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K K Singh

Only this trio can solve Naxal problem?
Naxal problem was discussed at an official meeting in the Ministry of Home Affairs. One official reportedly smiled and said three persons, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, former bureaucrat Ms Nirmala Buch and Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar have the capacity and guts to solve this problem. Even the Home Minister is impressed with the Chhattisgarh model.

Has Ms. Sonia Gandhi been advised to pre-pone elections?
Chin up look to win 2014 was the message that AICC Chief Ms. Sonia Gandhi gave her
partymen a few days back. However the buzz is that madam has been advised by close circles to advance the elections to 2013 so as to save the party from further embarrassment of scams and scandals. The preparations of the elections are being already planned and are being executed to some extent.

Will D K Mittal be new Secretary, Commerce?
After the departure of Rahul Khullar to the TRAI, now there is a big question mark as to who is going to succeed him as Secretary, Commerce. Again the name of Secretary, Financial Services D K Mittal has cropped up for the post. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Anoop Mishra not acceptable to Anand Sharma?
Name of 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Anoop Mishra is also in circulation for the post of Secretary, Commerce. According to the insiders despite support from the top, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has not agreed on the name of Mishra for the post. Mishra is rated as a no non sense and a sincere bureaucrat.

Orders of R P Singh soon
After the appointment of Rahul Khullar as TRAI Chief orders of the appointment of R P Singh as Chairman of the NHAI are expected to be issued soon. He is a retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Who will be new Secretary, Coal?
Who will be new Secretary, Coal? This million Dollar question is hotly being discussed in corridors of power. Present incumbent Alok Perti is due to retire on May 31, 2012. He is an Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer of1977 batch.

Could new Coal Secretary be from UP?
Could new Coal Secretary in the Government of India (GoI) be from Uttar Pradesh?

Arvind Mayaram has a chance of becoming Coal Secretary!
As the grapevine has it, Arvind Mayaram has a chance of becoming Coal Secretary in the Government of India (GoI). He is a Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch.

Will Siraj Hussain move as Additional Secretary, Agriculture?
Will Siraj Hussain move as Additional Secretary, Agriculture? This question is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power because Indian Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has sought his services. He is an Uttar Pradesh cadre officer of 1979 batch. Presently, he is Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Food Corporation of India (FCI).

Who will be new Election Commissioner?
Who will be new Election Commissioner? One thing is certain this is going to be a political appointment.

Who will be Secretary Food and Public Distribution in GoI?
Who will be Secretary Food and Public Distribution in the Government of India (GoI)? This million Dollar question is hotly being discussed in corridors of power. If the Punjab lobby is able to have its say then there could be an IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

U P Singh poised to be CEO, KVIC
As the grapevine has it, U P Singh is poised to be new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC). He is a Jharkhand cadre IAS officer of 1984 batch. Presently he is Joint Secretary - Steel, in the Government of India (GoI).

Search Committee to meet on May 17
First meeting of the Search Committee to select new Director of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is expected to meet on May 17.

Kambel inducted in IB
Rajesh Kambel, (DD) Deputy Director (HQrs) Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi, has been inducted as hard core officer in IB. He is a Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer of 1998 batch.

Ms. Idashisha Nongrang promoted as JD in IB
Ms. Idashisha Nongrang, Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, Shillong, SIB, has been promoted as Joint Director IB in SIB, Shillong. Nongrang is an Assam Meghalaya Cadre IPS Officer of 1992 batch.

46 positions of IAS officers vacant in J&K cadre
As many as 46 positions of IAS officers have been lying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir cadre. There are 91 officers in the position against the strength of 137 IAS officers in the State.

IPS postings in Uttar Pradesh
Shalabh Mathur will now be SP Mainpuri. O P Sagar has been made SP Pratapgarh. R K Bharadwaj has been moved to PAC Kanpur. Dharmendra Singh will be SP Balrampur and Dalbir Singh attached to the DGP office.

Dhanalakshmi to return UP!
Dhanalakshmi K is reportedly returning to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre from central deputation. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer.

Krishnia moves to Puducherry
R.S. Krishnia Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police (Northen Range) has been transferred as IGP, Puducherry in place of J.K. Sharma. He is an AGMU Cadre IPS officer of 1989 batch.

