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When Captain becomes helpless?
It was being discussed at a get together that often a captain is blamed but what can he do when the entire team is not supportive. Now it is said that in Bihar, fight will not be between Nitish and Narendra Modi but between Modi -Amit Shah versus top BJP leadership.

Sudhanshu Trivedi and MP!

What is Sudhanshu Trivedi's Madhya Pradesh connection? Guess.

Scarcity of leaders in Congress

While there is no leader worth his name in the Congress, the BJP has ample.

DoPT seeks comments of IAS officers on 'cadre training plan'

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited comments from IAS officers on a draft policy paper on 'cadre training plan for IAS officers' prepared for IAS officers to perform their roles more effectively at various stages in their career.


BUREAUCRACY

Who will be next Cabinet Secretary?
Guessing game in bureaucracy has started as to who will succeed P K Sinha as Cabinet Secretary in July, 2017. One thing is certain next Cabinet Secretary would be from 1980 or 1981 batch IAS.


Ms Archana Ramasundaram appointed as DG, NCRB
Ms Archana Ramasundaram, Additional Director, CBI, has been appointed Director General, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). She is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

(We said this on May 22)



Ms Nair gets additional charge of Chairman, Coffee Board

Chairperson of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) Ms Leena Nair has been given additional charge of Chairman Coffee Board for three months. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on June 12)



No extension on flimsy grounds?

Whispers are that MHA has decided not to give extension in tenure to any one on deputation on flimsy grounds. Many IPS officers have applied for extension in the last leg of their deputation period by giving various reasons. It is said that now the ministry has adopted a tough posture against such practice.


Two GoI departments have no headquarters in Delhi

It is strange but true that two departments of Government of India- Atomic Energy (DAE) & Department of Space do not have their headquarters in the national capital. DAE headquarter is in Mumbai while the other one's headquarter is in Bangalore. Now DAE has decided to set up a hall of nuclear power at Pragati Maidan in Delhi. The department will have more interaction with national media. These steps will help removing wrong perception about nuclear energy.


Outcome of interviews for MDs post in PSBs ?

Has there been any tangible outcome of interviews called for the post of Managing Director in six large Public Sector Banks. Nobody is sure about it.


Were all those shortlisted for top post in PSBs eligible ?

Top bankers are surprised whether all the candidates shortlisted for interviews, called for the post of Managing Director in six large Public Sector Banks, eligible for the said post.


Will 1985 batch IPS officer get promotion this month?

There are chances of a 1985 batch IPS officer becoming ADG by the end of this month. According to sources, promotion process of this batch will be completed soon.


Proposal of IAS officer, Dr Bhagat for joining Maharashtra cadre pending

The proposal of Dr Kadambari Bhagat, a 2010 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, for an inter-cadre transfer to Maharashtra is lying stuck with the Competent Authority for want of concurrence of both States.


Who is real Home Secretary in Delhi govt?

Delhi govt is having two Home Secretaries nowadays. It is because of indecisiveness of the Union Govt., Delhi govt has removed Dharam Pal about a fortnight ago from the post of home secretary and given additional charge to Rajendra Kumar, principal secretary to CM. Dharam Pal's room was locked on the orders of CM but later it was opened on LG's intervention. CM is not ready to accept Dharam Pal as HS. It is said that MHA has to take the final decision in this regard.


Hitesh Khanna selected for CMD, KRCL

Hitesh Khanna, Director (Works), IRCON, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 17, 2015. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.


Nitin Ramesh Gokarn returns to parent cadre

Nitin Ramesh Gokarn, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP), has returned to his parent cadre. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.


A special day for Chattisgarh IAS Santosh Kumar Misra

It was a special day for Santosh Kumar Misra, CEO, Kaushal Unnayan Mission, when three of his students from the Government High School, where he taught Physics in Hindi on weekends, reached his home on his invitation and apprised him that they would be joining engineering soon. Misra, an IAS officer of 2000 batch Tamil Nadu cadre, who is also Managing Director of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board, dedicates his leisure time serving the humanity for years. He helps bright and physically challenge students coming from poor economic background. There are numerous anecdotes of his gesture about empowering underprivileged in Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu in particular and pan India at large.


