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All 37 Services Officers to be empanelled as JS in GoI before Dec 31

Abolishing different yardsticks for different officers, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is reported to have instructed Establishment Officer (EO) of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to ensure empanelment of officers of all 37 Services under the Central Staffing Scheme to the rank of Joint Secretary in Government of India before December 31, 2015. Acting upon the instructions, the Establishment Officer (EO) has written letters to all concerned Secretaries seeking action plans from them so as to comply with the instructions of the Prime Minister in stipulated time. Notably, IAS officers upto 1997 batch have already been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary while the officers other All India Services are deprived of serving at Joint Secretary level in Government of India. Most the officers retire in anticipation of working in Government of India. This historical decision of the Government will pave the way for jobs at Joint Secretary level due to timely empanelment of the officers in Government of India.

OROP to be implemented before next general elections

One thing is certain that one rank one pension (OROP) would be in any case implemented before next general elections. The government may do so to gain political mileage atleast in the states where there are large chunk of Army votes. Such states are Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar.


BUREAUCRACY


Moderation: Review to take place soon?
GoI is reportedly going to review its decision of "Moderation" which has left many IAS officers red faced. 1982 and 1985 batch IAS officers who were not empanelled have met the competent authority in Delhi and requested for review of the decision.

New policy was applied for three states?
If informed sources are to be believed, GoI's new policy of "Moderation" for empanelment to the rank of Secretary was applied on three cadres-Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh. This policy was not applied for UP and Bihar.

Was there a campaign against IAS of certain cadres?
Power corridors are abuzz that there was a sustained campaign against some IAS officers of certain cadres. Sources said that such malicious drive was started in January this year. It is said that the aim of such campaign was to block the empanelment of some officers. Now these officers have left with no choice but to return to their parent cadres. The big question is: will they go back?.

Gopal Singh selected as CMD, NMDC
Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director in NMDC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 1, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Two members appointed for NEC
Chandra Kanta Das & Prof. Gungmumei Kamei have been appointed full time members of North Eastern Council for a period of three years. Das is a retired 1975 batch AM cadre IAS while Prof Kamei is a distinguished academician and public activist.

Balvender Kumar joins as Secretary, Mines
Balvender Kumar has joined as Secretary, Ministry of Mines in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Dr Anup K Pujari joins as Secretary, MSME
Dr Anup K Pujari has taken over the charge as Secretary MSME. Dr Pujari, who succeeded Madhav Lal, belonged to 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Alok Bhatnagar takes over as Naval officer-in-charge
Commodore Alok Bhatnagar, NM has taken over as the Naval Officer-in-Charge Tamil Nadu & Puducherry) from Commodore Amar K Mahadevan, VSM on his superannuation, at a ceremonial parade conducted at INS Adyar, Navy Office, Chennai. The Commodore, prior to his appointment was serving as Principal Director International Fleet Review (PD IFR) at Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy), New Delhi.

27 CSS officers appointed as Joint Secretaries in-situ after promotion
As many as 27 officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), who were empanelled, have been appointed as Joint Secretaies in-situ in SAG grade in Government of India. Accordingly, R K Ojha has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce while Dr Parvinder Kaur is Joint Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation and V K Gauba will be Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. Similarly, M C Luther has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce; Dr P Srivastava, Tourism; Renu Jain, Science & Technology; Santosh Kumari, Defence; S L Negi, Higher Education; Geeta Narayan, Textiles; B S Rawat, Science & Technology; Dr Tarsem Chand, Health & Family Welfare; Vedantam Giri, MHA; K M Brahme, Agriculture& Cooperation; Vandana Sharma, DoPT; Mallipudi Subbarayan, Public Enterprises, S L Meena, DoNER; T Srinivas, Steel, K R Vaidheeswaran, Expenditure; Sudhesh Kumar Shahi, Coal, Indira Murthy Battprolu, MEA; Sweety Karta Ram, Urban Development; Vissatali Peddanna, Coal; A Asholi Chalai, DoPT; R K Gupta, Water Resources; Narain Dass, Commerce; Anju Bhalla, Power and Saheli Ghosh Roy was posted Joint Secretary, Expenditure.

