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BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Petroleum Secretary?
Who will be new Petroleum Secretary? Though the government has not yet decided, lobbying for the post has already started. There is a buzz in the power gallery that some senior IAS officers including a Chief Secretary of one state are weighing the option.

Entire PMO is now with new faces
The entire PMO is now with new faces. All the Directors and Joint Secretaries of the UPA regime, in the PMO, have been replaced.

Post of Chairman of NHAI downgraded!
Post of Chairman National Highways Authority has been downgraded to the Additional Secretary level.

CISF: cadre review proposal sent to MHA
It's now official that the proposal regarding cadre review of CISF has been sent to MHA. Such proposal has been dispatched after 25 years.

63 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Principal Commissioner grade
As many as 63 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) have been promoted to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise (HAG). The officers are: Shashank Shekar Sharma, Kamal Jyoti, Hemant A Bhat, Bhikhoon Ram, Brojen Thamar, Pranab Kumar Das, Seema Malik, Raj Kumar Bhartwal, Yudhvir Singh Shahrawat, Harinder Bansi, Satya Vir Singh, Rajiv Bhushan Tiwari, Dharam Pal Singh, M Ponnusamy, M Vinod Kumar, Piysh Kumar Patnaik, Madhu Mohan Damodhar, Devendra Mishra, R Sekar, Ashok Kumar Arya, B Ravichandran, Sunil Kumar Sawhney, Sandeep Mohan Bhatnagar, Devendra Singh, Harmeet Shamsher Singh, S Raj Kumar, K Sekar, Talkeshwar Singh, Rajeev Tandon, V Padmanabhan, Karnail Singh, Ghammam Ram Meena, Wilson L Hangshing, Pramad M Govande, Kamal Jit Chaudhary, Sushil Kumar Solanki, Ajay Jain, Manoranjan K Virk, Gautam Bhattacharya, Bankey Behari Agrawal, Debi Prasad Dash, Amrit Pal Singh Suri, Archana pandey Tiwari, Ranjan Kumar Routray, Prasanna Kumar Dash, C Rajendran, Rajiv Bhatia, Devender Singh, D P Nagendra Kumar, Pullela Nageswara Rao, Sunder Lal Thakur, Ringzing Lal Meena, Sugan Lal Meena-II, P Venkatraman Reddy, Bijay Kumar, Banibrata Bhattacharya, Syed haider Hasan, Kailash Chand Gupta, K Raghu N Chary, Sungita Sharma, A K Jyotishi and Raju.

Subodh Jain is now Advisor Nagpur and Hyderabad Metro
Former Member (Traffic) Railway Board, Subodh Jain has been appointed as Advisor in the Nagpur and Hyderabad Metro.

Interview for Bank EDs this month?
Interview for Bank EDs is likely to take place this month end. About half a dozen vacancies are to be filled up.

Sood likely to become ADG
S K Sood is likely to become Additional Director General in Border Security Force (BSF). He is a BSF cadre officer and working as IG in BSF.

Panel of Atul Srivastava for Director (Pers), SAIL scrapped
The panel of Atul Srivastava, ED, SAIL, made for the post of Director (Personnel), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has reportedly been scrapped by the Government of India citing some technical reasons. Meanwhile, a vacancy of this post has arisen on April 1, 2015 with the retirement of incumbent Himanshu Sekhar Pati on March 31, 2015.

Search selection committee to zero in on next Air India Chairman
While PESB did not select Air India Chairman, now Search selection committee, headed by the Cabinet Secretary, will do the job.

Kamlesh Prasad likely to join central deputation at DG level
Kamlesh Prasad, who is presently Director General, Civil Defence in the cadre, is expected to join central deputation at Director General level. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

B V R Subrahmanyam and Pillai yet to get posting in Chhattisgarh
A 1987 batch IAS officer, B V R Subrahmanyam and 1991 batch IAS officer, Ms Renu Pillai are back to the parent cadre from central deputation. They are yet to get postings in the state.

60 vacancies of non-official Directors in Banks
There are about sixty vacancies of non-official Directors in the nationalized banks.

Post of MD, NBCFDC lying vacant
The post of Managing Director, National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) has been lying vacant since November, 2014.

Mahapatro yet to be appointed as Director (Pers), CCL
The orders of R S Mahapatro, GM, CCL/CIL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India as the post has been lying vacant since October 11, 2014.