ICSSR Member Secretary, Prof Dadhich to enjoy one more year in office

Prof Ramesh Dadhich, Member Secretary, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is likely to enjoy at least one more year in office. Though his term ended on March 13, 2015, he has been given extension till further orders in contravention to DoPT guidelines. As appointment of Member Secretary takes time, since it is an ACC post, Dadhich is likely to continue for about a year, insiders say.


Dr Binoy Behera likely to join central deputation at ADG level post

Dr Binoy Kumar Behera is expected to join central deputation at Additional Director General (ADG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.


14 IRTS officers get SAG

As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on non-functional basis. The offices include: Rathendra Raman of ER; Niraj Verma of RB; Bibhuti Bhushan Gupta of ECR; Uday Shankar Jha of WR; M Dinesh H of SWR; R Senthil Kumar of SR; Kushal Singh of WR; Brijendra Kumar of WCR; P A Banerjee of WR; Sabir Ali of NR (retired); G M S Naidu of SECR; Pramod Kumar Pandey of NCR and Murali Midde of SR.


Rakesh Kumar Rausan returns from deputation

Upon return from deputation to DMRC, Rakesh Kumar Rausan has been posted in the cadre of East Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.


IRAS officer, C S Rao to complete deputation tenure in Telangana

An Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) officer, C Srinivasa Rao, who is on deputation to the Government of Telangana, has been permitted to complete full deputation period upto January 1, 2017.


Atul Khare deputed as CPM, DFCCIL

Atul B Khare has been deputed to DFCCIL for the post of Chief Project Manager (CPM) at Tundla/Agra. He is an IRSE officer.


Appointment of Sunil Bhatia for Director (Fin), PDIL delayed

The appointment of Sunil Bhatia, GM, NFL, as Director (Finance), Project Development India Limited (PDIL) is getting delayed due to some technical reasons.


Bodduluri Hare Ram empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI

Bodduluri Hare Ram has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IRS-C&CE officer.


Nagendra Kumar Saxena appointed High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea

Nagendra Kumar Saxena presently Joint Secretary has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer.


CBI registers case against ex-CMD, Director, NTC

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against former CMD, then Director (Technical) & then Senior Manager (Legal), of National Textile Corporation (NTC) for causing an alleged loss of Rs.709.27 crores(approx) to the government exchequer.


DoPT seeks applications for Advisor, NDMA

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sought applications for the post of Advisor (Joint Secretary level), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing this circular.

Shiv Pal Singh deputed as Director, Urban Development
Shiv Pal Singh has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Urban Development. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer of UP cadre.


V Arun Roy deputed as Registrar, National Law School in Tamil Nadu

V Arun Roy has been deputed as Registrar, the Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappali in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.


Harmeet Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI

Harmeet Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

IAS postings in Kerala

Director of Public Instruction (DPI) K. Gopalakrishna Bhatt will now be Special Secretary in the Department of Scheduled Caste Development. Director of Civil Supplies V. K. Baby has been posted as Special Secretary, Inland Navigation.


4 IAS officers transferred in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as four IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Parmesh Pandey has been appointed as Principal Secretary, DP& AR, Janaspandana while N Manjunatha Prasad will now be Executive Director, Jalasamvardhane Yojana Sangha and Dr Bagadli Gautham is Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Belagavi. Besides, Ahbiram G Sankar has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, DP & AR Services.

Sanajaya Chaurasia posted as OSD, CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sanjaya Kumar Chaurasia has been posted as OSD (ITA Division) in CBDT.

