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Qualification to become Chief Secretary these days ?
Qualification to become a Chief Secretary in any state has now changed. Infact, his administrative skill doesn't matter, he should be an all rounder to extend support to his Chief Minister on every front.

Code of conduct is to be enforced on September 27 ?
If reliable sources are to be believed Code of Conduct in the poll bound states is likely to be enforced from September 27.

BUREAUCRACY

Gireesh Pradhan is new Chairman of CERC
Former Secretary in Government of India, Girish Pradhan, has been cleared to head the
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). He is retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. The file has now reached to the ACC.
(We said this on March 16, 2013)

Goyal would be full fledged Secretary, Rural Dev on October 1
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that L C Goyal is poised to be appointed as OSD, Ministry of Rural Development, GoI, before given as full fledged Secretary, Department of Rural Development. The 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, recently empanelled as Secretary, GoI has been serving as Special Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat), Personnel & General Administration, Cabinet Affairs.

Nine IPS officers retiring in August
As many as nine Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are retiring in August, 2013. They are Ajay Chadha and Aitya Arya of AGMUT cadre, B D Vaghela of Gujarat cadre, B Kamal Kumar of Himachal Pradesh cadre, T K Ghosh of Madhya Pradesh cadre, A K Jain of Maharashtra cadre, Kanhaiya Lal of Rajasthan cadre, P Sakthivelu of Tamil Nadu cadre and Badri Prasad Singh of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Nine Civil servants short-listed for three posts of IC
Altogether nine IAS, IPS and IFS officers have been short-listed for three vacant posts of Information Commissioner (IC). Names are expected to be cleared in the second week of next month.

S K Bahri empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
S K Bahri has been empanelled for the post of Additional Secretary level in Government of India. He is an IA &AS officer of 1981 batch.

Cadre review of CBEC cleared
The COS has finally cleared the Cadre Review of CBEC with minor changes i.e. 14 posts of Apex scale instead of 16 and 100 posts in HAG against 110. The cadre review of CBDT having already been implemented, officers are now awaiting speedy Cabinet approval. There is great celebration amongst the officers since promotions, especially at the lower levels in Central Excise, have always been an issue.

Will Jayesh move to LBSNAA as Professor?
Amid the ongoing speculations about Andhra CM's unwillingness to relieve Jayesh Ranjan for central deputation, the fresh buzz is that Jayesh may soon move to LBSNAA as Professor. The 1992 batch IAS officer of Andhra cadre, empanelled as JS, GoI, is serving as MD, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation. If all goes well Jayesh would be the one to explore the freshness in the new probationers scheduled to join LBSNAA from September 8 ?

Gupta appointed JS, Youth Affairs
Lalit Kumar Gupta has been appointed Joint Secretary, Youth Affairs, in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
(We said this on August 20, 2013)

IPS officer to go on inter-cadre deputation
Odisha cadre 2003 batch IPS officer Shefeen Ahmed K is going on inter-cadre deputation to Kerala.

Odisha says yet to fix tenure for DGP, what about AP ?
While the Odisha Government has decided to fix the tenure of DGP to a minimum of two years, Andhra Pradesh DGP Dinesh Reddy has moved to the CAT to direct both the Centre and the state governments to accord him a fixed two-year tenure as DGP.

Orders of Gaur as Director (Fin), RITES in couple of days
The orders of A K Gaur, GM, RITES, for the appointment as Director (Finance), RITES Limited are expected to be issued by the concerned Ministry in a couple days.

Mrs Borah to succeed Ananth as Director (Fin), OIL in Oct
Mrs R S Borah, CGM, OIL, will be taking over the charge as Director (Finance), Oil India Limited (OIL) in the first week of October, 2013. She will succeed present incumbent Ananth Kumar retiring in September, 2013.
(We said this on March 21, 2013)

Bhaskar to be part-time Director in Syndicate Bank
Sankaran Bhaskar has been appointed part-time non-official Director of the Syndicate Bank.

Tenure of Shahzad Shah as KRCL Director ends on Sept 16
The deputation tenure of Shahzad Shah as Director (Finance), Konkan Railways Corporation Limited (KRCL) is coming to an end on September 16, 2013.

DoPT invites applications for Member, SSC New Delhi
The post of Member, Staff Selection Commission (SSC, Hqrs), New Delhi is lying vacant. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) before September 23, 2013.

Arora is new Director, Health in GoI
Jitendra Arora has been appointed as Director, Department of Health & Family Welfare in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch Indian Broadcasting (Engineering) Services officer

Varadarajan yet to get orders for joining as CMD, BPCL
S Varadarajan, Director (Finance), BPCL, who was selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), is yet to receive the orders from Government of India.