A-M cadre authority told to relive Y C Modi to join as Addil Director, CBI

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the State Government to relieve Y C Modi of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Additional Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1984 batch IPS Officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Proposal of Mrs R S Borah for CMD, OIL rejected

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is reported to have rejected the proposal of Mrs R S Borah, Director (Finance), OIL, for her appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited (OIL). The post has fallen vacant on July 1, 2015 with the retirement of Sunil Kumar Srivastava on June 30, 2015.

Upendra Prasad Singh is also CMD, OIL
Upendra Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been assigned an additional charge of the Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Limited (OIL). He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Dr Sanjay Kumar fails to join as Director (Pers), WCL
Dr Sanjay Kumar, GM, CIL, who was selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), has failed to take over the charge for want of appointment orders as vacancy of this post arose on July 1, 2015.

Neeraj Kumar joins as Director (Fin), IRFC
Neeraj Kumar, GM, PFC, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC).
(We said this on Nov 20, 2014)

Lt Gen Chauhan to be GCO of 1 Corps ?

Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan is being tipped as GCO of 1 Corps at Mathura.

Javeed Ahmad is DG, Railways in UP
S Javeed Ahmad has been promoted as DG,Railways in Uttar Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IPS officer.

19 new DRMs appointed

Railway Board has appointed 19 new DRMs. They are Mssrs Pramod Kumar (IRSEE)- DRM, Moradabad (Northern Railway),A K Jain (IRSME)- DRM, Hubli (South Western ,Railway),Ajai Kumar Dubey (IRSS)- DRM, Solapur (Central Railway),Ramesh Kr Jha (IRSE)- DRM, Danapur (East Central Railway),M K Agrawal (IRSME)- DRM, Sonepur (East Central Railway),R K Mangala (IRSME)- DRM, Kharagpur (South Eastern Railway),B K Dadabhoy (IRTS)- DRM, Pune (Central Railway),Dinesh Kumar (IRSEE)- DRM, Ambala (Northern Railway),Alok Singh (IRTS)- DRM, Lucknow (North Eastern Railway),BG Mallaya (IRSEE)- DRM, Guntakal (South Central Railway),Sudhir Kumar (IRSSE)- DRM, Jabalpur (West Central Railway),AK Sinha (IRPS)- DRM, Nanded (South Central Railway),Rahul Goel (IRSSE)- DRM, Jodhpur (North Western Railway),DK Singh (IRTS)- DRM, Sambalpur (East Coast Railway),Rabinder Goel (IRTS)- DRM, Bilaspur (South East Central Railway),Rahul Gautam (IRSEE)- DRM, Raipur (South East Central Railway),Manoj Sharma (IRSE)- DRM, Ratlam (Western Railway),Sanjay Chaddha (IRSME)- DRM, Mumbai (Central Railway) and Ms. Seema Kumar (IRTS)- DRM, Kota (West Central Railway).

Shobhit Bhatnagar gets SAG

Shobhit Bhatnagar has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as CFTM in North Eastern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Gurinder Mohan Singh gets SAG

Gurinder Mohan Singh has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted in the cadre of North Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Two IAS officers get field postings in Tamil Nadu

V Sampath has been appointed Collector, Salem while Mrs M Lakshmi will now be Collector, Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu.

Saxena is acting GM of SCR
Pradeep Kumar Saxena has been appointed South Central Railway General Manager .

Himachal Pradesh to have 11 ACS
With the cadre strength of 147. Himachal Pradesh will now have 11 Additional Chief Secretaries. Presently the strength of ACS is eight.