Post of Director (Fin), PDIL lying vacant since Oct
The post of Director (Finance), Project Development India Limited (PDIL) has been lying vacant since October 1, 2014. However, Sunil Bhatia, GM, NFL, was selected for this post, but his orders are awaited.

Damodar appointed as Deputy Director in PD, Audit office, Central
Damodar, Deputy Director (CRA/CERA/RTC), in the office of Director General of Audit, Central Receipt, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (CRA-II), in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Central, Ahmedabad at branch Jaipur. He is a 2010 batch IA&AS officer.

Ms Priyadharsini transferred to Brussels
Indian Foreign Service officer, Ms Priyadharsini R, has been transferred to Brussels (A) in place of Ms Soumya C

PESB invites application for CMD, AYCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Andrew Yule & Company Limited (AYCL) falling vacant on April 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before May 27, 2015.

Banibrata Bhattacharya empanelled as Join Secretary in GoI
Banibrata Bhattacharya has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Sandeep Kumar empanelled as Join Secretary in GoI
Sandeep Kumar has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Mohan Lal empanelled as Join Secretary in GoI
Mohan Lal has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE).

Tenure of V Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Sci&Tech ending in April
The tenure of V Srivastava as Join Secretary, Ministry of Science & Technology, is coming to an end in April, 2015. He is a 1978 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service.

Manoj Dwivedi of J&K cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1997 batch and Jammu & Kashmir cadre has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), WAPCOS
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), WAPCOS Limited falling vacant on May 1, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before April 16, 2015.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Mktg), CIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Marketing), Coal India Limited (CIL) falling vacant next year on February 1, 2016. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before April 14, 2015.

Orders of Mrs Yojana Das for Director (Fin), BSNL yet to come
The orders of Mrs Yojana Das, GM, BSNL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

27 IFS officers allocated Manipur cadre
As many as 27 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IPS) of joint Manipur-Tripura cadre have been separated to Manipur cadre. The officers are: Dr Anil Kumar, Bala Prasad, V Ramakanta, P N Prasad, R K Srivastava, K Angami, B N Mohanty, D J N Anand, N Kipgen, Dr Khaizalian, Lamkhosei Baite, Dr Lokho Puni, A K Joshi, Dr D D Haokip, S S chhabra, Anurag Bajpai, N Sonzalian, Mrs Soreiphy Vashum, mrs V L Roui Kullai, Mrs Gaithaolu Thaimei, R K Amarjit Singh, Arun R S, D K Vinod Kumar, Sanajaoba Khuraijam, Ms maya N, Mrs Debalal Leiphrakpam, Km Ajeeta Longjam.

37 IFS officers allocated Tripura cadre
As many as 37 officers belonging to Indian Forest (IFS) of joint Manipur-Tripura cadre have been separated to Tripura cadre. The officers are: S Talukdhar, Dr A K Gupta, Ashok Kumar, G S Raju, Surender Kumar, Balbir Singh, Dr Alind Rastogi, P K Pant, Jagdish Singh, A C Srivastava, D K Sharma, Rameshwar Das, B S Mishra, K S Seth, A M Kanfade, R K Samal, P L Agarwal, Chaitanya Murti, V G Jenner, Shailendra Singh, Angshuman Dey, Amit Shukla, Mrs Deepa D Nair, Dr K Sasikumar, Dr Wangdup Bhutia, Dr hoonareddy N , Ms Banumathi G, S Prabhu Shivanand S Tawalar, R Arun Kumar, Shakti Kant Singh, prasad Rao Vaddarapu, Harshkumar Chikkanaregund, Sanjib Das, chaman Lal, Jayakrishnana V K and Mahender Singh.

