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Now expansion cum reshuffle only next month?
Latest information says that Cabinet expansion cum reshuffle of the Manmohan Singh Government will take place only during Navratri-means after October 14.

Gehlot in a hurry to implement recently enacted 'reservation in promotions'?
It is heard that Ashok Gehlot Govt. has set the deadline of 25 September to implement the recently passed bill on reservation to SCs/STs in promotion. In the back-drop of slated reshuffle at the centre and speculated changes of Chief Ministers in Congress-ruled states may be seen as the reasons of speedy action on part of Gehlot.

Has Subbarao eased to coming liquidity crunch?
The CRR cut announced by RBI is a recognition of the coming liquidity crunch, as advance tax payments (due last Saturday, 15 September) drain out money from the system and the traditional festive season surge in demand for credit looms. The primary message is we will help ease liquidity - as always.

Is Modi and Mayawati togetherness a sign of BJP change ?
It is heard that Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is trying all out to reach BSP supremo Mayawati and also trying to impress on the RSS - BJP leadership that a coalition between the two parties is possible for 2014.

BUREAUCRACY

Move to turn CAG like CEC and CVC?
There is a serious move by the shaken Government of India to make CAG like CEC and CVC.It means in place of CAG there will be a Board of Audit in the years to come. Will the UPA Government succeed in its move?

Shashi Shekhar to be AS &FA, Forests and Environment?
Grapevine has it that, Additional Secretary, Revenue, Shashi Shekhar is moving as AS & FA in the Ministry of Forests and Environment. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Is there a scam waiting to be unearthed in Atomic Energy and Space department?
There is a probe going on by the CAG in the possibility of Thorium from Kerela being exported illegally. There is also a study in detail of the space department where a lot of contracts have been given out without proper tender system.

Uncertainty over Secretary, Department of Land Resources
An air of uncertainty prevails as far as appointing new Secretary in the Department of Land Resources was concerned. Present incumbent Ms. Anita Chaudhary will be retiring on September 30, 2012.

DOPT's tough stand on extension makes it tougher for DG, CRPF?
A fresh development suggests that the extension to K Vijay Kumar, DG, CISF, for more than three months, has become tougher. Until recently he was expected to an extension for six months. He is a 1975 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Rajeev Mehta appointed DG, NCB
Rajeev Mehta, Additional DGP (L&O), Meghalaya Police, Shillong has been appointed as DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the Assam Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on July 12, 2012)

Oberoi promoted in CBI
Madan Mohan Oberoi, DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been promoted as Joint Director in CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1992 batch, who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
(We said this on July 22, 2012)

Collegium has not decided new Name of SC Judge
Supreme Court Collegium has so far not decided the name of any Judge for the Supreme Court of India.

Mystery shrouds delay in posting of new CMDs & EDs in PS banks
Mystery shrouds delay in posting of new Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) & Executive Directors (EDs) in public sector (PS) banks. Interestingly, interviews of EDs for elevation as CMDs were held in a tearing hurry, nine months ago i.e. on January 12, 2012 but CMDs in two banks have so far not been posted where vacancies would arise on September 30, 2012.This against the decision of posting new CMDs a fortnight before current CMD of any PS banks retires.CMD of Bank of India Alok Misra & CMD of Canara Bank S. Raman will retire on September 30, 2012. Likewise, two posts of EDs have been lying vacant. A post each of ED in the Andhra Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce is vacant.

Postings of GMs in Railways in a quagmire
Senior level postings in Railway Ministry including those of General Managers (GMs) are in a quagmire. Thanks to the political stand-off between Congress led UPA Government and Trina Mool Congress (TMC) being led by West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee on recent decisions that the Centre took.

Fools Rush in where Angels Fear to Tread
This axiom has been proved yet again in Finance Ministry's Revenue Department which had issued a notification on August 31, 2012 raising the retirement age of President and Members of Customs, Excise, Service Tax Appellate Tribunal to 68 and 65 respectively. The fine print of the notification was geared to reemploy just retired Members and meant to immediately retire serving Members. How such bad legal drafting escaped Law Ministry was a question asked till it was rumoured that the file was never sent to Law Ministry. Much as FM hates roll backs, this was one matter which has had to be rolled back. Now 3 questions remain unanswered-- why? For whom and who drafted the notification. Any answers!!!!!

Deepak Kumar is likely to proceed on central deputation?
Deepak Kumar, Principal Secretary, General Administration Bihar, reportedly, may proceed on central deputation soon. A 1984 batch IAS officer Deepak Kumar is holding the additional charge of Principal Secretary Tourism and Principal Secretary, DIPR.

