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Field Marshal in Judiciary - Late Justice J S Verma
Who was the Field Marshal in the Judiciary? At a get-together name of former Chief Justice of India Justice late J S Verma was unanimously referred. Field Marshal means who never retired.

BUREAUCRACY

Orders of Anil Goswami as Home Secretary issued
Orders of the 1978 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre, Anil Goswami as next Home Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs have been issued.
(We said this on April 24, 2013 )

54 IAS officers yet to submit IPR
Altogether 54 IAS officers have so far not submitted their IPR in the country of six each are of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT), Chhattisgarh and Odisha cadres and five each of Madhya Pradesh and Haryana cadres, he said. Three officials each of Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal cadres, two each of Assam-Meghalaya, Karnataka, Manipur-Tripura, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu cadres and one each of Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Sikkim cadres have not submitted their IPRs.

Rakesh Kacker to retire this month end
Secretary, Food Processing in the Government of India, Rakesh Kacker is retiring on April 30. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Bakshi takes VRS
After a 30 year distinguished and decorated service career, the Indian Broadcast Service officer, B M Bakshi, who rose to the rank of Additional Director General, Doordarshan, took VRS on Friday. At present, he was working as Director, Delhi Doordarshan Kendra. During his brilliant career, he worked on a number of sensitive assignments in the Doordarshan and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Bakshi has masterminded the art of VIP and Live-telecast coverage. A number of Universities offered him to be an honorary Professor.

M S Ravindranath takes over as Director (Mines), NLC
M S Ravindranath, CGM, NLC, has assumed the charge as Director (Mines), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC).
(We said this on Nov 20, 2012)

Barua to join as Director (Fin), NRL on May 1
S K Barua, GM, NRL, is joining as Director, Finance, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) on May 1, 2013.
(We said this on Oct 9, 2013)

Poddar is new CVO of CONCOR
A K Podda has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), New Delhi . He is a 1987 batch IPoS officer.

62 IRSME officers get JAG
As many as 62 officers of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) have been promoted to the rank of Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are: Mrinal Dey of NFR; Manish Gangarekar of WR; Ashwani Kumar Dikshit of NER; Manish Rajvanshi of NWR; Mohammad Saquib of SWR; Shyam Babu Patel of SECR; Ajit Kumar Singh of SER; Nitin Mehrotra of ER; Vineet Singhal of ECOR; Dilip Kumar of ECR; Gaurav Kumar Singh of SR; Mohd Saif of NFR; Umesh Kumar of SWR; P K Basu of WR; D Das Karmakar of SECR; Y N Singh of WR; S S Bhattacharya of NWR;P Sudevan of SR; M C Rajput of WR; S K Sethiya of WCR; M Chandrakumar of SR; A Manickavasagam of ICF; Iqbal Singh of DMW; B Venkat Rao, G V Durga Prasad and V V Sarveswarudu of SCR; G Chandrasekaran, C C Joy of SR; Ram Avtar of DLW; U K Singh of ER; A P Sangole of WR; Ashok Kumar Abrol of NWR; D Sivagnanamurthy of ICF; Harish Chander Jangid of WR; M L Ghosh of CR; R P Sharma of RCF; P A Salahudeen and D Jayaraman of SR; Dipankar Shai, R P Sharma of CR; T K Sain of RDSO, Bibhas Nag, T K Maity Ramen Mallick of ER; S S Parashar of NCR; Anis Sheikh Mohd of WCR; Kamal Mohan of NR; Alanatha Hazra, Debabrata Ghosh, Ajoy Rudra of ER; V Kalyana Sundaram of ICF; Gian Singh Negi of RCF; I C Mandi of SECR; Utkarsh of SWR, Brijesh Kumar Pandey of NER; Parivesh Sahu of CR; Yogesh Kumar Dewangan of SECR; Gaurav Sharma of NWR; Vinamra Mishra of ECR and Amit Sinha and Rajesh Kumar of ECR.

