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One rises in adversity and falls after the success is attained

Will Tatas face a legal battle ?

With Shapoorji and Pallonji Group, the majority shareholder in the Tata Group, terming Cyrus Mistry's ouster from Tata Sons as illegal, speculations are rife that Tatas are heading for a legal battle. The group headed by Pallonji Mistry, father of Cyrus, has said that the decision to remove Cyrus was not unanimous and it will contest.

What lead to Cyrus Mistry's ouster ?

Tata Sons, it is believed, was unhappy with Cyrus Mistry's approach of shedding non-profit businesses and concentrating only on cash cows. This includes doing away with the group's steel business in Europe,

Who decided Cyrus Mistry's ouster ?

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Sir Ratan Tata Trust -- two trusts chaired by Ratan Tata -- have powers to appoint or remove a Chairman. Both trusts combined together hold 66 percent stake in Tata Sons, the holding firm of Tata group of companies.

Decision to remove Cyrus Mistry was not unanimous

Out of the nine board members of Tata Sons, eight voted out of which six voted for Cyrus Mistry's ouster as Chairman of the Company.

Who will replace Cyrus Mistry ?

Who will step in the shoes of the outgoing chairman of the Tata Group, Cyrus Mistry ? If industry insiders are to be believed, there are atleast half a dozen strong contenders.

Indra Nooyi to be Tata group's new Chairman ?

Indra Nooyi of Pepsi, could be a strong contender to replace Cyrus Mistry as the Tata group's new Chairman. Ratan Tata is said to be highly impressed by her.

Will Noel Tata make it to the top ?

Noel Tata of Tata International, is also a contender to replace Cyrus Mistry as the Tata group's new Chairman. His chances are bright given Ratan Tata's reported inclination for having someone from the family at the helm of the affairs.

Chandrasekaran may replace Cyrus Mistry

N Chandrasekaran, TCS CEO, could also be a contender to replace Cyrus Mistry as the Tata group's new Chairman.

Will Amit Chandra replace Cyrus Mistry ?

Amit Chandra, who heads Bain Capital in India, could also turn out to be a dark horse for the post of Chairman of Tata Group. He is also a member of the search committee formed by Tata Sons to select the next chairman.

Ishaat Hussain to head Tata Group ?

Ishaat Hussain, former CEO of Tata Group, may also be a contender to replace Cyrus Mistry as the Tata group's new Chairman.

Tata Group has seen six Chairmen

Tata Group, in its over 150-year history has seen six Chairmen. They are :-Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1868-1904),Sir Dorabji Tata (1904-1932),Nowroji Saklatwala (1932-1938),Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (1938-1991),Ratan Tata (1991-2012),Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (2012-2016) and Ratan Tata (Interim Chairman) Oct 24, 2016

Amar tussi great ho ...

On popular demand Amar Singh ko Pakistan ko karro send!!
First he will drive them around the bend!!

He'll create friction in Paki Society and also in the Political domain!!!
Untouched even Pak Army and ISI will not remain!!!

In UP the drama unfolds!!!
Now in a Meeting Papa gets upset with Beta and Papa ko Beta scolds!!!

As of now it's playing out as planned!!!
As planned within SP a fire it's fanned!!

Will the next step be …fire Akki!!!
Buss yehi reha gaya hai baaki!!

No I don't think Papa will fire Son!!!
Maya knows it's a drama and she having fun!

She plans to use every bit in her election campaign!!
Inflict on Mulayam Pariwaar pain!!

She'll say it's not Samajhwaad!!
It's shudh unadulterated Pariwaarwaad!!

Alleged Varun Gandhi stands alone today!!!
But then for such misdeeds one has to personally pay!!

That's if there is truth in the sting!!!
It's a different thing to indulge in such activity or have a fling!!

BJP very rightly will keep an arm's length from this matter!!!
This issue has the potential to 'tatter'!!

So now it's up to Varun to prove this Sting is a fake!!
On all this don't know what's his Mum's take!!!

Raj Thackrey needs to get a mental checkup done!!!
And the Dolt thinks a big victory 'I've won'!!!

We don't have the concept of blood money here!!!
And what was Faujis reaction when this proposal they did hear!!

In a way they said….'Don't make us a part of your blackmailing game'!!!
Stopped short of saying 'shame shame'!!!l

And what's wrong with Fadnavis to have agreed to this sham!!!
Or was it his way of putting ally Shiv Sena in a jam!!!

Or does he think Faujis are bhikaaris on the lookout for dole!!!
Really Fadu has played a mahaa idiotic role!!!

Modi should call him and give him his mind!!
Should use language that's unkind!!

