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Finally Sharad Pawar reigns in his nephew
The resignation drama has all but fizzled out, leaving Ajit Pawar smarting for the moment. He may have realized by now that he finds himself put in his place- something that would be relished by senior NCP leaders such as former deputy Chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, RR Patil, Dilip Walse Patil, Vijaysinh Mohite- Patil and Jayant Patil, all of whom were systematically outpaced by Pawar and his factional politics.

In his impatience to become the chief minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar has not only been building his own faction within the NCP, but has also not hesitated from challenging his uncle who wants to protect his party from a vertical split due to personal ambitions.

In previous years, the senior Pawar would attribute his nephew's brash behavior and reputation of arrogance to "the passion of young blood". When asked about this in a televised interview, he advised Ajit to broaden his world view through reading and "refine his speech and dialogue with the people". Looks like Senior Pawar has managed to reign in the young blood this time around.

Does Altamas Kabir have a tough act to follow?
As CJI, Sarosh Kapadia hangs his boots on Friday his court truly made history. It handed down several path breaking verdicts -Vodafone, 2G, Salwa Judum, Gujarat 2002, Sahara etc. The kind of judgments that put the fear of god in the high and mighty. Kapadia will go down in history as an upright judge who pulled the Supreme Court from excess activism and instead focus on its main job of delivering justice according to the spirit of legislated law said a noted lawyer. But Altamas Kabir will have a tough act to follow !

A tough job for MKN ?
There is now uneasiness in West Bengal Raj Bhawan. While Pranab Mukherjee has become the boss of the Governor M K Narayan it will now be no smooth sailing with Mamata Banerjee.

BUREAUCRACY

Rajiv Mehrishi to be Secretary, Indian Overseas Affairs
Rajiv Mehrishi is being appointed new Secretary of the Indian Overseas Affairs. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Joint Secretary PMO to move on foreign assignment soon?
Whispers in the corridors of power are that L K Atheeq, Joint Secretary,PMO, is likely to move on foreign assignment soon. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Satyavrat to be DGP of Uttarakhand
Satyavrat will succeed Vijay Raghav Pant as new DGP of Uttarkhand on October 1. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer.

Jagan Mathews is Chairman of UP Board of Revenue
Jagan Mathews has been appointed new Chairman of the Board of Revenue in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer.

DS Mishra gets ACS rank in Chhattisgarh
D S Mishra, Principal Secretary Finance, is elevated to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary on the same post. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Dr Rajendra Dobhal selected as CMD, NRDC
Dr Rajendra Dobhal has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 28, 2012. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Order for central deputation of Atul Chaturvedi issued
Order relating to appointment of Atul Chaturvedi as Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), have been issued. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on August 18, 2012)

Kalsi to go to US for Mid Career Training
Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, Joint Secretary (Police II), Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, Government of India is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half month. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Mittal to look after charge of Kalsi
KK Mittal, Joint Secretary (Police-I), Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, Government of India will look after the additional charge of Joint Secretary (Police-II) for one-and-a-half months in the absence of N S Kalsi. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Samant is new Joint Secretary,Water Resources in GoI
Nandan Singh Samant is new Joint Secretary Water Resources in the Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Om Prakash-I is Dy Director (Insurance), PD, Commercial Audit, Delhi
Om Prakash-I, Deputy Accountant General (Inspection) in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Insurance) in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-II, New Delhi.

K K Mohammed to be Consultant to Kumari Shelja, MoC
K K Mohammed has been appointed as Consultant to Kumari Shelja, Union Minister of Culture. Mohammed, who had retired as Superintending Archaeologist at Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Delhi circle, in July and escorted then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to Taj Mahal and US President Barrack Obama to Humayuns Tomb and guided them about Indian historical monuments during their visit to India, is expected to take over the charge on October 1, 2012.

Varun Mitra is back to Manipur
Varun Mitra, who was Joint Secretary in the Rashtrapati Bhawan, is back to the parent Manipur cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. On return a 1987 batch IAS officer Mitra has been appointed Principal Secretary, Finance

Tmothy Tajonana Gonmei is new Deputy Secretary, Defence
Tmothy Tajonana Gonmei has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. He is a 2001 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service officer.

Two officers get fresh postings in Railways
Ramesh Chandra, SAG/IRSE, on return from deputation, has been posted as CTE, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) while Rajiv Kumar, SAG/IRSE, Central Railway, was transferred to East Central Railway (ECR).

