Several Central police organisations  are currently headless and a few will be headless within two months. Count- NIA, BSF, ITBP, NCB, CISF, RPF and Bureau of Civil Aviation.

The post of Praveen Sinha as Additional Director has been upgraded to Special Director General in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

The post of Anis Dayal as Additional Director has been upgraded to Special Director level in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

The post of Manoj Kumar Lal as Additional Director has been upgraded to Special Director level in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre

The post of Amitabh Ranjan as Additional Director has been upgraded to Special Director level in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Tripura cadre.

The post of N K Mishra as Additional Director has been upgraded to Special Director level in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.

The post of Tapan Kumar Deka as Additional Director has been upgraded to Special Director level in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

The post of Manmohan Singh as Additional Director has been upgraded to Special Director level in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

The post of Atul Karwal as Director, SVPNPA (ADG level) has been upgraded to Director, DG level in SVPNPA. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

The post of S L Thaosen as Additional Director General has been upgraded to Special Director General in Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhay Pradesh cadre.

The post of Pankaj Kumar Singh as Additional Director, BSF, has been upgraded to Special Director General level in Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

The post of Sanjay Arora as Additional Director General, CRPF has been upgraded to Special Director General, CRPF. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

The post of Zulfiquar Hasan as Additional Director General, CRPF, has been upgraded to Special Director General, CRPF. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

The post of Satya Narayan Pradhan as Director General at ADG level has been upgraded to Director General, NDRF. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

The post of U C Sarangi as Additional Director General, has been upgraded to Special Director General in Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

The post of Ram Phal Pawar as Director ADG has been upgraded to Director NCRB. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has relieved Mrs. Pratishtha Mamgain of cadre in order to join Chhattisgarh cadre on the grounds of marriage to Sambit Mishra, an IAS officer. Mrs. Mamgain is a 2018 batch IAS officer.

VP Joy, Chief Secretary, Kerala, is one of the strong candidates in the race for the post of Chairman of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDAI).

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against an official (award staff & cash-in-charge), State Bank of India, Sakhinetipalli Branch, East Godavari District (Andhra Pradesh) on the allegations that the accused used to create Gold Loans in CBS without having pledged, required Gold ornaments. It was further alleged that during the period between December 30, 2016 & January 22, 2021, he credited the loan amounts to 319 Saving Bank accounts of 246 members, involving an amount of Rs. 669 lakh (approx.), where Gold loan bags were not traceable. In 37 cases, the Gold Loans sanctioned were more than the value of the gold ornaments amounting to Rs. 38 lakh (approx.). It was thus alleged that the accused had fraudulently created Gold Loan accounts in the name of several persons and caused loss of Rs. 7.07 crore (approx.) to the Bank. In yet another case,  the Special Judge, CBI cases, Ernakulam(Kerala) has  sentenced  Vikas Gumber, Chief Manager, SBI, Inspection Department, Bangalore to undergo two years Simple Imprisonment with total fine of Rs.2 lakh in a bribery case.

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding two selection meetings for the posts of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited and Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) on June 25, 2021.

As many as 16 BHEL GMs. have been promoted as Executive Directors. A total of 63 officials were interviewed for 28 positions of EDs and unit heads for three days viz. June 21, June 22 and June 23.

BHEL GM Animesh Kumar Sarkar has been  promoted as ED (CQ&BE).He will report to Director (E,R&D).

BHEL GM Balvir Talwar has been promoted as  ED (HR&CC). He will report to Director (HR).

BHEL GM Mrs Alka Tujeta has been promoted as ED ( PS -PEM). She will report to Director( Power).

BHEL GM Pravin Kumar Jha has been promoted as ED (SSBG). He will report to Director( Power).

BHEL GM Rajiv Bhatnagar has been promoted as ED (CSM) . He will report to CMD.

BHEL GM S B Naithani has been promoted as ED (CDT & CTM. He will report to ED (CDT & CTM).

BHEL GM Jai Prakash Srivastava  has been promoted as ED (DABG). He will report to Director(IS&P).

BHEL GM S K Grover has been promoted as ED (ESSG & New Business Area). He will report to  Director(IS&P).

BHEL GM Sanjay Manohar Patil has been promoted as ED (CPPP & PMG). He will report to  Director(IS&P).

BHEL GM Koushik Acharya  has been promoted as ED (PSNR) He will report to Director(Power)

BHEL GM Upinder Singh Matharu has been promoted as  ED (PSER) he will report to Director(Power)

BHEL GM G Murali has been promoted as ED (PSSR). He will report to  Director(Power).

BHEL GM Pulak Mukhopadhyay has been promoted as  ED (PSTS).  He will report to Director(Power).