J K Sharma transferred to Arunachal Pradesh
J.K. Sharma IGP Puducherry has been transferred as IGP, Arunachal Pradesh. He is an AGMU Cadre IPS officer of 1982 batch.

Taj Hassan is now CP Northern Range in Delhi
Taj Hassan, Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police (Central Range) will look after the Additional Charge of joint CP Northen Range in place of R.S.Krishnia. He is an AGMU Cadre IPS officer of 1987 batch.

Chaudhary gets additional charge in Delhi
V.V.Chaudhary Additionlal CP of Delhi Police (Security) Prime Minister has been transferred as Addl. CP /North East District to look after Addl. charge DCP North East District. He is an AGMU Cadre IPS Officer of 1998 batch.

Sanjay Jain transferred in Delhi Police
Sanjay Jain Dy. Commissioner of Delhi Police (North East District) has been transferred as DCP Crime and Railway. He is an AGMU cadre IPS Officer of 2000 batch.

IA & AS officer Ms. Sriram promoted as PAG, AP
Ms. T Vani Sriram, Accountant General (General and Social Sector Audit), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, has been promoted to the grade of Principal Accountant General (PAG) and will take over elevated post at the same place under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. She is an IA&AS officer of 1987 batch.

Vice Admiral Soni to head Southern Naval Command
Vice Admiral Satish Soni is expected to move to head the Southern Navy Command in Kochi.

Gaurav Singh to join Cabinet Secretariat?
Gaurav Singh, Astt. SP Gorakhpur is likely to join the Cabinet Secretariat. He is an UP Cadre IPS officer of 2010 batch.

R C Arora promoted as DG
R C Arora has been promoted to the rank of DG in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1979 batch IPS officer.


16 IPS officers join MCTP
Sixteen IPS officers of Madhya Pradesh carder have joined mid career training program (Phase IV MCTP 2012) at Sadar Vallab Bhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad.

They are Mssrs :- Pragya Richa - 1991 RR
Manish Shankar Sharma - 1992 RR
R P Srivastava - 1992 SPS
K S Rathor - 1994 SPS
M S Kamwar - 1994 SPS
Dr Mayank Jain - 1995 RR
Yogesh Chowdary - 1996 RR
Modh Sajid Absar - 1996 RR
S K Sacsena - 1996 SPS
B K Suryawansi - 1996 SPS
B K Mathur - 1996 SPS
Makrand Deoskar - 1997 RR
Umesh Loga - 1997 RR
D Shree niwasa verma - 1997 RR
Renu Shukla - 1997 SPS
R L Prajapati - 1997 SPS

Rakesh Kumar to be FS in Hanoi
First Secretary in Indian Embassy Brunei, Rakesh Kumar has now been moved to Hanoi in the same capacity.

Justice Ghose to be Acting CJ of AP High Court!
Justice P. C. Ghose, a judge of the Calcutta High Court is reportedly moving as Acting Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Four posts of Manager vacant in Prasar Bharati secretariat
Four posts including one of Senior General Manager (Finance) and one of General Manager while two posts of Manager (Finance) are lying vacant on deputation/short-term contract basis in Prasar Bharati Secretariat. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training.

Sharma is ADG Crime in Orissa
Bijay K Sharma has been appointed ADG, Crime in Orissa. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Two IAS officers get new assignments in Haryana (UPDATED)
Amneet P Kumar (2001), has been posted as Joint Secretary, Secretariat Establishment and Monitoring & Coordination Departments while Raji Arora (Hy: 87) will be Managing Director, Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Limited.


8 IAS officers get JAG in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as eight IAS officer of Haryana cadre have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade. They include: Balraj Singh, Faridabad DC, Yamunanagar DC and MC Commissioner Ashok Sangwan and Haryana Public Service Commission Secretary IC Sangwan. Amit Kumar Agarwal, Hisar DC, Ajit Balaji Joshi, Jhajjar DC, RS Kharb Chief Administrator, Housing Board, WS Goyat, Mewat DC, Vikas Yadav, Revenue Joint Secretary and Haryana seeds Development Corporation MD.

