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Akbar was a wise despot, and he worked hard for the welfare of the Indian people.

BJP to win in Goa handsdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Goa has assured 100 per cent win in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections.

Why some parties opposing currency halt ?
Why few political parties are opposing Govt's decision to ban Rs 500 and Rs 1000 note suddenly ? According to sources UP and Punjab assembly elections is forcing BSP, SP and AAP to oppose the decision while JD (U) and RJD are in favor of government decision. It is because Bihar is not going to face election in near future.

Government ki laggne waali hai lottery
I'm standing in queue outside a SBI Bank Branch. In front of me,the person standing wearing a Kurta Payjama seems pretty relaxed and the person standing behind me in Casual Jeans and T'Shirt seems to be in another World plugged into his Mobile via earphones… must be listening to Music. Suddenly there is commotion and I see Rahul Baba with his Security breezing past the queue.

Someone behind shouts: Arre kaha ja raha hai!!!!

Another voice: Abhe Budha Baba {aged child} yaha kaise!!!
Rahul stops and shouts back: I am here to change 4000 …. I am with you !!
Voice from the rear: Arre then stand in the queue …. bhaag ke kahaa jaa raha hai !!!!
Rahul: Do you see any Suited Booted person the in the queue …..
Voice from the rear: Abhe you think we are mad to wear suits and stand in queue…. I wear a suit to Office every day excepting casual Saturdays!!
Another Voice : Tehri shaadhi hai kyaa Branch mein that we have to wear suits and stand in queue!!!
Kurta Payjama person in front: Is this man daft…. he says he is with us and see him breezing past us ….. I wear a Suit to Office every day… arre marnaa hai yahaa suit pehan ke…. chalo its November but it's still hot!! Or has the Bank issued some guidance that you have to come suited booted to change your money!!!
Me: Photo Op Rahul Baba …. he thinks Photo Ops will win the day for him!!
KPPIF: I know he's pointing to the rich ….. he means to say …do you see any Millionaire or Billionaire here!!!!
Person in Casual Jeans: Useless Gandhi (Rahul) come to change Useless Gandhis {name for 500 and 1000 Notes} …. (as he is loud there is guffawing all around)!!
KPPIF: See frankly the decision is going to inconvenience but it's a damn good decision….
Me: But now I am sure Kejriwal and Congress will say Modi forewarned the Party and some Industrialists about this demonetization!!
PINCJ: Crap…. believe me if this news had leaked to anyone outside the decision-making circle there would have been no 100 Rupee Notes in the market!!! Was BJP or Akali Dal asking for Donations only in 100 Notes!!!
KPPIF: Arre I personally feel some Election War Chests have taken a humongous hit….. and now Leaders of these Parties will demand a roll back and for this, they will conjure up stories…. like India's Growth will take a big hit!!!
Me: Max 6 month hic-up ….. some sectors and sectors allied with the directly affected sectors will face cash shortages for 6 months ….Real Estate and Allied Sectors…. Second Hand Car Market etc….. Entertainment …. Tourism....Vice !!!
PINCJ: Leave the Industrialists … any news about Kejriwal, Pawar, Mulayam , Mamtha standing in a queue to change old notes!!! Rahul is doing it for a Photo Op!!!!
Me: Banks should be gung-ho….. coffers will overflow…. Interest rates could come down! I think RBI will have to step in to keep Interest Rates conducive …remember it's this Sector that has saved India every time in a Global downturn… Savings!!!
KPPIF: Black Economy is about 20% of our GDP…. now it's to be seen how much of this is wiped out… last time there was Demonetization in 1978 …. 80% of the Notes of Rs 1000, 5000 and 10,000 were wiped out!!! I think Government is going to get a huge windfall!!!!
PINCJ: Then we know who was targeted and the majboori why these Notes got wiped out!!! My estimate is Value of Notes wiped out will be 7-8% of GDP !!!!
Me: Now the success of this scheme depends on how fast the Government is able to convert our Economy into a Plastic Economy…. the Real Estate sector will take some time to mend… what best the Government can do is keep an eagle's eye on Real Estate Deals….here RERA can be instrumental!!! By the way …. I'm a semi-retired Businessman… what about you guys!!
KPPIF: I'm the VP of a Multinational…. today was my day off…tomorrow my wife will be in queue!!! She's already stocked up on Sun Block etc!!!
PINJC: I own a Printing House…. tomorrow my wife too will be in queue with many of her Kitty friends…. I think they are having their Kitty standing in a queue!!!
Me: I see you guys are not cribbing….but what about your wives!!!
KPPIF: I was a little peeved but my wife said ….. so what about our Soldiers who brave the cold in Siachen for months for the good of the Nation!!! This is for the good of the Country!!
PINJC: My Wife is a Dress Designer … and she says White used to be a color of mourning… no more… as Country goes White… she's coming up with a new Line of Suits ...the theme is White!!!