23 IES officers promoted to SAG (UPDATED)
As many as 23 officers belonging to Indian Economic Service (IES) have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). The officers are: Ravindra Kumar Jena, I S Negi, Lal Sanglur, Sunil Saran, Piyush Srivastava, Arun Kumar, Santanu Mitra, Ms Mamta Shankar, Dr bhushan Kumar Sinha, Ms Meenaxi Rawat, Rajib Kumar Sen, Nilambuj Sharan, Ms Nandita Mishra, Gyan Bhushan, Animesh Bharti, Rajiv Mishra, Dr Md Nazmuddin, Ram Karan, Swapan Kumar Mondal, Bharat Bhushan, Shyam Singh Negi and Kuntal Sensaram.

Dr A Ravi Shankar appointed as CEO, NTR Vidya Seva in AP (UPDATED)
Dr A Ravi Shankar has been appointed as CEO, NTR Vidya Seva in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

198 IRS-Customs officers transferred at Asst/Deputy Commissioner level (UPDATED)
As many as 198 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been transferred at Assistant/Deputy Commissioner level. Ms Indira Sisupal has been shifted to Mysore CX; M K Shrivastava to DG Sys, Mumbai; Arvind Kumr to Ahmedabad CX; Ashok Kuamr to Bhubaneswar CX; M Arun Kanth to Chennai ST; Manish Kumar Jaiswal to Bhopal CX; Manoj Kumar to NACEN Faridabad; Pranab Sarmah to Shillong CX; Sushil Chandra to Mumbai ST; T Prabakar to Chennai Cus; Mukesh Kumar Pal to Ahmedabad Cus; Senthil Nathan S to Bangalore Cus; Atunl Singh to DG (Vig) Hq, Delhi; Anoop Kumar Verma to NACEN, Faridabad; Dills D J Sinha to Shillong CX; Hemlata Rai to Ranchi CX; Achintya Kumar Chakabarti to Kolkata CX; Amit Bhardwaj to Meerut CX; Amit Kumar to Delhi ST; Amrik singh to Chandigarh CX; Chandan Biswas to Shillong CX; G Sekar to Coimbatore CX; I Rahman to Shillong CX; Mohasina Tabassum to Lucknow CX; P A Mohammed to Mysore CX; Patil Prashant Sudamrao to PUne CX; Pooja Thakur to Delhi Cus; Prahlad Borborah to Shillong CX; S Ramakrishnan to Coimbatore CX; Salunkhe Shivkumar Popat to Nagpur CX; Sourabh Dabas to Mumbai-II CX; Tuleshwar Prasad to Delhi CX; Chongneithem Changsan to Hyderabad CX; D N Shukla to Mumbai-I CX; A Arokia Doss to Coimbatore CX; A Sarath Chandra Kalidas to Coimbatore CX; C Esakki Muthu to Trichy Cus (P); Dipak Bhattacharya to Kolkata CX; Mohendra Dutta to Shillong CX; N B Kudale to Pune CX; S Mohana Krishnan to Coimbatore CX; S Vetri Selvi to Coimbatore CX; Shaik Mastan Vali to DGICCE Hyderabad; B K Deb to Shillog CX; C Nagaraj to Coimbatore CX; C N Anwekar to Bhopal CX; Cecilia Parthaswarathi to Coimbatore CX; D Ramesh Babu to Bangalore CX; D K Sinah to CC (AR), CESTAT; Dalveer Solanki to Jaipur CX; Debasish Majumdar to Kolkata CX; Dileep B Naik to Pune CX; Dilip Kumar Chettri to NACEN Shillong; G P Meena to Jaipur CX; Iqbal Singh to Meerut CX; Jagannathan R to Chennai CX; K D Kulkarni to Nagpur CX; K L Rayappa to Pune CX; K Rajendran to NACEN Bangalore; K C Kudmulwar to Mumbai-I CX; K K Gangluly to Bhopal CX; L Baskaran, M A Sundaraja and M G Sivaramakrishanan to Coimbatore CX; N Nagesh Babu to Vizag CX; S Govindan to Coimbatore CX; S Illangovan to Coimbatore CX; S Rajarethinam to DGICE Chennai; S Thamilarasan to Trich Cus (P); S Thangavel to Coimbatore CX; S G Negi to Chandigarh to CX; Sanjay Prabhakarrao Pradhan to Bhopal CX; Santanu Kumar Chaliha to Shillong CX; Sube Singh Meena to DGICCE Delhi; T Chandramoulito Bangalore CX; Tushar Kanti Sen to Shillong CX; U B chandrashekhara to Mysore CX; Ashish Adhikari to Shillong CX; L Kulandai Raj to Coimbatore CX; Ashwini Kuamr to Patna Cus; M C Verma to Jaipur CX; S Ravichander to Bangalore CX; Sakti A to Bangalore CX; A K Chakraborty to Kolkata CX; Abhay Singh Yadav and Amar Bahadur to Mumbai-I CX; Anup Kumar to Ranchi CX; Ashish Kuamr