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POLITICS

This is History (243)
The French Revolution had long been liquidated ; democracy even was now disappearing and a popular general held the field.

Lobbying is disqualification in GoI

It may look strange but it is a fact that lobbying has become a disqualification in the Modi Government. No politician, no businessman and any power broker can claim that he could get things done with Modi.

New trouble shooter

While Amit Shah is known trouble shooter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now Kailash Vijayvargiya has emerged as a trouble shooter of BJP Chief Amit Shah.

India has 869 permitted TV Channels

Ministry of I & B has permitted 869 Private Satellite TV channels till March this year. More than half are news channels while rest are non-news channels Non- news comprises entertainment, sports traveler, historical and others. Except 91 all has its own Uplinking facility in India . 91 channels has only Downlinking facilities.


BUREAUCRACY

Will key appointments in Railways be from private sector ?
Grapevine has it that a few key appointments in the Indian Railways are being made from the private sector.

Will Tapan Ray be new Secretary I & B ?

Tapan Ray is likely to be appointed new Secretary Information and Broadcasting in the Government of India on May 1. 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer Ray is presently Secretary Corporate Affairs. Infact, Ray was given additional charge of I & B Ministry for two months recently.Ray is however, reportedly not inclined for this post.

Bhagat to be DG of RPF !

After the appointment of Meeran Borwankar as DG of BPR&D decks are cleared for the appointment of S K Bhagat as DG Railway Protection Force (RPF).He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Sharma to be Chairman, GFCC ?

Y K Sharma is likely to be appointed next Chairman , Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC,) Patna . Presently he is on deputation in Bhutan .

Masood is Member , CWC

Masood Hussain has been appointed as Member, Central Water Commission (CWC). He has been given additional charge of DG, National Water Development Agency (NWDA).

Review of 1998 batch IAS officers now in June

Review of 1998 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India will now take place only in June.

130 names for new High Court Judges in the process

130 names recommended from various high courts for High Court Judges are in the process with the Department of Justice, Government of India.

76 IAS officers including Cabinet Secretary on central deputation from UP

As many as 76 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from Uttar Pradesh cadre, including Cabinet Secretary, are rendering their services on deputation in Government of India.

AIS officers can serve minimum seven years in North East cadres

The Government of India has fixed as seven years of eligibility service for inter cadre deputation in North East cadres. The entire period of inter cadre deputation will be finished by 25 years of overall service of the officer.

BHEL to continue in red ?

If insiders are to be believed, the BHEL is in the red and likely to continue so for the next two years. One need not go in the past for such a position of the prestigious PSU.

Panel of S N Bhattacharyya to expire?

The panel of S N Bhattacharyya, Director (Operations), HPC, made for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) is reaching on the verge of expiry?

GoI yet to find successor of Tyagi, CMD, MECON Ltd

The Government of India is yet to decide the successor of A K Tyagi, Chairman and Managing Director, MECON limited retiring in September this year. However, the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) held interviews on January 8, but did not find a suitable candidate and again invited applications for the second meeting interviews for which applications were sought before March 7, 2016.

IRS officer Dr R C Chetan to join Karnataka Govt on deputation

Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs & Central Excise cadre, Dr R C Chetan has been deputed to the Government of Karnataka on deputation as Director (Finance), Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited.

Post of SDG, naxal ops, vacant in CRPF ?

One post of Spl, Director General, naxal operation in the CRPF is vacant for the last six months. The post is stationed at Kolkata. The force is running the business by giving additional charge to some or the other SDG.

Dube goes to Odisha as IG, CRPF

Manoj Dube a cadre officer has been posted as IG, Odisha sector, CRPF.

Kumar posted at Agartala

Arun Kumar, a cadre officer will be new IG, Tripura sector, CRPF Agartala.

IIS officer Vekateshwar appointed Commissioner PR, AP

S. Venkteshwar, a SAG level Indian Information Service (IIS) officer is going on deputation to Andhra Pradesh for two years. He has been posted as Commissioner, Information and PR, AP. Presently he is posted as ADG PIB, Bengaluru..