Shashank Goel appointed Resident Commissioner, Telangana Bhawan, Delhi
Shashank Goel, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Resident Commissioner, Telangana Bhavan, New Delhi relieving Ajay Misra of additional charge. Goel is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Dr Malakondaiah joins Andhra Pradesh cadre
Dr Poonam Malakondaiah has joined Andhra Pradesh cadre from Telangana cadre. She is a 1988 batch IAS officer.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Telangana
As many as 20 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Telangana. Accordingly, K Pradeep Chandra has posted as Special Chief Secretary, Finance Department while V Nagi Reddy will now be State Election Commissioner, Telangana State and Ajay Misra is Principal Secretary, Revenue (Excise & CT), Department. Similarly, Mrs Shalini Mishra has been deputed as Managing Director, Telangana Drinking Water Corporation; Arvind Kumar as Secretary to Government, Industries and Commerce Department; Harpreet Singh as Secretary, LET&F Department; Rajat Kumar as Commissioner, Civil Supplies & Ex. Officio Secretary, Government, Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department; Vikas Raj as Secretary to Government (Poll.), General Administration Department; Jayesh Ranjan as Secretary to IT,E&C Department; AV Narsimha Reddy, E.D., TSIIC who will be in full additional charge of post of the VC & MD, TSIIC until further orders; C Parthasarathi as APC & Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation Department; R V Chandravadan as Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise; B P Acharya shall hold additional charge of the post of Commissioner & Ex-Officio Prl. Secretary to Government, I & P.R. Department; V N Vishnu as Commissioner, State Gazetteers in General Administration Department; B Janardhan Reddy is placed in full additional charge of post of Metropolitan Commissioner, HMDA; Mrs Shailaja Ramaiyer as Secretary, Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens Department; She will also hold full additional charge of the post of VC & MD, Handicrafts Development Corporation;M Veerabrahmaiah as Managing Director, OILFED with additional charge of FAC of the posts of MD, Seeds Corporation and MD, AGROs; G Venkata Ram Reddy as Special Commissioner, Disaster Management, Revenue (DM) Department;Dr. A Ashok as Commissioner, Intermediate Education and Secretary, Intermediate Board; Ahmed Nadeem as Commissioner, Labour with full additional charge of the post of Commissioner & IG, Reg. & Stamps; Dr A Sharath, IAS (2005) as Director, Marketing and Managing Director, State Warehousing Corporation with being in FAC of MD, MARKFED; Mrs Swetha Mohanty as Project Director, Outer Ring Road in HMDA, Hyderabad and R V Karnan, IAS (2012), who is waiting for posting, was posted as Project Officer, ITDA, Utnoor, Adilabad district.

Rajesh Mitial appointed as VC&MD, Forest Dev Corp in Telangana
Rajesh Mitial, IFS (79), who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as VC & MD, Forest Development Corporation, Hyderabad in Telangana Government. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer of Telangana cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, T Vijay Kumar, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation while M V Satyanarayana, who was waiting for posting, will now be Commissioner, Intermediate Education & Secretary, Board of Intermediate Education and G S R K R Vijaya Kumar is Managing Director, A P State Cooperative Marketing Federation (MARKFED); Mrs Sujatha Sharma as Additional Commissioner, Capital Region Development Authority and Capital Area (CRDA); D Muralidhar Reddy, who was waiting for posting, as Managing Director, Swachh Andhra Corporation; K V N Chakradhara Babu as Project Officer, ITDA, Rampachodavaram and Dr Mallikarjuna was posted as Sub-Collector, Madanapalli, Chittoor District.

Paras Mal Sankhla appointed as OSD to Arun Jaitley (UPDATED)
Paras Mal Sankhla has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister. He is a 2008 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Madras High Court gets eight Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Pazhayanur Narayanan Prakash, Mrs Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana , Justice Kandasamy Kalyanasundaram, Justice S Vaidyanathan, Justice R. Mahadevan, Justice V S Ravi, Justice Gopalakrishnan Chockalingam, and Justice V M Velumani, Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, have been appointed as Judges of the Madras High Court.

Justice Rajiv Sharma transferred to Calcutta HC (UPDATED)
Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge of the Allahabad High Court, has been transferred as a Judge of the Calcutta High Court.

Ramendra Jain appointed as Addl Judge, Punjab & Haryana HC (UPDATED)
Ramendra Jain has been appointed as Additional Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, for a period of two years.

Ratnaker Bhengra appointed as Add Judge, Jharkhand HC (UPDATED)
Ratnaker Bhengra has been appointed as Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, for a period of two years.

Orissa High Court gets three Addl Judges (UPDATED)
Krushna Ram Mohapatra, Jatindra Prasad Das and Dr Durga Prasanna Choudhury have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Orissa High Court.

Patna High Court gets two Addl Judges (UPDATED)
Mrs Nilu Agrawal and Sudhir Singh have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Patna High Court.

Ms Garima Gupta appointed as Addl Secretary, Health in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Ms Garima Gupta, who was waiting posting, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Health and Family Welfare in Delhi Government. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Khagesh Garg deputed as Director, Social Justice & Empowerment (UPDATED)
Khagesh Garg has been appointed as Director in the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. He is a 2000 batch ITS officer.

