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GAIL CMD Tripathi gets 5 year extension
Navratan PSU Gail India's CMD B C Tripathi has been extended a consecutive second term as CMD. The Government of India has recognized the services of GAIL India CMD. Tripathi's current term was to expire on 31st July 2014. Now in second term Tripathi will continue the office of CMD Gail till July 31, 2019.

BUREAUCRACY

Sudhir Mittal is also Secretary, Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Sudhir Mittal, Secretary, Department of Fertilizers Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

G B S Prasad selected as Director (Pers), RINL
G B S Prasad, ED, RINL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 11, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

P S Raghavan appointed as Secretary (ER) in MEA
P S Raghavan, Special Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as Secretary (ER), Ministry of External Affairs. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer.

Orders of Khullar as Secretary (West), MEA issued
The orders for the appointment of Dinkar Khullar, Ambassador of India in Brussels as Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) have been issued by Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on September 26, 2013)

Orders of Wadhwa as Secretary (East), MEA issued
The orders for the appointment of Anil Wadhwa, Ambassador of India in Bangkok as Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) have been issued by Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on September 26, 2013)

Dr M C Mishra is new Director of AIIMS
Dr M C Mishra has been appointed Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. Till now he was the head of the Institute's Trauma Centre.
(We said this on October 10, 2013)

IFS officer to go on inter-cadre deputation to Karnataka
Sikkim cadre 2004 batch IFS officer Dr D Manjunatha is going to Karnataka on inter-cadre deputation for five years.

Sinha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
N K Sinha has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India (GoI). He is a 1981 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS).

Shrivastava empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
P K Shrivastava has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. He is a 1981 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS).

Mishra appointed as Joint Secretary, MHA
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India.

Justice Sapre is now CJ of Gauhati HC
Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, has been transferred as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
(We said this on September 2 and again on October 4, 2013)

Justice Mohapatra to move to Manipur HC
Senior most Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra, has been transferred to the High Court of Manipur.
(We said this on September 2 and again on October 4, 2013)

Madras High Court gets two Judges
Justice Mrs S Vimala and Justice Muthiah Thevar Vijayaraghavan, Additional Judges, have been appointed as Judges of the Madras High Court.

Meena poised to join NCB as Zonal Dir
B R Meena, presently serving as Commandant, CRPF, is all set to move to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) as Zonal Director.

Four IFS officers of 1980 batch get PCCF rank in AP
As many as four Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of 1980 batch have been promoted to the rank of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and two of them have been given posting. Accordingly, S B L Mishra has been posted as Special Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Vigilance) in the office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF) while Mrs C S Rama Lakshmi retains as Commissioner of Sericulture and P K Sharma was posted as Special Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Development) in the office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF), Hyderabad. Besides, K D R Jaya Kumar has also been retained as Special Secretary to Government, (Forests), Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department.

Danday deputed as Director, Health & Family Welfare in GoI
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ramesh Chand Danday has been deputed as Director in the Department of Health & Family Welfare under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Government of India.

Two IRS-IT officers posted as OSD to CCIT in Delhi
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre namely Nidhi Srivastava and Neehar Ranjan Pande have been posted as OSD to CCIT in Delhi.

V K Bakshi is also CCIT, Patna
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, V K Bakshi, CCIT, Durgapur, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT (CCA), Patna.

Seven officers get IAS cadre against 2011 vacancies in Punjab
As many as seven officers Punjab State Civil Service of Punjab have been accorded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the year 2011 vacancies. The officers are: Sukhvinder Singh, Gurdev Singh, Malwinder Singh Jaggi, Parminder Singh Gill, Manpreet Singh, Jaskiran Singh and Dilraj Singh.

Five officers get IAS cadre against 2012 vacancies in Punjab
As many as five officers Punjab State Civil Service of Punjab have been accorded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the year 2012 vacancies. The officers are: Manjit Singh Brar, Mrs Kanwal Preet Brar, Tejinder Pal Singh Dhaliwal, Devinder Pal Singh Kharbanda and Bhupinder Singh-II.

Services of two IRTS officers affected
Tej Pratap Singh, SG/IRTS, on return from deputation, has been posted to Southern Railway in the cadre while the transfer orders of Kartikeya Singh IRTS from WR to NFR have been cancelled.

Ms Nanda returns from deputation to IRCON
Ms Vandana Nanda, HAG/IRAS, on return from deputation to IRCON, has been posted on Northern Railway in the cadre.

Three IRAS offices transferred
Three officers of IRAS have been shifted in Railways. Accordingly, S P Virdi, SAG/IRAS/RCF, Rae Bareli has been shifted to Northern Railway and posted in the cadre while Ms Saandhay Deep Das, SAG/IRAS/RCF was transferred in place of S P Virdi and B Pande, SAG/IRAS/ Central Railway is being moved to South Western Railway and posted as FA & CAO (CHOD).