to Ranchi CX; B Lokanatha Reddy to Mumbai-II Cus; B Natarajan to Coimbatore CX; Balakrishna S to Mysore CX; Bandaru Ratna Kishore to Vizag CX; C Selvaraj to Coimbatore CX; Dinesh Kumar Jangid to Ahmedabad CX; G Rama Krishan Raju Yadav to Vizag CX; H Lallien Songate to Kolkata CX; Jyoti Kumar Bubana to Ranchi CX; Larho Krelo to Shillong CX; Manish Immanuel to Chandigarh CX; Manoj Kumar Pandohi to Chandgari CX; Manoj Kumar Saily to Jaipur CX; Marut Tripathi to Ahmedbad Cus; Mohammad Irfan Aziz to Lucknow CX; N Sethuraj to Chennai CX; N B Harish Ballal to Mysore CX; Ms P A L Mahita to Hyderabad CX; P R Srivastava to Lucknow CX; Piyush Shukla to Mumbai-I CX; Prasanna Pattanashetti to Bangalore CX; Rajendera Singh Chauhan to DGICCE Mumbai; Rajesh Kumar Sahu to Mumbai-I CX; Rakesh Bhadadiya to Meerut CX; Rakesh Kumar Goyal to DGHRD Delhi; S Sebastain to Coimbatore CX; S S Mangal to Bhopal CX; Satyavir Singh to Jaipur CX; Shashank Yadav to Meertu CX; Sunder Lal and Suender Malik to Delhi CX; Tapan Kuamr to Mumbai-I Cus; V K Ahirwar to Dte of Logistics, Delhi; Vijay Singh Meena to CCF Neemuch; vishal Pratap Singh to DGHRD, Delhi; Xelene Dabas to Delhi cus; Jayabharathi J to Chennai CX; Venkatesh S to Bangalore CX; Mahender Kumar to Mumbai-I CX; Pradip Gurumurthy to Nagpur CX; Krishna Kumar Prasad to Mumbai-I CX; Vishal Dashat Jaronde to Mumbai-I Cus; Rudra Pratap Singh to Lucknow CX; Mallinath K Jeure to Mumbai-I CX; Darshan J to Bangalore CX; Akash Chouule to Pune CX; Gorase Prasad Dattatraya to Vadodara CX; Ashiquzzaman to Mumbai-I CX; H Soikhanthang to Bangalore CX; K Padmavathy to Vadadara CX; Nitin Wapa to Delhi Cus Prev; Prashant Kumar Kakrla to Chennai Cus; Khem Raj Verma to Jaipur CX; N Madhusudhana Reddy to Hyderabad CX; Brijendra Chowdhary to Mumbai ST; Vinod Kumar to DGRI Hq, Delhi; Satish Pattapu to DGRI Mumbai; Dhruv M Seshadri and T Usha Devi to DGRI, Chennai; Syed Wasif Haider to DGRI, Kolkata; Gopal Krishna Pati to DGRI Hyderabad; K Tushar Parasshar to DGRI, Bhubaneswar; Dibakar Choudhury to DGRI Guwahati; Thomas Basumatary to DGRI Silliguri; Arvind Kumar Chourasiya to DGRI, Ahmedabad; Pankaj Lal Sinha to DGRI, Silchar; Tejinder Pal Singh Nagpal to DGRI Jammu; Shyam Sundhar Subramanian Prabhakaran to DGRI, Trivendrum;, Dayanandan T to DGCEI Trichy; Gautam Kumar to DGCEI Jamshedpur; Anunay Bhati to DGECI Bangalore; Lawrence A to DGCEI Chennai; Nalin Bilochan to DGCEI Ahmedabad; Pazhaniyandi V to DGCEI Chennai; Sujit Mallick to DGCEI, Kolkata; Shalabh Katiya to DGCEI Kanpur; Punneta Bedi to DGECI Hq, Delhi; Alok Sharma to DG CEI, Jaipur; Praveen Kumar Bali to DGCEI Hq, Delhi; Sushil Kumar Kale to DGCEI Nashik; Amit Kumar Mishra to DGCEI Lucknow; Ashima Batra, Sanjay Sharma, vinod Kumar to to DG (Vig) Hq Delhi; Jasveer Khichar, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Adhivarekar Aswini Purushottam to DG Sys, Delhi; Gaurav Dhanda to DG sys, Delhi single Window; Ashish Mishra to DG Valuation, Mumbai; Lalit Suneja to Mumbai-I CX; N Priyanka to Hyderabad CX; Anubha Sinha to Delhi ST; Gujjula Nagaraju to Chennai CX; Mahesh Chand Bhardwaj to Delhi CX; Manish Kumar Jha to Delhi Cus; Nagendra Yadav to Delhi Cus; Sidlingappa Teli to Bangalore Cus; Ajeet Kuamr to Dte of Legal Affairs, Delhi; V R S Sastry to Bhubaneswar CX; Anandan M to Chennai Cx; Bidur Sah to Kolkata Cus; Dhruba Khati to Kolkata Cx; Raj Kumar Narang to Delhi CX; Birendra Singh to Delhi Cus; Narinder Pal Singh to Delhi CX; P Vinitha Sekhar to CC (AR)/CESTAT, Mumbai; Jyotiraditya to Delhi ST; Sameer Kumar Jha to Ahmedabad Cus; Prashant Kumar to Ahmedabad CX; Paras Mal Sankhala was posted to DGICCE, Delhi.