D Singhai gets Ph D (UPDATED)
D Singhai ACS and Commissioner T R I Madhya Pradesh Government has been awarded Ph D by Devi Ahilya University Indore on "Developing Systems Approach in light of personal issues in Bureaucracy in Madhya Pradesh". Singhai is 1978 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
As many as 30 IPS officers have reportedly been transferred in Maharashtra. As per information available here, Dhananjay Kamalakar has been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing while Himanshu Roy was shifted to State Police Housing; Vivek Phansalkar will replace Roy; Satish Mathur, Pune police commissioner, promoted as Director General for Legal and Technical; SP Yadav as Nagpur police commissioner; K K Pathak as Pune police commissioner and Deven Bharti as Mumbai police's joint commissioner.

DEBATE

Debate - Future of AAP after internal bickerings ?

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) recent mammoth victory in Delhi was a super-landslide (the winning party securing 90 percent or more seats). Even the Congress which had the natural advantage of leading the freedom struggle successfully and had stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi could never achieve it in any general election despite dominating the political scene in the country post independence. The rise of the Aam Aadmi Party indicated that people once again saw politics as an act of faith and hope but given the bickerings among its leaders in too a short span, the question that now arises is that What is the future of AAP ?

Mail your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com and suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

(NB : Please be precise and specific as too long comments lose the gravity of discussion)

CORPORATE

Patel appointed Independent Director, GNVFCL
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited has appointed HV Patel (IAS) as an Independent Director of the company.

Dutta appointed Director, Riga Sugar Company Ltd
Riga Sugar Company Ltd has appointed Ms Sulekha Dutta as Director of the company.

Kamath appointed CS, Can Fin Homes Ltd
Can Fin Homes Limited has appointed Ms Veena G Kamath as the Company Secretary of the company with effect from April 1, 2015.

Sekhar appointed Independent Director, Sinclairs Hotels Ltd
Sinclairs Hotels Ltd has appointed Subrahmoneyan Chandra Sekhar as an Independent Director of the company.

Kulkarni appointed Ind. Director, Starvox Electronics Ltd
Starvox Electronics Ltd has appointed Ms Alka Kulkarni as Independent Director of the company.

Dalal appointed Ind. Director, Real Realty Management Co Ltd
Real Realty Management Company Ltd has appointed Ms Rubina Dalal as Independent Director of the company with effect from March 31, 2015.

Uttamchandani appointed Ind. Director, Saumya Capital Ltd

Saumya Capital Ltd has appointed Ms Deepika Uttamchandani as Independent Women Director of the company with effect from March 31, 2015

Vij appointed Woman Director, Perfectpac Ltd
Perfectpac Ltd has appointed Ms Ruchi Vij as Woman Director of the company.

Paranthaman appointed Ind. Director, Archana Software Ltd
Archana Software Ltd has appointed V Paranthaman as Independent Director of the company.

GoI to disinvest stake of BLL
The Government of India has proposed to disinvest stake of oil Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), Biecco Lawrie Ltd (BLL) to meet the revenue target.

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Bureaucracy in India!
(Thank God Ramayan and Mahabharat happened thousands of years ago?)
A hilarious example of what bureaucracy can do.
A Team comprising of a Writer, a Director, a Producer, etc applied to the Government of India for financial assistance with the script to produce a Movie on Mahabharata.
All of them committed suicide later and the reason will be very obvious once you have read the reply from Govt.
Dated ............ .........
Subject: Mahabharata
To: The Writer, Film Director & Film Producer, Mumbai

