Grapevine has it that a former 1994 batch IAS officer has joined private sector on an eight figure salary. Guess the name?

Anviti Chaturvedi has got the Fulbright Scholarship to study International Legal Studies at Harvard University. Anviti is 2019 Batch IFS officer.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has reportedly sought investigation into the corruption against some officers in a Consultancy Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).

It is said that the new Chief Secretary of Delhi will be decided by Home Minister Amit Shah in consultations with the PMO.

Mukesh Singh, IG, ITBP has been promoted as ADG, ITBP, for a period up to October 17, 2028 (total 5 years). He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

In the month of October both the Naval Commanders, Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, FOC-in-C East and Vice Adm V Srinivas, FOC-in-C South will be superannuating.

Annual Navy Day will be celebrated this time in Trivandrum, under the Southern Command.

Gotimukul Santosh Kumar, JCIT, Karimnagar has resigned from Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre.

Alok Singh, Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, is in the race for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Coal India Limited (CIL).

Ms Shikha Dahiya has been appointed as Joint Director, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. She is a 2014 batch IES officer.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is seeking Additional General Manager/ Catering for Zonal Office, Mumbai on deputation basis. Applications must reach latest by October 11, 2025.

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is seeking to fill the post of Deputy Director (Training), National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) on deputation basis. Details can be availed from the Ministry’s website.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has advertised the post of Assistant Commandant in the Secretariat Security Force on deputation basis. Applications must reach latest by November 15, 2025.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has invited applications to attend Training of Trainers (TOT) on Misinformation, Disinformation and Hate Speech (MDH) in UN Peace Operations in Rabat, Morocco. The event will be held from November 3 to 14. Applications must reach latest by September 18, 2025.

Post of Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Papum Pare District, Arunachal Pradesh has been readvertised. Online applications can be made throughhttps://vcrec.samarth.ac.in/index.php/ till October 16, 2025.

UNESCO Staffing Team, Paris has posted a vacancy notice for the post of Associate Finance Officer (Accounts). Applications must reach latest by October 11, 2025.

Ministry of Home Affairs has announced vacancies for the posts of Police Chief of Operations (UN Police Planning Officer) and Gender-Based Violence Police Adviser (UN Police Analyst) in United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Applications must reach latest by November 5, 2025.

Ministry of Coal is seeking to fill two posts of Senior Geologist, Delhi. Applications must reach latest by October 11, 2025.

World Bank is seeking to fill the post of E T Consultant Investment Analyst, Financial Institutions, Mexico. Applications must reach latest by October 1, 2025.

16 IPS officers have been given new postings in UP. Ten officers have been posted as SPs. Accordingly, Hemraj Meena and Santosh Kumar Mishra have been shifted as SP, DGP Office, while Jay Prakash Singh has been appointed as SP, Unnao and Sanjeev Suman takes over as SP, Deoria. Similarly, Vikrant Veer has been shifted as SP, DGP Office; Neeraj Kumar Jadaun will serve as SSP, Aligarh; Ashok Kumar Meena as SP Hardoi; Abhishek Verma as SP, Sonbhadra; Deepak Bhuker as SP, Pratapgarh; Dr Anil Kumar-II as SSP, Azamgarh; Keshav Kumaras SP, Kushinagar; Abhijeet R. Shankar as SP, Ambedkarnagar; Abhishek Bharti as SP, Auraiya; Manish Kumar Shandilya as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj Commissionerate; Anil Kumar Jha as SP Railways, Agra and Sarvesh Kumar Mishra has been posted as Commandant, 4th Battalion PAC, Prayagraj.