Amit Saran appointed as Director, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Amit Saran, South Western Railway, has been transferred to Railway Board as Director, Mechanical Engineering (E&R). He is an IRSME Officer.

2 IPS officers get Senior Time Scale in Telangana (UPDATED)
Two IPS officers of 2010 batch, D Joel Davis and N Prakash Reddy have been given Senior Time Scale in Telangana.

P Selvakumar selected as Director (P&P), NLC (UPDATED)
P Selvakumar, CGM, NLCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 18, 2015. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

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


Kumar appointed Nominee Director of PTC India Ltd

PTC India Financial Services Limited has appointed Ajit Kumar Director who is (Commercial & Operation) of the company as Nominee Director of PTC India Ltd.

Kumar appointed Director (Finance) & CFO of PTC India Ltd
PTC India Limited has appointed Arun Kumar as Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer of the company

Bamane resigns as CS of Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Ltd
Raju M Bamane has resigned as Company Secretary of Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Limited

Raghuveeran resigns as Sr. VP & CFO of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd
Raghuveeran K has resigned as Senior Vice President and Company Secretary of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

Pandey appointed Non Exec. Director of MSP Steel & Power Ltd
MSP Steel & Power Ltd has appointed Kapil Deo Pandey as the Non-executive Independent Director of the company

Ms Kumari appointed CS of Simplex Castings Ltd
Simplex Castings Ltd has appointed Ms D Meena Kumari as Company Secretary of the company.

Birger appointed Regional Commercial Manager (South Asia) of British Airways
British Airways has appointed Moran Birger as Regional Commercial Manager for South Asia.

