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POLITICS
This is History (314)
In the name of law and order, tyranny flourishes and tries to crush
those who will not submit to it.
Youth if oppressed beyond limit may be harmful for govt
Youth if oppressed beyond limit, as in the opinion of many has been
the case in JNU and other places in the recent past, may be harmful
for government in the days to come. Is it a fact ?
225 declassified files on Netaji available for public
225 declassified files on Netaji have come into the public domain which
includes 9 files of the Cabinet Secretariat also.
Will there be a bloody revolution by 2025 ?
Will there be a bloody revolution by 2025 that too because of religious
incompatibility ? Many believe that as the things stand today, it can't
be totally ruled out.
DEBATE
In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed
as dictator and why ?
In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators
from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia
Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara
Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister),
Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa
Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba
Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar
Chief Minister).
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
BUREAUCRACY
159 candidates allocated IRS-IT
As many as 159 candidates have been allotted
Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre IRS(IT) against the Civil
Service examination (CSE) - 2015.
1981 batch IAS officer yet to get posting as Secretary
1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Rakesh Srivastava is still
waiting in the wings to get posting as Secretary in the Government of
India.
Balvinder Singh is Technical Member of NCLAT
Deputy CAG Balvinder Singh (IA&AS:1981) has been appointed as Technical
Member in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.
(We said this on June 7 )
Rishi Kumar Shukla is new DGP of Madhya Pradesh
Rishi Kumar Shukla has taken over as new DGP of Madhya Pradesh. 1983
batch IPS officer Shukla has succeeded 198o batch IPS officer Surendra
Singh who superannuated on Thursday.
Meena is new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan
Finally there is a surprise in Rajasthan. O P Meena has been appointed
new Chief Secretary. 1979 batch IAS officer Meena has succeeded C S
Rajan who superannuated on Thursday.
Ranjan to be Chief Advisor to CM of UP?
Outgoing Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan will now be Chief
Advisor with Cabinet Rank to Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav . He is
a 1978 batch IAS officer.
Goa Chief Secretary, R K Srivastava gets extension
R K Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Goa, has reportedly been granted an
extension of three months. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
S K Jain is interim DGP of Meghalaya
S K Jain has been appointed as the interim DGP of Meghalaya following
the superannuation of Rajiv Mehta. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Assam
Meghalaya cadre.
VIP sons empanelled as JS
After three months wait, 19 IAS officers of 1998 batch have been empanelled
as JS in GoI. These include Brijendra Singh, Haryana cadre, son of Birendra
Singh, Union Rural Development Minister and Ritvik R. Pandey, Karnataka
cadre, son in law of Nripendra Mishra, PS to PM.
Two IAS officers out of six from Karnataka empanelled as Addl Secretary
in GoI
Only two IAS officers out of six belonging to 1986 batch from Karnataka
cadre have been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government
of India.
P H Kurian empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
P H Kurian has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary or Additional
Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch
IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Prabhanshu Kamal promoted as ACS, Medical Education in MP
Prabhanshu Kamal has been promoted as Additional Chief Secretary, Medical
Education in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
Orissa High Court gets three Judges
Justice Biswanath Rath, Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Pramath
Patnaik, Additional Judges of the Orissa High Court, have been appointed
as Judges of the Orissa High Court.
Unni joins as DG, Armed Forces Med Services today
Lt Gen M K Unni, AVSM, VSM, PHS, AMC, is taking over the charge as Director
General, Armed Forces Medical Services on July 1, 2016.
Kharkongor takes charge as CMD, NEEPCO today
A G W Kharkongor is assuming the charge as Chairman & Managing Director,
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) on July 1,
2016.
(We said this on Dec 28, 2015)
Raman joins as Director (Tech), SAIL today
Raman, ED, SAIL, is taking over the charge as Director (Technical),
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on July 1, 2016.
(We said this on July 1, 2016)
Divakar takes charge as Director (Tech), BDL today
Kappagantula Divakar, GM, BDL, is taking over the charge as Director
(Technical), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on July 1, 2016.