Disclaimer: Satire. Not meant to inform or influence. Inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Ramaswamy to be new Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand ?
R Ramaswamy is likely to be appointed new Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Rajiv Sharma unlikely to get extension
Top sources in the Government of India said that Chief Secretary of Telengana Rajiv Sharma is not being given third extension. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Collegium to meet on Tuesday
Meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium is going to be held on November 15 to discuss the MoP.

Committee to select new CEO, Prasar Bharti
A committee under the Chairmanship of Vice President will select new CEO , Prasar Bharti Board. After the resignation of Jawahar Sircar, post of regular CEO is vacant.

7 IRAS officers of 1990 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as seven officers of 1990 batch belonging to Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Mukesh Kumar Singh, H K Sahu, Sunandana Arul, Gitika Pandey, K Bhuvaneshwari, Amar Kumar Sinha and Menu Dang.

Justice Puri appointed Judicial Member, Armed Forces Tribunal, Srinaga
Justice Karam Chand Puri has been appointed as Judicial Member in the Armed Forces Tribunal, Srinagar.

A K Das promoted to Lt Gen rank in AFMS
Major General A K Das has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Gen and equivalent in the executive cadre of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).

BHEL to set up four nuclear plants to enhance business
BHEL is contemplating to set up four nuclear plants by 2018 to enhance its business. It is already reported to have entered into an arrangement for the same with the APCL.

Lakshadeep has only one IPS post
Lakshadweep has only one sanctioned IPS post that too is of SP level. It has no DIG and IG level post for IPS officers. While Greater National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has highest 80 posts. Arunachal Pradesh has 32 sanctioned posts for IPS officers.

Two HP cadre IPS are on Central Deputation list
Two IPS officers of Himachal Pradesh cadre are on offer list for central deputation. They are Sanjay Kumar and S R Ojha. Kumar is a 1985 batch IPS officer and presently DGP in the cadre while Ojha is also in the cadre as ADG. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer.

Allahabad High Court gets Additional Judges
Daya Shankar Tripathi, Sheo Kumar Singh, Virendra Kumar, Shailendra Kumar Agrawal, Sanjay Harkauli, Krishna Pratap Singh, Mrs Rekha Dikshit, Satya Narain Agnihotri, Rajul Bhargava, Siddhartha Varma, Mrs Sangeeta Chandra have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court.

Shaligram Choudhary transferred to East Central Railway
Shaligram Choudhary has been transferred to East Central Railway. He is an IRMS officer.

Hiresh Mina is now Director, Traffic Transportation (Punctuality), Railway Board
Hiresh Mina has been transferred as Director, Traffic Transportation (Punctuality), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Two IRS-C & E officers get new postings
Sanjay Bansal, Additional Commissioner, has been posted as DGEP , Delhi while Mohit Agrawal, Joint Commissioner, Mumbai joins as Ahmedabad CX.

IIS officer Reddy transferred to Vijayvada
Four Indian Information Service ( IIS) officers have been transferred in three states. Accordingly TVK Reddy has been transferred from PIB, Hyderabad to PIB, Vijayvada, AP in the same capacity.

Defence Pension Adalat in Aizawal
PCDA ( Pension) office is organising a Defence Pension Adalat in Aizawal in Mizoram on November 25 & 26, 2016.

Salary not disbursed?
Indian Institute of Corporate reportedly could not disburse salary to its staff for the month of October. What is the reason behind ?.

Justice Chaudhary is President of Judicial Academy in HP
Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary has taken over as the new president of the State Judicial Academy in Himachal Pradesh. The post had been lying vacant since the transfer of Justice Rajiv Sharma to the Uttrakhand High Court.

