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It was perhaps the very stability and rigidity of this organization which prevented growth.

Who is preparing list?

If top sources are to be believed various investigating agencies- CBI, IT, ED and Serious Fraud Investigating Office (SFIO) have been asked to prepare a list of present and ex-ministers against whom, any case is registered by any agency.

New CJI possesses high degree of legal knowledge

New Chief Justice of India TS Thakur, who would assume office in December, not only possesses unblemished career but also has high degree of legal knowledge and competence.

Blindfolded Lady with scales ke saamne sabh same

Jeeja ji saying ..its a Witch hunt???
Is it a genuine cry or just a stunt???

This he knew when Congress goes out!
He'd be investigated without a doubt!


Courts will ultimately decide!
Whether he's clean or took system for a ride!

Anyway best of luck to him!!
Maybe he should spend less time in the Gym!

The self proclaimed Messiah of probity!
For the Laloo hug his excuse is witty!

Kejri says Laloo pulled him and hugged!
See the pics ..does Kejri look bugged!

Only if his kathni and karni were same!
He wouldn't be heckled with shame shame!

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Outgoing Secretary in GoI under CVC scanner?
If insiders are to be believed, an outgoing Secretary in the Government of India is under Central Vigilance Commission scanner. He is going to be questioned by CVC.

Orders of Kini this week
Orders of A R K Kini for the post of DG BPR&D are expected to be issued by this week end. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.


Gujarat 5 and Bihar 7 has equal number of secretaries
Equal number of secretaries of Bihar (5) and Gujarat cadre (5) IAS officers have been appointed as secretaries in GoI. Bihar cadre Afzal Amanullah, 1979, NK Sinha, 1980, BP Sharma and Arun Jha of 1981 batch and Girish Shankar 1982 , Navin Verma 1982 batch and Ramesh Abhishek 1982 batch while Gujarat cadre Vijaylaxami Joshi, 1980, Rita Teotia, PK Pujari, Hasmukh Adhia all are from 1981 batch and Tapan Roy 1982 batch are posted as secretaries.

Jha likely to become Chairman, CWC
Ghanshyam Jha's name is doing the rounds for the post of Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC). Presently he is posted as Chairman, GFCC. Present Chairman, CWC is retiring in December this year. Jha is an officer of 1981 batch.

Preeti S Waliya to be Member, Censor Board ?
Preeti Sapru Waliya is likely to be appointed as member of Film Censor Board.

Sulkhan Singh will be seniormost IPS officer in UP
When J S Yadav retires as DGP of UP, Sulkhan Singh will be seniormost IPS officer in the cadre. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer and posted as DG, Training and will retire in September 2017. If the State governmentt goes by seniority, then Sulkhan Sigh may head the UP Police.

Two more DG level IPS officers of UP cadre will retire next year
Vijay Singh, DG, Police Training School (PTC) is superannuating in June 2016. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch. Malay Kumar Sinha, a 1981 batch officer is due to retire in September next year. He is presently on central deputation.

1991 batch IPS officer to become ADG in UP
Decks are cleared for eight UP cadre IPS officers of 1991 batch to become ADGs in the state. Two officers of this batch are on central deputation while three are zonal IGs in the cadre. They are- Alok Sharma, Meerut Zone, Brij Bhusan, Allahabad Zone and PC Meena, Gorakhpur Zone. DPC is likely to be held this month end.

Vijay Vishwas Pant appointed as PS to Kalraj Mishra
Vijay Vishwas Pant has been appointed as Private Secretary to Kalraj Mishra, Minister for MSME. Pant is a 2004 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

D Ravi joins as Director (Comm), PFC
D Ravi, ED, PFC, has taken over the charge as Director (Commercial), Power Finance Corporation (PFC). The post had been lying vacant since January 23, 2015.
(We said this on July 23, 2015)


7th CPC recommendations path breaking: IPS Association
The IPS (Central) Association (CIPSA) has welcomed the report of the 7th Central Pay Commission terming it as "pathbreaking". PVR Sastry, Secretary, IPS (Central) Association and IG, NIA CIPSA said the Association sincerely believes that implementation of the Commission's recommendations will give a fillip to the new age Human Resource Management reforms in the government.

Panel of Sunil Bhatia on the verge of expiry
The panel made for the appointment of Sunil Bhatia, GM, NFL, as Director (Finance), Project Development India Limited (PDIL) is on the verge of expiry, due to delay in appointment.