Dr Prasannakumar G to be new Chairman of NCRI ?

Dr Prasannakumar G is being tipped to be new Chairman at the National Council of Rural Institutes (NCRI) .

Rajeev Talwar elected Chairman of NAREDCO

Rajeev Talwar has been elected Chairman of the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO). 1978 batch former IAS officer of UT cadre Talwar is presently with the DLF.

Nirupama Rao is Additional Director of ITC

Former Indian Ambassador to US Nirupama Rao has been appointed Additional Independent Director of the ITC Ltd.

Chourasia is new Member of OFB

Sunil Kumar Chourasia has taken over as Member of the Ordnance Factory Board. He joined the IOFS on 25-03-1981.

B V S Saikrishna deputed to NTRO

Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, B V S Saikrishna has been deputed to National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) for a period of three years.

Haryana Govt to take action on Lokayukta report

The Government of Haryana has said that action will be taken against the public servants on the recommendations of Haryana Lokyaukta annual report.

111 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Deputy Commissioner grade

As many as 111 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs cadre have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. The officers are: Avnish Bansal, Daljit Kaur, Charul Lata Singh, Nakidi Srujan Kumar, Swati Chopra, Amreeta Titus, Spurthi Reddy, Abhishek Verma, Piyush Bhardwaj, Amar Bahadur, P A L Mahita, Abhishek Agrawal, Nikita S Chandran, Vagish Kumar Singh, Pooja Thakur, Sachin Kumar Singh, bharti, Adivarekar Ashwini Purushottam, Harish K, Hardikar Anushree Ashok, Balmukund, Shree Ram Vishnoi, Sowmya Nuthalapati, Deepthi Reddy A, Gopi Donthireddy, Sabareesh G, Prajwala M N, Vivek gupta, Sandeep Kumar Singh, L Prabhunanda Singh, Gaurav Dhanda, Nitin Jain, Komila Punia, Amit Sharma, Tagadi Manjunath, N Mohammed Ali, Piyush Katiyar, Pranesh Gupta, Rasaal Dwivedi, Kshitij Jain, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Rajesh Vithalrao Shelke, Anup Kumar, Manish Vijay, Joginder Singh, Runjhun, Shaikh Aminkhan Yasinkhan, Anamika Singh, Ravi Kapoor, B Jyoti Kiran, Shrikhande Akash Sudhakar, Nalin Bilochan, Syed Wasif Haider, Jitendra Patel, V D S S Nagarjun Grndhi, Mahesh Yashwant Patil, Shail Seth, Rajani Kanth Mishra, Mohshiina Tabassum, Brajesh Kumar singh, Prashant Kumar, Patil Prashant Sudamrao, Usha Nilkanth Bhoyar, Dinesh Kumar Jangid, Arunita Phukan, Murugan Mourugaram S V, Chuge Arvind Bhagwanrao, Dhileeban A, Bhaskara Rao Yenneti, Jasveer Khichar, T Ushadevi, Ravi Kant, Neetu Singh, P Senthil Kumar, Kamlesh Kumar, M Ratna Kumar, Indra Priyadarshini A, Subodh Kumar, Govindraj A, Dharam Raj, G Rama Krishnaraju Yadav, Shakti Singh, Srinvas BC, Sangeeta Nehru, Vinod Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Pradeep N, Arjun Kumar Meena, Praveen Kumar Bali, Lokesh Damor, Mosuganti Gangadhar, Kayio Kayina T H, Rakesh Bhadadiya, Amit Kumar Singh, Pauzakham Ngaigte, Poonam Meena, Dinakaran R, Neha Lal, K Shubhendra, Rokade Prashant Dnyaneshwar, Sudarshan Meena, Nitin Madhukarrao Tagade, Hemant Kumar Meena, Darpan Amrawanshi, Tej Kumar M S, Santosh Sharan, Sanjay Bangartale, Bheem Ratna Rawat, Naharya Arpita Dheer Singh, Nawale Bharat Rambhau and S Varalakshmi.