One post of Judge vacant in Sikkim HC
One post of Permanent Judge is lying vacant in Sikkim High Court.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in AP
Services of eight officers of Indian Police Service have been affected with their transfers and new postings in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr M Malakondaiah has been posted as VC&MD, APSRTC while R P Thakur was made DG, ACB Amit Garg is IGP, CID. Similarly, K Satyanarayana has been posted as DG, AP State Disasters Response and Fire Services; N Madhusudan Reddy as IGP, P&L; Mrs Anjana Sinha as Addl. DGP, Personnel; Harish Kumar Gupta as IGP, L&O-I; E Damodar as IGP, Technical Services. Besides, T A Tripathi has been told to report before Director General of Police (HoPF), AP for posting.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as 16 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrs B Udayalaxmi has been appointed as Commissioner, Intermediate Education and Secretary, Board of Intermediate Education while G S Panda Das was posted as Special Commissioner, Collegiate Education and Special Commissioner, Technical Education. Similarly, M V Seshagiri Babu has been posted as Director, Disaster Management and Ex-officio Joint Secretary, Revenue and is also given the additional charge of Commissioner, Disaster Management and Ex-officio Secretary, Revenue; J Nivas as Vice Chairman & Managing Director, A P Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC); K V N Chakradhara Babu as Joint Collector and Additional District Magistrate, Srikakulam District; Himanshu Shukla as Director, Tourism and is also Director, Archaeology and Museums; Ms Kritika Batra as Joint Collector and Additional District Magistrate, Guntur District; Pattanshetti Ravi Subash as Project Officer, ITDA, Paderu, Visakhapatnam District; Ms Srijana G as Joint Collector and Additional District Magistrate Visakhapatnam District; Lakshmisha G as Project Officer, ITDA, Parvathipuram, Vizianagaram District; Dinesh Kumar A S as Project Officer, ITDA, Rampachodavaram; Siva Sankar Lotheti as Project Officer, ITDA, Seethampet; Ms Saloni Sidana as Sub-Collector, Vijayawada; Sumit Kumar as Sub-Collector, Narsapur; Nishant Kumar as Sub-Collector, Tirupati and Ms Vetriselvi K was appointed as Sub-Collector, Madanapalli.

Steel PSUs under one pavilion for first time at Trade Fair (UPDATED)
For the first time, all the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of Ministry of Steel installed their exhibitions under one pavilion instead of different at the India International Trade Fair-2016, inaugurated by the President, Pranab Mukherjee.

Rajasthan High Court gets four Additional Judges (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, Dr Pushpendra Singh Bhati, Dinesh Mehta and Vinit Kumar Mathur have been appointed as Additional Judges of Rajasthan High Court.

CORPORATE

H R Choudhury promoted as ED (Law & PLO), CO in SAIL
H R Choudhury has been promoted from General Manager (Personnel), BSP to Executive Director (Law & PLO), CO in Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

Shettappointed as CEO of Mathew Easow Research Securities Ltd.
Mathew Easow Research Securities Ltd has appointed Manoj Govinda Shetty as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.

Goyar appointed Addl. Whole-time Director of Cantabil Retail India Limited
Cantabil Retail India Limited has appointed Basant Goyar as an Additional Whole-time Director of the company w.e.f . December 1, 2016.

Sureka resigns as CFO of Rupa & Company Ltd.
Neeraj Sureka has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Rupa & Company Limited w.e.f. November 17, 2016.

Mehta appointed Independent Director of Salora International Ltd.
Salora International Limited has appointed K S Mehta as Non Executive and Independent Director of the company.

Singh appointed CFO of Thomas Scott (India) Ltd.
Thomas Scott (India) Limited has appointed Abhay Kumar Singh as a Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Choubisa appointed CFO of Maharashtra Corporation Ltd.
Maharashtra Corporation Ltd has appointed Sanjay Choubisa as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Ms Halder appointed CS of Norben Tea & Exports Ltd.
Norben Tea & Exports Limited has appointed Ms Mira Halder as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f December 1, 2016.

Dalmia resigns as Non Exec. Director of IFGL Refractories Ltd.
Kunal Dalmia has resigned as Non Executive Non Independent Director of IFGL Refractories Limited.

Mittal appointed as Addl. Director of Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd.
Bharat Wire Ropes Limited has appointed Mayank Mittal as Additional Director of the company.