Sanjay Mitra supersedes 9 IAS officers
Newly appointed Chief Secretary of West Bengal Sanjay Mitra, who is 1982 batch IAS officer, has superseded as many as nine IAS officers. They are Mssrs A K Chanda (1976), A B Chakraborty (1977), Ms Jaya Dasgupta (1978), Dipankar Mukhopadhyay (1979), N R Banerjee (1981), Mrs TukTuk Kumar (1981), K Sathiavasan (1981), Subesh Das (1982) and Mr Nurul Haque(1982).

Chaturvedi is now IB man
Sumit Chaturvedi, Additional Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, Government of India has become a Hard-Core IB Officer. He is a 2001 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on April 18, 2012)

Whistleblower bats for IAS secretaries
Vijay Pandhare, Chief Engineer, who has shaken up the Maharashtra government with his explosive letters on corruption in the Water Resources Department has recommended that one of the two secretaries should be from IAS. Incidentally state IAS association has never demanded this post which went to engineers about 3 decades ago. It may be noted that two secretaries each in PWD and Water Resource Depts are filled in through engineering cadre in Maharashtra. The system down the line upto junior engineers is also quite isolated and vertical with absolutely no control by Collectors or Divisional Commissioners. Mr Pandhare stated that some control over wayward decision making may be seen if IAS officer takes over.

Chhattisgarh Govt. runs short of IAS Officers
Chhattisgarh Government is running short of IAS Officers. Presently it has 124 IAS officers as against the cadre strength of 178.

11 officers of CG State Civil Service awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers of Chhattisgarh State Civil Service have been awarded IAS cadre against the vacancies of 2010. The officers include: A Kulbhushan Toppo, Anil Kumar Tuteja, Narendra Kumar Shukla, Niranjan Das, Emil Lakra, Govindram Churendra, Umesh Kumar Agrawal, Dhananjay Devangan, Dr S K Alang, Chhattar Singh Dehre and Taaman Singh Sonwani.

Seven posts vacant in J&K High Court
As many as seven posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir High Court against approved strength of 14. The vacant posts include three posts of Permanent Judges against 9 approved strength and four of Additional Judges against five approved strength.

Rawat to go to Lusaka
T P S Rawat looking after US (WA) in the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters has been moved to Lusaka as Second Secretary.

Nine Staff Members of CSSS promoted to PA
As many as nine Staff Members of Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service (CSSS) have been promoted to the grade of Personal Assistant (PA) and re-nominated at working cadre. Accordingly, Jitendra Pandit has been re-nominated at Water Resources Department, Patna while S M Charbi is re-nominated at Agriculture & Coop., Nagpur and Y Janakiramayya at Water Resources, Hyderabad. Similarly, Harnam Singh has been re-nominated at Labour & Employment, Chandigarh; Akila Ramesh Babu at Legal Affairs, Chennai; Usha V Salin at DoPT Mumbai; Rehana Khanam, DoPT, Bangalore and Anitha Christopher was re-nominated at Water Resources, Bangalore.

DoPT invites applications for GM (NEF), FCI
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of General Manager (NEF), Food Corporation of India, Shillong under the Department of Food & Public Distribution. Those willing to apply for this Deputy Secretary/Director or equivalent level post can send their applications to the DoPT before October 25, 2012.

Two senior IAS officers shifted in Tamil Nadu
Two senior officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Rajeev Ranjan has been posted as Principal Secretary, Revenue Department while K Gnanadesikan will now be Chairman & Managing Director, Tamil Nadu General & Distribution Corporation Limited (GANGEDCO) and Chairman, Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Ltd. (TANTRANSCO).

Three IAS officers get addl charges in MP
Three senior officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given additional charges in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Prabhanshu Kamal has been assigned additional charge of Revenue, Religious and Relief Commissioner while Ajay Nath gets additional charge of Commercial Taxes and R K Swai was given additional charge of Commissioner-cum-Registrar, Cooperative Societies and MD, MP State Co-Operative Oilseed Grower's Federation. Charges have been given to these officers as three IAS officers namely B P singh, A P Shrivastgava and Prem Chand Meena are undergoing training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Missouri, from October 1 to November 2.

S K Singh elevated as Secretary in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Subodh Kumar Singh, Special Secretary to Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh and MD, State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd., has been elevated to the rank of Secretary on the post. He is also to hold the charge of Director Civil Aviation. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.