BHEL GM Ratnanav Acharya  has been promoted as ED (R&D) .He will report to Director(E,R&D)

BHEL GM Rajiv Sharma has been promoted as  ED (ROD). He will report to Director(IS&P).

BHEL GM Pankaj Gupta has been promoted as ED (SBD). He will report to Director(IS&P).

As many as 14 BHEL GMs have been promoted as GM (I)s. They are Vivek Kumar Raizada who has been redesignated as GM I/c (CFFP), Pankaj Jain redesignated as GM I/c (Corp Finance) , T S Murali as GM I/c (CQ&BE), Santosh Nair as GM (I/c) PSWR, P Sudhir Babu as GM I/c (PE&SD), Sabyasachi Chowdhury as GM I/c(FGD & CC), Milind Girish Koppikar as GM (I/c) ISG , Pushpendra Kumar Saxena as GM I/c (PSHQ & PS‐PMG), Manoj Kumar Sinha as GM I/c (HBG), S V Srinivasan as GM I/c (HPBP), M Sudhakar Rao as GM (I/c) Hydro & Law, Rakesh Kumar Srivastava as GM I/c (HPCL Vizag), Ms. Meena Kesri as GM I/c (TBG) and Rajeev Singh has been redesignated as GM I/c (BAP).

The deputation tenure of Vashishtha Chaudhary has been extended till August 31, 2022. He is a 1997 batch IRS(C&T) officer posted as the Senior Vice President, Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN).

The DGFT has granted the NFSG to 12 JAG Indian Trade Service (ITrS) officers of 2008 batch. They are- Sha Suvid Prabodkumar, Sambhaji Appsaheb Chavan, Vishwas BN, Ms Dona Ghosh, Dr Ashis Kumar Das, Abhishek Sharma, K M Harilal, Jawri Lal Bishnoi, Utpal Kumar Acharya, Kumar Rahul, Abhmaniu Sharma and Varun Singh.

Ashok Kumar has been empanelled as a member of the extended panel consisting of 12 members for appointment to the post of General Manager or equivalent in the Zonal Railways. He has been considered suitable for the posts of General Manager (Open-Line) and General Manager (Non-Open Line). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for his empanelment.

Pankaj Kapoor, Director Finance, WAPCOS Limited, appears to be a contender for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Limited.

Anupam Mishra, Director Commercial and HRD, WAPCOS Limited, appears to be a contender for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Limited.

M C Pandit has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Two officers of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) of the Indian Postal Service (IPoS) have been shifted. While Jaleshwar Kanhar has been posted as PMG, Bhopal Circle, Patna, Dr (Ms) Amarpreet Duggal is now DDG (Estates), Postal Directorate, New Delhi.

Sanjay Kumar Chauhan has been appointed as AIGF, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, New Delhi, on deputation basis under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS)-MoEF&CC, for a period of four years. He is a 2012 batch IFS officer of MP cadre.

As many as seven Senior Time Scale (STS) officers of the Indian Postal Service (IPoS) have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) and given new postings. Following promotion, Abhinav Pratap Singh has been posted as Director (PBI), Postal Directorate, New Delhi; Ms Saranya U as Director Postal Services (DPS), Navi Mumbai Region; Ms Anubrata Sankarkumar Das as Director (RB), Postal Directorate, New Delhi; Parveen Kumar as Additional GM, Business Development Directorate, New Delhi; Satish Solanki as DPS, Ajmer Region; Ansuya Prasad as DPS, Vadodara Region and K A Devraj will be posted as DPS (HQ), Telangana Circle.

As many as four judicial officers have been elevated as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court. They are: Rajesh Narayandas Laddha, Sanjay Ganpatrao Mehare, Govinda Ananda Sanap and Shivkumar Ganpatrao Dige.

Abdul Rahim Musaliar Badharudeen, Judicial Officer, has been appointed as Additional Judge of Kerala High Court.

Rachit Khanna, Senior Divisional Electrical Engineers (Sr. DEE), RSO, Delhi, Northern Railway, has been selected for deputation to Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) for the post of Manager (RTIS) at New Delhi for a period of five years. He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

S Sunder, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Haltugaon has been appointed as MD, Guwahati Smart City Ltd., while Khagesh Pegu, DFO, Golaghat, was posted as MD, Guwahati Jal Board, after the services of both IFS officers were placed at the disposal of Guwahati Development Department.

R J Halani has been appointed as Secretary, Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC), Gandhinagar. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

The inter-cadre deputation of Syeed Fakhruddin Hameed from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Union Territory of J&K for a period of three years has been approved. He is a 2017 batch IAS officer.

The central deputation tenure of C H Kharshiing working as Planning Adviser at Joint Secretary level in North Eastern Council Secretariat (NEC), Shillong, has been extended upto July 17, 2023. He is a 1991 batch IA & AS officer.

