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Is someone filing a PIL in Coal scam?
It is heard that a prominent lawyer is filing a PIL in Coal Scam.

Is there going to be more raids and recovery from IT in Mumbai?
It is heard that the raids and recoveries in the income tax department has been very lax in this season with a new team in place there is likelihood that the IT Mumbai investigations will swing into action.

600 foreign delegates to attend Kerala Govt's global meet
As many as 600 foreign delegates will attend the three day international mega event being organised by the Government of Kerala in Kochi from September 12 to14,2014.The event is an initiative of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy .Theme of the event is "Emerging Kerala 2012, Global Connect". Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) is nodal Agency for the event. Replying to a question MD of the KSIDC said that foreign delegates drawn from China, Canada, USA, UK, Australia Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, UAE, Saudi Arabia will hold B2B and B2G meetings. According to him head honchos of many international companies besides a galaxy of foreign diplomats will be attending the meet.

BUREAUCRACY

CRPF DG declines extension ?
Rumours are a buzz that CRPF DG, K Vijay Kumar, has declined three months extension in service. A 1975 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer, Kumar, is scheduled to retire on September 30.

Rajwant Sandhu to be Member, CAT?
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary, Rajwant Sandhu, is being tipped to be new Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). She is a retired 1975 batch IAS officer.

Surajit Mitra is new Vice Chancellor of IIFT
Dr Surajit Mitra has taken over as Vice-Chancellor of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Dr. Mitra after completing 35 years of service in the IAS, retired as Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Minority Affairs on 31stAugust, 2012. He has a distinguished academic carrier which includes Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, apart from teaching in Universities of JNU, New Delhi and North Eastern Hill University. For the first time, the appointment of Vice-Chancellor IIFT has been done through ACC process. The tenure of his appointment is for 5 years. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam -Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on September 4, 2012 )

Maximum number of resignations from 1979batch IAS
Out of the total 118 IAS officers of 1979batch maximum numbers of VRS and resignations have taken place. About 18 officers of this batch have left the service.

Vinod Zutshi to be elevated in EC?
Vinod Zutshi is likely to be elevated in the Election Commission as Additional Secretary. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Shaktikanta Das is now powerful official in Finance Ministry?
If insiders are to be believed, in the dispensation of P Chidambaram, Additional Secretary , Shaktikanta Das is now important official in the Finance Ministry. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. He has been allotted charges looked after by Bimal Julka who has moved to the MEA.

Sudhir Kumar to be Member PPP, NHAI?
Sudhir Kumar has reportedly been selected for the post of Member PPP in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Justice Manjula Chellur to be CJ of Kerala High Court?
Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Justice Manjula Chellur is being made the Chief Justice of the High Court this month.

Chavaly to join Finance Ministry this month
Sharmila Chavaly is all set to join as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, in the Ministry of Finance in a week or two. She will get the desk of Infrastructure and Investment. Presently, Ms Chavaly is Executive Director, Railway Board. She is a 1986 batch IRAS officer.
(We said this on August 6, 2012)


Six 1982 batch IAS officers get posting
Six empanelled 1982 batch IAS officers have got posting as Additional Secretary in the Government of India.

Anil Sant to join GoI
Anil Sant, Secretary, UP Government, has been relieved for central deputation to join as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Bhalla joins as Administrator, Daman & Diu
Bhupinder SIngh Bhalla , Secretary, Government of GNCTD has joined as Administrator of Daman & Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli. He is an IAS officer of 1990 batch, who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Narendra Kumar to join as Secretary, GNCTD
Narendra Kumar, Administrator, Daman& Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli has been relieved to join as Secretary, GNCTD. He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch, who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Room to Mittal in North-Block at the behest of Chidambaram
Secretary, Financial Services, D K Mittal has been allotted a room on the directions of FM. This room was allotted to Additional Secretary, DEA, and he was to move after renovation by CPWD. However, orders were cancelled and room was given to Secretary ,Banking.

Secretary DEA to have an OSD
One more important development in the Department of Economic Affairs. The practice of having an OSD has been revived by Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, DEA. He has selected Archana Naresh, IES, Under Secretary level officer as OSD and given directions to house her in a bigger room which presently accommodated two Directors who have been ordered to move out.

VRS proposal in Air India?
Proposal for VRS in the Air India is reported to have been sent for Cabinet approval. The Board has already passed the proposal to this effect.

Why did Railway Board Chairman meet Secretary, DoPT?
Vinay Kumar Mittal, Chairman, Railway Board, New Delhi had a meeting with P K Mishra, Secretary, DoP&T Government of India on Wednesday. Any significance?

P&T officer Vinod Kumar gets one year extension.
Central deputation period of Vinod Kumar has been extended for a period of one year in public interest. He is working as Director in the Office of Custodian, Special Court (TORTS) Act, 1992, under the Ministry of Finance. He is a 1989 batch P&T officer Accounts and Finance Service .

