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If not Manmohan Singh then….?
In case UPA comes to power and Rahul Gandhi becomes King Maker like Sonia Gandhi, then who will be the PM? Top sources said at least not Manmohan Singh and choice will be either A K Antony or Sheila Dixit or P Chidambaram.

Production of coal reduces
Coal India has produced 35 million tonnes (mt) coal against a target of 40mt. A former IAS officer is presently CMD of the CIL.

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level postings this week
At least four Secretary level postings in the Government of India are expected to take place this week.

Successor of Gujaral, Secretary, Expenditure, likely by Nov 5
As the grapevine has it the appointment of the successor for Raminder Singh Gujral, Secretary, Dept of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, may be appointed. Reportedly, the officer, who is designated as OSD, will take over from Gujral on November 30 as the full-fledged Secretary, Department of Expenditure. Gujral, a 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, will retire on November 30.

Seetharam poised for Indian Ambassador to UAE
As the grapevine has it Thettalil P Seetharam is all set to take over as India's new Ambassador to UAE. The 1980 batch IFS officer is currently serving in Port Louis as Indian High Commissioner in Mauritius. He would succeed Kapanaiah Lokesh, a 1977 batch IFS officer.

Appointment of new DG, CISF not before Nov 15
With Rajiv demitting the offices as Director General, CISF on October 31, all eyes are on the appointment of new full-fledged boss of CISF in coming days.

Reportedly, the appointment of new Director General
will take a couple of weeks as the date of meeting for the selection is yet to be fixed up meaning hereby the appointment may take place a week or two. Presently Subhash Joshi DG BSF has been given the charge of DG.

Arup Patnaik says 'No' for NPA
Arup Patnaik is believed to have declined the offer to become Director of the National Police Academy (NPA), Hyderabad. In fact, Union Home Secretary, Anil Goswami had asked him to join the NPA as Director. Patnaik is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

First woman MD of LIC, Ms Usha Sangwan
Ms Usha Sangwan will be remembered in the history of LIC. She is the first woman MD to have joined as MD of the LIC.

19 EDs appear for interview of Bank CMDs
Altogether 19 EDs have appeared for interview for CMDs of Nationalised Bank. The vacancies will arise from next year.

2003 batch IAS officers are Collectors in four state capitals
2003 batch IAS officers are managing well as Collector of four state capitals. They are: Roopwant Singh Ahmedabad; Nishant Warwade Bhopal; Saurabh Rao (Nagpur second capital of Maharashtra) and Siddharth Pardeshi of Raipur.

Lt Gen Rai to be Army Commander Western Command in Dec
Lt Gen M M Rai is being appointed Army Commander of the Western Command in December.

Mathews takes charge as Director (Tech), NFL
M S Mathews, Director (Technical), MFL, has taken over as Director (Technical), National Fertilizers Limited (NFL). He succeeded CMT Britto holding charge of this post.
(We said this on April 18, 2013)

Patro joins as Director (Personnel), ECL
K S Patro, GM, CCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL). He succeeded S K Srivastava retired on October 31, 2013.
(We said this on April 10, 2013)

Chief Secretary wants to become bullet train
There is a Chief Secretary, who wants to become a bullet train which has an engine attached to every bogie. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer, Kaushik Mukherjee who is new Chief Secretary of Karnataka.

Langstieh moves to Delhi
AWK Langstieh, Principal Accountant General (Audit), Meghalaya, Shillong, has been transferred and posted as Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi. He will relieve Roy Mathrani.

A post of ADG rank, though dormant, is lying vacant in CBI?
After the empanelment of 1983 batch IPS officers for ADG rank the all possible avenues pertaining to occupancy & vacancy are being scanned these days by the new takers. One such slot, being discussed these days, is a post of ADG rank in CBI which has been lying dormant.

Post of Director (Fin), Nepa Ltd lying vacant since Sept 2012
The post of Director (Finance), Nepa Limited has been lying vacant since September 10, 2012. Meanwhile, B S Prasad, GM, BDL was selected for the post, but he did not join the same citing some personal reasons.

IFS changes in Madhya Pradesh
Anil Oberai, (IFS, 1978) has taken over as PCCF and Head of Forest Force after retirement of PCCF of MP R S Negi on October 31, 2013 while Dr Animesh Shukla(IFS, 1979), PCCF, joins as Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh State MFP (Trade and Development) Cooperative Federation and Ajit K Sonakia(1979), is promoted to PCCF level and has taken over as the Member (Environment), Narmada Valley Development Authority, MP, Bhopal.

PESB invites applications for Director (Engg), MECON
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Engineering), MECON Limited falling vacant next year on November 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications before December 27, 2013.

V Ravindran empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
V Ravindran has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IOFS officer.

84 posts of IPS officers vacant in Odisha
As many as 84 posts of IPS officers have been lying vacant against 188 sanctioned strength in Odisha.

CORPORATE

CBEC members get charge
Shobha Chary will be Member (Customs) with additional charge of Personnel and Vigilance. Kaushal Shrivastava, new Member, (Budget).

G K Pillai appointed Chairman of MCX-SX
MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) has appointed former Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai as its Chairman.

Raj ceases to be Director, Larsen & Toubro Limited
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has withdrawn the nomination of N Mohan Raj from the Board of Directors of Larsen & Toubro Limited.