Applications for Director (Admn), NWDA invited
Applications for the post of Director (Administration), National Water Development Agency (NWDA) under the Ministry of Water Resources have been invited. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at the earliest.

Will Bhagat succeed Satyavrat as DGP, Uttarakhand?
With the date of retirement of Satyavrat Bansal approaching fast, the whispers have started doing rounds that S K Bhagat, a 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, may be appointed as the successor of Satyavrat as the new DGP of Uttarakhand who is scheduled to retire on September 30. Meanwhile, being the senior most claimant B S Siddhu's name may not be ruled out despite his prospects are being seen as marred for reasons known in the top order bureaucracy. Bhagat is currently serving as DG, Vigilance in Uttarakhand.

Narlikar poised to be appointed as PS to Ghatowar
As the grapevine has it Jayant Narlikar is all set to be appointed as the new PS to Paban Singh Ghatowar, Minister of State for Department of North Eastern Region. Narlikar would succeed Niraj Verma who would further succeed Abha Shukla as Joint Secretary, NHAI by the first week of September. Narlikar, a 2003 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is currently serving as Deputy Commissioner, Kokrajhar district, Assam.

Is appointment process of new CRB taking elimination route?
If recent developments are believed and their compliance to the appointment of new CRB is figured out one may well see a scenario where the appointment seems to have taken an elimination route. Purportedly, CVC report has put R S Virdi's name, who supposedly commanded the brightest prospect for CRB, under a negative category leaving only four contenders in the race namely; Arunendra Kumar, A K Mittal, V K Gupta and Kul Bhushan. Virdi is GM, North Frontier Railway. Presently Arunendra Kumar is running the affairs as CRB.

Verma is back from central deputation; posting yet awaited
Ashish Chandra Verma has got back to the Delhi Govt from his central deputation. Reportedly, the 1994 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre is waiting to get the posting. He served as Director, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI. Prior to joining as Director, MoHWF he served as PS to Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare.

Three Director Generals of Police in UP transferred
Director General (DG), Human Rights, Ranjan Dwiwedi, has been shifted to Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), whereas DG technical services has been posted in vigilance department. DG cooperative cell Subrat Tripathi has been relieved from the additional charge of Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

Four ADGs get new postings in Uttar Pradesh
Additional Director General (ADG) Gopal Gupta, who was on the wait list after returning from central deputation, has been posted as ADG PAC headquarters. ADG traffic A K D Dwiwedi has been shifted to special investigation team and ADG Naseer Kamal has been posted in his place. ADG telecom Sujaan Veer Singh has been posted in special inquiry in the same capacity.

Nayyar Hasnain Khan goes on central deputation
Nayyar Hasnain Khan has been relieved to join Government of India on deputation as DIG, SSB. He is a 1996 batch IPS Officer of Bihar cadre.

Ganesh Kumar joins Intelligence Bureau, MHA
Ganesh Kumar has been relieved by Bihar Government in order to enable him to join Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Azhar Jamal posted as Asst AG in PAG office, Patna
Azhar Jamal, on completion of training at Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Bihar, Patna. He is an IA&AS officer of 2011 batch.

Deepak Kumar is back to Bihar as OSD to CM
Deepak Kumar is back to Bihar from Central deputation. On return 1984 batch IAS officer Deepak Kumar has been posted as OSD in the Chief Minister's office.

NBCC contributes to build 200 bedded hospital at New Delhi (UPDATED)
200 bedded Hospital at Ambedkar Nagar, New Delhi to be executed by NBCC at an approximate cost of Rs. 126 Crore, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the project was signed between NBCC and Govt. of NCT, Delhi, on July 23, 2013. NBCC has huge stake in Govt.'s initiative towards providing state-of-the-art Healthcare facilities in the country. The Company has been executing a number of Hospitals & Medical Colleges for ESIC in various locations all over India. on the occasion Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, laid the foundation stone of 200 bedded Hospital in New Delhi recently in presence of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Ramesh Kumar, Member of Parliament; A. K. Walia, Minister of Health, Govt. of NCT, Delhi; Ch. Prem Singh, MLA; Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC; Dr. N.V. Kamat, Director, Health Services, Govt. of NCT Delhi.

13 IFS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 13 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, P G Phuljhele has been posted as DFO, Production, Khandwa while P C Champawat will be DFO, Harda and S K S Chauhan is DFO, Sidhi. Similarly, N K Sanodia has been appointed as DFO, West, Chhindwara; Dr R B S Kushwaha as DFO Production, Betul;Raj Bihari Sharma as DFO, West Betul; Sanjay Shrivastava as DFO South Betul; Ashok Kumar Bansal as DFO, West Mandla; Manoj Argal as DFO, Production Dewas; Lalji Mishra as DFO, East Mandla; V S Hotgi as DFO, Bhind; Lakhanlal Uikey as DFO, Production Dindori and Brijendra Jha was posted as DFO, Barwani.