Sahay promoted as IG Airport Sector in CISF
R R Sahay, DIG, Disaster Management, CISF-HQ, New Delhi, has been transferred on promotion as IG- Airport sector, CISF-HQ, New Delhi. He is a CISF cadre officer.

IPS officer to return to Punjab?
B Chandra Sekhar, DIG, (NISA) CISF, Hyderabad, has demanded premature repatriation as he has been promoted as IG in his cadre. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Meena to go to UK on study leave
Rajiv Kumar Meena, Director, Anti- Naxal Operation (ANO), MHA is all set to go to UK on a study leave. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Suresh Kumar to join NDC Course
Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Central State (CS), MHA is all set to join NDA Course. He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Ms Ghosh posted at Kolkata Port Trust
Ms Jayati Ghosh, Sr. Comdt. CISF (Airport), Kolkata, has been posted as Sr. Comdt. Kolkata Port Trust. She is a CISF cadre officer.

Promotion of IAS delayed this year
A turf war between IAS and the IFS was visible in the empanelment of 1993 batch officers. This time for the first time empanelment of 1993 batch IFS was done before the IAS. Infact, the Prime Minister had to intervene for early empanelment of 1993 batch IFS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.


Ms Panse to be CMD of Allahabad Bank
Executive Director in the Vijaya Bank, Ms Shubhalakshmi Panse, is said to be appointed new CMD of the Allahabad Bank.

Mitra moved to GOC, Delhi area
Lt Gen., S Mitra, GOC, ATNK & K Area, Chennai, has been shifted to GOC, Delhiarea.

B A Malik gets selection grade
A 1997 batch Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, B A Malik, presently working as Joint Director, (News), Doordarshan News, New Delhi, has been accorded selection grade.

Koan is new ACP in Delhi
A Koan, on completion of training, has been transferred as ACP/Preet Vihar (East Distt.) , Delhi Police. She is an IPS officer of 2010 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Anurag Goyal is OSD, CCIT, Delhi region
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Anurag Goyal, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Rajesh Swami goes to Bangkok
Deputy Secretary (Gulf) in the MEA, Rajesh Swami is going to succeed Prashant Agrawal as First Secretary in Bangkok.

IRTS officer Garg empanelled as JS in GoI
A 1985 batch IRTS officer Sunil Kumar Garg has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

IRS (IT) officer Pravin Verma empanelled as JS in GoI
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer of 1985 batch, Pravin Verma has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or Equivalent in the Government of India.

Will RK Mallick move to Delhi?
Whispers in the power-corridors are that Jharkhand Police spokesperson Raj Kumar Mallick, reportedly, has moved in his papers to the state government seeking the position of OSD with police modernisation camp office in New Delhi. After Parvez Hayat joined as CVO, PGCIL nobody is officiating the position. IG,RK Mallick is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Rina Ray relieved to join A &N Administration
The Delhi Government has relieved Rina Ray to join the Andaman & Nicobar Administration. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Five officers found in corrupt practices inTelecomm
As many as five officials have been charged withcorrupt practices in Department of Telecommunications. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended action against such officers.

Post of Director (Printing) vacant in Directorate of Printing in GoI
The post of Director (Printing) is vacant in Directorate of Printing under the Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at the earliest.

CBDT seeks applications for JS/CIT
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has invited applications for the posts of Joint Secretary/Commissioner of Income Tax (JS/CIT). The willing officers belong to 1984-1989 batches of Indian Revenue Service can send their applications to CBDT before September 7, 2012.

Anurag Goyal is OSD, CCIT Delhi region
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Anurag Goyal, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office