Army is not with blackmailers or freeloaders!!
And of course not with money hoarders!!

Confucius says… What is the difference between this and blood money in Shariya!
Remember between our Law and Shariya there is a humane values ka dariya!!!

Flash.... Cyrus Mystry out Rattan Tata back!!
A big rejig in Tata and do Cyrus got the sack!!

Maybe ..could be ...he lacked the charisma to lead!
In coming days on this there will be plenty of News Feed!!

Disclaimer: Satirical Prose. In no way saying Varun is guilty. Not meant to influence or inform. Information garnered from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS


BUREAUCRACY

Karnal Singh to get a fixed tenure of two years as ED ?
Official orders of the appointment of Karnal Singh as regular Director of Enforcement are expected to be issued this week only. 1984 batch UT cadre IPS officer Karnal Singh is expected to get a fixed tenure of two years.

White-collar workers abstain from joining central deputation ?

Whispers have it in the corridors of power that all India service officers especially of Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service are abstaining from joining central deputation and want to remain in cadres. What is the reason?

Goyal to go on inter-cadre deputation to Punjab

2007 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre P K Goyal is going on inter-cadre deputation to Punjab for three years.

Cadre of Vikrant Patil transferred to Andhra Pradesh

The cadre of Vikrant Patil has been transferred from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh cadre. He is a 2012 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

R K Chaturvedi is also Joint Secretary, Implementation Cell, 7th Pay Commission

R K Chaturvedi, Chairman, CBSE, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Implementation Cell, 7th Central Pay Commission till the appointment of a regular incumbent. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Nakra selected for Director (Projects) EIL

Jagdish Chander Nakra has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), Engineers India Limited in a selection interview held at PESB. As many as 14 candidates appeared for the interview

Venkatesh Mohan gets premature repatriation

Venkatesh Mohan, Member Finance, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1983 batch IA &AS officer.

Tenure of Mrs Alka Jha as CVO, EPFO extended

The tenure of Mrs Alka Jha, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO),Delhi, has been extended upto March 2019. She is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

1999 batch IPS officers likely to become IG in UP

About half a dozen 1999 batch IPS officers are likely to be promoted as IG in UP. DPC in this regards is to be held soon .

Vennam Srinivas takes over as Flag Officer Submarines

Rear Admiral Vennam Srinivas, NM has assumed the duties of Flag Officer Submarines. He was commissioned in July 1987 and has served 25 years in the Submarine Arm.

Dheeraj Bhatnagar relieved to join as JS, Department of Disinvestment

Dheeraj Bhatnagar has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Department of Disinvestment and Public Assets Management in the Ministry of Finance. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Efforts on to queer selected candidate's pitch for CMD post

Whispers have it that some anti-forces are making efforts to scuttle the selection of a person for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director in a scheduled 'A' Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).

Ashok Verma yet to join as Director (Marketing), FACT

Ashok Kumar Verma is yet to take over the charge as Director (Marketing), Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) despite approval of his appointment by the Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

Hindustan Newsprint Limited to get new MD in December

Rokkam Gopala Rao, Director (Finance), IL lien with RINL, is expected to succeed K K Suresh Kumar as Managing Director, Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) on December 1, 2016.

Post of Director Finance lying vacant in NEEPCO

The post of Director Finance has been lying vacant in North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) for a quite some time.

Bihar Govt told to relieve Lande to join Maharashtra Govt

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Bihar Government to relieve Shivdip Wamanrao Lande of cadre responsibility for joining Maharashtra Government on inter cadre deputation for a period of three years. He is a 2006 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Amitabh Pradhan posted as DGMS, Labour & Employment, Dhanbad

Amitabh Pradhan presently as DDG, DGCI&S, Kolkata, has been posted as DGMS under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Dhanbad. He is an officer of Indian Statistical Service (ISS).

Six Postal Service officers decline promotion

As many as six officers belonging to Postal Service Group 'B' have declined availing of promotion to PS Group 'B'. The officers are: K V Nagekar, N G Basanakatti and L Narasimha Murthy in Karnataka circle; A K Jain in Madhya Pradesh circle; G A Koli in Maharashtra circle and L N Mahato in Chhattisgarh circle.

S K Kamila gets premature repatriation

S K Kamila, Chief Vigilance Officer, Ordinance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata, has been accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Two IP & TAFS officers wishing to join central deputation

Two officers of IP&TAFS: Saurabh Kumar Tiwari and Rajnish Kumar Jenaw are willing to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level.

Mohd. Mubashshir Waris transferred to RDSo, Lucknow

Mohd. Mubashshir Waris has been transferred to RDSO, Lucknow. He is an IRSSE officer.