Delay in orders of Sandeep Tula for Director (Pers), NMDC ?
Why are the orders for the appointment of Sandeep Tula, ED, NMDC, as Director (Personnel) in NMDC Limited getting delayed ? The vacancy of this post has arisen on September 1, 2015

Pandian is Independent Director in GAIL
Former Gujarat Chief Secretary D J Pandian has been appointed Independent Director in GAIL. He is 1981 batch former IAS officer.

Srivastava is Independent Director in GAIL
Former Secretary in GoI S K Srivastava has been appointed Independent Director in GAIL. He is former 1978 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Major IPS reshuffle likely in Gujarat
A major IPS reshuffle is likely to take place in Gujarat early next month. Mostly districts are going to be affected.

1992 batch IAS officer to get PS rank soon in MP
1992 batch IAS officers are likely to be promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh in a week or two.

1986 batch IPS officer to get DG rank in Chhattisgarh
1986 batch IPS officer DM Awasthi is being promoted to the rank of DG in Chhattisgarh in a couple of months.

Former CEC to head Committee on Sanskrit
Former Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami, will head a 13-member expert committee exclusively on Sanskrit in its attempt to revive interest in the ancient language. The HRD Ministry has set up this Committee.

Jain ahead in race for post of CS, Rajasthan ?
Ashok Jain is said to be ahead in the race for the post of Chief Secretary Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer.

Rajan to get post retirement job in Rajasthan ?
Rajasthan Chief Secretary CS Rajan is expected to get some post retirement job in the power sector. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer.

Vidyawati goes on Eisenhower Fellowship
V.Vidyawati (IAS, KN, 1991) has gone on Eisenhower Fellowship for four months program to USA.

Tiwari to be RC Karnataka in Delhi ?
Atul Kumar Tiwari is being tipped to be new Resident Commissioner of Karnataka in Delhi. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

Ms Sujata Mehta appointed Secretary West in MEA
Ms Sujata Mehta, Secretary, ER, has been appointed as Secretary, West in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Government of India. She is a 1980 batch IFS officer.

Amar Sinha appointed as Secretary ER in MEA
Amar Sinha, currently Ambassador of India, has been appointed Secretary, ER in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on September 25 )

Mrs Preeti Saran appointed Secretary East
Mrs Preeti Saran currently Ambassador of India, Hanoi, has been appointed Secretary, East in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Government of India. She is a 1982 batch IFS officer.

Tenure of Ms Rajalakshmi Ramanathan as CVO, RVNL, Delhi extended
The tenure of Ms Rajalakshmi Ramanathan as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), Delhi has been extended for a period of two years beyond February 5, 2016. She is a 1983 batch IA&AS officer.

Anurag promoted as CMD, North Central Railway
Anurag has been appointed as COM, North Central Railway after promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is an IRTS officer.

S Anantharaman promoted as COM, Southern Railway
S Anantharaman has been appointed as COM, Southern Railway after the promotion to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is an IRTS officer.

Kul Prakash Singh promoted to Commissioner of Customs grade
Kul Prakash Singh has been promoted to the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise grade. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

S S Rawat selected as Director (PM), BRC
S S Rawat, DGM, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Project Management), Bridge & Roof Company Limited (BRC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on November 23, 2015. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Sunil Mathur promoted as Advisor (Vig), Railway Board
Sunil Mathur has been promoted as Advisor, Vigilance in Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

P S Mishra promoted as Advisor (Safety), Railway Board
P S Mishra has been promoted as Advisor, Safety in Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Sambhar Salts Ltd,s effective venture

Sambhar Salts Limited is for a long time striving to diversify for effective utilisation of its resources and to give wings to its ambitious dream of generation of Green Energy. In this direction, as a stepping stone Company has initially issued NIT for 1 MW Solar Power Project for captive consumption at Sambhar on 23rd November, 2015. The sources have informed that once this plant become operative, company would be able to save about Rs 1.50 Cr on its electricity expenditure.

Amir Subhani is again PS Home in Bihar (UPDATED)
Amir Subhani has again been appointed Principal Secretary Home in Bihar. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.Sudhir Kumar Rakesh will now be PS Panchyati Raj.