129 IRS-IT officers transferred
As many as 129 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working at the level of Commissioner/Director have been given fresh postings. Accordingly, S S Kemwal has been appointed as CIT (CO), Bhopal while Parminder will now be CIT (A)-12, Chennai and M Anil Kumar is CIT (TAT), Cochin. Similarly, Ajay Goyal has been madeCIT (C), Gurgaon; M S Chandrasekaran as CIT-I, Madurai; Desh Deepak Goel as CIT(A)-3, Jaipur; Ajay Kumar Kurapti as CIT, Guntur; Dr M Srinivas Rao as CIT(A)-6, Chennai; Alka Rajvanshi, CIT (A), Chennai; Nivedita Biswas DIT (ITSC),Chennai; D Sudhakar Rao CIT, Trivandrum (Cochin), Vijay Kumar CIT, Bhagalpur;Dr Sudha Kumari CIT (ITAT)-2, Delhi; Sushma Singh CIT (ITAT)-8, Delhi; PrashantBhushan CIT (TDS), Patna; B K Singh DIT (Inv.), Patna; P K Bajaj CIT (Audit),Kanpur; Neena Kumar CIT, Faridabad; D N Kar DIT (Exemp), Chennai; Seema Raj CITGwalior; Sunit Srivastava CIT (ITAT)-7, Delhi; Prafulla Kumar Prusty CIT (A)-I,Baroda; Bipin Bihari Singh CIT (A), Jammu; Kavita Pandey CIT (Media), Delhi;Manoj Pal Singh CIT (A)-2 Baroda; Virendra Kumar Saxena DIT (Vig) Delhi; AnjaliTewari CIT-12 Delhi; Anuradha Mishra CIT (ITAT)-IDelhi; Renu Jauhri DIT (L&R)-2 Delhi;Chaitali Panmei CIT (A)-2 Agra; Sunita Bainsla CIT (A)-32 Delhi; T M ShivakumarCIT (A)-31 Delhi; Sanjay Bahadur Director (RTI) Mumbai; Debjyoti Das CIT(OSD)-2 Delhi; Ruchika Chaudhary Govil DIT (OSD) (Recovery), Delhi; RameshChander CIT (ITAT)-9 Delhi; K K Arumugan CIT-I Chennai;Chhavi Anupam CIT (A)-2 Jaipur; Kartar Singh CIT (A) Udaipur; Baldev SinghSandhu CIT (CO), Chandigarh; Hemendera Patidar DIT (Inv.) Surat; Ameeta SainiCIT (C)-I Ahmedabad; Krishna Saini CIT-I Ahmedabad; Prem Prakash CIT KOta;Abhijeet Kumar Nabkhad CIT (A)-6 Baroda; Lakshmi Hande Puri CIT Mangalore; B SN Prasad CIT (A)-4 Bangalore; S Jayaraman CIT (Audit)-I Chennai; Preeta HaritCIT (A)-28 Delhi; Susie Babu Varghese CIT (A)-39 Mumbai; Vinodanand Jha CIT(C)-3 Mumbai; Fateh Singh Sirowa CIT (C) (A) Jaipur; Rajeev Varshney CITBilaspur;Mridula Bajpai CIT (ITAT), Indore; Ajit Kumar Panda CIT-I Jabalpur;Praveen Chandra Karunakar Soloman CIT-4 Kolkata;Raj Kumar Chaudhary CIT(Audit), Bhopal; Romita Arora CIT (A)-2 Bhopal; Pushp Lata Srivastava CIT-3Pune; Suman Sharma CIT (A)-29 Mumbai; Neera Malhotra CIT (A) Karnal; VidhuShekher Singh CIT (A) Meerut; Anup Dubey CIT (A & J),CBDT, Delhi; Shailendra Handa additional DGIT (TRG)-1, NADT Nagpur; Dr UppuletiDevi Prasad CIT (A)-7 Hyderabad;N Sankaran CIT-2 Chennai; Dr G M Doss CIT (OSD)Mumbai; Sanjee Kumar Abrol CIT-I, Cochin; Shanta Sujata Abrol CIT (TDS),Cochin; Pragati Kumar CIT-9 Chennai; Sasikala CIT(A)-I Mumbai; R Tayeng CITJorhat, Guwahati; D P Haokip CIT-19 Kolkata; Lov Chandra Joshi Ranee CIT-2Guwahati; Y R Saini CIT Bathinda; Suresh Kumar Mittal CIT-5 Chennai; SonaliArora CIT, Dehradun; Binod Kumar CIT-2 Ludhiana; Pushpinder Singh Puniha DIT (Inv.)Chandigarh; Ravi Sarangal CIT (Audit) Chandigarh; Suresh Kumar CIt Patiala;Sanjay Mishra CIT (A) Jalandhar; Mukesh Chand Singhal CIT-2 Chandigarh; AmarVeer Singh CIT (ITAT)-2 Chandigarh; Prabodh Seth CIT (A) Faridabad; DevinderSingh Kalyan CIT (ITAT)-5 Ahmedabad; Laxman Singh CIT (A) Trivandrum; AbhayaCharan Naik CIT Sambalpur; Prafulla Kumar Dash CIT Cuttack; Madhu Mahajan CIT(Vig.) CBDT, Delhi; Anil Kumar Jain CIT Udaipur; Ramesh Chander Gupta CITAjmer; P K Sharma CIT (TDS) Jaipur; Pramod Chandra Modi CIT-2 Ahmedabad; BadriPrasad Meena CIT-2 Jaipur; Sukhpal Meena CIT Bikaner; Bharat Singh Gahlot CIT(A) Ajmer; Omprakash Jain CIT (Audit), Jaipur; Sandeep Kapoor CIT-3 Ahmedabad;Maurya Mahenathabhai Secretary (ITSC), Chennai; Haramohan CIT-4 Delhi;Biswanath Jena CIT Pondicherry; Omkareshwar Chindra CIT-I Trichy, E Sankaran CIT (A)-I Cochin; Shriram Barathan CIT(A)-2, Madurai; Satyendra Kumar Mishra DIT (Sys) Delhi; Konda Ramesh CIT (CIB),Cochin; Haribansh Kumar Choudhary CIT (A)-33 Delhi; R Govindrajan CIT Tirupati;Sridhar Pidatala CIT-5, Hyderabad; M Ravindera Sai CIT-6, Hyderabad; Anupama D Shukla CIT (A)-31 Mumbai; SL Meena CIT Faizabad; Santosh Kumar CIT (A)-36 Mumbai; K M Bali CIT-2 Kanpur;Pramod Kumar Gupta CIT (A), Bareilly; D P Semwal CIT-2 Agra; Ramesh Chand CITShimla; Dr Balwan CIT (CIB) Patna; B Panigrahi CIT(A)-2 Bhubaneshwar; SubrataSarkar CIT Siliguri; Man Singh Meena CIT (A) Bikaner; Anuraddha Mookerjee CIT-6Chennai; Neena Nigam CIT-6 Delhi;Sudhir Kumar CIT Asansol; Smita Srivastava CIT(A)-4 Surat; Dr Swetabh Suman CIT (ITAT)-5 Kolkata; Dasri Babu Rajendra VaraPrasad CIT (A) Vijaywada and Krishna Kishore Jasthi has been posted as CIT (A),Guntur.

IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra
A number of officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, D T Shinde has been made Force One, Mumbai while D R Karale will now be DCP, Mumbai and SudhirHiremath is SP, Washim. Similarly, Abhishek Trimukhe has been posted as SP,Sindhudurg; A D Kumbhare as DCP Thane; Manoj Patil as DCP Zone 4, Pune; DipakSakore shifted to CRPF, Aurangabad; B M Shirsath as DCP Western Railway,Mumbai; N D Reddi as SP, ATS Aurangabad; Rajendra Dabhade as SP, ATS Mumbai and S B Jadhav has been shifted to SRPF,unit 2, Pune.

161 IRS-IT officers laterally shifted
As many as 161 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working at the level of Commissioner have laterallybeen shifted at their present regions. Accordingly, Hanumanthu Gari Srinivasuluhas been posted as CIT-2 Hyderabad while Kale Harilal Naick will now be CIT-I Hyderabad and Atul Pranay as CIT (ITAT)-I,Hyderabad. Similarly, Parneet Singh Sachdev has been posted as CIT (A)-3Hyderabad; Narahari Biswal CIT-4 Hyderabad; S Srinivas DIT (Inv.)Hyderabad;Venkat T Reddy CIT (A)-5 Hyderabad; M C Pandit CIT (ITAT) Patna; Ajay Kumar CIT(C) Patna; Arvind Kumar CIT-2 Patna; Shambu Dutta Jha CIT-I Patna; Rekha GoelCIT-2 Delhi; Meeta Nambiar CIT (C)-I Delhi; Sushil Singh Rathore CIT (LTU)Delhi; Subrat Kumar Dash CIT-16 Delhi; Rajnish Kumar CIT-3 Delhi; Rajnish KumarCIT-3 Delhi; Samir Mukhopadhya DIT (BPR)-2 Delhi; Virendra Singh DIT (Inv.)-IDelhi; Gopal Mukherjee CIT-1 Delhi; Feroz Khan DIT (O&M) Delhi; Gopal KamalDIT (Recovery) Delhi; Arun S Bhatnagar CIT-5 Delhi; Chandra Mohan Jha DIT(Infra.) Delhi; Ashu Jain DIT (Intl) Delhi; Pawan Kumar Kedia DIT (Audit)Delhi; Vijay Kumar DIT (ITSC)-III Delhi; Geetmala Mohananey CIT-13 Delhi;Krishna CIT (A)-4 Delhi; Raj Tandon CIT (A)-19 Delhi; Niranjan Kouli CIT (A)-16Delhi; Reena Sinha Puri CIT (A)-2 Delhi; Mohanish Verma CIT (A)-10 Delhi; AshimKumar CIT-10 Delhi; Hemant Kumar Sarangi Secretary, ITSC Delhi; Arvind KumarDIT (TDS) Delhi; Manas Shankar Ray CIT-15 Delhi; RajeshTuteja CIT (A)-3 Delhi; S Venkateshwarlu CIT(DR), ITSC-1 Delhi; Sangeeta Gupta CIT-9 Delhi; Hemand Bijoy Mahanta CIT(Audit-2) Delhi; Himalini Kashyap CIT-II Delhi; Dheeraj Bhatnagar CIT (A)-15Delhi; S K Chowdhari DIT (exemp) Delhi; Gunjan Prasad CIT (ITAT)-5, Delhi;Ramesh Kumar Yadav CIT (Inv.), CBDT, Delhi; Shisher JhaCIT (A)-I Delhi; Dr Binod Kumar Sinha CIT (I & CI), Delhi; Ajai DasMehrotra CIT (C)-2 Delhi; Smit Rekha Vishnoi CIT (OSD-I) L & R Delhi;Chhedi Lal CIT (OSD)-I Delhi; Kailash Chandra Naredi CIT (CO) Ahmedabad; SureshSingh Panwar CIT-6 Ahmedabad; D C Patwari CIT (ITAT)-3Ahmedabad; Shelley Jindal CIT (ITAT)-I Ahmedabad; Satish Kumar Gupta DIT(exemp), Ahmedabad; Ravindra Kumar CIT (A)-I, Ahmedabad; prasenjit Singh CIT(A)-5, Surat; Aditya Vikram CIT-I Surat; Sangam Narain Srivastava CIT-2 Surat;Radha Raman Pathak CIT-3 Surat; S R Malik CIT-I Baroda; Shyam Kumar CIT-2 Baroda; Rajat Bansal CIT-3Baroda; Shishir Agarwal CIT-4 Baroda; Preeti Garg CIT (A)-6 Bangalore; OmPrakash Yadav CIT (C) Bangalore; Medisetti Tirumala Kumar CIT-5 Bangalore;Archana Choudhary CIT(A)-2 Bangalore; G