M K Tyagi promoted as Secretary in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Munish Kumar Tyagi, Special Secretary PRD, Raipur has been promoted as Secretary on the same post. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Justice Altamas Kabir sworn in as Chief Justice, Supreme Court (UPDATED)
Justice Altamas Kabir was sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan on September 29, 2012.
(We said this on September 28, 2012)

7 IPS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, I P Kulshresth has been posted as AIG, PHQ, Bhopal while R S Meena will now be Commandant 1st battalion, SAF, Indore and R C Burra is SP, Barwani. Similarly, Shashikant Shukla has been appointed SP, Raisen; Shailendra Chauhan as SP, Chief Minister Security; Rajesh Gupta as IG, PHQ, Bhopal with additional charge of Sanchi Boudh University and Ms Sonali Mishra has been posted as IG, Intelligence, PHQ, Bhopal.

Odisha CM assures sustainability of Vedanta Refinery at Lanjigarh (UPDATED)
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured that he will take all steps to bail out Vedanta Refinery suffering from financial crisis. He said, "I will follow it up and take the matter forward in consultation with the Chief Secretary. All necessary steps will be taken." He was meeting a delegation of 30 representatives of local employees and community spearheaded a 'Save Vedanta Movement' on September 29, 2012. The delegation appealed the CM for regular bauxite supply from Odisha to the alumina refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Limited at Lanjigarh so that the company does not close down. A day earlier, the delegation gave a memorandum to the Chief Secretary, Minister of Mines and Minister of Labour and Employment. The Chief Secretary ensured that he is concerned and will take steps to sort out the issue for the well being of the people. The local community said that the company has already sent a temporary closure notice to the Govt. of Odisha due to lack of raw material (bauxite) and at this juncture, if regular bauxite will not be supplied to the refinery thousands of people will be impacted. "In spite of having large reserves of bauxite in the state, if Vedanta Alumina Refinery closes down, Kalahandi will again become poverty-stricken," the memorandum said. "I know if the company will close down, life of more than 20,000 people will be affected. We want that govt. should take immediate measures for supply of Odisha bauxite to the company so that we and our region will prosper," said Srikant Bohidar of Lanjigarh. A lot of protest, agitation has been seen in recent times demanding Odisha bauxite supply to the alumina refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Limited at Lanjigarh.

Amar Singh in farewell function of CGI ? (UPDATED)
Amar Singh was reportedly seen in the farewell function of the Chief Justice of India on Friday.The function was organised by the SC Bar Association.

Joshi posted as MD, MPSFDC after promotion to PCCF in MP (UPDATED)
Indian Forest Service officer, A S Joshi has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and posted as Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation (MPSFDC). He is a 1978 batch officer of Indian Forest Service belonging to this state cadre.

Ashish Kumar shifted to ECR (UPDATED)
Ashish Kumar, SG/IRTS, NFR, has been transferred to ECR and posted in the cadre.

DEBATE
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CORPORATE

Ratan Shrivastava joins as Head in Ashok Leyland
Ratan Shrivastava, has joined Ashok Leyland as Head Business Development (Defence Business) he will be responsible for International Marketing and BD. He was earlier Director, Aerospace and Defence Practice, at Frost & Sullivan.

Vivek Nair is President of FHRAI
Leelaventure, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director Vivek Nair has been elected President of the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI).

Bhatt is Member,Standard Chartered Bank
Former SBI Chairman, O P Bhatt has been appointed board member of the British banking major Standard Chartered.

Chanda will cease to be Chairman, Sarda Plywood Industries Ltd from Oct 1
Dr Samares Kumar Chanda, Chairman of Sarda Plywood Industries Ltd will cease to be on Board of the company with effect from October 1, 2012

Jacob quits Sentinel Tea and Exports Ltd
Ms Annie Jacob has resigned as Company Secretary of Sentinel Tea and Exports Ltd.

Chakravarthi appointed CFO, Paramount Cosmetics India Ltd
S Chakravarthi has been appointed as the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of Paramount Cosmetics India Ltd .

Chandrasekharan ceases to be Company Secy. Ashok Leyland Ltd
A R Chandrasekharan, Executive Director and Company Secretary of Ashok Leyland Ltd , will cease to be the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. September 30, 2012.

