The fresh appointment of Deepak Khandekar as Chairman of Professional Examination Board (Vyapam) in his cadre (Madhya Pradesh) shows every indication that he will not accept the post of Secretary, Tribal Affairs on central deputation. Khandekar, who is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, was deputed to the Government of India and was to succeed incumbent Mrs Leena Nair on July 1 this year.

Perhaps for the first time that offer list under the  Central Staffing Scheme has no name . All pending names in the list have been cleared. Its a big achievement.

Meeting to select new Member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is expected to take place by this month end.

In the changed scenario, about 10% Karnataka bureaucrats are likely to opt for deputation either central or other states. According to sources, upright officers may find it difficult to work in the coalition govt.

Will H C Kishore Chandra be DGP of Karnataka in the new regime ? He is 1984 batch IPS officer. He is presently posted as CMD, Karnataka Police Housing Corporation.

Anjani Kumar Singh , Chief Secretary, Bihar is likely to join politics. He is retiring this month. A close aide of Nitish Kumar said that Singh is likely to be a JDU candidate for state legislative council. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer.

An officer of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Garima Singh is joining the Government of Punjab on deputation for a period of five years. She has been relieved by the Cadre Controlling Authority.

There is a buzz going on in the banking circles that Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has suggested the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that the Banks Board Bureau (BBB) could be upgraded as a holding company for appointment of top-level bank executives in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

After taking over charge of Addl Secretary, Ms Rajni Sikri Sibal has been given Naxal Management in MHA. She is  1986 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer .

The Supreme Court Collegium has taken a unanimous view that there should be further deliberation and broad-based consideration of the names of the Chief Justices as well as Judges of the High Courts which are at present not represented in the Supreme Court.

Binoy Kumar , who was empanelled as Secretary equivalent in December 2016 and was the only 1983 batch IAS officer who was waiting for Secretary post, will join as Secretary in August 2018, after more than 18 months. He is scheduled to retire in May 2020.

Ms Pushpa Subramanyam will take over the charge of new Secretary Food Processing on or after August 31, 2018. She is a 1985 batch Telangana cadre IAS officer.

One file related to the promotion of 8 IIS officers is reportedly still lying in MIB. These officers are due for promotion to DG Grade which was cleared by UPSC in March. Now the case would go for ACC approval.

DoPT has debarred Neeraj Sinha from all kinds of central deputation, including central staffing scheme, for a period of five years wef August 4, 2017. Sinha, a 1987 batch Jharkhand cadre IPS officer, was selected  CVO, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) on August 4, 2017 but he did not join the assignment. His appointment was cancelled on May 17,2018.

Thanglura Darlong, (IFS: 1988), presently Ambassador of India to Romania, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Albania, with residence in Bucharest (Romania).

The biggest Central Police Organisation- CRPF is facing shortage of 17 DIGs. Against the sanctioned 37 posts of DIGs the Force has only 20 DIGs. CRPF cadre officers are posted against these posts.

V Anil Kumar, Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, has been chosen for the 'Telangana Excellence Award' for exemplary public service in Telangana. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

A 1987 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre, A Sema Rajan has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General and Additional Director General Equivalent posts in Government of India.

S K Upadhyay is being tipped to be head of the Forest Force in Uttar Pradesh  after the retirement of Rupak Dey.

As many as 25 IAS officers have been given new assignments in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Deepak Khandekar has been appointed as Chairman of Professional Examination Board (Vyapam) while Aniruddh Mukherjee was made Principal Secretary, Planning, Economic, Statistics and OSD-cum-Member Secretary, State Planning Commission and MD, The Provident Investment Company Limited, Mumbai and Dr M K Agrawal is posted as Commissioner, Chambal division, Morena. Similarly, Naresh Pal Kumar has been appointed as Secretary, Home; Ravindra Kumar Mishra as Member, Revenue Board, Gwalior; Shekhar Verma as Director, Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation; Ashok Kumar Verma as Collector, Gwalior; Rahul Jain as Director, Town & Country, Bhopal; Ajay Kumar Sharma as Additional Secretary, School Education; Ashkrit Tiwari as Additional Commissioner, Revenue Narmadapuram Divisoin, Hoshangabad; B S Jamod as Deputy Secretary, School Education; Nagargoje Madan Vibhishan as Deputy Secretary, Home; Ramrao Bhonsale as Additional Secretary, Revenue Sagar Division; Mrs Bela Devarshi Shukla as Deputy Secretary, Higher Education; Ms Priyanka Das as Collector, Hoshangabad; Avinash Lawania as Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation; Abhishek Singh as CEO, Bhopal Cooperative Milk Federation Limited, Bhopal; Anubha Shrivastava as Collector, Shahdol; Shashibushan Singh as Collector, Khargone; Tarun Rathi as Deputy Secretary, PWD and GM, Personnel MP Road Development Corporation, Bhopal; Bhaskar Lakshkar as Deputy Secretary, Labour; Chhote Singh as Deputy Secretary, Women and Child Development; Basant Kurre as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Indore; Mrs Sarita Bala Om Prajapati as Deputy Secretary, PHE and V L Kantarao was given an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare Department.