ITDC chairman gives Rs 18.88 cr dividend cheques to Tourism Minister (UPDATED)
Chairman & Managing Director of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Umang Narula, on behalf of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Kumarakruppa frontier Hotels Pvt. Ltd., handed over two cheques amounting to Rs 18.88 crore to Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma today, towards dividend payment to the Government of India for the year 2014-15. Present on the occasion were Secretary - Ministry of Tourism -Vinod Zutshi, Joint Secretary, Suman Billa, Ministry of Tourism, V.P. (Finance), P K Aggarwal, ITDC along with other Sr. officials of MOT & ITDC. The ceremony took place at Minister's office at Transport Bhawan, New Delhi. The decision for the payment of Dividend was taken during ITDC 50th Annual General Meeting held at the Group's flagship hotel, The Ashok, New Delhi. It may be noted that ITDC, a PSU under the administrative control of the Ministry of Tourism has declared a dividend of 20% amounting to Rs.17.15 crore for 2014-15, the highest ever in terms of amount and the highest since 2007-08 in terms of percentage and Kumarakruppa Frontier Hotels Pvt. Ltd., another PSU under the Ministry of Tourism has declared a dividend of 450% amounting to Rs.4.39 crore for 2014-15. For the financial year 2014-15, ITDC posted a robust performance registering the Net profit of Rs.38.95 crore on a turnover of Rs.504.19 crore, the highest since 2007-08. Of the overall performance, the Hotel Segment i.e. the Core area of ITDC achieved an impressive turnover of Rs.283.90 crore with a profit of Rs.10.81 crore. Besides Hotels, the other segments dealt by ITDC are Tours & Travels, Events Division, Institute of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Consultancy & Engineering Services, and International Trade Division all under the brand of Ashok. During 2014-15, the Events Division of ITDC hosted "India-US CEO Forum" [ chaired by the Prime Minister of India & His Excellency The President of USA];"India-US Business Summit" [ chaired by the Prime Minister of India & His Excellency the President of USA]; besides many other prestigious events organized by the Government of India.

Mahesh Chandra Laddha returns to parent cadre (UPDATED)
Mahesh Chandra Laddha, who was on central deputation to CRPF, has returned to parent cadre. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of Ms Sanjeevanee Kutty as Additional Secretary, MHA extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Ms Sanjeevanee Kutty as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs has been extended for a period of six months beyond January 11, 2016. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Tenure of Vivek Johri as Minister, PMI to WTO extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Vivek Johri as Minister (Customs) in the Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, has been extended till February 29, 2016. He is a 1985 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

S C Jethi also looks after as Additional Member, T&C, Railway Board (UPDATED)
S C Jethi, Additional Member, Commercial, has been assigned an additional charge of Additional Member, Tourism & Catering in Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Sajid Farid Shapu appointed as DIG, MP Bhawan, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Sajid Farid Shapu has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Security and Co-ordination, MP Bhawan, New Delhi. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Orders of A N Sonsale as CMD, NEPA Ltd issued (UPDATED)
The orders of CMDE A N Sonsale for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, NEPA Limited have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on May 14, 2015)

Ms Ishita Ganguli Tripathy appointed as Director, Commerce (UPDATED)
Ms Ishita Ganguli Tripathy has been deputed as Director in the Department of Commerce in Government of India. She is a 1999 batch IES officer.

Devendra Kumar Rai appointed as Director, Shipping (UPDATED)
Devendra Kumar Rai has been deputed as Director in the Ministry of Shipping in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IDAS officer.

Sanjay Singh appointed as PMG, UP circle (UPDATED)
Sanjay Singh has appointed as PMG, Gorakhpur region, Uttar Pradesh circle. He is a 1996 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Ms Harmeet Singh is also DG, NACEN (UPDATED)
Ms Harmeet S Singh, ADG, NACEN, has been assigned an additional charge of DG, NACEN, Faridabad. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

R K Mahajan is also DG, Vigilance (UPDATED)
R K Mahajan, DG, CEI, has been assigned an additional charge of DG, Vigilance. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

CORPORATE

Swaminathan appointed Part-time Chairman of Karur Vysya Bank Ltd
Karur Vysya Bank Limited has appointed B Swaminathan as Part-time Chairman of the Bank

Two Independent Directors inducted on GAIL (India) Ltd Board
Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has appointed Anupam Kulshrestha and Sanjay Tandon as Independent Directors of GAIL (India) Limited

Four Independent Directors inducted on EIL Board
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has appointed Prof Mukesh Khare, Ms Arusha Vasudev, V K Deshpande and Umesh Chandra Pandey as Independent Directors of Engineers India Limited

Chatterjee appointed CS of Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd
Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Limited has appointed Dibakar Chatterjee as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. December 1, 2015

Addl. Directors appointed on ONGC Board
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has appointed Ajai Malhotra, Prof Shireesh Balwant Kedare and K M Padmanabhan as Additional Directors of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

Ms Agarwal resigns as CS of Warner Multimedia Ltd
Ms Ritika Agarwal has resigned as Company Secretary of Warner Multimedia Ltd

Gupta appointed Independent Director of Sudal Industries Ltd
Sudal Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Vedika Gupta as Independent Director of the company.