Dr Rajendra Dobhal seeks extension as DG, UCOST
Dr Rajendra Dobhal, Director General, Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST) (Government of Uttarakhand), has reportedly sought an extension on this post till June, 2013. He wants to dispose of all the pending works before joining as Chairman & Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC). He is expected to join NRDC in July.

Is Gautam going to get some grand task post retirement?
Whispers in the corridors power in Gujarat have it that Indrajeet Prasad Gautam, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Urban Housing and Port and Transport Department, may be given a grand task after retirement as Narendra Modi himself find an agent of change in him. Gautam, a 1986 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre is scheduled to retire on April 30.

Capital city of Jharkhand may find a new captain of police soon?
As the grapevine has it, SSP of Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand, may soon be replaced.

ITPO emerges victorious; sets 'Pragati Maidan' for a major makeover
The ITPO earned reasons for rejoice after it got clearance from DDA against the change of land use. The provisions of Master Plan of Delhi, laid some 30 years back, always refrained ITPO from any alteration to meet the modern day needs and from developing it as an international convention centre as well. ITPO had advocated the issue strongly with the Urban Development Ministry and DDA and finally it has emerged victorious. In the new scenario Pragati Maidam will see mega expansion, remodelling and a sizeable makeover for itself.

Krishna Rao to be CCLA in Andhra Pradesh
After taking over by P K Mohanty as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh ,I Y R Krishna Rao may succeed him as Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA). He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.

Two IFS officers shifted in AP
S S Sreedhar (1992), Chief Conservator of Forests, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Chief Conservator of Forests, WLM circle, Eluru while Anil Kumar Maurya (1987) will now be Chief Conservator of Forests in the office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in Andhra Pradesh.

Amit Gupta conferred PM award for excellent works
Amit Gupta has been conferred with the `Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration' for the year 2011-12 for launching 'Dhalia Jalao' campaign to eliminate manual scavenging (dry toilet) system in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh with replacing flesh toilets in the villages. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer.

Khan to move to Vienna
Suhel A Khan Director MOS (EA) in the Ministry of External Affairs has been moved to Vienna as DCM.

CBDT invites applications for JD, Enforcement
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has invited applications for the post of Joint Director (JD), Enforcement. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the CBDT at the earliest.

CBDT invites applications for Dy Director, Enforcement
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has invited applications for the post of Deputy Director, Enforcement. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the CBDT at the earliest.

2 IRS-IT officers get postings
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been given postings. Accordingly, Sanchita Kumar has been appointed as OSD in the CCIT (CCA), Kolkata while Anand Kumar is being posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Facilities for Cryogenic Engines at HAL
The manufacturing facilities for integrated cryogenic engines will be set at up at HAL's Aerospace Division in Bangalore said Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO.) Delivering the seventh L.M. Khatre Memorial Lecture "Indian Space Program: Emerging Frontiers" at HAL Convention Centre, he said HAL will continue to play an important role in the future programs of ISRO. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. R. K. Tyagi, Chairman, HAL stressed that creativity and innovation are key to success in aerospace sector. He said HAL is the biggest investor in defence R&D in India as it spent about 12 percent of its turnover on researchactivities, far ahead of other PSUs and private players. "We filed 67 patents in 2012-13 and aiming for more this year", he added.
P.S. Krishnan, Chairman, Aeronautical Society of India (Karnataka chapter) also spoke on the occasion, largely focusing on the role of DRDO.

Orders of J S Kaushal as Director (Pers), CWC issued
The orders of J S Kaushal, GM, IOCL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Nov 26, 2012)

CORPORATE

Abraham quits as Group Brands Director of Bata India Ltd
Gigi Abraham, Group Brands Director of Bata India Ltd has quit the company.

Shah resigns as Company Secretary of Cinemax Properties Ltd
Ms Rashmi Shah has resigned as Company Secretary of Cinemax Properties Ltd.

Shah appointed CFO of Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd
Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Limited has appointed Rahul Shah as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Jain ceases to be Company Secretary of Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd
Narendra K Jain has ceased to be Company Secretary of Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd following his resignation from the company.