Three 1985 batch IAS officers to get ACS rank in HP
Three 1985 batch IAS officers viz. Srikant Baldi, SKBS Negi and Manisha Nanda are being promoted to the rank of ACS in Himachal Pradesh.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in UP
A number of IAS officers have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh. Anil Kumar Singh has been appointed DM, Kaushambi while Surya Pal Gangwar will be DM, Sitapur and Nitin Ramesh Gokaran is new Varanasi Divisional Commissioner. Similarly, Himanshu Kumar has been appointed Principal Secretary, Science & Technology; Pramod Kumar Agrawal as Additional CEO, Greater NOIDA; Mahendra Bahadur Singh as Special Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development; Pramod Kumar Gupta as Special Secretary, Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion; Bhavana Shrivastava as Special Secretry, Agriculture Production; Pulkit Khare as CDO, Shahjahanpur; Andra Wamsi as CDO, Pratapgarh; Manish Kumar Verma as CDO, Mathura; R M Shrivastava is advisor to Election Commission and retired officer, R M Shrivastava was given job as Advisor, State Election Commission.

113 IRS-C&CE officers get NSFG
As many as 113 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise cadre have been granted non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG). The officers are: Lalaiah Dhandem, P N Hemlata, Sumit Kumar, Pramod Kumar, S Anil Kumar, Mohan Kumar Meena, Prabhjeet Singh Gulati, Nilkanth Nivrutti Shelkhe, Farah Iqbal, Deepthi Jayaraj, T G Venkatesh, Amish Kr Gupta, K K Singh, V K Singh, B Jayabalasundri, N P Meshram, Prasad Adelli, A Cleatus, Arvind Kumar Saxena, Binod Kr Singh, K C Sharma, Vinod Kumar, S D Chand, V P Singh, R K Sehgal, S M Mani, Rahul Lal, Jagdish Sahran, U B Singh, Datta K Kumar, S A Uma Shankar Gaud, Suresh Chander Gangar, M Rajan, U B Rakhe, M Satyanarayan Reddy, Mahendra Singh, Reena Shetty, Muppalla Murali Krishna, Rohit Singhal, M Umashankar, Lukalapu Venkateswra Rao, Rajesh Kr Agarwal, Sunita Mayur Pandey, Bochu Timothy, Cynthia K Sandhu, Katam Baby Raju, Karamvir Singh, Rajvi Ranjan, Vijayant Singh, Rakesh Gupta, Rakesh Ladwal, Sukhjit Kumar, P K Bhattacharyam, G B Santimano, Sanjay singhal, B P Singh, Y C S Swamy, S C Srivatva, As Baswaraj, M V V Suray Narayana, Sudhakar, Mishra, H K Sharma, Jayant Kr Lal, J S Shanshanwal, Om Prakash, R S Rao, P Ananthakrishana, Sanjeev Bhatnagar, M V Vasudevan, Debojit Bose, Aditya Kr Goel, Sanajay Kr Sinha, C L Dogra, Mahavir Singh Chauhan, Mahender Singh, S K H Meshram, V R Eliza, S Chander, J P S Meena, A R Naik, J Karpagam, Ajay Kumar, R K Chandan, Hardeep Singh, J R Meena, Bhim Singh, J K Simte, K R Madhar, K C Kala, Hari Shankar, J K Meena, P M Rao, R L Meena, C S Mishra, Ramkesh Meena, R S Sharma, B S Suhag, Ignatius Tirkey, R M Gautam, Pradeep Kumar Das, Yash Pal Sharma, Ashish Bijoy Dutta, Birudu Ravindranath, B R Mahayach, G Mathiazhagan, Mahboob Ahmad Ansari, M A Sama, Manorajan Nanda, Bharat Singh, V Nagendra Rao, Bidhan Chandra, T R Gajalaxmi and V C Khole.

Two IRS-C&CE officers shifted
S K Panda has been assigned additional charge of Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs as well as Service Tax, Kolkata while Jai Prakash has been transferred from Bhopal CX (Indore) to ADG, DG Inspection, Chennai.

