According to latest information, only 38 IAS officers are presently posted on central deputation in various ministries and departments of GoI.

GoI   is likely to take decision about the appointment of new Director Generals in September. K K Sharma, DG, BSF and Dharmendra Kumar, DG, RPF are superannuating in September.

Now any Judge of the Supreme Court will be eligible to head the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). At present, only a former CJI can head the NHRC.

R S V S Pavan Kumar, PrCIT-4, Mumbai Pavan Kumar has resigned from the Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax with effect from September 5, 2018.

1985 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre Arun Goel will remain Secretary in GoI for more than 4 years, His retirement is schedule in December 2022. His first appointment as Secretary is in the Ministry of Culture.

There are strong rumours that CMD of the HAL T S Raju who is retiring on August 31  may join either Boeing or the Reliance Defence. One can only wait and watch.

 DoPT has withdrawn a circular related to filling up the post of JD (JS level), NCERT, under of School Education, as per request from MHRD.

The deputation tenure of K. Damayanthi, ED (Personnel), FCI, Deptt of Food and Public Distribution, Delhi is going to complete on October 2, 2019. Its a JS level post. She is a 1993 batch AP cadre IAS officer.

Mrs. Tsering Y Das , Chief Secretary, Assam, is superannuating this moth. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer

Some one planted a story against a senior CBI official, after that PMO reportedly called some senior official   snubbed him and at last CBI issued a denial to media saying news related to questioning of CBI 's senior officer is totally baseless and has no truth. Now big question is who gave such 'truth' to media ?

Neeraj Kansal, Commissioner (Appeal), GST & CX, Nagpur, is going on deputation to Switzerland as Team Manger for UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championship to be held from August 15-19, 2018, at Aigle. He is an IRS(C&CE) officer.

Hasmukh Adhia, Finance and Revenue Secretary, has completed three years in the Ministry of Finance. He joined the Ministry as Revenue Secretary in August, 2015. Being the senior most, he was appointed Finance Secretary in March this year. He is Revenue Secretary also. He is a 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS office and scheduled to retire in November this year.

Independent Directors on the Boards of Indian Bank , Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda stand a better chance of becoming Non Exec Chairmen as Indian Bank Non Executive Chairman T C Venkat Subramanian, Vijaya Bank Non Executive Chairman G Narayanan and Bank of Baroda Non Executive Chairman Ravi Venkatesan retire on the same day today on August 13, 2018.

Indian Bank is without a Non Executive Chairman and MD & CEO now with the  tenure of T C Venkat Subramanian, Non Executive Chairman and Kishor Kharat, MD & CEO ended on August 13, 2018 on the same day.

Secretary Child and Women Welfare at the centre is the seniormost serving Secretary in the Government of India. 1981 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Srivastava will superannuate in May 2019.

The Central Government has informed that presently there is no proposal under consideration in Information & Broadcasting Ministry to appoint a serving IAS officer as Member (Personnel) on the Board of Prasar Bharati. In the past, retired officer of Indian Administrative Service has been appointed as Member (Personnel). The Prasar Bharati (BCI) Act, 1990, Member (Personnel) does not bar officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for appointment as Member (Personnel) on the Prasar Bharati Board.

IMF -World Economic Outlook Report 2018 has mentioned that a recent large fraud at a Public Sector Bank highlights financial sector weaknesses and underscores the need for the Indian government to take further steps to improve the PSBs’ governance and operations, including by considering more aggressive disinvestment. More aggressive PSB disinvestment and privatization would address some of the structural issues in governance, such as incentives and efficiency of PSBs.

Umesh Sinha has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Lalit Kumar Chandel has been appointed as Economic Adviser in the Department of Financial Services in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch IES officer.

Due date for filling up the post of Vice Chairman, Brahmaputra Board at Joint Secretary level has been extended upto September 7, 2018.

M H Rehman, former DG (TM & HR), DRDO has been appointed as Member of ‘Capital Project Review Committee’ (CPRC) under Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved by Raksha Mantri.

Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai (Retd) former FONA has been appointed as Member of ‘Capital Project Review Committee’ (CPRC) under Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved by Raksha Mantri.

Indian Railways’ first disaster management village at Hejjal, 25 km from Bengaluru, is nearing its completion, It is all set to be a virtual reality centre to analyse rail accidents. This is the first time, Railways is setting up such a facility to minimise accidents in the country.

Ashish Kumar has been appointed as DDG (Mail Business), Postal Directorate. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

D. Bala Venkatesh Varma presently Ambassador of India to Spain has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation.He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1988 batch.

(We said this on July 23, 2018)

Partha Satpathy , presently posted as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ukraine.He is expected to take up assignment shortly. He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1990 batch.