64 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Joint Commissioner grade

As many as 64 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs cadre have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. The officers are: Jaisetty Raja Manohar, M Chandra Bose, Ravindra K Das, Gautam Das, Tarun Kumri, P V K Raja Sekhar, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Ashish Mishra, Kamlesh Kumar Gupta, K G V N Suryateja, B Usha Devi, Manish thapliyal, sanjay Kumar Roy, Srimathi S, Suja K K, Gautam Wahi, Abhinav Panchoi, Akshya Joshi, Yogesh Sharma, Pritee Chaudhary, Priya Goel, P Vinitha Sekhar, Chetan R C, Himani Bhavana, Gyan chand Jain, Rahul Rajput, Senthil Nathan S, Kotraswamy M, Arvind Kumar Aseem Nanda, Dharmjeet Kumar Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Gaurav Singh, Narinder Singh, Alok Kumar, Rav Kiran Edara, Sadhu Narsimha Reddy, Deepshika Arora, Akhtar Rahid, Gurkaran Singh Bains, Ranjeet Kumar, Lokesh Kumar Lilhare, Sidlingapa Teli, Prabhat Kamal Rameshwaran, Vishal Pal singh, Pankaj Kumar, K Kalimuthu, Vishwanath, Sumith Kumar Ydav, R L Ramesh Ram, Sangeeta Karmakar, Sujata Priyadarshini, Ezhilmathi K, Ashok Kumar Saroj Kumar Behera, Raut Pandurang Kondiram, K Padmavathy, Mahaveer Prasad Meena, L Beimopha, Vikas Kumar Jeph, Bharat Prakash, Sydney D'Silva, Birendra Singh and H Soikhanthang.

Mrs Anupama Chandra likely to join central deputation at IG level

Mrs. Anupama Nilekar Chandra is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level post. She is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

21 posts of Judges lying vacant in Delhi High Court

As many as 21 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Delhi High Court against the approved strength of 60. Total posts of 11 permanent Judges against the approved strength of 45 and 10 posts of Additional Judges against the approved strength of 15 are vacant.

Gurpreet Walia appointed Deputy Accountant General, Jaipur

Gurpreet Walia, Deputy Accountant General (Admn.), in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit)-I, Maharashtra, Mumbai, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (G&SS-IV), in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Rajasthan, Jaipur.

S Zahur Haider Zaidi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI

S Zahur Haider Zaidi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Pravin Chindu Darade empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI

Pravin Chindu Darade has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Sashi Bhusan Sahoo deputed as Addl GM, RVNL, Goa

Sashi Bhusan Sahoo presently in East Coast Railway has been deputed to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for the post of Additional General Manager (Projects) at Goa. He is an IRSE officer.

Justice Agarwal to be new Lokayukta in Haryana

Former Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, NK Agarwal is all set to become new Lokayukta in Haryana . His name nhas been recommended.
(We said this on January 14, 2016)

Parimal Rai promoted to Apex Scale in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Parimal Rai has been promoted to the Apex Scale in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Anindo Majumdar promoted to Apex Scale in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Anindo Majumdar has been promoted to the Apex Scale in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Dr M M Kutty promoted to Apex Scale in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Dr M M Kutty presently on central deputation has been promoted to the Apex Scale in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Amulya Kumar Patnaik promoted to DGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Amulya Kumar Patnaik has been promoted to the Director General of Police (DGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ajay Kashyap promoted to DGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Ajay Kashyap has been promoted to the Director General of Police (DGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