M Belagali Director (RTI) Bangalore;Jahanzeb Akhtar CIT (A) LTU Bangalore; Dr Shikha Darbari CIT (A)-2 Cochin;Benny John CIT-2 Cochin; Sudhish Chandra Sonkar CIT Bhopal; Suraj Bhan Nain CIT(A)-I Bhopal; Keshwa Saxena CIT (A)-2 Indore; Anil Kumar CIT (A) Gwalior; SunilKumar Mishra CIT-2 Pune; Tejinder Singh CIT-2 Pune; Manoj Kumar singh CIT-5Pune; Simar Singh Negi CIT (CIB) Pune; Mitali Madhusmita CIT (A)-I Pune; DrBanwari Lal CIT (A)-2 Thane; Jai Raj Kajla CIT (A)-I Thane; V Anandarajan CIT(C) Pune; Krishna Kumar Tiwari DIT (ITSC)-II Mumbai; Akhilesh Ranjan DIT(Inv)-I Mumbai; Neeraj Vinay Bansal CIT-I Mumbai; Boota Singh CIT-2 Mumbai;Shreekant Chatterjee CIT-9 Mumbai; Anil Goel Secretary Mumbai; Nutan ArvindCIT-23 Mumbai; Dharm vir Singh CIT-25 Mumbai; Amresh Chandra Shukla CIT-7Mumbai; Surinder jit Singh CIT (ITAT)-5 Mumbai; Sanjay Dutt DIT (Exemp),Mumbai; Subachan Ram CIT (A)-20 Mumbai; B Jaya Kumar CIT (A)-24 Mumbai; Usha S Nair CIT-16 Mumbai;Kusum Lata Ingle CIT-12 Mumbai; Goli Srinivas Rao CIT (A)-21 Mumbai; SatbirSingh CIT-26 Mumbai; Kishore Kumar Vyawahare DIT (Inv)-2 Mumbai; Pradeep KumarShukla CIT (ITAT)-3 Mumbai; Gauri Shankar Singh CIT-10 Mumbai; Girua Dayal CIT(ITAT)-6 Mumbai; Anil Mehta CIT (A)-5 Mumbai; Satinder Singh Rana CIT-29, Mumbai; Ajay Pal Singh CIT (ITAT)-7Mumbai; Shivdayal Srivastava CIT (ITAT)-10 Mumbai; Raghubir Sharan Upadhaya DIT(Vig.) Mumbai; Chet Ram CIT (A)-13 Mumbai; Krishna Behari Shukla CIT (A)-40Mumbai; R bhama CIT (A)-16 Mumbai; Hemant Jawahar Lal CIT (A)-41 Mumbai; Rakesh Kumar Kakkar CIT-6 Mumbai; K C PPatnaik CIT (ITAT)-II Mumbai; Pritam Singh CIT (ITAT)-9 Mumbai; Rajiv VijayNabar CIT (A)-17, Mumbai; Mahalingam Veerappalam CIT (A)-2 Mumbai; Pravin KumarCIT (ITAT)-12 Mumbai; Jatar Singh CIT (A)-18 Mumbai; Vinod Kumar Pandey CIT(TDS) Mumbai; Rang Nath Jha CIT-II Mumbai; Sunil Kumar Ojha CIT (A)-8 Mumbai;Pradeep sharma CIT-15 Mumbai; A G Bhatkar CIT (A)-23 Mumbai; Krishna KumarKanwat CIT-28 Mumbai; Thankappanssi Kumar CIT (LTU) Mumbai; Anadee Nath MishraCIT (A) Guwahati; Santanu Kumar Saikia DIT (Inv.) Guwahati; Tridiv Mohan DasCIT-I Guwahati; Baldip Singh Sandhu CIT-I Chandigarh; Kuldip SinghCIT-I Ludhiana; Bijoy Kumar Mishra CIT Bhubaneshwar; Virendera Singh KothariCIT-I Jaipur; Sunil Mathur DIT (Inv) Jaipur; A K Khandelwal CIT (ITAT)-I Jaipur;M K Gautam CIT (ITAT)-I Jaipur; Narendra Gour CIT (CO) Jaipur; Satish SharmaCIT (C) Jaipur; Ashok Kumar CIT-8 Chennai; B Murali Kumar CIT (C)-2 Chennai;Bijayananda Pruseth CIT (A)-2 Chennai; S Ramakrishnan CIT (DR)-ITSC-II Chennai;Pramod Kumar CIT (C)-I Chennai; Chandana Rama Director (RTI) Chennai; JayanthiKrishnan CIT (C)-3 Chennai; Subash Mehra CIT-I Agra; Bharatendu Pratap SinghCIT (CO) Kanpur; Ashok Kumar Tripathi DIT (Inv.) Kanpur; Shantanu Dhamija CIT(TDS) Kanpur; Ujjwal Kumar Director (RTI) Kolkata; Bonani Ghosh CIT-II Kolkata;Kavita Jha CIT (C) 2 Kolkata; Vinay Kumar CIT-9 Kolkata; Sumant Sinha CIT (TDS)Kolkata; Govind Lal CIT (C)-3 Kolkata; Jai Raj Kumar CIT-21 Kolkata; NirajKumar CIT (A)-4 Kolkata; Narendra Prasad Sinha DIT (I & CI) Kolkata andKaushal Kumar Srivastava has been transferred as CIT-18, Kolkata.