Senior IAS officers have been reshuffled in UP. Chief Secretary SP Goyal has been relieved of the charge of Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner, Chairman, PICUP, Chief Executive Officer, UPEIDA, Chief Executive Officer,  UPEIDA  , Additional Chief Secretary, Coordination Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, and Project Director, UPEIDA, Agriculture Production Commissioner Deepak Kumar has been relieved of the responsibility of ACS, Basic and Secondary Education Department and given the additional charge of Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner, Chairman, PICUP, CEO, UPEIDA, ACS, Civil Aviation and Coordination Department and Project Director, UPDASP. Similarly, Parthasarathi Sen Sharma has been appointed as PS, Basic Education and Secondary Education Department; Amit Kumar Ghosh as PS, Medical, Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education Department; Mukesh Kumar Meshram as PS, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries Department; Amrit Abhijat as PS, Tourism, Culture, and Charitable Works Department; Sanjay Prasad has been relieved from the charge of PS, Civil Aviation Department and will continue in his remaining positions; Ajay Chauhan has been given the concurrent charge of CEO, UPEIDA, in addition to his current position; Alok Kumar III has been relieved from his position as PS, Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Coordination, Language, National Integration and General Administration Department, and Director, Hindi Sansthan, and given the additional charge of Nodal Officer, Zero Poverty Uttar Pradesh Campaign; P Guruprasad has been relieved from the charge of PS, Revenue Department, and given the additional charge of PS, Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Programme Department; Manish Chauhan will join as PS, Secretariat Administration, Secretary, Language, National Integration and General Administration Department, and Director, Hindi Sansthan; Ranveer Prasad has been given the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, in addition to his current responsibility; Mrs Anamika Singh as Commissioner, Food and Logistics and Bhupendra S Chaudhary will join as Divisional Commissioner, Bareilly.

C. Neelakanta Reddy, who is presently serving as Senior Professor (Training), Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET), has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC), Hyderabad under the Ministry of Steel, for an initial period of three years. He is an Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer.

Ms Lata Kumari, who is presently serving as Chief Project Manager (CPM), East Central Railway (ECR), has been selected for deputation to the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) as General Manager (North Region), Indian Railway Conference Association (IRCA), New Delhi, for a period of five years. She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Ajay Gupta, who is presently serving as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, from the date of assumption of charge of the post, for a tenure up to his superannuation on August 31, 2026. He is an Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) officer.

In a major reshuffle 30 IPS officers have been transferred and posted in Jharkhand. Director General of Police (HoPF) Anurag Gupta has been relieved of the charge of DG, ACB and DG, CID. Prashant Singh, DG, Wireless and Technical Services, was given additional charge of the DG Headquarters, while Priya Dubey was appointed ADG of ACB with additional charge of ADG, EOW; Rakesh Ranjan as SSP, Ranchi; Paras Rana as City SP, Ranchi, with additional charge of JAP 10; Rakesh Singh as Traffic SP, Ranchi, with additional charge of SP. Wireless and Technical Services; Mrs Suman Gupta as ADG, Railways; Manoj Kaushik, IG, Ranchi Zone, will also hold the charge of IG, CID; Kranti Kumar Gadideshi as IG, Human Rights; Narendra Kumar Singh as IG, Vigilance-cum-Security, Jharkhand Electricity Board; Shailendra Sinha as IG, Palamu; Sudarshan Mandal as IG, Headquarters with additional charge of IG, Jail; Sunil Bhaskar as IG, Bokaro Zone; Patel Mayur Kanhaiyalal, IG, Provisioning, has been given the additional charge of IG, Dumka Zone; Sanjeev Kumar as DIG, Special Branch; Shailendra Prasad Varnwal has been appointed DIG, EOW; Manoj Ratan as DIG, Special Branch; Naushad Alam Ansari will join Police Headquarters; Ajit Peter Dungdung has been appointed as Joint Director, Jharkhand Police Academy, Hazaribagh; Chandan Kumar Sinha as DIG, ACB; Arvind Kumar Singh as SP, Special Branch; Ehtesham Waqarib as SP, CID; Amit Renu as SP, Chaibasa; Saurabh as SP, Deoghar; Ajit Kumar as SP, Railway, Jamshedpur; Deepak Kumar Pandey as SP, Special Branch, Ranchi; Animesh Naithani as SP, ACB; Kailash Karmali as SP, Railway, Dhanbad. and Manoj Swargiyari was made Commandant of JAP 3 Govindpur, Dhanbad and Moomal Rajpurohit was made Commandant of JAP 8.

A new Indian-origin startup, BharatEdge AI, launched in London with £10M seed from UK investors, specializing in edge computing for European automotive MNCs like Jaguar Land Rover. This builds on Reliance's AI ecosystem but operates independently.

Sajjan Bhajanka has been re-appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Century Plyboards (India) Limited, effective April 1, 2026.

Ajay Baldawa has been re-appointed as Director of Century Plyboards (India) Limited.

Ms. Nikita Bansal has been re-appointed as Director of Century Plyboards (India) Limited.