Ref: Film story submitted by you, regarding financing of films by Government of India , Your letter dt. ............ . ......... .
The undersigned is directed to refer the above letter and state that the Government has examined your proposal for financing a film called ''Mahabharat' . The Very High Level Committee constituted for this purpose has been in consultation with the Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Women and Labour Commission, in addition to various Ministries and State Governments and have formed definitive opinions about the script. Their observations are as below:
1. In the script submitted by you it is shown that there were two sets of cousins, namely, the Kauravas, numbering one hundred, and the Pandavas, numbering five. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has pointed out that these numbers are high, well above the norm prescribed for families by them It is brought to your kind attention that when the Government is spending huge amounts for promoting family planning, this will send wrong signals to the public. Therefore, it is recommended that there may be only three Kauravas and one Pandava.
2. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has raised an issue whether it is suitable to depict kings and emperors in this democratic age. Therefore, it is suggested that the Kauravas may be depicted as Honourable Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and the Pandava maybe depicted as Honourable Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). The ending of the film shows the victory of the said Pandavas over the said Kauravas. The ending may be suitably modified so that neither of the Honourable Members of Parliament are shown as being inferior to the other.
3. The Ministry of Science and Technology has observed that the manner of birth of Kauravas is suggestive of human cloning, a technology banned in India . This may be changed to normal birth.
4. The National Commission for Women has objected that the father of Pandavas, one Sri Pandu is depicted as bigamous, and also there is only one wife for the Pandavas in common. Therefore suitable changes maybe made in the said script so that the said Sri Pandu is not depicted as bigamous. However, with the reduction in number of Pandavas as suggested above, the issue of polyandry can be addressed without further trouble.
5. The Commission for the Physically Challenged has observed that the portrayal of the visually impaired character 'Dhritharastra' is derogatory. Therefore the said character may not be shown as visually impaired.
6. The Department of Women and Child Development have highlighted that the public disrobing of one female character called 'Draupadi' is objectionable and derogatory to women in general. Further the Home Ministry anticipates that depiction of such scenes may create law and order problem and at the same time invite strong protests from the different women forums. Such scenes may also invite penal action under SITA (Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act), therefore they may be avoided and deleted from the film.
7. It is felt that showing the Pandava and the Kauravas as gamblers will be anti-social and counter-productive as it might encourage gambling. Therefore, the said Pandava and Kauravas may be shown to have engaged in horse racing. (Hon. Supreme Court has held horse racing not to be gambling)
8. The Pandavas are shown as working in the King Virat's employment without receiving any salary. According to the Human Rights Commission, this amounts to bonded labour and may attract provisions of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. This may be corrected at once.
9. In the ensuing war, one character by name Sri Abhimanyu has been shown as fighting. The National Labour Commission has observed that, war being a hazardous industry, and the said character being 16 years old, this depiction will be construed as a case of child labour. Also there is no record of his being paid any compensation. This may also be deemed to be violatory of the provisions of The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 and Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Such references in the film may be removed.
10. The character 'Sri Krishna' has been depicted as wearing a peacock feather. The peacock is our National Bird and wearing dresses made from peacock feather is an offence under the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. This may not be depicted.
11. Smt Maneka Gandhi has raised very serious objection for using any elephants or horses in war scenes, since there is every scope for mistreatment and injury to the said animals. The provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act, 1960 would be applicable in the instant case. Suitable changes may be made in the script to address the objections raised.
12. In pursuance of the Memorandum of Ministry of Finance regarding austerity measures, it is informed that in the battle field sequences, only ten soldiers may be allowed for each side. Also, all the characters may be shown to have obtained a valid licence under the Arms Act, 1959 as well as the Indian Arms Act, 1878.You are therefore requested to modify the script along the lines indicated above and resubmit it to the undersigned at the earliest for reconsideration.
Sd/-
Under Secretary
By-A Visitor

Yogendra and Prashant should have excercised restraint in attacking Kejriwal
The latest bickering in the AAP is not surprising. When a political party takes shape from socio-political movements such teething problems are bound to happen because of the aspirational clashes between various internal forces. AAP fought and won Delhi Elections keeping Arvind Kejriwal at the forefront. Now attacking him after massive electoral win is totally uncalled for. Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan should have excercised some restraint in attacking him directly. AAP experiment has been hailed as a unique feature of Indian Democracy and it has reinforced the faith in the strength of common man in bringing change in the political system. The media also ought to play a more responsible role in this affair. After all we must give at least 5 years to Arvind Kejriwal to deliver in Delhi. Only after that we can form some opinion about him.
Rajeev Singh