Postings in Railway Ministry to be further delayed
Postings in the Railway Ministry are going to be delayed further because usually the Prime Minister does not clear files of that Ministry which are held by alliance partner political party and has a direct confrontation with Delhi.

Pawar to return West Bengal
Ram Phal Pawar, IG, SPG, is returning to the parent West Bengal cadre this month end. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer.

Foreign Service officer appointed OSD to Vice President
Nagesh Singh has been appointed OSD (Director Level) to the Vice President of India for a period of five years. He is a 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Mishra is new Director Higher Education in HRD Ministry
Alok Mishra has been appointed as Director, Department of Higher Education in HRD Ministry. He is a 1998 batch Indian Information Service officer.

How many IPS officers serving in BSF, CRPF and ITBP?
There are only two DIG-level IPS officers serving in BSF, four in CRPF and three in ITBP, according to the data updated in August.

42 candidates in fray for GM in Insurance; results today
Interviews for promotion to the cadre of General Manager in PSU Non Life Insurance companies and GIC are scheduled to be held on September 17 & 18, 2012.Result is expected late evening on September 18.There are 42 candidates in fray against 14 vacancies.

Nair to retire this month end
Member (Investigations) in the CBDT K Madhavan Nair is superannuating by this month end.

Ms Ray is PS, Health, Education in A&N
Ms Reena Ray has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Health and Education in Andaman & Nicobar Administration. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Srivastava to move Juba
D K Srivastava will succeed Parimal Kar in Juba in January as Second Secretary. Kar is retiring. Srivastava is currently posted in MEA.

17 posts vacant in Andhra Pradesh High Court
As many as 17 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Andhra Pradesh High Court against approved strength of 49. The vacant posts include four posts of Permanent Judges against 32 approved strength and 13 of Additional Judges against 17 approved strength.

3 officers found in corrupt practices in UD
As many as three officials have been charged with corrupt practices in the Ministry of Urban Development in Government of India. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended action against such officers.

Post of Company Secretary, DSFDC advertised
The post of Company Secretary in Delhi SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation Limited, Delhi, has been advertised. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Managing Director, DSFDC within 45 days.

Post of Additional Chief Administrator, PUDA advertised
The post of Additional Chief Administrator (F & A), Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority (PUDA), Ajitgarh Mohali, has been advertised. Those willing to apply for the same can send their applications to this department at the earliest.

Krishna Mohan is also ACS, Forests, Wild Life in Haryana (UPDATED)
Krishna Mohan, Additional Chief Secretary, has been assigned additional charges of Cooperation, Forests & Wild Life Departments in Haryana. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Pankaj Jain posted as Secretary, Drinking Water (UPDATED)
Pankaj Jain has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Amarjit Singh is Addl. Secretary, School Education & Literacy (UPDATED)
Amarjit Singh has been posted as Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy on in-situ basis. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
( We said this on September 13 )

Rohit Nandan elevated as Addl. Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
n made CMD, Air India in the rank of Additional Secretary level on in-situ basis. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on September 12 )

SAIL sweeps Vishwakarma Rashtriya Awards (UPDATED)
"It is a matter of pride for all of us that more than half of the total awardees who have won the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) are from Steel Authority of India Limited," stated SAIL Chairman C S Verma at a felicitation ceremony for VRP awardees organised at SCOPE Complex the other day. Continuing with its glorious tradition of previous years, 64 out of total 118 awardees for the performance year 2010 were from SAIL, who were awarded by Union Minister of Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge at a glittering ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan yesterday. Estimated annual savings resulting from implementation of works mentioned in SAIL's award winning projects are over Rs. 143 crore on a recurring basis and Rs. 58.8 crore on a one-time basis. The 13 awards won by SAIL went to 64 employees from SAIL's five plants including Bhilai Steel Plant, Bokaro Steel Plant, Rourkela Steel Plant, Durgapur Steel Plant and Salem Steel Plant. One of the award winning projects includes design, development and installation of Purging System for skirt pressure impulse lines in Basic Oxygen Furnace, SMS-II of Bhilai Steel Plant. The skirt pressure lines maintain the draught in the Gas Duct of Gas Cleaning Plant of the convertor of SMS-II. Bearing close proximity to the convertor mouth, the tapping points of skirt pressure signal line were prone to get blocked due to splashing of metal and slag during steel making process, which had to be cleared using expensive inert gases. It is in response to this challenge that a group of workmen from Bhilai constructed an auto purging system of Tapping Points using high pressure nitrogen. The new system is not only more efficient and clean, but has forever replaced manual purging with a more ergonomic and speedy alternative.