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What is Cadre Strength of ITS in DoT?

The Absorption Cell and Finance wing of DoT determined the ITS posts in DoT as 463 without having regard to Lien and ITS Recruitment Rules, 1992. This was concurred by Additional Secretary (T). With this, an attempt was made by DoT to terminate Lien of all ITS officers in BSNL, MTNL and on deputation except 463 ITS posts in DoT. This itself is against the FR 14-A(a) and principles laid down by DoPT vide its OM No: 28020/1/2010/Estt.(C) dated 26th Dec 2013 wherein it was stated that -

"A Government servant's lien on a post may in no circumstances be terminated even with his consent if the result will be to leave him without a lien upon a permanent post. Unless his lien is transferred, a Government servant holding substantively a permanent post retains lien on that post."

In OA 794/2014 filed before Hon'ble CAT, Hyderabad, DoT argued that the ITS posts have been transferred to BSNL and MTNL and as such, those posts are not counted towards the Cadre Strength of ITS. After hearing the DoT contentions and analyzing the Rule position on Lien, the Hon'ble CAT held as under :

"After giving our anxious consideration to the facts of the case, we are of the view that having regard to our findings on Issue No.1, we declare the contention of the respondents that the ITS posts were transferred to BSNL and MTNL is not a correct legal proposition and the respondents do not have any right to transfer the ITS posts to BSNL and MTNL without altering / amending the ITS Recruitment Rules."

The order of the Hon'ble CAT, Hyderabad as above is in consonance with FR 11 and FR 14-B which needs to be read together in such situations.

After determination of this figure, Cabinet Note on Deployment was prepared by Absorption Cell wherein it was stated that the ITS posts in DoT are 463 only. During the Committee of Secretaries meeting held on 29-10-2012, the Cabinet Note prepared by Absorption Cell was discussed. The para 4 of the said meeting minutes reveals that -

"Secretary, DoP&T while broadly agreeing to the proposal and stating that the comments of the department will be sent to DoT soon, mentioned that there has to be clarity on the concept of decadrement of posts of ITS in DoT. The posts against which ITS officers have been posted in BSNL / MTNL cannot be added to the ITS cadre strength in DoT. BSNL/MTNL will have to create their own posts and build up their own cadre. Secretary, DoT clarified that of the total ITS Cadre posts of 8335 as on 01.01.2008, the number of working ITS officers as on date is 1857, and hence, the proposal for proforma decadrement of 6478 (8335-1857=6478) posts from ITS cadre... ... Secretary, DoP&T clarified that for all practical purposes, sanctioned strength of ITS cadre should be based on the number of posts created in Government i.e. DoT and should not include the posts in BSNL/MTNL."

Since it was already clarified by Secretary, DoP&T that the sanctioned strength of ITS cadre should be based on the number of posts in DoT, no specific approval was obtained from Cabinet for determination of ITS Cadre Strength as 463. This fixation of ITS cadre strength as 463 fell for consideration in OA 794/2014 filed in the Hon'ble CAT, Hyderabad after examining the ITS Recruitment Rules held as under :

"In our view, the action of the DoT in determining the ITS cadre strength as 463 is without jurisdiction and not as per the procedure laid down in the rules on the subject. The action of DoT, in our opinion, is arbitrary. We do not hesitate to hold the determination of ITS cadre strength as 463 by DoT as bad in law. This issue is decided in favour of the applicant."

All the above facts are known to DoT. In fact, DoT has calculated vacancies for the year 2012-13 for HAG and SAG as 20 and 60 respectively due to retirement / resignation / death / chain vacancy, etc., For other years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 also, vacancies have occurred due to above reasons. In such a case, DoT should have conducted DPC for these vacancies for promotion to HAG / SAG / JAG grades of ITS Group 'A'. Without doing this, the DPC is linked to the Cadre Review. If DoT does not want to include BSNL / MTNL posts as part of ITS Cadre, then it is for the Government to look for alternatives in other Departments / Ministries / State Governments / Autonomous Bodies, etc., to look for the posts with similar functions like ITS and encadre them to ITS Group 'A' as was done for Indian Economic Service.

As on dated the ITS of 1988 batch are still JAG. ITS of 2003 batch have not got JAG promotion they are granted JAG NFU.

Aparajit Sen

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