'Lakshman Rekha' for serving IAS officers
Of late, some IAS officers are seen and heard criticising the government that they serve. They unhesitatingly participate in debates in television media making critical remarks about the ministers and policies and methods of the government. One wonders what is the 'Lakshman Rekha' for these serving IAS officers who really sound like rebels. Obviously, Ashok Khemka who has become well known by frequently defying the government, getting transferred and getting huge publicity whenever such transfers occur and readily giving his views in media and answering questions from journalists, has raised questions as to what would be the rights and responsibilities of an IAS officer and whether the service rule permit such rebellious methods. Khemka has got away with such approach so far, possibly due to the friendly media that support him all the time even without ascertaining the facts and a government that is unwilling to put its foot down, fearing the media and the so called public opinion. The fact is that an IAS officer has to obey the orders of the ministers who are voted to power by the people. If he is given an illegal order or an order in which he has no agreement, he is entitled to request the minister to give the order in writing. If the minister would give the order in writing, he has no alternative other than obeying the order, even if he would not agree ; after recording his dissenting note on the file. Moreover, IAS officer has the responsibility to ensure smooth functioning of the government apparatus by not adopting an approach of confrontation and friction with the minister, by having a "holier than thou" attitude. People know the happenings in the government only through media. While Khemka may have his stand, the ministers too may have the stand and every time Khemka accuses the ministers , the ministers refute such accusations. For the public, there is no real way to know who is right and who is wrong. In any case, it is absolutely irresponsible and unbecoming of serving IAS officer to give media interviews , criticising the government. The right course open to him is to go to the administrative tribunal, which looks into the issues concerning the IAS officers and give it's decisions. Khemka and some of his similar friends are creating unhealthy precedent which will inevitably weaken the administrative structure and create a new unhealthy practice and set bad example to the juniors. Khemka and his friends should keep in mind that his juniors may also show similar attitude towards them, due to any right or wrong reasons, learning from them.

Prashanth Kumar

Removal of corruption, a farce
This country is a great votary of corruption and all glib talks about its removal are just glib talks only. In one of the states when the police headquarters wanted to finish with an illegal scheme of out of turn promotions, all his fellow officers have started to bring back the system after his departure.
Arohi Sarkar

Devastation of AAP
The April 14 will be the start of devastation of AAP. It will manage to rule Delhi with maximum mismanagement for a year or so .It will get fed up with various legal cases. This is not because of AAP or its rebellion but due to vested interest.
N V K Prabhakar

Misuse of power in AERA
UPA government had established Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India [AERA] in 2009 to accommodate its well-wishers. But wish of the government could not be fulfilled for want of one reason or the other. Opportunists [in terms of employees] from Airports Authority of India [AAI] grabbed this opportunity with both hands and got entry into this Authority by way of providing their services on loan basis for initial six months. Since then, AERA has become Airports Employees Recruitment Agency. No deputation posts are being filled up in this authority so that AAI employees could continue here and fulfil their vested interests. The story does not end here. They are openly misusing their power by using official letter heads of the authority under their signatures and even attestation stamps have also been provided to them whereas they are neither gazetted officer or class-I officer. Is it not gross violation of Rules? This is all going on under the nose of Chairman, AERA. So much so, despite their transfer to other stations, they are still continuing here and hence defying transfer order issued by competent authority. May I request higher authorities in Ministry of Civil Aviation/Chairman, AERA and Airports Authority of India to look into this mess and take strong action against the errant officials?

Ajit Phape

The mysterious Maharatna PSU
The retire age of executives belong to certain region retires at the age of 65 years by age affidavits. After retirement they will join as directors of other PSU and again milking the cow or getting extensions as advisors and posted in metro. Here the pay scale is same for E6,E7&E8 grades and ignored DPE OM 7(12)/2009-DPE(WC) dated 24-12-2012. 70% of executives posted in corporate have not worked in plants shop floor nor seen shop floor, but gets fast track promotions and making policies. Here departments are created in metros and enjoying tax payer's money. Here the promotions, transfers and recruitment has a price Tag. If an executive related to political stalwart, things will be simple. For sincere, honest and qualified is a night mare. They don't even get promotion even after 11 years against nomenclature of 4 years. If you are TA/PA of top executive's promotions is just like a cake walk. Vigilance is puppet. For outside world it is just a show bazzy. Here the punishments are very peculiar. The HRD is human destruction department. Show me the man I will show the rule. Will the PM look into this Mysterious Mahartna PSU

Suya

PM's advice to Secretaries is futile
PM's advice to Secretaries is just a show off and futile. Politicians know that bureaucrats are divided i.e., IAS V/s IPS, Central services etc .They exploit this weakness and all senior bureaucrats become pliable and take decision dictated by their political boss .This can be minimised if there is greater transparency in government functioning particularly in senior appointments.

S Gopal

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