Four officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been facing criminal cases in UT cadre.

Penden Dorjee Tshering has returned to parent cadre from deputation to Cabinet Secretariat and been posted as CPMG, Jammu & Kashmir circle. He is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Justice P B Sanganagauda , Judge of Karnataka High Court to retire on May 31, 2018.

Justice Bathisha Kemal Pasha, Judge of Kerala High Court retiring on May 24, 2018.

The Department of Department of Personnel and Training, is in search of officer at Joint Secretary level the post of Chairman ( JS Level) in New Mangalore Port Trust, Mangalore, Karnataka under the Ministry of Shipping on deputation basis.

Rajeev Kumar Chauhan, ED, PGCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) selection meeting held on May 22, 2018.

As many as 12 IPS officers have been given new assignments in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Parwaiz Ahmed has been appointed as Principal PTS, Wazirabad while Dheeraj Kumar was made Addl CP, Supreme Court Security and Ishwar Singh will be looking as Addl CP, Traffic. Similarly, Rishi Pal has been apopinted as Addl CP, Security, PM; Amrenra Kuamr Singh as Addl CP, Security, PM; Dr Ajit Kumar Singla as Addl CP, Crime; Omvir Singh as Addl CP, Vigilance; M N Tiwari as Addl CP, PHQ; Hibu Tamang as Addl CP, Security; Michi Paku as Principal PTS, Jharoda, Kalan; Raj Kumar Singh as Addl CP, Anti- Corruptoin Branch and Ravindra Kumar Pandey was made Addl CP/RP Bhawan.

Dr Sarman Singh, Professor & Head (Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has been appointed as Director, AIIMS, Bhopal.

Madhya Pradesh will have first IPS officer  Ashutosh Pratap Singh as Director Public Relations .He is 2010 batch IPS officer.

Samaresh Parida and N Jambunathan  have been appointed as Additional Directors in the IDBI Bank.

The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited has appointed Fayaz Ahmad Zargar as Chief Risk Officer of the company .

Jaiprakash Associates Limited has appointed Jaiprakash Gaur as Non- Executive Director of the company .

Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has appointed Ms Sukanya Kripalu as Independent Director of the company w.e.f. June 1, 2018.

Bendapudi Muralidhar has quit as Independent Director of Cambridge Technology Enterprises Limited.

Precot Meridian Limited has appointed A P Ramkumar as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. June 1, 2018.

Mrs Anuradha Sukhani has quit as Independent Director of Mangalam Drugs and Organics Limited.

DEBATE (1)

I would say Ratan Tata is the fittest choice if he decides to enter politics through the Rajya Sabha to one day become President of India.

Rajesh Mehta

DEBATE (2)

Industrialist Anil Ambani can be Donald Trump of India. He has also been a Rajya Sabha member. He was elected as an independent member in June 2004 with the support of the Samajwadi Party.

Surendra Kumar

“Big Boss Watching”

Civil services probationers do not normally take the Foundation course at LBSNAA seriously.  All remain busy in search of life partners and romance. All are now under IB's scanner. And, thro them the PMO. Now, the job of Services allocation of probationers will be made by the cadre authorities based on overall assessment of performance in Foundation course and the UPSC merit list. Bahut Na-Insaafi hai.

A K Saxena ( A former civil servant)

Feudalistic mentality IAS officers still exist

There are still a number of feudalistic mentality IAS. They feel that they are the 'Rajas' and all others are 'prajas'. They cannot tolerate dissent and sporting arguments in office. They use words 'gardan kaat daalonga' , 'neeche fekh doonga', 'mujhse kuon nahin poocha' etc.

BBS

Penalty for delay in transfer of application

The appellant sought information regarding the name and address of the Employee’s Insurance Court. The PIO did not provided reply timely leading to issue of the show cause notice why maximum penalty should not be imposed against him for not furnishing the information within prescribed timelines. After going through the explanation of the PIO, the CIC noted that the RTI application was transferred after 16 days delay excluding the five days mandate as specified under the RTI Act. The CIC noted that information was provided by PIO after 67 days from the date of receiving the RTI application. The CIC imposed a penalty of Rs. 16,750/- on the PIO and directed to recover the amount from the salary payable to the PIO.

Comments

There is a prescribed timeline of 5 days for the transfer of RTI application which should be adhered to  by the PIO.

Citation: : Shambhu Prasad v. PIO, ESIC in CIC/ESICO/A/2017/130089, Date of Decision - 2.5.2018

Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is the co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICand 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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