Gautam resigns as Non Exec. Director of Moser Baer (I) Ltd
Dr Vinayshil Gautam has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Moser Baer (I) Ltd.

Two Additional Directors appointed on Sterlite Technologies Ltd Board
Sterlite Technologies Limited has appointed C VKrishnan and Pratik Agarwal as Additional Directors of the company.

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Constitution of Committee by CS Division to restructure CSS cadre
Constitution of Committee by CS Division to restructure CSS cadre so as to remove the acute stagnation in Central Secretariat Service. Simultaneously, it would be more beneficial for the Government to constitute a Committee to improve the service conditions of CSSS officials. In this connection, it is humbly submitted that Sixth Pay Commission has also recognised the acute stagnation in the cadre of CSSS. With a view to solve the problem of acute stagnation, 6th CPC has recommended merger of CSSS with CSS and the Government has accepted its recommendation but all in vain. Now, it is high time for the office bearers of CSSS to impress upon the Government officials to persuade the officials and all other concerned parties for merger of CSSS with CSS with parity in every respects. Moreover, it would be more beneficial for the Government to make maximum utilisation of the services of CSSS officials by providing them better promotional avenues on options. It will solve shortage of staff in CSS without incurring any expenditure to a large extent on the one hand and improve the service conditions of CSSS officials on the other.
V P Sharma

Rich is rich, poor is poor
Controversy on reservations is not dying down on this site. It is unfortunate that advocates of present reservation policy are not understanding one very simple thing - rich is rich; irrespective of his/her caste and similarly, poor is poor, irrespective of his/her caste. Hungry is hungry whether he belongs to one caste or the other. Do not discontinue reservations for SCs and STs, but give benefit only to economically weaker among them. Do not pamper those whose belly is already full. They have already got their share. They should voluntarily make this sacrifice for poor among them and approach the Government to amend the policy instead of cursing the so called upper classes and branding them as oppressor. If somebody is born in a Brahmin or Rajput family, it is not his fault. He should not be hanged if his grandfather or great grandfather had done some wrong to anybody. He has equal rights; but forget that. But follow a sensible policy that helps the real needy among SCs, STs.

Bishan Sharma

Support genuinely underprivileged
One should support the genuinely underprivileged and not those who are merely carrying on as underprivileged. If the underprivileged are to be catered to, poverty is the real indicator and not merely caste, and that too, after so many decades of reservations which has created a class with a vested interest in reservations who are not allowing their own brethren to obtain the benefits of reservations. History will not forgive these Vibhishanas.

Vijay Kumar

When poor gets a share of loot of corrupt politicians
I feel the elections are the only source when the poor gets a share of the loot the corrupt politicians make. In Karnataka, the going is Rs.500 per day and chicken biriyani for canvassing. Election Commission is not able to stop this. Nor the Government is in a hurry to stop the flow of black money. I feel we should have elections every year so that a part of the hundreds and thousands of crores, these politicians loot can be distributed among the poor for canvassing and for voting.

N Krishnan

Sale of NCERT textbooks by unscrupulous book sellers
This is regarding sale of NCERT textbook by unscrupulous book sellers in New Delhi. It is a common business parlance these people get supply at discounted price and sell the same on MRP. So far it is acceptable. But what about making illegal profit by selling only books with 'so called' binding, i.e., just wrapping a cell phone sheet over the book (of course, no plastic voice growing louder)and charging RS.10/- as binding charge, while the book cost is Rs.30-40, etc.. Is there not a way to make NCERT books available throughout market and without binding!

Ramakrishnan

CGHS Beneficiaries
CGHS dispensaries remain crowded due to shortage of doctors and other staff. The situation gets worse on Saturdays due to further depletion of doctors, many of whom prefer to enjoy holiday with their family. A lot has been aired in these columns earlier by different friends with cogent and cognizable reasons to support their versions. Is there any in the Government or the Private Hospitals to listen to the plight of CGHS beneficiaries, in particular the retired ones.
HG