Amit Kerketta, GM & Head (PE&SD), BHEL, (PE&SD), Hyderabad, has been transferred to BHEL Corporate office as General Manager.

P Raguraman, GM & Head) (BAP), BHEL, BAP, Ranipet has been transferred to BHEL, EDN, Bangalore as General Manager.

Sandeep Kagzi has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Non-Independent) of Computer Age Management Services Limited (CAMS). Meanwhile, Zubin Soli Dubash has stepped down from the position of Non-Executive Non-Independent Director.

Kulbir Singh has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent Director) of DCM Nouvelle Limited.

Bankey Lal Choudhary has ceased to be Chairman of Himadri Speciality Chemical Limited. Besides, Girish Paman Vanvari has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of the company.

Guenter Butschek will step down from his role as Chief Executive Director (CEO) & Managing Director (MD) of Tata Motors Limited on June 30, 2021. However, He will continue as a consultant to the company till the end of this fiscal year. Meanwhile, Girish Wagh has been appointed as Executive Director of the company from July 1, 2021.

Ajay Relan has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Sharda Motor Industries Limited with effect from September 1, 2021. Meanwhile, Udyan Banerjee has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of the company with effect from January 1, 2022.

Yogesh Chander Munjal has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Munjal Showa Limited with effect from September 1, 2021. Meanwhile, Mrs. Charu Munjal has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Director of the company. Besides, Yasuhiro Ashiki and Kazuhiro Nishioka have been appointed as Additional Director (Executive, Joint Managing Director) and Additional Director (Non-Executive) respectively.

Rajinder Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Independent Director of Ind-Swift Laboratories Limited.

Ravi Sharma has been appointed Additional Director (Independent) of Jatalia Global Ventures Limited. Meanwhile, Madhuvendra Singh has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Director of the company due to personal reasons.

Ranjith Soman and Dr. Veena Ranjith have been appointed as Additional Directors of Crown Tours Limited. Besides, Rajat Ranjith and Rajan Balkrishna Raichura have been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Non-Independent) and Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) respectively of the company.

DEBATE(1)

Political interference in the bureaucratic functioning in India is a very old phenomenon and politicians use bureaucrats for their benefit. We see this daily even at local level for example when a legislator asks a bureaucrat to ensure illegally built structures of an area are not razed. Politicians and bureaucrats are indispensable to each other. But this indispensability leads to undue interference in bureaucratic works. The intervention should only be for people’s benefit and is uncalled for when the politician’s vested interests are involved. We come across many cases of upright bureaucrats getting frequently shunted or harassed when they refuse to toe the line. And more often than not the politicians dump the bureaucrats when their purposes are served.

Alok Pawar, software engineer, Bhopal

Caution is the need of hour

Telengana government’s decision to totally unlock is not a wise decision. The country is still having 60k cases per day. Caution is the need of the hour. Lock down from 6 pm to 5am was a balanced approach and the same should have been continued for some more time.

Kumar

Penalty for casual and callous approach

The Complainant submitted that complete and correct information has not been provided to him by the respondent on his RTI applications with a malafide intention. He alleged that the PIO intentionally did not provide documentary information relating to functioning of his Supervisor Officer/FAA to avoid embarrassment to him and obstructed information with malafide intention. The Complainant submitted that the FAA did not disposed of his first appeals within stipulated time and has given decisions where information sought is related to him which is in sheer violation of principal of natural justice. The CIC observed that the then PIO has been very casual in disposing of the RTI applications and previously, strict warning has been issued to him. The CIC further observed that the FAA was upholding the vague replies of the PIO by passing general orders and no directions or guidance was given by the FAA to the PIO to provide the information to the applicant. Rather the FAA has blindly approved the replies of the PIO. Further, there is a delay on the part of the FAA in disposing the first appeals of the complainant and he did not recuse or provide information in RTI matters relating to his conduct as FAA. The CIC held that the PIO is not required to give his own judgments on the issue and terming any information unnecessary is not warranted. The CIC imposed a penalty of Rs. 500/- u/S 20(1) of the RTI Act on the then PIO for his casual and callous approach in responding to the RTI applications.

Comments

A PIO must follow the timeline provided under the RTI Act and should not be judgmental about the queries raised by the Applicant.

Citation: Mr. Varun Krishna v. M/o. Finance Department of Economic Affairs in Complaint Nos. CIC/DOEAF/C/2019/647839, CIC/DOEAF/C/2019/647842, CIC/DOEAF/C/2019/647906 & CIC/DOEAF/C/2019/647907, Date of Decision: 27-05-2021

Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is an expert on RTI matters and has co-authored the books RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO’s guide to RTI. Apart from her weekly article here, her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: www.rtifoundationofindia.com

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