K Muralidharan is Director, MHA
Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer K Muralidharan has been promoted to the grade of Director and posted as Director, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

A K Verma continues as GM, NFR
A K Verma, General Manager of South Eastern Railway (SER), has been asked to continue holding an additional charge of General Manager of North Frontier Railway (NFR).

A K Mittal continues charge of GM, SR
A K Mittal, General Manager of South Western Railway (SWR), has been asked to continue to look after the additional charge of General Manager of Southern Railway (SR).


Radhey Shyam continues charge of GM, Metro
Radhey Shyam, General Manager, CLW, has been asked to continue holding an additional charge of General Manager, Metro.

Transfers and postings in Railways
Hira Lal SS/IRPS, NER has been shifted to WPO/Patna while Arjun Rakshit, HAG/IRAS, presently posted as FA&CAO,Eastern Railway, is transferred to Railway Board and posted as Advisor(Finance), Railway Board and Sanjay Lavania, SAG/IRAS, NWR, was moved toRailway Board and posted as EDFE. Similarly, S Mookerjee, HAG/IRAS/ER,presently working as FA&CAO/Con has been posted as FA&CAO on EasternRailway itself.

Mona Sharma is new CEO in Orissa
Mona Sharma is new Chief Electoral Officer in Orissa. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.



IFS postings in Chhattisgarh
Prem Kumar has been posted as new Managing Director (MD) of the Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC).He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre. So far he was Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the State Urban Development Authority (SUTA) in Chhattisgarh. Likewise, Rajesh Govardhan who so far was MD, CMDC has been repatriated to the Forest department.He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre.

Stuti Kackar bereaved (UPDATED)
Dr Kamal Narayan mother of Ms Stuti Narayan Kackar, Secretary Disability in the Government of India has passed away in Meerut at the age of 95. She was also Mother-in-Law of 1967 batch retired UT cadre IAS officer G C Srivastava.

Five IB IPS officers conferred IPM medal (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Indian Police Service of various cadres and working as Deputy Directors in Intelligence Bureau (IB) have been conferred with IPM medal at an all India conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police (DGPs & IGPs) organized by Intelligence Bureau (IB). The officers include Vikram Thakur, Deputy Director (96UP); Bhavna Saxena, Deputy Director (96 AP); Rajiv Ahir Deputy Director (96 PB); Sunita Kakran, Deputy Director (96 OR); Rashmi Sinha (96 AGMUT).

Retired IPS officer is no more (UPDATED)
Vijay Shankar Choubey, former ADGP, Chhattisgarh, has passed away at his Bhilai residence recently. He was 69. Choubey, a 1976 batch IPS officer, had served as SP in Satna, Durg and Indore, DIG Raipur and Bilaspur, IG, Bilaspur-Rewa.