Three IAS officers transferred in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, A Kulbhushan Toppo has been appointed as Collector, Sukma while S Prakash will now be Inspector General, Registration and Stamp Duty with additional charges of Deputy Secretary, Excise and Commercial Taxes and P Dayanad is Collector, Kabirdhan district.

Six Custom Commissioners get postings (UPDATED)
As many as six officers in the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Alok Chopra has been appointed as Commissioner CX, Thane-II while Charul Baranwal will now be Commissioner, Jamngar Custom (P) and Arti A Srinivas is Commissioner, CX-VII, Kolkata. Similarly, Vivek Chaturvedi has been appointed as Commissioner, DODM, Delhi; Nishit Goyal as Commissioiner, CX (A), Chennai and Atul Gupta was made Commissioner, Cus-III (A), Mumbai.

DEBATE

Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?

Whether he should -

1. be a political person

2. be decisive

3. be having clarity in his thought

4. be a charismatic personality

5. be English speaking

6. have support of the Corporate World

Mail your views in not more than 100 words to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Y G Parande inducted as full-time Member, TARC
Y G Parande has been inducted as full time Member the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) set up by Government of India to review the application of tax policies and tax laws and submit periodic reports that can be implemented to strengthen the capacity of tax system.

Non-budgetary support to sick HMT Bearings Ltd approved
The Department of Heavy Industry has approved a proposal for providing non-plan budgetary support to meet payment of statutory dues, salary and wages in this sick / loss making CPSE HMT Bearings Ltd.

Bhagat ceases to be Director, Shree Renuka Sugars Limited
J J Bhagat has ceased to be a Director of Shree Renuka Sugars Limited w.e.f. August 28, 2013

Marwaha appointed MD, Jones Lang Lasalle India (South India operations)
Jones Lang Lasalle India has appointed Juggy Marwaha as Managing Director of its South India operations.

Vemuri resigns as Director, Infosys Ltd
Ashok Vemuri has resigned as Director of Infosys Ltd w.e.f. September 12, 2013.

Srivastava appointed Nominee Director, Oil India Ltd
Nalin Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as the Government Nominee Director of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on the Board of Directors of Oil India Ltd (w.e.f 22.08.2013)

Kumaraswamy re-appointed MD, Parrys Sugar Ltd
Parrys Sugar Industries Limited has re-appointed D. Kumaraswamy as Managing Director of the company

Malkani appointed Independent Director, Mindtek (India) Ltd
Mindteck (India) Ltd has appointed Jagdish Malkani as Non-Executive Independent Director of the company w.e.f. August 8, 2013.

Dalmia designated as Chairman, Suraj Products Ltd
Suraj Products Ltd has re-appointed Yogesh Kumar Dalmia as Whole-time Director and also designated him as the Chairman of the company w.e.f. September 1, 2013

Banthiya resigns as Company Secy. Shalimar Paints Ltd
Debendra Banthiya has resigned as Company Secretary of Shalimar Paints Ltd w.e.f. August 27, 2013

Chaturvedi appointed COO, NIIT Technologies Ltd
Sudhir Chaturvedi has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of NIIT Technologies Ltd .

Two directors cease to be on Board of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
C M Maniar and N Balasubramanian have resigned as directors of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd

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Wisdom of the Judiciary needs to be respected

The Judiciary as an organ of the State and the judges are held in high esteem in any political order. In India, Judiciary is the guardian of our Constitution. Whenever the constitutional rights are breached, the Judiciary is the only means where remedy for restoration of the constitutional rights can be sought. Our Judiciary gives decisions and pronounce judgments as per Codified Law of the country and on the basis of the best evidence rule. Judicial decisions are guided by Law texts and not by emotions. Depending upon the nature of the court's ruling, the judicial policy may have a very narrow or a very broad impact. That is why it is of utmost importance that judicial decisions and pronouncements of judges which have far reaching consequences are properly implemented with due diligence, in the interest of the polity and the society.

As a constitutional authority, Judiciary (Supreme Court) has also been vested with the authority as well as duty to advice the Head of the State on matters pertaining to Constitution, law, etc. Article 143 of the Constitution confers upon the Supreme Court advisory jurisdiction. The President may seek the opinion of the Supreme Court on any question of law or fact of public importance on which he thinks it expedient to obtain such an opinion. However, the opinion is only advisory, which the President is free to follow or not to follow.