Former CJ of Orissa HC is Chairman of J & K HRC

Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as the chairperson of the State Human Rights Comission in the J & K.

Justice Gupta is Acting CJ of Patna High Court

Justice Hemant Gupta, senior-most Judge has been assigned to perform the duties of Chief Justice of Patna High Court.

J M Malik designated as Senior Advocate

Justice J M Malik, former Judge of High Court, has been designated as Senior Advocate.

Madireddy Pratap promoted to ADGP rank in AP (UPDATED)
Madireddy Pratap has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mohd Ahsan Raja promoted to ADGP rank in AP (UPDATED)
Mohd Ahsan Raja has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Subrata Samanta appointed Member, AERA (UPDATED)
Subrata Samanta has been appointed as Member, Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).

N Shankar appointed Member, AERA (UPDATED)
N Shankar has been appointed as Member, Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).

TRAI is trying to belittle role of DOT in handling complaints and public grievences ? (UPDATED)
TRAI has organised a consultation session on 26.10.2016 in delhi to deliberate complaint handling mechanism in DOT. TRAI is a recommendry body and it's role is limited on interconnect and tarrif issue. It is trying to encroach upon the role of the licensor. DOT already has PG cell and Term cell across the country and they should play role of Ombudsman.

Payment of final dividend by AAI for year 2015-16 (UPDATED)
Airports Authority of India (AAI) is a consistently profit making Public Sector Undertaking and paying Dividend to the Government of India. AAI achieved a record turnover of Rs. 10825 crores, Profit Before Tax (PBT) of Rs. 3697 crores and Rs. 2537 crores as Profit After Tax (PAT) during the year 2015-16. AAI paid a Dividend of Rs. 761.21 crores for FY 2015-16 to the Government of India. AAI presented a cheque amounting to Rs. 482.21crores as Final Dividend for the FY 2015-16 during a function held at New Delhi on 24th October, 2015. Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, IAS, Chairman, Airports Authority of India presented a cheque of Rs. 482.21 crores as final dividend for the year 2015-16 to P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Union Minister of Civil Aviation in the presence of AAI Board Members, Senior officers from AAI and MoCA.

1985 batch IPS gets DG rank in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
K L Bishnoi has been promoted to the rank of DG in Maharashtra.on promotion 19985 batch IPS officer Bishnoi will head Police Housing Corporation.

Ms Gunjan Misra appointed as Member, ITSC, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Ms Gunjan Misra has been appointed as Member in Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC), at Additional Bench-II, New Delhi. She is an IRS-IT officer.

Abrar Ahmed appointed as Member, ITSC, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Abrar Ahmed has been appointed as Member in Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC), at Additional Bench-I, New Delhi. He is an IRS-IT officer of 1980 batch.

Mrs Sanchita Banerjee Rodrigues appointed as OSD to Mrs Smriti Irani (UPDATED)
Mrs Sanchita Banerjee Rodrigues has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Mrs Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Textiles. She is a private person.

Post of Shobhit Jain re-designated as Director, Commerce (UPDATED)
The post of Shobhit Jain as Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce, has been re-designated as Director. He is a 2001 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Jujjavarapu Balaji appointed as PS to Rajen Gohain (UPDATED)
Jujjavarapu Balaji presently in Department of Industrial Policy has been appointed as Private Secretary to Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways. He is a 2001 batch officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Manoj Kumar Singh appointed as Director, Women & Child Development (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Singh has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Women & Child Development. He is a 1998 batch IOFS officer.

BEML bags 'India's top challenger award' (UPDATED)
BEML LIMITED, the Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence, has been bestowed with the prestigious 'Top Challengers Award' instituted by Asaap Info Global Group during the 14th Construction World Annual Awards-2016. Deepak Kumar Hota, Chairman & Managing Director, BEML has received the Award of 'Buildcon India's Tap Challenger 2015-16' from Peter Huyghebaert, Belgium Consul General at a function held at Mumbai in the presence of Pratap Padode, Managing Director, ASAPP Info Global Group, Raghav Chandra, Chairman, NHAI, Dilip Suryavanshi, CMD, Dilip Buildcon and Sumit Banerjee, Chairman, ASAPP Info Global Group. BEML has won the Award for having raised its top-line and bottom-line, stayed profitable and managed to keep its financial health within defined debt limits, despite the slow pickup and sluggishness in the recent past.


CORPORATE


Schwartz inducted into Paytm Board of Directors
Mark Schwartz who is Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific has been inducted into Paytm Board of Directors.

Jayaprakash appointed CFO of Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd

Mahindra CIE Automotive Limited has appointed K Jayaprakash as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Two Directors cease to be on Yes Bank Board

M R Srinivasan the Non-Executive Non-Independent Director and Diwan Arun Nanda, Independent Director of Yes Bank Ltd have ceased to be on the Board of Directors of Yes Bank Ltd.