S S Yadav promoted to DGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
S S Yadav has been promoted to the Director General of Police (DGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Kishan Kumar promoted to DGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Kishan Kumar has been promoted to the Director General of Police (DGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Prabhat Singh promoted to DGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Prabhat Singh presently on central deputation has been promoted to the Director General of Police (DGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sachidanand Srivastava promoted to DGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Sachidanand Srivastava presently on central deputation has been promoted to the Director General of Police (DGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sandeep Goel promoted to ADGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Sandeep Goel has been promoted the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sanjay Bainiwal promoted to ADGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Sanjay Bainiwal has been promoted the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ranvir Singh Krishnia promoted to ADGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Ranvir Singh Krishnia has been promoted the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mukesh Kumar Meena promoted to ADGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Mukesh Kumar Meena has been promoted the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sunil Kumar Gautam promoted to ADGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Sunil Kumar Gautam has been promoted the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Pranab Nanda promoted to ADGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Pranab Nanda has been promoted the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Manoj Kumar Lal promoted to ADGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Lal has been promoted the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Narendra Singh Bundela promoted to IGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Narendra Singh Bundela has been promoted to Inspector General of Police (IGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

A K Ojha promoted to IGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
A K Ojha has been promoted to Inspector General of Police (IGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

L H Shanliana promoted to IGP grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
L H Shanliana has been promoted to Inspector General of Police (IGP) grade in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Puneet Kumar Goel promoted to Higher Administrative Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Puneet Kumar Goel has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ranbir Singh promoted to Higher Administrative Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Ranbir Singh has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mohan Jeet Singh promoted to Higher Administrative Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Mohan Jeet Singh has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ms Debashri promoted to Higher Administrative Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Ms Debashri presently on central deputation has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the AGMUT cadre. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Manish Kumar Gupta promoted to Higher Administrative Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Manish Kumar Gupta presently on central deputation has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

S Kumarswamy promoted to Higher Administrative Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
S Kumarswamy presently on central deputation has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Amit Yadav promoted to Higher Administrative Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Amit Yadav presently on central deputation has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the AGMUT cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Tusar Taba promoted to DIG grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Tusar Taba has been promoted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) grade in AGMUT cadre. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Apur Bitin promoted to DIG grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Apur Bitin has been promoted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) grade in AGMUT cadre. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Johan Neihlaia promoted to DIG grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
John Neihlaia has been promoted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) grade in AGMUT cadre. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sanjay Kumar Jain promoted to DIG grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Jain has been promoted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) grade in AGMUT cadre. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Chukhu Apa promoted to DIG grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
Chukhu Apa has been promoted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) grade in AGMUT cadre. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

15 IPS officers get Selection Grade in AGMUT cadre (UPDATED)
As many as 15 IPS officers belonging to 2003 batch have been promoted to the Selection grade in AGMUT cadre. The officers are: Sang Norbu Mossobi, Binay Kant Mishra, Vimal Anand Gupta, Bhairon Singh Gujar, Rupinder Kumar, Ram Niwas Meena, K K Vyas, Dr Om Prakash Mishra, Brajesh Kumar Singh, Braham Singh, Lalhruaia, Joseph Lachhuana, C Laldina, Prabhakar and Shivaji Sinha.

CSS officers get postings in GoI (UPDATED)
Three officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been given postings in Government of India. Accordingly, T Nandan Kumar has been appointed as Under Secretary, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship while Satyawan was posted to Woman & Child Development in the same capacity and Pramod Kumar Jaiswal is Under Secretary, Personnel & Training.

MP HC Judge Mrs Waghmare is no more (UPDATED)
Justice Mrs Shubhda R Waghmare, sitting Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court has passed away.

Tenure of Ms Radha Chauhan as President & CEO, Ne-GD extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Ms S Radha Chauhan as President & CEO at JS level in National e-Governance Division (Ne-GD). He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.


CORPORATE

Panwar appointed MD of Dune Mercantile Ltd
Dune Mercantile Ltd has appointed Harish Panwar as Managing Director of the company.

Panigrahi appointed CS of Kabsons Industries Ltd

Kabsons Industries Ltd has appointed Rakhal Panigrahi as the Company Secretary of the company.