Four Independent Directors in SJVN Ltd
Four Non-Official Part time Directors (Independent Directors) have been appointed on the Board of SJVN Ltd. They are Mssrs Ganesh Dutt, S.S. Uppal, Dr. Rajni Sarin and Praveen Bhai Patel.

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ITS service ?

I would like to be know whether there exists a service titled ITS ? Or is it only a self created short cut for comfort !

Swaraj Puri


Only in India

Sample this. CBDT Chairman from 1978 batch working under Revenue secretary of 1981 batch!!! It happens only in India.

K D Swami


Natural Justice meaning for ideal collegium system

How natural justice meaning is discussed in para 17 of Supreme Court Judgement in the matter of -- Uma Nath Pandey & Ors vs State Of UP & Anr on 16 March, 2009 (CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 471 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.6382 of 2007) - Full Text available in www. indiankanoon.com
Para 17 of said judgement is reproduced while full text is available on www.indiankanoon.com for guidance of members of every Civil Services.
--" Para 17. How then have the principles of natural justice been interpreted in the Courts and within what limits are they to be confined? Over the years by a process of judicial interpretation two rules have been evolved as representing the principles of natural justice in judicial process, including therein quasi-judicial and administrative process. They constitute the basic elements of a fair hearing, having their roots in the innate sense of man for fair-play and justice which is not the preserve of any particular race or country but is shared in common by all men. The first rule is `nemo judex in causa sua' or `nemo debet esse judex in propria causa sua' as stated in (1605) 12 Co.Rep.114 that is, `no man shall be a judge in his own cause'. Coke used the form `aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa quia non potest esse judex at pars' (Co.Litt. 1418), that is, `no man ought to be a judge in his own case, because he cannot act as Judge and at the same time be a party'. The form `nemo potest esse simul actor et judex', that is, `no one can be at once suitor and judge' is also at times used. The second rule is `audi alteram partem', that is, `hear the other side'. At times and particularly in continental countries, the form `audietur at altera pars' is used, meaning very much the same thing. A corollary has been deduced from the above two rules and particularly the audi alteram partem rule, namely `qui aliquid statuerit parte inaudita alteram actquam licet dixerit, " haud acquum facerit' that is, `he who shall decide anything without the other side having been heard, although he may have said what is right, will not have been what is right' (See Bosewell's case (1605) 6 Co.Rep. 48-b, 52-a) or in other words, as it is now expressed, `justice should not only be done but should manifestly be seen to be done'. Whenever an order is struck down as invalid being in violation of principles of natural justice, there is no final decision of the case and fresh proceedings are left upon. All that is done is to vacate the order assailed by virtue of its inherent defect, but the proceedings are not terminated.

Sanjeev Bhatnagar

Do away with IAS

It is high time Indian Administrative Service is done away with altogether.

Amitabh Agrawal


IAS responsible for poverty

Yes, it is 100% true. Most of the IAS officers nowadays are mere educated clerks doing nothing except signing proposals put forth by their babu-clerks. The mere fact that in spite of having all resources like mineral, water, land etc..., India remains a poor country and no one gets 2-square meals a day is due to these IAS lobbies and their corrupt habits. They deserved to be banished by general people.
Ramachandran

Replacement

The staff selection headquarters and northern region are heading useless and corrupt people. Why cannot they be replaced even otherwise? The candidates are exploited by these authorities/DoPT can see.

Ram Singh

Long postings

It has been observed that many IAS officers in higher positions like Additional Secretary and Secretary, remain in one ministry for a short period before being transferred to another. One will find several instances when they remain in the posting for periods between six months and 12-13 months.

This aspect needs to be examined with such short tenures. How can the government extract the right type of quality work from the officer? And in the end the ministry concerned suffers.

It must be examined whether the officer was (a) incompetent (b) misfit (c) indifferent (d) acted in a way to get himself/herself transferred.
The process of deciding on the postings also needs to be gone into. DoPT must undertake an exercise on this.

Manu Ashar

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