME are guest of honour. Besides, other speakers include: Marcin Idzik, Dy. Minister for Armament and Modernization, Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland, H E Francois Richier, Ambassador, Embassy of France, H E Lars-Olof Lindgren, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden, Air Marshal K K Nohwar, Vice Chief of Air Staff,
Indian Air Force, Vice Admiral (Retd.) P C Bhasin, Chairman, ASSOCHAM Defence Committee; Kamesh Gupta, Co-chairman, ASSOCHAM Defence Committee; and D S Rawat, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM.

Manoharan appointed Director (Refinery), Essar Oil Ltd
C. Manoharan, Head of Refinery at Essar Oil Ltd, Vadinar, Jamnagar, Gujarat has been appointed as Director (Refinery) on the company's Board of Directors w.e.f. March 29, 2012.

Sampath ceases to be Non Exc. Director, Essar Oil Ltd
P. Sampath, Non Executive Director Essar Oil Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors.

Ashok Advani to step down as Exec. Chairman, Blue Star Ltd
Ashok M. Advani, Executive Chairman and Whole-time Director will step down as Executive Chairman and Whole-time Director of Blue Star Ltd w.e.f April 01, 2012 and continue only as Chairman from April 1, 2012.

Suneel Advani to step down as MD, Blue Star Ltd
Suneel M. Advani, Vice Chairman & Managing Director will step down as Managing Director with effect from April 1, 2012 and continue as Executive Vice Chairman from April 1, 2012.

Akermann ceases to be Director, ACC Ltd
Markus Akermann has ceased to be a Director of ACC Ltd w.e.f. March 28, 2012 following completion of his tenure as Director of the company.

Fontana takes over as CEO, Holcim Ltd
Bernard Fontana has taken over as Chief Executive Officer of Holcim Limited w.e.f. February 1, 2012.

Siddique to be re-appointed Joint MD, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd
The Board of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited has decided to re-appoint Saud Ibne Siddique as Joint Managing Director of the company for a further period of three years w.e.f. April 1, 2012

Jogi resigns as Director, Shekhawati Poly-Yarn Ltd
Sanjay Jogi has resigned as Director of Shekhawati Poly-Yarn Ltd w.e.f. March 27, 2012.

Vishnu appointed Independent Director, XL Energy Ltd
P R Vishnu has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of XL Energy Ltd w.e.f. March 13, 2012.

Garg resigns as Independent Director, XL Energy Ltd
Rajiv Garg, Independent Director, XL Energy Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company w.e.f. February 16, 2012.

Vamanray appointed Addl. Director, Spectacle Infotek Ltd
Spectacle Infotek Limited has appointed Mathuria Tushar Vamanray as an Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.

2 resign as director of Mudra Lifestyle
Murarilal Agarwal and Ravindra Agarwal have resigned from the directorship of Mudra Lifestyle

Agarwal appointed CMD of Pharma Com India
Anil Agrawal has been appointed as chairman cum managing director of Pharma Com India.

Rakesh appointed additional director of DSJ Communications
Rakesh M G has been appointed additional director of DSJ Communications

Kasai appointed President of Epson India
Toshiyuki Kasai has been appointed as President of Epson India.

Death Sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana (Punjab)

Yesterday's decision of MHA to stay execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana has raised few questions in my mind, whose answers I could not find in any of news channels. I have no malice towards Balwant. As per prescribed/laid down procedure, a death convict has to appeal in concerned High Court after confirmation of sentence. If not accepted, one has right to appeal to the Supreme Court. Only after exhausting all the judicial remedies as available, one gets liberty to make a mercy petition to the President. In Balwant's case, he or SGPC on his behalf, perhaps did not have the right to directly approach the President because they have not availed of the judicial remedies available to them. Secondly, execution order passed & reiterated by Chandigarh's Session Court is still in force because MHA have no judicial powers to stay a Court Order. Only High Court or Supreme Court are competent to do so. I think MHA, while taking action in haste, have failed to look into this important aspect. Since any High Court or Supreme Court have not considered any appeal against the original sentence, any decision taken by the President on advice of MHA shall be open to judicial review by the Apex Court of India and any contradictory decision shall be enough to make mockery of the powers vested in head of the Nation, the President!

Pawan Kumar

Kudos to Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta

Sir, if 9964 cases pending with CBI for investigation then it should put up this list department wise and ministry wise on its website so that public can also see it. another thing is when there is such an elaborate vigilance network of Chief Vigilance Officers, Deputy Vigilance Officers etc in every organisation then what these men/woman doing. They do not carry inquiry and catch culprit. If they all sincerely doing their work then burden on CBI can decrease but these CVO/Dy CVO just sitting doing nothing much except submitting monthly quarterly reports and statements to CVC and the more inactive they remain and less noise they make the higher is grading in APAR of these officers. so why anyone will want to work when they getting salary and full facility with no work. by overburdening CBI they are helping in making it ineffective. if CBI gets too large number of cases it will become unmanageable. in such scenario the effective Lokayukta can make lot of difference. Just see how only a Lokayukta in Madhya Pradesh has been carrying out raids and caught so many corrupt persons big and small. This one Lokayukta has recovered cost of all other Lokayuktas by confiscating crores of property. if the expenditure on one Lokayukta is one crore in one year the Lokayukta in Madhya Pradesh recover more then 200 crores of ill gotten money. Imagine the situation if all Lok Ayuktas work in same manner. The office of Lokayukta can become most profit making department in the government and can easily shoulder the deficit of government of India. Therefore effective Lokayukta is answer to unburdening the CBI so that it can concentrate on most complicated cases requiring high degree of investigation. if any one higher up listen to this my suggestion for implementation it will benefit country.

Pradeep Mishra

Enquiry for difference in the dates of entry into service Background
A retired clerk of the Postal Department claimed that the department has committed forgery by depicting different dates of entry into service of three officials in the two Gradation Lists. He sought the information regarding the tenure of three different officials of the Postal Department and also wanted to know the tenure of one of the three employees as Sub Post Master. The Commission perused the concerned records and observed that the dates of entry into service of the above mentioned three officials in the two Gradation Lists were totally different and there was manipulation of records. The Commission directed SSPOs, Ludhiana City Division to enquire into the matter and intimate the correct dates of entry into service of the above mentioned three officials to the appellant and also fix up responsibility of the erring officials in this regard. The PIO was also directed to provide the information related to the tenure of one of the three employees as Sub Post Master to the appellant.

Comments
RTI Act was never thought of a means for getting an enquiry initiated. From being a mere tool to obtain photocopies of documents, the RTI Act is evolving into an instrument to bring about transparency in the working of the public organisations.

Citation: Mr.Mohinder Pal Kapoor v. Department of Posts in File No. CIC/LS/A/2011/002944, CIC/LS/A/2011/002945

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)