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Nothing new in Supreme Court's verdict
There is nothing new in the Supreme Court's verdict relating to the 'political bosses not giving oral instructions rather only written instructions'. The Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure (CSMOP) and the Manual of Office Procedure (MOP)) of State Governments already provide for it. It is the question of strictly following these instruction and taking of action against the defaulters under the Conduct Rules. The paragraph Nos. 36 to 39 states of the CSMOP states as under:-

36. Oral discussions:-
(1) All points emerging from discussions (including telephonic discussions) between two or more officers of the same department or from discussions between officers of different departments, and the conclusions reached will be recorded precisely on the relevant file by the officer authorizing action. (2) All discussions/instructions/decisions which the officer recording them considers to be important enough for the purpose, should be got confirmed by all those who have participated in or are responsible for them. This is particularly desirable in cases where the policy of the government is not clear or where some important deviation from the prescribed policy is involved or where two or more levels differ on significant issues or the decision itself, though agreed to by all concerned, is an important one.

37. Oral instructions by higher officers-
(1) Where an officer is giving direction (including telephonic direction) for taking action in any case in respect of matters on which he or his subordinate has powers to decide, he shall ordinarily do so in writing. If, however, the circumstances of the case are such that there is no time for giving the instructions in writing, he should follow it up by a written confirmation at the earliest.

(2) An officer shall, in the performance of his official duties, or in the exercise of the powers conferred on him, act in his best judgment except when he is acting under instructions of an official superior to him. In the latter case, he shall obtain the directions in writing wherever practicable before carrying out the instructions, and where it is not possible to do so, he shall obtain written confirmation of the directions as soon thereafter as possible. If the Officer giving the instructions is not his immediate superior but one higher to the latter in the hierarchy, he shall bring such instructions to the notice of his immediate superior at the earliest.

38. Oral orders on behalf of or from Minister:-
(1) Whenever a member of the personal staff of a Minister communicates to any officer an oral order on behalf of the Minister, it shall be confirmed by him in writing, immediately thereafter.

(2) If any officer receives oral instructions from the Minister or from his personal staff and the orders are in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures they should be brought to the notice of the Secretary (or the head of the department where the officer concerned is working in or under a non-secretariat organization (3) If any Officer receives oral instructions from the Minister or from his personal staff and the orders are not in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures, he should seek further clear orders from the Secretary (or the head of the Department in case he is working in or under a non-secretariat organization) about the line of action to be taken, stating clearly that the oral instructions are not in accordance with the rules, regulations, norms or procedures. (4) In rare and urgent cases when the Minister is on tour/ is sick and his approval has to be taken on telephone, the decision of the Minister shall be conveyed by his Private Secretary in writing. In such cases, confirmation will be obtained on file when the Minister returns to Headquarters/rejoins.

39. Confirmation of oral instructions-
(1) If an officer seeks confirmation of oral instructions given by his senior, the latter should confirm it in writing whenever such confirmation is sought. (2) Receipt of communications from junior Officers seeking confirmation of oral instructions should be acknowledged by the senior officers or their personal staff, or the personal staff of the
Minister, as the case may be.

2. The top Civil Servants have got for themselves insulation/shock absorbers through the reprieve of the Supreme Court. Will they percolate down to their subordinate officers? It is a known fact that the Senior Joint Secretaries, Additional Secretaries and Joint Secretaries are also in the habit of giving oral orders to their subordinates and if the latter does not compromises with any wrong order, they are victimized. There should also be a system in place wherein Ministers can give written orders to the middle management and junior level officers, if there is break of relations between him/her and the topmost bureaucrat. If this is not done then the cog wheel of administration in the country will come to a halt. The Senior Civil Servants should first shed in their British Raj feudalism. Commissions should also be put in place for the posting/transfer of all categories of officers should be considered. The top Civil Servants should realize that 'Jinke ghar sheeshe ke hotein hain who dusron ke ghar par pathar nahi fektein hain'.

B B Shrivastava

Monopoly in DoPT, Cabinet Secretariat be ended
Recent Supreme courts direction on insistence of written order from Ministers is nothing new .Manual of office procedure published in fifties contained this provision. Notwithstanding the instruction the bureaucrats for their own self interest carried out illegal oral orders of Ministers. Many senior officers also did the same to their junior officers. Things can improve only when officers stop clamouring for "prized posting " or post retirement assignments. Further the special status given to IAS visa-vis other services should be done away. Their monopoly in Department of Personnel and Cabinet Secretariat should be ended.

S Gopal

Promotion policy affecting promote officers in I-T
The skewed promotion policy by CBDT in cutting edge level (ACIT) and 1st supervisory level(JCIT) is affecting the budget and morale of the promotee officers in Income Tax Dept. Unfortunately the morons in the CBDT have not woken up to this fact. As stated it is not known what is this `leftover batch` concept. Let somebody in other organisations pl. clarify

Ravi

Govt itself is indifferent to needy
Why to speak of the indifference of doctor in CGHS. The Govt itself is indifferent to the needy. I had made several efforts to open more CGHS outlets across the country since many of the beneficiaries are now settling across the country . I am trying to get a private member bill introduced in Parliament, well knowing that it will not be taken up, that all hospitals and labs getting NABH and NABL accreditation should also automatically extend CGHS benefits. Need support.

Anil Kumara

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