Keshav Bhajanka has been re-appointed as Executive Director of Century Plyboards (India) Limited, effective January 28, 2026.

Sachin Dighde has been appointed as Director (Defence Business) of BEML Limited.

Sureshkumar Vasudevan Vazhathara Pillai has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of Geecee Ventures Limited, effective May 28, 2026.

Ms. Rupal Anand Vora has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Geecee Ventures Limited, effective August 13, 2026.

Mohammed Iqbal Hasanally Dossani has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of Metro Brands Limited, effective June 25, 2026.

Mrs. Krishna Rajesh Shah has been appointed as Executive Director of Euro Panel Products Limited.

Sudhir Agarwal has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Pasupati Acrylon Limited.

Sanjiv Nair has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Pasupati Acrylon Limited.

Abhay Mandhana has been appointed as Additional Director in the capacity of Executive Director on the Board of Indus Fila Limited.

Deepak Nagvekar has been appointed as Additional Director in the category Whole-Time Director of De Nora India Limited.

Rahul Jain has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Gulshan Polyols Limited, effective October 1, 2025.

Ms. Anubha Gupta has been appointed as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Gulshan Polyols Limited, effective October 1, 2025.

Caste Census

There are demands for a caste census in India. This is done with the hidden agenda of increasing reservations in government jobs (and education) so that open competition and merit are killed to nurture vote banks. Many corrupt dynasts support such a step because they feel such a stand may bring them back to power. But why are such exercises confined to services? There should be a caste census of criminals in the country. This will disclose which castes have the most criminals and which have the least. This will show how and which dominant castes are dominating political life through criminalization of the polity. There should also be a caste census of public representatives from the panchayat level to Parliament. This will give a real reflection of how powerful which caste is. Then we can think of giving reservations in the political arena to those castes which are least represented. There should also be a caste census of the armed forces. Those castes who do not join the armed forces in proportion to their population should have to join the armed forces commensurate to their proportion in the population failing which their reservation benefits in services and education should be reduced. There should be a caste census of contractors, transporters, hoteliers, businessmen, industrialists. Those castes who do not have representation proportionate to their population should be given reservations in government tenders and contracts. There should be a caste census of cattle owners. Those castes who do not own cattle wealth should be given reservation benefits in the dairy industry and animal husbandry departments. The cattle should be distributed evenly in proportion to the population of each caste to ensure that the benefits of animal husbandry reach all castes. There should also be a caste census of all those who were hanged, jailed or punished by the British for participating in the freedom struggle. Those castes who do not have representation in proportion to their population in the shaheeds and freedom fighters should have reduction in their reservation quotas. Further, so called Minorities cannot have any castes since there is no varna system in these religions. As it is they have ruled the country for a thousand years of foreign rule. The practice of giving reservations to religions other than Hindu on the basis of caste by calling them OBC to nurture vote banks is totally unreasonable and should be done away with. This will also allow us to arrive at the real number of actual OBCs. As it is, the populations of these religions are included in OBCs to artificially inflate their figures and nurture

Vijay Kumar

Reasons for returning the registered post envelopes to the sender without any endorsement

Three registered post envelopes were returned to the sender (District Judge) without being delivered. With reference to three registered postal envelopes which were returned without affixing any remark on the envelopes, the appellant requested to provide the reasons for return. The Department of Post submitted that the three registered articles, referred to in the RTI application, were returned with remarks “receiver not at address”. Further, it was submitted that the reply sent in response to the RTI application was inadvertently sent at the incorrect address, hence, could not be timely delivered. However, on receipt of the return mail, they rectified the address and communicated the information to the appellant on 09.02.2024. The CIC observed that the respondent initially replied on 14.12.2023 but the same was not delivered timely to the appellant due to incorrect address. The CIC accepted the clarification provided by the PIO that the delay in response to the RTI application was inadvertent and had occurred on account of incorrect address being mentioned in the dispatch letter. Holding that due information has been furnished and the delay caused on the PIO’s part does not appear to be deliberate, the CIC disposed the appeal.

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If the delay in reply by the PIO is unintentional and due to an inadvertent error, there is no penal liability as there is no malafide denial of information.

Citation: Sardar Ajit Singh v. Department of Posts, Second Appeal No. CIC/POSTS/A/2024/112391; Date of Decision: 11.07.2025

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