Rahul Chhabra presently Ambassador of India to Budapest has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Kenya.He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1987 batch.

Lt Gen I S Ghuman has been appointed as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Information Systems and Training) DCOAS (IS & T).

Jagdish Prasad Gupta, GM, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, has been selected for the post of Director (Corporate Planning & Personnel), Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 16, 2018. Four candidates were interviewed for the same.

Navratna public sector undertaking NBCC (India) Limited has bagged an order from Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) worth Rs 250 crore for the construction of Ispat Post-Graduate Medical Institute and Super-Speciality Hospital at Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela. The proposed hospital will have 156 beds accommodating super-specialities like cardiology, cardiac surgery, Neurology and Nephrology. The new super-speciality block, 500-seater Auditorium and the medical institute will be spread across 3 lakh square metres

Ashim Kumar Ghosh, GM, BVFCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Production), Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL).

Vinay Ranjan, Vice President-Human Resource, DB Power Limited, has taken over the charge as Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL).

G V Reddy has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) with effect from August 1, 2018 in Rajasthan. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Amit Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director, Bihar State Building Construction Corporation while Ravi Manubhai was given an additional charge of Managing Director, Bihar State Film Development and Finance Corporation in Bihar.

On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day on August 15, 2018,   M S Dagur, Managing Director, GNFC Ltd, at HQ Bharuch hoisted the National Flag in Narmadanagar Township. The event was marked with participation from GNFC Staff, officers, school children and families of the employees. On this occasion, the grand celebration was organised by the GNFC family, various awards and trophies were conferred to the employees and departments for their valuable contribution for improving company's performance.

Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, CMD Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) administered the Swachta pledge to all the HUDCO officials, on the opening day of the Swachta Pakhwada, being observed from 16-31 August, 2018.

Dr. Ravi Kanth highlighted the importance of maintaining cleanliness in the work place as well as other surroundings and said that one should follow the principle of Mahatma Gandhi, who advocated “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”.

HUDCO will undertake several activities like painting and essay competitions, street play etc., to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining a clean environment.

Nikhil Gajraj has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, Global City Project in Haryana. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

The Government of India has relieved Saket Kumar of cadre responsibility for joining as Private Secretary to Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways. He is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Walchandnagar Industries Limited has appointed A Shrikant as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Vipul Limited has appointed Anil Kumar Tibrewal  as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

FCS Software Solutions Limited has appointed Mahendra Pratap Singh as Non- Executive Director of the company.

Autolite (India) Limited has appointed Rajeev Maheshwari as Non- Executive Independent Director of the company.

Ashish S Patel has been appointed as Independent Director of Voltamp Transformers Ltd.

DEBATE

National evolution has progressed from animals without spine to animals with spinal cords (cordata).A retrogressive metamorphosis is taking place in the entire society where people of spinal cords are turning to be spineless. How can a civil service  be immune from it ?

N K Singh former DG Police

Failing to pass muster

O P Sharma's post that retirement age must be fixed at 60 for judges and bureaucrats citing that after 60, everybody spends most of their time at hospitals would be sound if only he had sought to extend it to all functionaries of the state, including the political executive. Sans that, it fails to pass muster. Regarding Prof N C Saxena's views that the posts of Ambassadors be cut down as in the rest of the world, it would be sound sense if Prof Saxena had also proposed cutting the number of posts of Secretary for the IAS and abolishing a generalist bureaucracy which lords it over all, as in the rest of the world. Sans that, it fails to pass muster as well.

Vijay Kumar

Contradiction in the reply of PIO and FAA

Information regarding entry and departure timings of a particular vehicle as per the record book of a toll plaza was sought by the appellant. The respondent was absent at the hearing despite valid and timely notice of the CIC for which warning was issued to the concerned respondent PIO and Project Director, National Highways Authority of India. The CIC observed that the concerned PIO should desist from committing such lapse in future. The PIO claimed that relevant records are not available whereas the First Appellate Authority claimed that the sought for information is a third party information, hence, the same cannot be provided u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The PIO and Project Director, NHAI was directed to state on affidavit to the CIC that the information provided on these points is factually correct, based on records and nothing is hidden therein.

Comments

The PIO should either take a prior permission of the CIC before abstaining himself from the hearing or he should send a proper representative to attend the hearing before the CIC after obtaining due permission from the CIC for doing so and after ensuring that the authorised representative is briefed appropriately.

Citation: Dilip Joshi v. National Highways Authority of India in File No.: CIC/ NHAIN /A/2017/102258, Date of hearing: 20.03.2018, 13.07.2018

Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is the co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO’s guide to RTI. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

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