8 IAS probationers get fresh postings in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as eight IAS probationers of 2011 batch and Tamil Nadu cadre, who underwent training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, have been posted as Assistant Collectors as well as Special Judicial Magistrates in the Cadre. Accordingly, S Divyadharshini has been appointed as Assistant Collector in Coimbatore while M Aravind will be Assistant Collector, Madurai and K Vijayakarthikeyan is Assistant Collector, Erode. Similarly, Chandra Sekhar Sakhmuri has been appointed as Assistant Collector, Tirunelveli; V Jaya Chandra Bhanu Reddy, Cuddalore; Mantri Givinda Rao, Trichy; S Aneesh Sekhar, Tiruvallur and P Madhusudhan Reddy has been posted as Assistant Collector, Vellore.

Saurabh Chandra is also Secretary, Commerce in GoI (UPDATED)
Saurabh Chandra, Secretary, Industrial Policy and Promotion, has been assigned additional charge of Secretary, Commerce. Chandra is a 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

IRS officer Rahul Nath quits service (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Rahul Nath has quit the service.

IRS officer Mrs. Kavita Pandey posted as CIT (OSD), DTC, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Mrs. Kavita Pandey, CIT (OSD), Delhi, has been posted as CIT (OSD), DTC, Delhi.

IRS officer Saxena is Member, Settlement Commission, Kolkata (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer A P Saxena, CCIT-III, LTU, Mumbai, has been appointed as Member, Settlement Commission, Kolkata.

N C Joshi is also CCIT-III, LTU, Mumbai (UPDATED)
N C Joshi, CCIT (Central)-I, Mumbai has been assigned additional charge of CCIT-III, LTU, Mumbai.

P C Srivastava gets addl. charge of CCIT-VI, Mumbai (UPDATED)
P C Srivastava, CCIT-VII, Mumbai has been assigned additional charge of CCIT-VI, Mumbai.

Inter-cadre deputation of IAS officer approved (UPDATED)
The inter-cadre deputation of Cholleti Prabhakar from AGMUT to Andhra Pradesh has been approved. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
S K Jatav, SAG/IRTS/NCR, has been transferred to Northern Railway (NR) and posted in the cadre while Raj Kumar Lal, SAG/IRTS/RDSO, will now be ADRM/Lucknow in Northern Railway and transfer orders of Anil Kumar, senior scale/IRTS/Eastern Railway (ER) to Southern Railway (SR) have been cancelled.

Minister to accord farewell to Rahul Khullar (UPDATED)
Secretary, Commerce Rahul Khullar, who has been appointed as Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), will be accorded farewell by Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi at 6 pm on May 15, 2012. Khullar's tenure as TRAI chief will be of three years. He is an IAS officer 1975 batch belonging to UT cadre.

IRS officer B K Rao deputed as Director, Corporate Affairs (UPDATED)
B Koleswara Rao, Additional, DIT (Intelligence & Criminal Inv.), New Delhi, has been appointed as Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi on deputation basis.

DEBATE

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked civil servants to take bold decisions, assuring them that there would be no witch-hunting in the name of fighting corruption. How far it is possible ?

Mail your views-mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh. Mehrotra @yahoo.com

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Goyal re-appointed CMD, Nectar Lifesciences Ltd
Nectar Lifesciences Limited has re-appointed Sanjiv Goyal as Chairman and Managing Director of the company for a period of five years w.e.f. June 1, 2012

Nayar appointed Joint MD, HCL Technologies?
HCL Technologies has appointed its Chief Executive Officer Vineet Nayar as Joint Managing Director of the company.

Goenka appointed Whole-time Director, Duncans Industries Ltd
Duncans Industries Limited has appointed G. P. Goenka as Whole-time Director for a period of three years w.e.f. April 1, 2012.

Prof. Raghuram appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Adani Ports And Special Economic Zone Ltd
Adani Ports And Special Economic Zone Limited has appointed Prof. G. Raghuram as Non Executive Independent Director of the company with immediate effect.

Grover appointed Addl. Director, Agro Dutch Industries Ltd
Agro Dutch Industries Limited has appointed Jalesh Grover as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. April 26, 2012.

Huria resigns as Director, Agro Dutch Industries Ltd
B B Huria, Director, Agro Dutch Industries Ltd has resigned from company w.e.f. April 26, 2012.

Jani appointed Company Secy. Ganesh Housing Corporation Ltd
Ganesh Housing Corporation Limited has appointed Ms. Priti Jani as Company Secretary of the company with immediate effect.