100 IRS-C&CE officers promoted to Joint Commissioner grade
As many as 100 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise cadre hae been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner. The officers are: Yashovardhan Pathak, Manish S Kulkarni, K V R K Bhupalrao, Rish Mohan Yadav, G S Shaktwat, Sanjay Prabhakarrao Pradhan, Pranab Sarmaha, Ravindra Kuamr Singh, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Anand Kumar, Raman Kumar Mehta, Harish Dharnia, Pramod Kumar, Ashwini Kumar, Sanjay Kuamr Mahto, Sanjay Kumar, Devendra Pratap Singh Kushwaha, Rajendra Kumar, Pravin Kumar, Pravin Chandra, Amarnath Kesri, Pratul Tiwary, Bhilegaonkar, Deepak Madhavrao, Gauri Shankar Shina, Jagmohan, P Narsimha Rao, M Ramana Reddy, Bipin Kumar Upadhaya, Y Sreenatha Reddy, Remisetti Venkata Balaram, Nilank Kumar, V V Pandit, Pankaj Jain, Ashok Kumar Pandey, R K Dwivedi, Rakesh Deepak, Prakash Chandra Nayak, M Ram Mohan Rao, Naseer Khan, Pramod Kedia, Roshan LL, E Venkat Narsimha Reddy, Promod Kumar, Bhushanlal Garg, Vijay Prakasha Shukla, K Veerabhadra Reddy, S Kesave Narayan Reddy, S Madhusudhan, M Rama mohan Rao, M Tamizh Vendan, Ventru Srinivas, Dharam Singh Meena, Ram Het Meena, chetan Lama, Mohan Lal Sukhapal, K Sambi Reddy, S K Mishra, Vinod Kuamr Agarwal, Pranaya Wahane, R S Sundara Raju, V Vasudha Prasad Rao, Rajiv Garg, Kumar Gaurav Dhawan, Ranjan Prakash, Vikas Nair, Jayaprahasam s, Ramesh Kumar, Arvind Saran, Ubhap Sengraj, Anand Kumar, Chintha Anna Issac, Ch Venkaiah Chowdary, Rewat Raja bhai, Santosh Kumar Vatsa, Vishal M Sanap, Santosh Kumar Mohanty, Samriti Goel Saran, Pawan Kumar, Aslam Hassan, Pydi rama Prasad, Mahesh Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Amrendra Kumar Narayan, Hitesh Godara, A Manimaran, Dinesh Kumar, Anwar Ali T P, N Gandhikumar, Sandee Kumar Rawal, Dinesh Bhoyar, Honhar Singh Meena, Badari Prasad M V, Pravin Kumar Agarwal, A Syam Sunder, Sushant Kumar, Bhojraj Gagnani, M K Sarangi, Nalin Kumar, Manoj Kumar and Inderjit Guha.

Former SCR GM roped by AP Government
The AP Government has roped in former South Central Railway former general manager P.K. Srivastava as advisor .

IAS changes in Odisha

G V V Sharma has been given additional charge of MD of the disaster management agency and administrative reforms department. C J Venugopal has been appointed as the principal secretary to the governor with the additional charge of the science and technology department. Ranjana Chopra will be school and mass education secretary.

NBCC signs MoU with NICL (UPDATED)
National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd.(NBCC) has signed an MoU with National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) for the construction of NICL's new Corporate Office building by NBCC at Financial Hub, New Town, Kolkata, at a cost of Rs.150 Crore. While NBCC CMD Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal signed on behalf of NBCC, NICL's CMD Rajesh Aggarwal, IAS represented the insurance company. Other senior officers of NBCC and NICL were also present on the occassion. NBCC has recently executed Coal India Limited Office Building, a high-end Green Structure at New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata, at a cost of approximately Rs.250 Crore.

11 Customs officers promoted to Assistant Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers of Customs and Central Excise have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner. The officers are: Devdas P Kumaran, A K Pandey, K Venkatesachar, M Chandramouli, Dennis Caleb, Davinder Singh, Manbir Singh, Sunil P Bharne, S C Gangar and N Ravindra Kumar.