(We said this on Dec 9, 2015)
Thakur yet to join as Director (HR),
NALCO Ltd
(UPDATED)
Basant Kumar Thakur, GM, SAIL, is yet to take over the charge as Director
(Human Resources), NALCO Limited a vacancy of this post has arisen.
P K Agrawal takes over as Director (DD), CONCOR today
P K Agrawal, CEO, CONCOR, is assuming the charge as Director (Domestic
Division), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) on July 1,
2016.
(We said this on Dec 31, 2015)
Ms Rajani Sankaran repatriated to her parent cadre
Ms Rajani Sankaran, Director (Finance), Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam
Limited (Bhavini), has been repatriated to her parent cadre. She is
a 1989 batch IA&AS officer.
Inter cadre deputation of Asangba Chuba Ao to Nagaland extended
The inter cadre deputation of Asangba Chuba Ao from Bihar to Nagaland
has been extended for a period of one year with effect from June 25,
2016. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Rajeev Kumar is also Ambassador to Cabo Verde
Rajeev Kumar, presently Ambassador to Senegal, has been concurrently
accredited as Ambassador to Republic of Cabo Verde. He is a 2001 batch
IFS Officer.
S B Shashank relieved to join Govt of Mizoram
The Government of Delhi has relieved S B Shashank of charges to join
the Government of Mizoram. He is a 2007 batch IAS Officer of AGMUT cadre.
Sonny George appointed as CGM (Ope & IT), Corp Centre, SBI Nav Mumbai
Sonny George has been appointed as Chief General Manager, Operations
and Information Technology in the Information Technology Department
at State Bank of India Corporate Centre, Navi Mumbai.
Prashant Kumar is new President of IFS Association
Prashant Kumar has been elected President of the All India Indian Foreign
Service (IFS) Association. He is 1985 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh
cadre.
A K Choudhury yet to get orders for MD, IRFC
The orders of A K Choudhury, ED, RVNL, for the appointment as Managing
Director, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) are yet
to be issued by the Government of India as a vacancy of this post is
arising on July 1, 2016.
Three Archaeologists transferred after promotion
Three Archaeologists have been transferred after promotion to Deputy
Superintending Archaeologist grade. Accordingly, Praveen Singh has been
transferred from Jodhpur to Delhi circle while Dr Izhar Alam Hashmi
was posted to Nagpur from Bhopal and Biri Singh is being transferred
from Agra to Patna.
Khalkho transferred from Kolkata
A M Khalkho , a 1994 batch IDAS officer has been transferred from KolKata
to Mumbai as CDA ( CSD).
Two Under Secretary level officers get postings in GoI
G Saravanan has been posted as Under Secretary, Defence while Ragesh
Kant was appointed to Investment and Public Asset Management in Government
of India.
25 ISS officers transferred
As many as 25 officers of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) belonging
to Indian Statistical Service (ISS) have been transferred and posted
to different places. S R Joshi has been shifted to CACP, Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare while Sudip Kumar Ray was posted to Coal, New Delhi
and Bipad Bhanjan Pal is being transferred to DGCI & S, Commerce
& Industry Kolkata. Similarly, Amitabh Pradhan has been shifted
to labour Employment; Mrs Jiju Kurien to Revenue; Ramesh Chandra Aggrawal
to Ayush; P C Cyriac to Civil Aviation; Sunil Kumar Chakrobarty to RGI,
Home Affairs; G Sajeevan to Development Commissioner office, MSME; K
Thomas to IBM, Mines, Nagpur; Madan Mohan Hasija to Shipping, New Delhi;
Hiranya Borah to Drinking Water and Sanitation, New Delhi; Mrs Sunita
Chitkara to Intra, Inter & International Coordination Unit; S V
R Murthy to NAD, CSO, MoSPI; Mrs T Rajeshwari to NAD, CSO, MoSPI; Atanusashan
Basu to NSSO, RO, Gangtok; A K Sarkar remains Kolkata; Soumendra Chattopadhyaya
to NSSO, MoSPI, Kolkata; Supriya Mukherjee to NSSO, RO, Vijayawada;
Debasis Chakrobarty to DGCI&S, Commerce & Industry; Susanta
Kuamr Jana to NSSO, RO, Bhopal; J Bhattacharjee to DoNER, New Delhi;
G Sivasubramanyan to NSSO, ZO, Bangaluru; Pradip Kumar De to NSSO, RO,
Delhi and B S Chhabra was posted to NSSO, RO, Imphal.