9 IPS officers of AGMUT cadre shifted (UPDATED)
As many as nine officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and shifted to different places. Accordingly, Jitendra Pathak and Satyendra Garg have been posted as IG in Mizoram while Rajiv Ranjan Singh is being appointed as ADCP, Delhi and Mayank Sheel Chauhan was moved from Arunachal to Delhi. Similarly, S B S Tyanig has been shifted from Andman & Nicobar to Delhi; Romil Walia from Delhi to Mizoram and Mrs Aslam Khan, Pankaj Kumar and Gaurav Sharma have been shifted to Lakshadweep.

Haryana government transfers 13 IPS officers (UPDATED)
Haryana government has transferred 13 IPS officers with immediate effect. While Prabhat Ranjan Deo, (HY:1986) IGP/South Range, Rewari has been transferred as IG/Training, Om Parkash Singh, (HY:1992) Director, Sports has been transferred as IGP/South Range, Rewari, P.S. Ranga, IPS (HY:1993) IG/Training as IGP/CTI Home Guards, Saurabh Singh, (HY:1998) Deputy Director, PTC, Sunaria as SP/Jind, Bharti Arora (HY:1998) DCP Traffic, Gurgaon as SP/Rewari, Sibash Kabiraj (HY:1999) SP/Commando as SP/Sirsa, Dr. Rajshree, (HY:1999) SP/Mohindergarh at Narnaul as DCP Traffic, Gurgaon, Satender Kumar Gupta (HY:2004) SP/Fatehabad as Deputy Director, PTC, Sunaria, Pankaj Nain (HY:2007) SP/Bhiwani as SP/Commando, Simardeep Singh (HY:2007) DCP/Ambala as SP/Bhiwani, Abhishek Garg (HY:2008) SP/Rewari as SP/Mohindergarh at Narnaul, Sukhbir Singh, IPS Comdt. 3rd IRB, Sunaria as SP/Mewat and Ashok Kumar SP/Jind as DCP/Ambala.

CORPORATE


Vibha Padalkar elevated in HDFC Life
Vibha Padalkar in private insurer HDFC Life has been elevated as Executive Director. Earlier she was CFO.

Khakhar appointed Independent Director, IOC
Prof. Devang V Khakhar has been appointed as Independent Director of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC).

Noorani ceases to be Independent Director, IOC
Anees Noorani has ceased to be Independent Director of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Kumar quits FICCI
Rajiv Kumar has resigned as FICCI, Secretary General with plans to return to academics and research.

Rao appointed Addl. Director & MD, Kennametal India Ltd
Kennametal India Ltd has appointed Bhagya Chandra Rao as Additional Director and Managing Director of the company.

Medhi ceases to be MD, Kennametal India Ltd
Santanoo Medhi has ceased to be Managing Director of Kennametal India Ltd.

Singh appointed Exec. Chef, Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, Mysore
Inderjeet Singh has been appointed as Executive Chef at Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, Mysore

Prabhakar appointed Addl. Director, Page Industries Ltd
Page Industries Ltd has appointed B C Prabhakar as Additional Director as well as Independent Director of the company.

Thomas appointed ED (Finance), Page Industries Ltd
Pius Thomas has been appointed as Additional Director as well as Executive Director (Finance) of Page Industries Ltd.

Jain quits Visesh Infotecnics Ltd
S K Jain has resigned as Director of Visesh Infotecnics Ltd.

Surana ceases to be Whole-time Director, PI Industries Ltd
Anurag Surana has ceased to be Whole-time Director of PI Industries Ltd . He shall, however continue to be Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Subramanian appointed Addl. Director, Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd
N Subramanian has been appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Directors of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd.

Ramaswamy appointed GM, Kempinski Ambeince Hotel
Vella Ramasawmy has been appointed as the General Manager of Kempinski Ambience Hotel, East Delhi which is to open in the coming months.

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Thanks for highlighting humanitarian gesture

Thanks for highlighting the humanitarian gesture of S K Panda, CSS-Tripura. Only officers like him make us proud and life worth while. Best and most touching news in a long time.1.2 billions are proud of him.

S. Kanakasabapathy. IRTS(R).

No need of ANNA

Such officers are real BHARAT RATNA. There is no need of ANNA if our officers learn from this incidence.

Sahab Singh

Great example for other civil servants!