Himanshu Shekhar Chaudhary posted as MD, HP Agro Industries Corp Ltd (UPDATED)
Himanshu Shekhar Chaudhary, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Managing Director, Himachal Pradesh Agro Industries Corporation Limited. He is a 2008 batch IAS Officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Syed Anwarul Huda to attend training programme in UK (UPDATED)
Syed Anwarul Huda will be attending a short-term training programme on 'Leadership and Strategic Thinking' at Cambridge University, UK from July 5 to July 10, 2015. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ram Chandra Meena relieved to join as OSD to Ram Vilas Paswan (UPDATED)
Ram Chandra Meena has been relieved to join as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to RamVilas Paswan, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. He is a 1992 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ms Padmapriya Balakrishnan relieved to join as Deputy CEO, Ayush in GoI (UPDATED)
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has relieved Ms Padmapriya Balakrishnan of cadre responsibility enabling her to join central deputation as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Ayush for a period of four years. She is a 2001 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

12 Joint Commissioners of Income Tax get NFSG (UPDATED)
As many as 12 Joint Commissioners of Income Tax (JCIT) have been given Selection Grade (NFSG). The officers are: Radha Kishan, Bnagari Malikarjun Rao, G P Shrivastava, R S Naik, Ramesh S Mutgar, T P Shukla, Sharat Chandra Sarangi, B L Yadav, Achal Sharma, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, B K Dixit and Sampooranand.

Ms Aparna U to join AP cadre on deputation (UPDATED)
An inter-cadre deputation of Ms Aparna U from Uttar Pradesh cadre to Andhra Pradesh cadre has been approved for a period of three years. She is a 2001 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Narendra Kumar gets Apex Scale in MP (UPDATED)
Narendra Kumar has been promoted to the grade of PCCF (Forest chief) and posted as PCCF Wildlife in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1978 batch IFS officer.

Dinesh K Patnaik appointed as Ambassador to Kingdom of Morocco (UPDATED)
Dinesh K Patnaik, presently?Ambassador of India in Phnom Penh, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Kingdom of Morocco. He is a 1990 batch IFS officer.



DEBATE

Bureaucracy in UPA regime and under NDA government

Is functioning of bureaucracy better under the present NDA rule or in the UPA regime.
Send your brief specific views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com


CORPORATE

Murthy appointed CS of ONGC
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited has appointed V N Murthy as Company Secretary of the company.

Singh takes addl. charge as CMD of Oil India Ltd

U P Singh, Joint Secretary (Exploration) in the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has assumed the additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director of Oil India Limited w.e.f July 1, 2015

Ramakrishnan appointed Group CFO of Tata Motors Ltd

Tata Motors Limited has appointed C Ramakrishnan as Group Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. July 1, 2015.

Ms Mitra made Head (Mktg.) of Titan Company Ltd

Ms Suparna Mitra, Regional Business Head (South) of Titan Company Ltd had been made Head of Marketing for the company's Watches & Accessories Division.

Alexander made Regional Business Head ( South) of Titan Company Ltd

Biju Alexander who is currently General Manager (Sales & Marketing) of the Eyewear Division of Titan Company Ltd has been made Regional Business Head (South) of the company.

Three addl. directors appointed on Board of LIC Housing Finance Ltd

LIC Housing Finance Limited has appointed M Narendra, Debabrata Sarkar and V K Kukreja as additional directors of the company.

Agarwal appointed MD ( India) for Lenovo

Rahul Agarwal has been appointed as Managing Director (India) of Lenovo

Shah resigns as Non Exec. Director of Garden Silk Mills Ltd

Rajen P Shah has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Garden Silk Mills Limited

Rao appointed CFO of Vimta Labs Ltd

Vimta Labs Limited has appointed M Murali Mohana Rao as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Raghavan ceases to be CMD of IDBI Bank

M S Raghavan has ceased to be the Chairman & Managing Director of IDBI Bank on reaching the age of superannuation on June 30, 2015.