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, S Gopalkrishna has been appointed as commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection while Swaran Singh will now be Principal Secretary/Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce and N S Palaniappan is Principal Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj. Similarly, C V Sankar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Industries Department; Balachandran as Chief Executive Officer, Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board; T N Venkatesh as MD, Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited and B Maheswari was appointed as Deputy Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department.

Eight IAS officers in J&K shifted
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu & Kashmir. Accordingly, Shahid Anayatullah has been appointed as Secretary, Transport Department while Sanjeev Verma will now be Secretary, Bureau of Public Enterprises and Floriculture Department and Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo is MD, J&K State Power Development Corporation. Similarly, Anal Kumar Gupta has been appointed as MD,
J&K Handloom Development Corporation; Ms Nirmal Sharma as Labour Commissioner; Mohammad Sharif Sood as Joint Financial Commissioner, Agrarain Reforms; Saurabh Bhagat as Transport Commissioner and Ms Dilshad Khan was made Special Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department.

Dr Mehra is also Chairman, Indira Gandhi Canal Board in Rajasthan
Dr Lalit Mehra has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman of Indira Gandhi Canal Board, Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer.

A V V Krishnan joins as Director (Fin), EPIL
A V V Krishnan, GGM, TCIL, has taken over as Director (Finance), Engineering Projects India Limited (EPIL). The post had been lying vacant since February 28, 2013.
(We said this on June 12, 2013)

A K Maitra posted as Adviser Traffic, RB
A K Maitra, Adviser Vigilance in Railway, has been appointed as Adviser, Traffic in Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.
(We said this on August 20, 2013)

Kundan Sinha posted as Adviser Vigilance, RB
Kundan Sinha presently working as Adviser (Rates), Railway Board, has been posted as Adviser, Vigilance in Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Tamil Nadu Govt sanctions 10% DA to its employees
The Government of Tamil Nadu has accorded sanction for the increase in the rates of Dearness Allowance (DA) to its employees from 80 percent to 90 percent.

CORPORATE

Chourasia ceases to be CS, Plethico Pharmaceuticals Limited
Amrish Kumar Chourasia has ceased to be Company Secretary of Plethico Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Kothari appointed CS, Plethico Pharmaceuticals Limited
Ms Khushboo Kothari has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Plethico Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Sharma resigns as Company Secretary, BLB Limited
Ms Priyanka Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of BLB Limited.

Thakur appointed Company Secretary, BLB Limited
Ms Vasudha Thakur has been appointed as Company Secretary of BLB Limited.

Two Directors appointed on Board of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
Venkat Chary and Justice R J Kochar (Retd.) has been appointed as Non-Executive and Independent Directors of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd.

Nair ceases to be Director, Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
T C Nair has ceased to be Director of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd.

Chouhan appointed as CS, Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
Hariraj Chouhan has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd

Sudarshan as Independent Non-Executive Director, NIIT Ltd
NIIT Limited has appointed Anand Sudarshan as Independent Non-Executive Director of the company.

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Ridiculous suggestion
It is ridiculous and a legal folly for "a retired civil servant" to suggest that retired officials' pension should be made dependent on the mercy of the ruling powers based on a "good conduct" certificate to be issued by them along with the annual life certificate. He should know that the supreme court has laid down the law of the land that pension is not a largesse doled out by the government to retired officials at their whim but a legal right for a dignified living post-retirement earned by their long years of service put in during their entire working age. It is ludicrous to club a life certificate and a so-called a good conduct certificate for a retired civil servant like for an adolescent school-leaving pupil to be issued by the headmaster ! Even while in service, all government employees including peons are assessed only in their performance appraisals and not for good conduct certificates. What an insult to the dignity and self-respect of retired senior citizens and what a cheap way to settle scores with those against whom you carry a chip on your shoulder, retired civil servant!!

P K Deb

Pension is not a Bounty
The assertion that "pension payment is subject to good conduct" is incorrect. The Supreme Court of India has clearly pointed out in the matter of UPR Acharya v. State of Karnataka, that Pension is not a bounty, but rather a sort of deferred salary. It is not some gift that the government bestows, but nothing less than the earned right of the pensioner. No doubt government retirees should adhere to norms of decent behaviour. But pension has little to do with them.

Aditya Singh

Nothing common
The Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure defines the duties of responsibilities of both Assistants and PAs. There is no commonality. Hence, the question of both of these posts having similar eligibility criteria for LDCE exams does not arise.

Satya Prakash

PAs shouldn't be allowed to compete
I disagree, minimum qualifications for LDCE examination should be a Graduate as one becomes Class II Gazetted Officer after he/she qualifies LDCE. I am of the view PAs should not be allowed to compete at all for SOs examination.
Harish Kumar

Heartiest congratulations

Respected Singhal Saheb,
My heartiest congratulations for highly honoured assignment as Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. I look forward to see you at the highest position of the commission with your unique,super natural vision and capability. With warm regards

CA R C Agrawal Allahabad

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