Dr jayadev sarangi,I.A.S

Have a separate section on "Public Sector".

I think it would be meaningful if you have a separate section on "Public Sector". Currently it is merged with "Corporate" segment. Thanks

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SAHAB

DF / NFDC

It would put RTI in proper perspective

It is correct that all positions of Information Commissioners, CIC and even first Appellate Authority must be from Legal side as the RTI implementation is judicial in nature. All ILS officers, Law Officers of Public Sectors and Autonomous bodies must be given these positions. The Age limit must be extended to 70 years. The First Appellate Authority in Public Authorities, CIC and ICs must be appointed by some judicial Committee appointed by Chief justice of respective High Courts through the mechanism of Consultancy as is being done in some institutions to avoid any permanent liability on the Govt. All the CIC, IC and FAA must be reportable to the Judicial Committee and must be independent of the Public Authority. This would put the RTI in proper perspective with respect to its implementation and would also be in line with the Landmark Judgement of the Supreme Court.

Deepak Singh

No transparency in appointments

Presently, there is no transparency in appointments to CIC, CAT and similar other positions.

Ahmad Fareed

Let higher castes shed false notion of caste-based superiority

Many AIS/central service officers always prescribe economic criterion for reservations for SC/ST. They only display their ignorance of the very basis for reservations for sc/st. This is based on social and educational backwardness and not on economic status. Wards of SC/ST officers may not be educationally backward but they remain socially backward. Let the higher castes shed their false notion of caste-based superiority and there will be no need of reservations. The assessment of SC/ST officers is based on the notion that they are inefficient till they prove otherwise but for higher caste officers it is presumed they are efficient till they prove otherwise. It is advisable that caste should be eradicated not caste-based reservations till casteism is eradicated.

Sewa Ram

Don't drag SC/ST question into realm of getting ratings

Please do not drag this SC/ST question into the realm of getting ratings. Getting good ratings has nothing to do with caste. Any facilitator, who can crawl irrespective of the caste he belongs to, is always on demand. He will get outstanding ratings and climb step by step to the highest hierarchy and get plum postings. Some get foreign assignments also one after the other. There may be very rare exceptions. A case study of carriers of some of the officers in the top rank will reveal this. The tragedy is that these type of officers will expect the same type of servitude from their subordinates and any officer with little spine will be sent to the doghouse. Perhaps it may be a good lesson to others. It is a well known fact that no politician can do a malpractice without the active connivance of his senior bureaucrat.

N Krishnan

SC/STs downgraded because of honest nature

British used policy of grading to rule. Indians are following that tradition by showing the same attitude towards less advantaged and people without voice. Should it not be changed now atleast to get everyone participate in policy formation? SC/STs are downgraded because of their honest nature and ability by inefficient ones to follow the British system and not allow democracy to function.

K Sridhar

Arbitrary and highhanded methods of IT officers

An income tax assessing officer in Trivandrum, after issuing a notice of initiation of penalty proceedings to the asessee, fails to issue a final order disposing of the matter even after the statutory time limit for deciding and disposal of the matter is over. The commissioner of income tax is requested to discipline this errant ITO.

John Thomas

Most Bizzare !

Your argument that she is daughter of a former President is not diplomatic. Don't drag his name into such small things. Let his soul rest in peace! Extensions after retirement have been given in the past to those also who were not sons/daughters of Presidents. It is totally an administrative matter.

B Diplomat

RIT

Would Civil Services Officers' Institute provide reservation in Group C and D posts?

The appellant wanted to know whether the Civil Services Officers' Institute would provide reservation in the permanent Group C and D posts when these would be filled up in future. The Public Information Officer (PIO) informed the appellant that they had no permanent posts and that all posts were filled up with contractual employees. He also stated that the government rules on reservation were not applicable to their organization as they are a society. During the hearing before the Central Information Commission (CIC), the appellant submitted that the reservation rules of the government would be applicable to the Public Authority. The respondent submitted that it would not be possible to provide any information about what might happen in future. He also stated that at present they had no permanent employees and that all the employees had been engaged on contract basis. The CIC rejected the appeal stating that the appellant had sought information about the future and not about any existing information which the PIO was not obliged to provide.

Comments

Under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, it is not open to the citizens to ask for information about what might happen in future. Only the information available on records can be sought through an
application and the PIO is not obliged to give answers to hypothetical queries under the RTI Act.

Citation: Mr. Harender Singh v. Civil Services Officers' Institute in File No. CIC/SM/A/2011/002337

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)