Brig Raj Sammi to be promoted to Acting Rank of Maj Gen
Brig Raj Sammi, ARTY, has been approved for the promotion to the Acting
Rank of Maj Gen in the Command & Staff stream and Staff only stream.
Bhaduri is new Director of IGCAR
Noted scientist Arun Kumar Bhaduri has taken over as Director of Indira
Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam.
Tenure of Hyderabad Metro MD extended
Tenure of Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy has been
extended by another year. He is an IRAS officer.
Vacancy of DDG (C&A), DoT arising in July
A vacancy of DDG (C&A) in the Department of Telecommunications is
arising in July.
Swarn Singh gets DG rank in Madhya Pradesh
Swarn Singh has been promoted the rank of DG in Madhya Pradesh. He is
1985 batch IPS officer.
Lt Gen Mathson is new Commander of Sudarshan
Chakra Corps
Lt Gen Cherish Mathson has taken over as Commander of the Sudarshan
Chakra Corps in Bhopal.He has succeeded Lt Gen Pradeep Singh.
D K Hota takes over as CMD, BEML
(UPDATED)
D K Hota, Director (Human Resources), BEML, has taken over the charge
as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, BEML Limited.
(We said this on Dec 30, 2015)
Major reshuffle of IPS Officers in Rajasthan
(UPDATED)
As many as 51 IPS Officers have been transferred and posted to different
places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Jaswant Sampatram has been appointed
as DG, Police Housing while Sunil Kumar Mehrotra was posted as Additional
DGP, Administration and Community Policing. Similarly, Om Prakash Galhotra
has been posted as Additional DGP, Armed Battalion while Hemant Kumar
Purohit was appointed as Additional DGP, Police Housing; Alok Tripathi
as Additional DGP, Anti-Corruption Bureau; Bhupendra Singh as Additional
DGP, Personnel and also Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Sardar Patel Police University;
Rajeev Kumar Dasot as Additional DGP-cum-Director, Police Academy; Mohanlal
Lather as Additional DGP, CID (Civil Rights); Bhupend Kumar Dak as Additional
DGP, Planning, Modernization and Welfare; Umesh Mishra as Additional
DGP, Anti National Squad; Amrit Kalash as IGP, Armed Battalion; Dinesh
M N as IGP, SOG; Sachin Mittal as IGP, Anti-Corrpution Bureau; Hawa
Singh Ghumaria as IGP, Law and Order; S Sengathir as IGP, Training;
Gurucharan Rai as IGP, Security; Bipin Kumar Pandey as IGP, Bikaner
Range; A V Shukla as IGP, Police Academy; Rohit Mahajan as IGP, CID
(CB); K Bahadur Singh Kapoor as IGP, CID (Crime Branch); Shiv Lal Joshi
as IGP, Personnel; H G Raghvendra Suhasa as DIG, Security; Gaurav Srivastava
as Deputy Commissioner, Headquarters; Om Prakash-I as Commandant, 4th
Battalion, RAC; Mrs K B Vandana as Principal, RPTC, Jodhpur; Sawai Singh
Chaudhary as DIG, Training; Anil Kumar Jain as Special Officer, Home;
Rahul Prakash as SP, Alwar; Ashok Kumar Gupta as SP, Jaipur Development
Authority; Hemant Kumar Sharma as SP, CID (CB); Satyendra Kumar as SP,
Rural, Kota; Mrs Preeti Chandra as SP, Intelligence; Tejraj Singh Kharodhiya
as DIG, Jail, Jodhpur; Madan Gopal Meghwal as SP, CID (CB); Sunil Kumar
Vishnoi as SP, Bundi; Gagandeep Singla as SP, Barmer; Rajeev Pachar
as SP, Hanumangarh; Deshmukh Paris Anil as SP, Nagaur; Manish Agrawal
as Assistant SP, Training; Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav as SP, Dungarpur; Gaurav
Yadav as SP, Jaisalmer; Mrs Mamta Gupta as SP, SERB; Mrs Rashi Dogra
Dudi as Commandant, 10th Battalion, RAC, Bikaner; Yadram Phansal as
SP, Vigilance; Bhanvar Singh Nathawat as Commandant, 14th Battalion,
RAC, Bharatpur; Yogesh Dadhich as SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jaipur;
Manoj Kumar as SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ajmer; Maman Singh Yadav
as SP 2,Security to CM; Rajesh Kumar Sharma as Deputy Director, Rajasthan
Police Academy and Himmat Abhilash Tank as Commandant, 9th Battalion,
RAC, Tonk.
Reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan
(UPDATED)
As many as 22 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
have been transferred and posted to different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly,
A Mukhopadhyaya has been appointed as Chairman and Commissioner, Housing
Baord, Jaipur while Ashok Jain was made ACS, Industries and Rajhans
Upadhayaya is ACS, Higher and Technical Education. Similarly, Vipin
Chandra Sharma has been appointed as ACS, Minority Affairs; Nihal Chand
Goyal as ACS, Forest and Environment; Devendra Bhushan Gupta as ACS,
Infrastructure; Om Prakash Saini as ACS, Water Resources; Mukesh Kumar
Sharma as Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing; Khemraj
Chaudhary as Chairman, Rajasthan Commercial Taxes, Ajmer; Deepak Utpreti
as Principal Secretary, Home Civil Security; Mrs Vinu Gupta as Principal
Secretary, Medical and Health; Abhya Kuamr as Secretary, Cooperative;
Mrs Aparna Arora as Secretary, Mining and Petroleum; Ajitabh Sharma
as Commissioner, Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility; Rohit
Kumar as Secretary, Disaster Management; Mahesh Bhardwaj as Additional
Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Home; Md Hanif as Member, Revenue Board;
Dr Vina Pradhan as Director, RAJFED, Jaipur; Banna Lal as Director,
State Insurance and Provident Fund; Pradeep Kumar Borad as Secretary,
Secretariat Service Selection Board and Namit Mehta was posted as Additional
Commissioner, VAT and IT, Commercial Taxes.
NSIC CMD addresses IFO Southern SME Meet (UPDATED)
Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC addressed the participants as Chief Guest in
the " IFO Southern SME Meet" organized by Indian Foundry Organization
at Bengaluru. He apprised them how various initiatives taken by NSIC
for MSMEs can be utilized by members of Indian Foundry Association.
Raman joins as Director (Tech), SAIL
(UPDATED)
Raman, ED, SAIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Technical),
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on July 1, 2016.
(We said this on July 1, 2016)
Divakar takes charge as Director (Tech), BDL (UPDATED)
Kappagantula Divakar, GM, BDL, has taken over the charge as Director
(Technical), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on July 1, 2016.
(We said this on Dec 9, 2015)
P K Agrawal takes over as Director (DD), CONCOR
(UPDATED)
P K Agrawal, CEO, CONCOR, has assumed the charge as Director (Domestic
Division), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR).
(We said this on Dec 31, 2015)
Vivek Srivastava repatriated to join IB (UPDATED)
Vivek Srivastava, Inspector General, SPG, has been accorded premature
repatriation to join Intelligence Bureau. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer
of Gujarat cadre.
CORPORATE
Nath appointed Govt Nominee Director on ONGC Board
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has nominated Amar Nath,
Joint Secretary (E) , Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, as Government
Director on the Board of Directors of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Limited (ONGC) .