Rao re-appointed ED, KCP Sugar And Industries Corporation
KCP Sugar And Industries Corporation Limited has re-appointed Ms V Kiran Rao as Executive Director for a further period of five years w.e.f. July 29, 2012.

Nayak appointed Company Secy. STI India Ltd
STI India Limited has appointed Deepesh Kumar Nayak as a Company Secretary of the company.

Fonesca resigns as Alternate Director, Ineos Abs (India) Ltd
Sushil Roy Fonseca has resigned as an Alternate Director to H T Chang who is the Chairman of Ineos Abs (India) Ltd.

Mahendru appointed Addl. Director, Eon Electric Ltd
Eon Electric Limited has appointed Vivek Mahendru as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. May 12, 2012.

Agrawala appointed Director, Indo Tech Transformers Ltd
Indo Tech Transformers Limited has appointed Banmali Agrawala as Director of the company.

Jayaraman resigns as Director, Indo Tech Transformers Ltd
Kishore Jayaraman has resigned as Director of Indo Tech Transformers Ltd.

Shivkumar steps down as member of Arshiya International Ltd Board
V Shivkumar, Executive Director, Arshiya International Ltd has resigned as a member of the Board of Directors w.e.f. May 14, 2012 to enable succession planning for the company.

Gratuity

Presently, officers are not getting their due in Gratuity because of ceiling of Rs. 10 lakh.

For example a Director level officer retiring in 2013 would draw a salary of Rs. 67000 Basic + 8700 GP + DA say 70% = Rs. 125000 pm.

His gratuity entitlement would be (125000 x 33 x 15) ¸ 26

= About Rs. 24 lakh

But he gets only Rs. 10 lakh

It may be noted that only PB-4 officers are affected adversely by the present ceiling & hence require relief. Staffs get full entitled gratuity. When the salaries are different for messenger and PB-4 officer, how can gratuity limit be same?

Also till 31.12.95 right from year 1947, all officers including Cabinet Secretary were getting their full entitlement of gratuity.

Limit of reckoning of 33 years of service (in case actual service being more than 33 years) also should be removed.

Financial implication will be very low as only PB-4 officers are affected. PB-4 officers comprise only 0.5% of Govt. employees. Out of that also, only retiring officers are affected.

mani

Civil society is right

Yesterday at the glittering ceremony of the 6th Anniversary of first session of Parliament, Laloo Prasad Yadav and Asaduddin Owaisi in Lok Sabha said any design to target the constitution and Parliament should be thwarted targeting Janlokpal movement. What is the credibility of Laloo Yadav and Owaisi. The point is that this Anna Hazare and Ramdev movement for greater accountability is hurting them and hence this criticism of civil society. Civil society has said nothing wrong.

Our MP's need to remember that once our norms of accountability of people's representatives improve cynicism with regard to Parliament and parliamentary functions will continue. Cynicism leads to anger, anger can lead to crowd on roads.

Prashanth"

Can an applicant insist on getting a signature verified under RTI?

Through the RTI application filed with the Department of Revenue, Government of NCT of Delhi, the applicant requested the Public Information Officer (PIO) to verify the caste certificate issued to her husband. The PIO informed the applicant that the caste certificate mentioned by her in the application was not recorded in the register available with them. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) directed the PIO to allow the inspection of relevant records to the appellant. The respondent stated that they do not have any record by which they could verify the authenticity of signature in the caste certificate the
appellant has mentioned in the RTI application. The appellant provided a copy of the caste certificate available with him requesting the PIO to verify whether the signature was that of the then BDO so that he can intimate the reply to the concerned authorities in his office who had questioned the authenticity of his caste certificate. The respondent submitted that he was a junior officer and was not in a position to write to the Deputy Commissioner (the then BDO) and ask him to verify his own signature. The Commission directed that the PIO to transfer the appellant's RTI application to the Deputy Commissioner so that he may give factual information to the appellant after verifying the authenticity of signature (whether it is his signature or not) on the caste certificate the appellant has mentioned.

Comments

Ordinarily, the Commission has adopted the practice of giving a direction to provide the copy of the relevant document like, the caste certificate in this case, rather than getting into the nitty-gritty of verifying the signature. This case is likely to set a trend in future
where someone may be asked to verify the authenticity of documents.

Citation: Ms. Suman v. Department of Revenue, Government of NCT in File No. CIC/AD/A/2012/000688

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)