FORUM

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DEBATE (1)

Bureaucracy remains the same

Honesty of Modi is suppressed by bureaucracy which remains the same whatever be the regime. They will help the political bosses in every way and get enormous benefits themselves enriching themselves in the bargain. openly denial of basic rights under the services and harassment by their seniors as well as political masters is the fate. No one to hear.I have not found much change except that there is emphasis on punctuality or some of the bureaucrats at senior level spend more time in office.I support views of Aarti Khosla in totality. most of ministers are self eyed blind and surviving with borrowed eyes of Chamchas.

P K Chaturvedi

Brilliant join All India services

It is a fact that brilliant persons join All India services.But unfortunately when we look at their performance,it makes even mediocrity hang its head in shame.The reason is that in the given political system, predominantly the bosses are of average caliber, most of them have below average probity, and in 38 years of service,i have not come across even a single political boss,who has motivation to work for public and in public interest,so it affects the performance of bureaucrats too barring a few exceptions,where individuals continue to perform exceedingly well irrespective of the type of the bosses they get.There is no change in the attitudes, work environment and systems of the governments for the last many decades. Public has become indifferent and irrelevant except for some months before elections .Genarally the bureaucracy has been performing equally badly in both the regime.There is no hope of better performance in coming days too.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu

What is wrong in talking?

The question of punctuality and working hard is a matter of an individual. Further, work is not equally distributed amongst employees in the Government and logically it cannot be also. Some seat may have large amount of work, some may not and some seat may have a seasonal nature of work (which at times becomes 24 hours). In such a situation if two government employees talk and exchange pleasantries, what is wrong? Keeping quiet is sign of selfishness.


A Srivastava

PESB selection procedure

1. Change eligibility criteria.
2.Invite applications directly.
3.Put into computer.
4. Computer decides minimum 25 candidates.
5. Sent for CVC and other agencies for verification
6. PESB selects at least 3 candidates along with justification to PMO

Pras

Parliament canteen subsidy

Parliament Canteen Subsidy is also being enjoyed by the Officials and Staff of the two Secretariat of Parliament. God how these employees are recruited and get promoted before many in other services. I was Section Officer of CSS in 5 years, one boy joined the Rajya Sabha Secretariat as Assistant. Today he is Director and I am only Deputy Secretary. It is said the employees both in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat are selected through a source. Similar are is the case for officials in the High Court and Supreme Court.

BBS

Expert advice

A very good approach because an expert advice is required in the country not the economic analysis development at times away from the economics and nearer to the expertise.


Avinash Mishra

CSSS issue


Why Harish Kumar is hell bent on abolishing CSSS? Is he a victim or a CSS person? Without CSSS office functioning will be hit and we are well versed and efficient for the functioning of the officers' office. I reiterate that we are the bridge between the office and the officer. If Harish Kumar better represent DOP&T instead of writing in whispers. This site is purely for positive thinkers. Negative players may please leave the field.

Seth

OROP


Had one rank one pension been an area of concern for the IAS, it would have fructified long back. They would also have ensured that it was not applicable to the IPS and the IRS.

Vijay Kumar

DATE WITH RTI

Disclosure of the reasons for the decision taken by the Supreme Court

The appellant sought for the copy of judicial record related to the case decided by the Supreme Court of India and the reasons for some of the conclusions reached in that order. The Public Information Officer (PIO) advised the appellant to deposit a certain amount of money for getting the copy of the order and informed him that it is beyond the scope of the PIO's duty to offer any justification/explanation for the orders passed by the Supreme Court of India. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) endorsed the views of the PIO. The Central Information Commission rejected the appeal observing that if there are certain conclusions in the order, the reasons for those conclusions have to be found out in the order itself. The PIO cannot interpret the order and come out with his own justifications.

Comments

Explanations cannot be sought under the RTI Act. There are many cases where the judge has not given any reasons or justification for coming to a conclusion. The only remedy available is to go for an appeal. However, if a case is thrown out with a single word "dismissed" by the apex court, there is very little option for an individual.

Citation: Ahsan Halim v. Supreme Court of India in File No. CIC/SM/A/2011/000789

No. CIC/SH/A/2014/001245 File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/002761
File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/002763 File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/002760 File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/

Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore. Her other articles can be read at http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO's Guide to RTI by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)

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