Venkatasubramanian appointed Company Secy. Ashok Leyland Ltd
S Venkatasubramanian has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Ashok Leyland Ltd w.e.f. October 1, 2012.

Wamorkar appointed Nominee Director, Hind Syntex Ltd
Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited has appointed Umesh Wamorkar, as their Nominee Director in the Board of Directors of Hind Syntex Ltd.

Aggarwal appointed Nominee Director, Hind Syntex Ltd
Bank of India has appointed Suriender Kumar Aggarwal as Nominee Director on Board of Hind Syntex Ltd.

Wanorkar appointed as Director of Hind Syntex
Umesh Wanorkar has been appointed as Director of Hind Syntex.

Uppal appointed as MD and CEO Jindal Steel and Power
Ravi Uppal has been appointed as MD and CEO Jindal Steel and Power.

Duggal ceases as Director of Ginni Filaments
NK Duggal has ceased to be Director of Ginni Filaments.

Dalal appointed as Director of Nitesh Estates
Ashish Dalal has been appointed as Director of Nitesh Estates.

Gupta appointed as Director of NCC
Anil Gupta has been appointed as Director of NCC.

Bharti restructures its Board of Directors
Bharti telecom has restructures its Board of Directors with the appointment of Manish Kejriwal and Obigeli Ezakuesili and the resignation of Akhil Gupta , Rakesh Bharti Mittal and Hui Weng Chang.

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Absence of Metered Taxi in Delhi
I have been to London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, New York, Washington, Miami, Singapore, Bankok, Seoul, Gonzhsou, Senzen, Kualalumpur, Kolkata and Mumbai. Each of these cities have a system of metered taxi which is available everywhere and can be taken at middle of the night. I have always failed to understand why Delhi does not have it while the rest of the world has it. As a single woman, I feel extremely handicapped because of absence of metered taxi, as taxi available on phone take hours to come and sometimes don't refuse. Hope Government of Delhi wakes up.

Sunita

CBDT: Refund of Income Tax for small tax payers

CBDT has still to gear itself for issue of refund for the AY 2012-13. CBDT can emphasize IT department for taking up the cases of small tax payers (whose taxable income is less than 10 Lakhs) and also Sr. Citizens. It will be great relief to Sr. Citizens with less than 10 Lakhs income. A small routine can be built in software to find out the tax payers and assessment can be finalised on the basis of return.

Naveen Prakash

Update news thrice

You can try to update the news thrice if possible it will be a great thing

Nand Kumar

Who will fill vacuum?

No one can compensate the vacuum being created on account of retirement of the present DG CRPF, K Vijay Kumar, IPS, a real leader whose mere presence with the jawans in the jungles of Chattisgarh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar And Jharkhand was enough to boost the morale of tens and thousand of officers and men of CRPF. A no-nonce officer whose absence at the helm of affairs in CRPF will be felt for long days to come.

N Ramanathan

Mathur is an upright officer

R K Mathur is an upright/capable officer who deserves to become Defence Secretary one day. Wishing him all the best.

Ajay Kumar

TAIL-PIECE

AAJ KA VICHAR

Chup Rehna Seekhiye - aapki yeh quality kisi din aapko desh ka PM bana sakti hai.

By-A Contributor

RIT

Detail of the correspondence between PM and Chief Justice of India

The appellant sought the copies of records related to the correspondence between the Chief Justice of India and the Prime Minister regarding the proposed amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Public Information Officer (PIO) provided some of the records like the copies of the letters exchanged between the Chief Justice of India and the Prime Minister. In respect of the related files, PIO observed that one of those files was under submission before higher authorities and the other file contained certain number of pages, presumably, implying that it could be disclosed only on payment of the usual photocopying charges without expressly stating so. Neither the appellant deposited the photocopying charges nor did the PIO provide the copies of that particular file. The Central Information Commission (CIC) noted that the appellant was not clearly told the amount to be deposited and after the lapse of such a long time, there is no question of amount to be charged from the appellant for providing the copies of the records. The Commission directed the PIO to send the photocopy of the related file after severing any information which is exempt as per the provisions of Section 8 of the RTI Act after passing a speaking order.

Comments

The demand for fee should be made categorically giving the mathematic calculation how the further fee has been calculated. Further, the name and address of the first appellate authority should be given where the applicant can file an appeal if he finds the fee prohibitive.

Citation: Shri Vinod Varshney v Department of Personnel & Training in File No.CIC/SM/A/2011/001029

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)