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Where are Vaghela and Keshu Bhai?

People are curious to know about the two stalwarts of Gujarat Keshu Bhai Patel and Shankar Singh Vaghela these days.



BUREAUCRACY

Ranjan Mathai appointed HC to UK
Former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
(We said this on June 5 and again on September 25, 2013)

Rajiv Gupta is also Secretary, Sports in GoI
Rajiv Gupta, Secretary, Youth Welfare has been assigned an additional charge of Sports in Government of India upon the retirement of P K Deb. Gupta is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Alok Rawat is also Secretary, Labour & Employment
Alok Rawat, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment in Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Sudarsanam Srinivasan is also Member (Fin), Space/Atomic/Earth Commission
Sudarsanam Srinivasan, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Space, has been assigned an additional charge of Member (Finance), Space Commission/Atomic Energy Commission/Earth Commission. Srinivasan is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ms Srivastava gets additional charge of CMD NABARD
Additional Secretary, Financial Services, Ms Snehlata Srivastava, has been given additional charge of the CMD NABARD. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ms Subashini Murugesan is HC to Saint Lucia
Ms Subashini Murugesan (YOA: 1987), presently Ambassador of India to Republic of Suriname has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Saint Lucia, with residence in Paramaribo.

Justice Banumathi is new CJ of Jharkhand HC
Senior most Judge of the Madras High Court Justice R Banumathi has been appointed Chief Justice of the Jharkhand high court.
(We said this on August 20, 2013)

Orders of Bansal in a day or two
Orders of the appointment of Sadhuram Bansal as CMD of Corporation Bank are expected to be issued in a day or two. He is presently ED in PNB.

Gauri Shankar to succeed Bansal
GM , Bank of India Gauri Shankar, will succeed Saduram Bansal as ED of the Punjab National Bank. Orders are expected in a couple of days.

Will Bansod join SSC ?
R G Bansod is expected to be inducted in Staff Selection Commission (SSC) in Government of India. Bansod, who is an IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, had retired on October 31, 2008.

Number of HC Judges in Madras now 42
The strength of the Madras High Court has gone up to 42 against the sanctioned strength of 60.

IAS officer in Haryana gets three months extension
Haryana cadre IAS officer of 1977 batch Krishna Mohan has been given three months extension.

Dr Kumar is also Secretary, Child Rights Commission in Rajasthan
Dr Tina Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Jaipur. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two IPS officers in Chhattisgarh shifted
Two IPS officers in Chhattisgarh have been shifted. While K C Agrawal has been appointed as Assistant IG, PHQ, Raipur, R P Sai will now be SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Raipur.

AIIMS Director retires
The Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Dr R C Deka has retired on Monday.

Kripa Nidhi to retire
Kripa Nidhi - Financial Advisor and Additional Secretary, CRPF & NSG, is retiring this month.

DG, Akashwani, Mandloi to retire this month end
DG Akashwani L D Mandloi is superannuating in October end after his successful innings.

Chhabra to return Odisha
Manoj Kumar Chhabra is returning to the parent Odisha cadre from central deputation. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer.

Sharma appointed as Deputy Director, (News), Jalandhar
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, M M Sharma has been posted as Deputy Director (News), DDK, Jalandhar.

MP Govt sanctions 10% DA to its employees
Madhya Pradesh Government has sanctioned 10 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees thereby raising it from 80 percent to 90 percent. The DA will be effective retrospectively from January 1, 2013. The orders have been issued in this regard.

1989 batch IAS is PS in West Bengal
Six 1989 batch IAS officers Mssrs BP Gopalika ,Chandan Sinha, Anil Verma, Atri Bhattacharya, A.R. Bardhan and SK Thade have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in West Bengal.

Kesri bereaved (UPDATED)
Subhadra Devi Kesri, mother of Madhya Pradesh cadre , a 1990 batch IAS officer, Ajit Kesri has passed away in Delhi. She was 81.

Defence, Joint Secretary, Arun Bal is no more (UPDATED)
Dr Arun Kumar Bal, Joint Secretary, Defence, has passed away. He was a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.


CORPORATE

Varadarajan assumes charge as CMD, BPCL
S Varadarajan, Director (Finance), BPCL, has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on October 1, 2013. He succeeded R K Singh who retired September 30, 2013.
(We said this on February 26, 2013)

M Nagaraj joins as MD, NSKFDC
M Nagaraj, GM, IIFCL, has assumed the charge as Managing Director, National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) on October 1, 2013. He succeeded Lalit Kohli who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on February 19, 2013)

Mrs R S Borah joins as Director (Fin), OIL
Mrs R S Borah, CGM, OIL, has taken over as Director (Finance), Oil India Limited (OIL). She succeeded Ananth Kumar who retired on September 30, 2013.Mrs Borah is the first ever lady functional Director in the Board of this Navaratna company.
(We said this on March 21, 2013)

Swaminathan assumes charge as Director (Fin), BEML
P Swaminathan, ED, BEML, has taken the charge as Director (Finance), BEML Limited on October 1, 2013. He succeeded Pitchiah who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 13, 2013)

Pandey takes over as Director (Proj), NTPC
S C Pandey, ED, NTPC, has taken over the charge as Director (Projects), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited on October 1, 2013. He succeeded B P Singh who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 8, 2013)

Srivastava assumes charge as Director (Comm), Air India
Pankaj Srivastava, GM, Air India, has taken over the charge as Director (Commercial), Air India Limited (AIL) on October 1, 2013. He succeeded G D Brara who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 7, 2013)