The role of the judiciary to ensure equality, justice and liberty to the citizens has also been constitutionally defined. Article 32 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to issue directions or orders or writs for enforcement of any right conferred under the Constitution for securing social justice.
The Supreme Court has granted great relief in cases of social injustice to the affected groups of the society under this provision. Article 32 is an important instrument of judicial process to enforce social ordering. Article 32 of the Constitution of India itself is a fundamental right, which accorded free hand to the Judicial Process enable the Supreme Court to take suitable action for the enforcement of social order. Deprivation of the fundamental rights often results in to social disorder.
The Supreme Court is a sentinel of all fundamental rights, and we are satisfied to see that the Apex Court has taken recourse of judicial process effectively in every area of social disorder to set it right and granted relief for each type of evil prevailing in the society. The Supreme Court has played positive role in implementing social order. Judiciary has not shied away from its responsibility of enforcing social order. Looking to the need of hour and demands of the changing society, the Supreme Court has innovated various tools and techniques, for securing social order. One can see how the Supreme Court of India has innovated, case after case, various juristic principles and doctrines, for upgrading social order. Needless to say that , Articles14, 15, 16, 17, 38,39A and 42 to 47 of the Constitution of India deal with facets of social justice. Courts have played very wide role in interpreting the Connection for achievements of social justice. Bedsides this, the judges, both individually as well as collectively, have also made many important observations and opinions.

In view of their experience and wisdom, the observations/suggestions/opinion of the judges assumes significance and deserves utmost respect. In the present time where corruption is at its peak, where people are losing faith on the political class, judiciary appears to be the only silver line for the people to hope for a better future.

Another important matter is that judicial decisions of foreign courts have also their implications in India. This is more relevant in cases of corporate matters involving multinational corporations.

But, the most important aspect of such orders / observations / opinions is how they are treated by the executive in respect of their implementation. After a court's decision is reached/such an order is passed/observation or opinion is made, how they are examined is very important in this context. Who are the agencies responsible for examination, interpretation and implementations of these words of wisdom? In India, it has been the practice to get these orders examined and interpreted by the officials in the Law Ministry and other respective Ministries. Files are initiated by officers not above the rank of Under Secretary. But it is a sorry state of affairs that these officers are neither skilled nor competent and experienced to examine the words of senior judges of our judiciary. As a matter of fact, the letters of order are examined and not the spirit of the order. This not only amounts to miscarriage of justice in the bureaucratic process but also disrespect to the legal luminaries who want a degree of order in our society, economy and polity. For an example, the Health Ministry of India which was examining the US Court order related to violation of USFDA drug safety norms by Ranbaxy at its manufacturing units in India could not order a probe into the matter even after lapse of a significant period of time.

Legal work is a specialists' job. It must be understand and accepted that the Judges give their decision without any pride and prejudice and the Judges are neutral to everyone. All the decisions are made according to the written law of the country. So, the judicial decisions must be respected. In this context, outsourcing of legal activities of government to experienced and competent lawyers and law firms needs special mention. The field of legal outsourcing was largely untapped. At present the number of jobs in legal outsourcing in India stood less than 12,000. The most important challenges to legal outsourcing included concerns about data security, conflict of interest rules, and the need for Indian lawyers to pass US bar examinations. Government, if it wants that judicial orders and words of wisdom from the judges are valued, respected and put into implementation models, it should seriously think about outsourcing of its legal activities.

I C Sharma

IAS officers must rise to occasion

Apropos Dev\s Speech at Mussorie, his suggestions are apt, timely and practicable. All the IAS officers must rise to the occasion. The country is heading towards darkness , IAS is the only visible light at the end of the tunnel. None of them has a reason to choose to become corrupt. All of them possess capability to earn much bigger money in the corporate sector. Officers, you must not surrender to the wrong doings of any. You joined this Service with a purpose. Let it not get defeated.

N K Das

Stagnation of Steno D and C

UDC & Asst of 1993 have become SOs. In our cadre the increase in PPS & Sr.PPS/PSO post has been done by reducing the created PA/PS posts after cadre restructure in 2006. As match saving these posts were not filled but only PPS and Sr.PPS/PSO posts have been increased. Even the benefit of pay fixation has not been given to us. As far as our problem regarding stagnation of steno C is concerned even after 22-25 years, this DoPT is only a dummy department. They are even not capable of fixing responsibilities in performance of duties for PPS/Sr.PPS/PSOs as they only do the appointment work and simply sit late for other benefit and not for taking dictation or any other responsible work. Hope DoPT corrects itself

D Raju

TAIL-PIECE

When UPA II came to power, Rupee was trading at around Rahul's age.

Today it is trading at Sonia's age.

And the way things are going, don't be surprised if it soon trades at Manmohan Singh's age !!!

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