BHEL Director Bajpai felicitated (UPDATED)
Dr Yoganand Shastri, Speaker of the Delhi Assembly, felicitated P K Bajpai, Director (Finance), BHEL, at a function in New Delhi.

Achal Khare shifted to Railway Board (UPDATED)
Achal Khare, SAG/IRSE, on being relieved from the post of DRM, Chakradharpur, South Eastern Railway, has been transferred and posted to Railway Board against the post of Executive Director, Infra (Civil).

IFS officer is new Member of UPSC (UPDATED)
Former Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs Manbir Singh is new member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is an officer of the Indian Foreign Service of 1976 batch.

Latest take on CMDs of banks (UPDATED)

Arun Kaul CMD UCO Bank will be CMD of Canara Bank.

T M Bhasin, CMD, Indian Bank will be CMD of Bank of Baroda.

Mrs. V R Iyer ED Central Bank of India (CBI) who was to go to Bank of India (BOI) is now sure to be CMD of the Bank of India.

R K Dube -ED Central Bank of India (CBI) to be CMD of UCO Bank.

S S Mundra -ED Union Bank of India who was to go to Bank of Baroda is now likely to go to Indian Bank

Six IRSE officers get HAG in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as six officers of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) have been accorded Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers include: Satish Kumar of North Central Railway; R K Agarwal of Eastern Railway; Y P Singh of Western Railway; Ved Pal of South East Central Railway; M Satheesh of Southern Railway and Ratan Kumar of East Central Railway.

Home Secretary conspicuous by his absence at DGs/IGs meet (UPDATED)
Union Home Secretary, Raj Kumar Singh was conspicuous by his absence at an All India Conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police (DGPs & IGPs) organized by Intelligence Bureau (IB) at New Delhi on September 6, 2012. He was unable to address the conference as he was confined to bed with severe flu.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, ECIL (UPDATED)
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to select an appropriate candidate for the post of CMD, Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL). The Board has decided to convert itself into search-cum-selection committee.

T K Viswanathan gets one year extension? (UPDATED)
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, T K Viswanathan has been given one year extension in service. His tenure was coming to an end in September.
(We said this on August 8,2012)

CORPORATE
M P Mall to be Director (Finance), IRCTC
The PESB has selected M P Mall for the post of Director (Finance), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC). He is presently, ED in the Indian Railways.

WAPCOS pays highest ever dividend
Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Water Resources, Government of India, received Dividend Cheque for the year 2011-2012from R KGupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Limited, in the presence of Vincent H. Pala, Minister of State (Water Resources), Dhruv Vijai Singh, Secretary (Water Resources); Pradeep Kumar, Commissioner (PR).); S K Kohli, Joint Secretary & FA and other senior officers from Ministry of Water Resources and WAPCOS. WAPCOS has paid dividend of Rs.10.50 Crore for the year 2011-2012,which is the highest ever since its inception in 1969. The Company has declared a composite score of 1.0, which is the highest achievable score as per the MOU evaluation system of the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India. WAPCOS is eligible for "Excellent" Rating on the basis of its performance in all Financial & Dynamic parameters under MOU such as Gross Margin; Turnover; New Business; Projects Implementation; Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Resource Development, Sustainable Development and Customer Satisfaction etc. During the year 2011-2012, the Net-worth of the company has increased by 30.93%, Gross Sales by 38.32% and Profitability by 53.86%, as compared to the year 2010-2011.

Deveshwar on RBI Board
ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar has beennominated as Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India.

SEBI Chairman in newly constituted BSIIAC
SEBI Chairman, U K Sinha has been inducted as Member in newly constituted Bihar State Industrial Investment Advisory Council (BSIIAC).

Dash appointed Chairman of OSFC
Small Industries Development Bank of India on recommendation of Odisha Government has appointed Panchanan Dash as Chairman of Orissa State Financial Corporation.

Uppal resigns as Whole-time Director &President (Power), L&T
Ravi Uppal, Whole-time Director & President (Power) of Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has resigned from the company.

Chaukar appointed Chairman, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd
Kishor A Chaukar has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd.

Mahalingam re-appointed ED & CFO, TCS
S Mahalingam has been re-appointed as the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)

Mandot appointed CFO, Mangalam Cement Ltd
Anil Kumar Mandot, Joint President (Commercial) of Mangalam Cement Ltd has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company on September 3, 2012.

Prasad appointed Company Secy., Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd
S Prasad has been appointed as Company Secretary of Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.

Iyer quits Lyka Labs Ltd
R A S Iyer has resigned as a Director of Lyka Labs Ltd.

Mehta quits Sanket International Ltd
Nilesh C Mehta has resigned as Director of Sanket International Ltd.