Subramanian expected to join as Director (Mktg), FACT in Oct
V Subramanian, GM, IOCL, is expected to take over as Director (Marketing) Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT). He would succeed P K Chandrasekharan.
(We said this on May 29, 2013)

Ms Gita Mishra to join as Director (Pers), RVNL in Oct
Ms Gita Mishra, Director (Personnel), RVNL, will be joining on absorption on the same post on October 13, 2012.
(We said this on April 30, 2013)

Naresh Chandra to join as Director (Tech), MRVC in Oct
Naresh Chandra, Director (Technical), MRVC, will be joining on absorption on the same post on October 14, 2013.
(We said this on March 14, 2013)

Agrawal to join Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
Ashish Kumar Agarwal is joining Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited as Lead IT at Indore, the company's state headquarters. He will be reporting to Neeraj Vijayvargiya, the CTO of RJIL in MP-CG circle. Agarwal was earlier working with Tata Interactive Systems.

Singh ceases to be Director, (Projects) NTPC Ltd
B P Singh has relinquished the charge as Director (Projects) of NTPC Ltd on attaining the age of retirement.


Engineer ceases to be ED, HDFC Bank Limited

Harish Engineer has ceased to be an Executive Director of HDFC Bank Limited.

Pingle appointed Independent Director, Tulsi Extrusions Limited
Tulsi Extrusions Limited has appointed Vivek M Pingle as an Independent director of the company.

Gandhi appointed Company Secy. Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited
Goenka Diamond and Jewels Limited has appointed Ms Sneha Gandhi as the Company Secretary of the company.

Soni resigns as Company Secy, Aster Silicates Limited
Mahendra Soni has resigned as Company Secretary of Aster Silicates Limited.

Chavan appointed Company Secy. Aster Silicates Limited
Ms Ishwari Chavan has been appointed as Company Secretary of Aster Silicates Limited.

Bubna resigns as ED, Alok Industries Limited
Chandrakumar Bubna has resigned as Executive Director of Alok Industries Limited on account of health reasons

Jain resigns as Director, Varun Industries Limited
Raaja Jain has resigned as Director of Varun Industries Limited

Tamhane appointed Director, Summit Securities Limited
S K Tamhane has been appointed as Director of Summit Securities Limited.


FORUM

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Apex Court's path breaking decision

Apex Court has given path breaking direction that voters should have right to reject candidates. Let us use this opportunity to reject all criminals and corrupt fellows. Let the civil society, news Channels and all political commentators keep watch over candidates who will be contesting general elections 2014. They should expose all candidates with criminal and corrupt background. Let the Courts come down heavily on such candidates and parties which give them tickets. It will lead to real change in the political environment and governance in the country.

Arun Kumar

Plight of senior officers

You don't allow posts to be filled up and also demand that retired officers should not be appointed as Consultants. Have you seen the present plight of senior officers who are doing the work which Assistants used to do in yester years? Then, you expect efficiency and quality to improve. Just ponder over and suggest alternative ways.


Hari

A blatant mistake

Further mess is added to the issue of by sending letter to DoPT by Railway Board by stating GM open line is cadre post. This is misleading - a blatant mistake that can be challenged in the Court

S K Gupta

Will women get their share in tickets ?

It is rumoured that the Congress is going to give 15 percent tickets to Women in Delhi Assembly polls. What about BJP ? Will Modi alone meet the expectations of public.

Yeh Public Hai Sab Janti Hai , Karni Kya ....Kathni Kya. Wait And Watch.

S K Khurana

Police Verification - public is corrupt

Yes. Police verification is required even for a class IV govt. employee. In case of MLA/MP etc. it is the public and NOT police who give them clean chit to go to the Vidhan Sabha and the Parliament. Knowing fully well that a particular candidate is criminal and corrupt, still people give him vote. Is it not very funny and madness on the part of a party and the public at large. People are very conveniently talking of Hindu, Muslim, Christian and others etc. as far as the outcome of the election is concerned. Whatever success one can get politically or economically, mentally one will remain a slave forever. Unfortunately we have a habit of talking very high and behaving very low. Public is the police for any elected representative. But, the problem is that public is corrupt. Jai Hind.

Z S Nirwal (IFS) retd

Congrats !

Hearty Congrats. Antony !

Radha Ranjan

DATE WITH RTI

Can the filing of application under the RTI Act by citizens be termed as an official act?

Responding to the appellant's complain that the PIO had violated the official language policy by giving reply in English to an application filed in Hindi, the Appellate Authority observed that the Official Language Policy prescribes that all letters received in Hindi, irrespective of the region from where received, should invariably be replied to in Hindi. This extends to official letters only and an RTI application cannot be said to be an official letter. The RTI Act also does not prescribe the language in which an RTI application should be disposed of. The CIC held that the Appellate Authority has erred in observing that an RTI application cannot be said to be an official letter. Every action under a statute is an 'official act'. Therefore, filing of RTI application under the RTI Act by citizens too is an official act and cannot be construed as nonofficial act as observed by
the Appellate Authority.

Comments

A PIO should reply to the RTI application as per the provisions of the official language policy. In case the documents being sought are in English while the RTI application has been filed in Hindi, the copies of the documents may be provided as available with the forwarding letter is Hindi.

Citation: Shri Anil Pathak v. State Bank of India in Decision No. CIC/VS/A/2012/001141/04207

Weekly article by Dr (Mrs ) Anuradha Verma

(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore. Her other articles regarding RTI can be read at http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

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