Dash appointed CS of Suryo Foods & Industries Ltd

Suryo Foods & Industries Ltd has has appointed Satyajit Dash as the Company Secretary of the company.

Agarwal designated as Whole-time Director & CFO of Mega Nirman and Industries Ltd

Shubham Kumar Agarwal has been designated as Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer of Mega Nirman and Industries Ltd

Kumar appointed CS of United Textiles Ltd

Anoop Kumar has been appointed as a Company Secretary of United Textiles Ltd


FORUM

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Be-sieged Administration

Even before Behbal Kalan firing after cases of desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, running over of and molesting of a lady, killing her ,and others by the staff of the prominent transport company, stripping of a dalit schoolgirl and murder of the 88 years old Mata Chand Kaur of Dera Bhaini Sahib ,the state had witnessed, murder of police official saving the honour of his daughter, thrashing of police officers by political goons, thrashing of police officials by their colleagues ,cold blooded murder of two brothers in Ludhiana, police encounter of a prisoner at Amritsar, and still suffering regular snatchings ,robberies and, forgeries of Arms licences, besides the carving out of the empires of land mafia, sand gravel mafia, and drug mafia etc. The government off and on gives statistics proclaiming its better law and order than the other states, yet in public perception the maintenance of law and order here has been dismal.

This is happening in the state, which was considered number 1 in governance till mid 1960s Its efficient police force used to be deployed in other states for maintenance of law and order, when the police of those states failed. In May 1973,when the worst police agitation in the country ,after partition was resorted to by the Provincial Armed Constabulary of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab's ,then IG legendary Ashwani Kumar IP, was specially chosen by the then PM Indira Gandhi to quell it and he did his assigned job. However, in March 1978,when the present CM Parkash Singh Badal was CM, the state police also revolted and launched agitation. This was followed by the Baisakhi shooting and killing of sikhs, and Nirankari's involvement in it, in April, and later incidents for more than 15 years took its toll on the state affairs and police remained in the forefront fighting terror. The politicians and the leaders needed protection, so role of the police became prominent. It was largely felt that only by controlling police the state can be run. This has been happening in varying degrees till the police stations and the jurisdiction of a DSP were made coterminous with the Assembly Constituencies. The Halqa incharges of such areas have virtually become the real rulers. The cadre controlling authority i.e. Government of India ,of IPS officers, have perhaps ,never seriously taken up with the state government to post only, IPS officers as SSPs, since these are cadre posts. Not only the police ,but the entire administration seems to have become senile and doctored and programmed to act in a particular manner.

It is the right time for the government to realize that law and order is the first requirement of any civilization. People are not concerned with development, but more with their safety and security. Time is running out. The administration must be calibrated to perform its constitutional duties.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

DATE WITH RTI

Copies of documents held after the completion of retention period

The appellant filed the RTI application seeking attested copies of external examination question papers of B. Arch. for a certain period, some answer sheets etc. The Respondent informed that according to rules of the University, the students are supposed to apply for copies of answer sheets, within 15 days from the date of declaration of the result. As per the University's retention policy, answer sheets are retained for three months, from the date of declaration of result. But, if the student fails to apply within the prescribed period of 15 days, the answer sheets cannot be given to the student, though the same are held by the public authority upto three months. The CIC ruled that the above retention policy of the University is not a correct practice. If they have retained the answer sheets, even after the prescribed retention period for any reason, they cannot deny if it is not destroyed as on the date of RTI application

Comments

No public authority can impose additional restrictions over and above those prescribed under Section 8 of the RTI Act to deny any information to the applicant. A Public Authority is expected to make its own record retention policy and provide information to any RTI applicant as per the same as long as the records are not weeded out. If the records have been retained even after the prescribed retention period, copies of the same cannot be denied if it is not destroyed as on the date of RTI application. Further, a Public Authority is required to hold the records, if an RTI application is pending before the authorities.

Citation: Swati Babber v. Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, GNCTD in Case No.CIC/SA/A/2015/001407

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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