Ms Ballal appointed CFO of Comfort Intech Ltd
Comfort Intech Ltd has appointed Ms Suma Samith Ballal as Chief Financial Officer of the company


FORUM

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DEBATE (1)

NDA govt better


Bureaucracy has got new impetus under the new political dispensation. This Government is pro-active. With new ideas, new thinking and enthusiasm, NDA Government is better than the UPA Government.

A K Kar, DGP (Retd)

GMs in Railways


The General Managers in the Ministry of Railways are in a grade in between Additional Secretary and Secretary. Most of them are having employee strength more than two lakh under them. It is only one Ministry in the country i.e. Ministry of Railways wherein, because of technical reasons, there is any reporting to any IAS officer. The Chairman, Railway Board like Cabinet Secretary is ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India. It is a pity that the Ministry of Personnel does not treat them as Civil Servants. The Northern Railway Headquarters is at Baroda House. There are twenty officers in the Additional Secretary Scale and one General Manager. They were not invited for the Civil Services Day celebrations on 21st April, 2015. The celebrations have almost become IAS centric. Earlier there was an award scheme for the staff and citizens who come out with a good suggestion on governance. This no longer exists. Why?

BBS

Shortlisting of candidates


Without calling all candidates who have applied for screening, how can candidates be shortlisted?

K R Kanojia

Steno cadre a liability


I agree with SS Sharma. Stenographers Cadre has always been a liability than an asset. Given the present technology the cadre needs amalgamation.

Harish Kumar

Consider rly docs for GM posts


Officers of all organized services of Indian Railways except IRMS become GMs. it is high time that Railway doctors also should be considered for these posts.

D Muralidhar

Parashar's popularity


Assam's IPS officer, Mrs Parashar enjoying huge popularity on social media: Is such publicity not going to harm her? We should avoid publicizing such acts of a brave officer.

Pradeep Ratnaparkhi

Recommendations

Government had appointed a High Level Committee called 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission (2nd ARC). The 2nd ARC made 1554 recommendations on various important issues having a bearing on the entire population of the country and not for some one crore Central Government servants. Out of the 1554 recommendations of 2nd ARC only 1183 was accepted by the Government. The 1183 recommendations were forwarded to concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India State/UT Governments. Not all recommendations have been implemented. In a Federal set up States are free to take decisions on State subjects. At the Central level most of the executive action has taken place. Those involving passing of Act have still to receive the light of the day. A reform today may turn out to be outdated tomorrow - continuous process. Further, the Government also changes. The 10th Report of 2nd ARC is on the subject of personal administration, where the CSSS cadre finds no mention. Cabinet had directed the COS to look into the system of PSO. The COS did not agree, why criticize DoPT.

A Srivastava

Swaraj must resign

Sushma Swaraj must resign else BJP is going to pay heavily during next election..... It is Delhi politics..

Murari Chaturvedi

DATE WITH RTI

The Appellant had a marital dispute with his wife, who worked in the bank as an officer. He had been filing a number of RTI applications, repeatedly seeking information on various issues related to the said bank officer. The Appellant sought the copies of educational certificates of the bank officer claiming that the qualification of his wife has been mentioned as B.Sc, while she did not study science beyond class 10. The PIO denied the same under section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act claiming that it was personal information. The CIC referred to the observation of the Apex Court in the Central Board of Secondary Education & Anr. Vs. Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors."…… if on the request of the employer or official superior or the head of a department, an employee furnishes his personal details and information, to be retained in confidence, the employer, the official superior or departmental head is expected to hold such personal information in confidence as a fiduciary, to be made use of or disclosed only if the employee's conduct or acts are found to be prejudicial to the employer."The CIC upheld the rejection of request for information.

Comments

Many government officials face applications seeking their details of loans taken, marital status, PAN number, income tax details, copies of form 16, details of movable and immovable assets and details of gifts etc. Such harassment of honest officials is not the objective of the RTI Act.


Citation: Shri Harshadkumar Chimanlal Gandhi v. Bank of Baroda in File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/000837, File

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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