Ms Sondhi appointed Independent Director of Visa Steel Ltd

Visa Steel Limited has appointed Ms Puja Sondhi as an Independent Director of the company.

Bibireddy resigns as CEO of Bartronics India Ltd

Pundarika Prasad Bibireddy has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Bartronics India Limited due to personal reasons.

Bishnoi appointed Independent Director of Rane (Madras) Ltd

Rane (Madras) Limited has appointed Pradip Kumar Bishnoi as Independent Director of the company.

Sharma resigns as Director of Jointeca Education Solutions Ltd

Umesh Chand Sharma has resigned as Director of Jointeca Education Solutions Ltd.

Gupta designated as CMD of Kanishk Steel Industries Ltd

Kanishk Steel Industries Ltd has designated Kanishk Gupta as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.


FORUM

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Sports as industry

BCCI is only one among hundreds other similar industries in every sport besides culture, literature, disability, women, justice, secularism and other subjects. They get "Grants in aid", foreign funding, CSR contributions, donations and one time grants from central and state governments, Public Sector Undertakings and Banks, private industries, membership fees, contributory dinner for awards winners from awardees (every recipient thinks s/he is going to get the award and actually box full of awards and certificates are distributed to whosoever has paid) and other publicly/officially unknown sources. TV channels organize programmes for which CMs/Dy CMs open the treasury as the event is held in 5* hotels and graced(!) by film personalities. High tea and dinner costs something and the bill goes to the concerned government. Even political donations in crores pour in easily and the donor is not known. The skills of the game are not accessible to the public. Jo khel sakte hein khelte hein. Perhaps little scope for judicial intervention or oversight as those drawing salary from the exchequer always look the other way! Only regret is: it kills competition.

M L Gupta

Handiwork of IP&T AFS People

The letter of Vikram Singh appearing under heading ITS have usurped wireless service sounds mischievous. It looks like handiwork of Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service People. The IP&T AFS officers think themselves as superior just because they recruited through civil service exam. The department of personnel & training is heavily tilted to officers from civil service recruitments. Fact is in the telecom department engineers are required to man the technical service. Accounts people can at best play role of ancillary service but they can not manage the technical organisation. If telecom is being abolished and if no cadre review of ITS can take place then DOPT must apply mind that there is no need for IP&T AFS. If cadre review of IP&T AFS has been done despite no justification of this service in the light of abolishing telecom and ITS service then surely cadre review of ITS can also be done on same grounds.

Piyush Saxena

ITS officers performing well


Believe me.... ITS officers are performing very well, but they are unable to represent it at the appropriate level. Just get the feedback from Home ministry about todays security of telecom field. Due to negative intentions of the finance cader, they are not getting sufficient resources, like support staff and sufficient number of posts. This is having negative impact on overall Telecom Enforcement and Monitoring. They are in dier need of supporting staff. The actual reality is that in the field offices they dont have any support staff sanctioned. Even in such situatiuon they are performing excellent. It is unfortunate that finance cader is putting it's energies in giving negative feedback about ITS cader. Yes ...If it is assumed that a cader is performing only when it is giving negative feedback about someone,, then god save the nation....
Jai Hind

Milind Raut


DATE WITH RTI

Missing records cannot be used as an excuse to deny information

The appellant stated that he joined the service in 1981 and is on the verge if retirement. He claimed that he has not got even a single promotion during his entire service period, though he is eligible as per rulers. He sought certain documents claiming that due to non-availability of the said documents, the appellant could not get his senior grade and selection grade. The PIO stated that information sought by the appellant is not available. The CIC observed that unless proved that record was destroyed as per the prescribed rules of destruction/ retention policy, it is deemed that record continues to be held by public authority. The CIC pointed out that by practice, 'missing file' cannot be read into as exception in addition to exceptions prescribed by RTI Act as it amounts to breach of Public Records Act, 1993 The CIC directed the PIO, Mr. the Principal and the Asst. Registrar to show-cause why maximum penalty should not be imposed upon them for not providing the information to the appellant and why disciplinary action should not be recommended against them. Further, the public authority was directed to explain why compensation should not be paid to the appellant for harassing him by not providing the requisite information for a long time.

Comments

In many government offices, the quality of record keeping needs a massive overhaul. As per Public Records Act, 1993 action can be initiated for any loss of public records and is punishable with imprisonment up to a term of five years or with fine or both.

Citation: Mohd. Sirajul Haque v. University of Allahabad in Case No.CIC/RM/A/2014/000027SA

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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