Harswarup Gupta to continue as Chairman- Emeritus of AMD Industries
Ltd
Harswarup Gupta has resigned as Executive Chairman of AMD Industries
Limited w.e.f. July 2, 2016 . He will continue as Chairman- Emeritus
of the company.
Ashok Gupta appointed Exec. Chairman of AMD Industries Ltd
Ashok Gupta, Vice Chairman of AMD Industries Limited has been appointed
as Executive Chairman of the company w.e.f.July 3, 2016.
Pant is CEO (Designate) of APTECH Ltd
APTECH Limited has appointed Anil Pant as Chief Executive Officer (Designate)
of the company w.e.f. July 1, 2016 .
Raole resigns as CFO & Senior VP ( Corporate Services) of RPG Life
Sciences Ltd
Sachin Raole has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice
President ( Corporate Services) of RPG Life Sciences Limited.
Ansari ceases to be Part-time Non-official Director of UCO Bank
Salahuddin Ansari has ceased to be Part-time Non-official Director of
UCO Bank.
Ranganathan resigns as the MD of TVS Electronics Limited
K E Ranganathan has resigned as the Managing Director of TVS Electronics
Limited w.e.f. July 1, 2016.
Shahra appointed Joint MD of Anik Industries Ltd
Anik Industries Ltd has appointed Manish Shahra as Joint Managing Director
of the company w.e.f. July 1, 2016.
Ms Jiwarajka appointed Addl. Director of Salora International Ltd
Salora International Limited has appointed Ms Neetu Jiwarajka as Additional
Director of the company.
Pandey appointed CS of Zenith Exports Ltd
Zenith Exports Limited has appointed Govind Pandey as Company Secretary
of the company.
Kanhere resigns as Independent Director of Tilaknagar Industries Ltd
Dr Vishnu Kanhere has resigned as Non-Executive and Independent Director
of Tilaknagar Industries Limited.
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DEBATE (1)
Round the clock Narendra Modi thinks of Country.Some times he has to
take hard decisions which may be called as dictatorial.
Rajiv Nath
Paradigm shift in today's politics
There is paradigm shift in today's politics from earlier tricks &
traits because focus has shifted from corruption to disintegration.
It is evident from the fact that NDA' Modi Govt. is strict & adhering
anti-corruption measures/operations supplemented with reforms &
socialistic expenditure to bring-out best for the people at large with
eye on inclusive growth.
So, Opposition parties had a minute observation after debacle / defeat
of AAP's Student Wing in DUSU election than plunk changed from corruption
to disintegration. Every move of Opposition is matching with Anti-National
activities to draw a parallel by propagating through favored Media to
establish an injury/victimize/indecency /injustice.
These forces have united and day is not far away when everything will
be in black & white, visible to the common man /woman-who are they
to whom they were voting in past and what good they have brought for
them after several years of rule alone or all along in coalition.
You can very well understand this by having a true example, if you
have to abuse somebody in higher-ups as an opposition you will never
miss-out any chance as & when situation arises in the democracy
normally, but what will have to the opposition when circumstances are
shrinking of actual problem by effective Govt. of today then connive
to manufacture/ create unrest by any means if to that extend to change
the face created earlier like-"K" to "K" with little
difference so the people may recognize their credentials & take
them true by face value instead recognizing game behind whole orchestration
to befoul the people in name of Social Justice & what not "Azadi".
Difficulties are with who oppose Narendra Modi but in what form-Challenges
are:
There is no parallel to him & his Govt. Hard work & Nation
Building
There is innovation formulated in each programme & policy implementation.
There is complete transparency in higher-ups including Minister, Senior
Bureaucrats at every level of governance in just two years of rule.
There is level playing field with equal opportunity to bring-out best
from every corner of Govt. activities to enhance people's participation.
There are so many good to write about Modi Govt. except one thing-
why? -there should be more exigent action against Non-functioning Institutions
as well as Entities based on Investigating & intelligence Agencies
effective Network keeping National Security top most priority.