Dujari appointed Addl. Director, Ikab Securities& Investment Ltd
Ikab Securities & Investment Ltd has appointed Ms. Swati Dujari as Additional Director of the company.

Sharma quits Sarthak Industries Ltd
Sanjay Sharma has resigned as Independent Director of Sarthak Industries Ltd.

Chhabra appointed Independent Director, Sarthak Industries Ltd
Sartajsing Chhabra has been appointed as Independent Director of Sarthak Industries.

Somani to be Chairman Soma Papers &Industries Ltd

The Board of Soma Papers & Industries Ltd has approved appointment of Bharat Somani as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company.

Yadlapalli quits MadhusudanSecurities Ltd
C V Veeranjaneyulu Yadlapalli has resigned as Company Secretary of Madhusudan Securities Ltd citing personal reasons.

Mandol appointed as CFO of Mangalam Cements
Anil Kumar Mandol has been appointed as CFO of Mangalam Cements.

Somani appointed Chairman of Soma Paper and Industries
Bharat Somani has been appointed Chairman of Soma Paper and Industries.


Sharma quits Sarthak Industries
Sanjay Sharma has resigned as Director of Sarthak Industries

Srivastav appointed as Director of WPIL
RK Srivastav appointed as Director of WPIL.

Bhandari appointed as Director, CubexTechnologies
Virendra Bhandari has been appointed as Director, Cubex Technologies.

Kumar appointed as Director Shri Ganesh Spinners
Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as Director Shri Ganesh Spinners

Dhanukar appointed as MD GCV Services
Pradeep Dhanukar has been appointed as MD GCV Services

Kukreja quits Spanco
Sanjay Kukreja resigns as Director of Spanco

Jain quits Gulshan Chemfill
CK Jain has resigned as Director of Gulshan Chemfill.

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Ministers don't want to loose PSUs
Some ministers do not want to let go PSUs from under their control since their perks come from them. Disinvestment of Air India was delayed by initiating merger with Indian Airlines. Same formula could not be applied for deferring disinvestment of BSNL. The other formula is giving permanent deputation to Govt. employees, as has been done in case of Prasar Bharati. It is understood that this formula is now under study by Department of Telecom.

R Kumar

Seeking information in Hindi
I had many applications seeking information in Hindi which I had been refusing saying that the information should be provided in the form in which it is available. However, I had not authority to rely upon for my stand. The case provided by you has strengthened by stand. Thank you for confirming my view and putting up such an important case law.
Raghuvir Yadav

Who will take care of bureaucrats at the centre?
Who will take care of bureaucrats at the centre from being hounded for their honesty ? The recent case of Dr. Abraham (Ex fulltime Director, SEBI) is a typical one. He was harassed by the then FM and his Special Assistant for recommending action against Sahara and Reliance. He even wrote a desperate letter to PM without any effect. The Cabinet Secretary who is supposed to be the conscience keeper looked the other way. He was sent to his parent cadre and denied promotion. Only SC upheld his dignity when it upheld Dr. Abraham's views and imposed huge penalty on Sahara.

N K Saxena

RIT

Can an appellant demand inforamtion in Hindi under RTI?

The appellant sought information in Hindi regarding ICDS projects operating in Delhi including details of each project on a CD, number of Anganwadi centers operating along with details of Anganwadi centers, details of budget allocations for each Anganwadi and also the details of beneficiaries (women and children) of Anganwadi centers etc..

The appellant filed a complaint before the Central Information Commission (CIC) alleging non-disposal of his request by the Public Information Officer(PIO) and First Appellate Authority (FAA). The respondents stated that information has been furnished by all the 94 PIOs of different ICDS
projects to the appellant and that they had provided the information as available in the records and some on CDs in cases where the information was available as computer data. The appellant stated that only 71 PIOs had furnished him the information, that too in a delayed manner and it has not been translated into Hindi or provided on CD. Further, the FAA had not bothered to dispose off his appeal.

The CIC issued SCN to the PIOs as to why penalty u/s 20(1) should not be imposed upon them for not responding to the RTI Application within the prescribed time period. The CIC also directed the FAA to show cause as to why disciplinary action should not be recommended against him. The CIC ruled that there is no provision for translating documents and then providing them to the Applicant under RTI Act. The CIC also ruled that information may be provided on CD, free of cost if the information is already available as a computer record. Details of all ICDS projects including budgets allocated to them, details of personnel working for these projects etc. were directed to be put up on the website of the Department as per section 4(2) of the RTI Act.

Comments

Translation or reducing the documents to electronic form in order to transfer them on to a CD just because the Appellant wants the information on a CD, is not mandated as per the RTI Act.

Citation: Mr. Shiv Kumar Saxena v. Department of Women and Child Development in File No: CIC/AD/A/2012/000794

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)