Keep on attacking Modi, he will never ever retaliate instead pick good
from it & rest will be in dustbin. That's all. Jai Hind.
By-A Sach.
Tough policy towards Pakistan - a pipe dream
When PM, Modi cancelled Foreign Minister's meet just when he took over
as PM, to protest against Pak Ambassador's invite to the anti-Indian
Kashmiri separatists, everyone thought it is prelude to a tough policy
towards Pakistan. All these appears to have ended as a pipe dream. Indian
soldiers are getting killed like sitting ducks in Kashmir by Pak sponsored
terrorists. Pak flags re openly flaunted in Kashmir. Pak Ambassador
refuses to condemn the recent ambush and murder of CRPF men and instead
cocks a snook at India by going to the extent of asking the invitees,
a bunch of Kashmir separatists and pro-Paki traitors to our country
who are invited to 'enjoy' Pak Ambassador's hospitality while dead bodies
of our soldiers are being cremated and maimed soldiers are fighting
for their life in ICUs. Pakistan and the pro-Paki anti-nationals in
India, who were lying low since partition and who were allowed to stay
in India courtesy Gandhi and Nehru, now think that Modi Government is
week kneed and impotent and only can give bellicose threats. Government
should first put our country in order. If Modi's bombastic election
rhetoric of a 56 inches chest is true, he should arrest the Kashmiri
separatists and those Indians who attended the birirani party under
Defence of India rules and send them to Vellore jail in Tamil Nadfu,
abrogate article 370 and allow displaced Hindus and Sikhs from POK to
settle in Kashmir. All those Pandits whose properties have been confiscated
by local Muslims at the point of guns and, ethnically cleansed, should
be retrieved and given back to them. India should put ball in Pak's
court by raising the issue of the forcible occupation of POK by Pakis
and of ethnic cleansing of Hindus in international forums. Kashmir is
not for Kashmiris or for a bunch pro-Pakis alone. It is made sacred
by the blood of tens of thousands of our martyred soldiers coming from
Tamil Nadu to Ladakh, Kerala to Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to Rajasthan.
No Government in Delhi can think of surrendering Kashmir to Pakistan.
Navnith Krishnan
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Multiple RTI Applications seeking huge information
The applicant sought huge information pertaining to Income Tax
offices. He also wanted to know the basis of conducting survey
and search and the specific steps taken to stop tax evasion during
the financial year 2013-14 etc. The PIO submitted that the appellant
has filed as many as 30 appeals before the Central Information
Commission seeking all and sundry information and despite heavy
pressure they have made strenuous efforts to provide the information.
He further stated that much of the information sought by the appellant
is in the public domain and can be accessed by visiting the department's
website www.incometaxindia.in. The appellant stated that he had
lodged a TEP against a medical store in early 2015 and wants to
know what action has been taken by the department. He further
stated that he wants a copy of the scheme for payment of award
to informants. He also requested for a note explaining the method
adopted by the Income Tax Department for assessment and scrutiny.
The PIO stated that he will supply the information as requested
above by the appellant. The CIC observed that once a certain information
is placed in the public domain accessible to the citizens either
freely, or on payment of a predetermined price, that information
cannot be said to be 'held' or 'under the control of' the public
authority and, thus would cease to be an information accessible
under the RTI Act. The Commission hoped the appellant will take
a careful note of the above judicial observations and refrain
from filing frivolous RTI applications in future
Comments
Whenever one is seeking information under the RTI Act, the RTI
Application should be focused and specific. Asking for voluminous
information through multiple applications may lead to a charge
of abuse of the process of law.
Citation: Mr. Pawan Kumar v. Income Tax Department in File No.
CIC/CC/A/2014/001693+001794+002534+002537+002579+002580+002581+
002586 002304+002598+002601+002603+002604+002605+002606+002607+002608+002609
+ 002610+002611+002305+002306+002594+002597+002593+002596+002599+002600
+ 003009+003010/BS/10334
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)
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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