While several lakhs cases are pending in various courts across the country, 25 High Courts are working with merely 627 Judges as compared to the sanctioned strength of 1098 Judges.

The figures released by the Ministry of Law and Justice on October 1, 2021, show that the high courts are facing a shortage of 471 Judges. In September, a total of 465 posts of judges were lying vacant in the high courts. The figure was 455 in August and 449 in July.

Of the 25 high courts, the Allahabad High Court has the most vacant posts numbering 69; followed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court with 40 vacancies and Calcutta, Bombay and Patna high courts with 36, 35 and 34 vacancies respectively.

The inter cadre transfer of Sedhu Madhavan S from Bihar cadre to Andhra Pradesh has been approved by the Government of India on grounds of his marriage. He is a 2020 batch IAS officer.

Ms Sukla Mistry, ED, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Refinery), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection (PESB) held on October 22, 2021.

The inter cadre transfer of Ashok K V from Uttar Pradesh Cadre to Karnataka has been approved by the Government of India on grounds of his marriage. He is a 2017 batch IPS officer.

Torsekar Ganesh has been appointed as Deputy Director in Financial Intelligence Unit-India. She is a 2012 batch IDAS officer.

No officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1995 batch from Uttarakhand cadre has been empanelled for Additional Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India.

Avik Bhattacharyya has been appointed as Director (Aviation Management), Ministry of Civil Aviation in the Government of India on a lateral basis.

"The Curious Case of the Nandikote Nawab", a novel for young teenagers written by Anthony de Sa (IAS-MP-1980), former Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, was released recently. Anthony de Sa (who writes as Tino de Sa) has twice won the Times of India National Short Story Competition, and already has two volumes of short stories to his credit. This, his first novel for young teenagers, has earned a glowing endorsement from Ruskin Bond, the doyen of children's adventure fiction.

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Managing Director, HSCC on October 25, 2021.

Sandesh Madhavrao Tilekar has been appointed Director (Innovation in Education Entrepreneurship), Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in the Government of India on a lateral basis.

Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) under the Ministry of Mines has been rated as Excellent CPSE for the year-2019-20.

Project & Development India Ltd (PDIL) under the Department of Fertilizers has been rated as 'Very Good' CPSE for the year 2019-20.

CBIC has sanctioned Rs 8.66 lakh from the welfare fund for health check up, for 428 officers/staff of Group-B &C of the age above 40 years for the year 2020-21.

Nizamul Haq has been transferred from AP LSA to DoT as Advisor(Operation). He is a HAG+ level ITS officer.

After a long gap, the Prasar Bharti (PB) Corporation has notified to recruitment of officers at various level. According to notification, the PB wants, 15 Dy Directors, Admn (DDA) for headquarter, 16 DDA for Field offices, 45 Inspector of Account/SAO, 102 Administrative Officers(AO) and  4 Accounts Officers,

Two Under Secretaries have been posted following their repatriation from deputation. Anup Kumar Mandal has been posted to DONER and Pankaj Kumar Prabhat to the Staff Selection Commission (SSC).

Mudit Bhatnagar has been transferred from Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) to Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) and posted in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Arun Kumar Saxena, who is presently posted on North Eastern Railway (NER), has been placed under selection grade (SG). He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Navin Chandra Kumar, who is presently working as Chief Passenger Traffic Manager (CPTM) in Eastern Railway (ER), has been posted as Chief Freight Traffic Manager (CFTM) on the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Ranjit Kumar has been transferred from Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) to Northern Railway (NR) and posted in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Dibbanjan Roy, who is presently working as Chief Freight Traffic Manager-II (CFTM-II) on East Coast Railway (ECoR), has been posted as Chief Freight Traffic Manager (CFTM) on the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Anil Kumar Patke, who is returning from deputation to Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC Ltd), has been posted in Central Railway (CR) in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Ms. Shifali, Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer (Dy. CVO), T, South Central Railway, has been selected for deputation to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting as Regional Officer, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Hyderabad, for a period of four years. She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

The work of Jaynagar (India) to Bardibas (Nepal) rail line project was entrusted to Ircon International Ltd., a PSU under Ministry of Railways in accordance with the MoU signed between Gol & Government of Nepal (GoN) to undertake Indo-Nepal Cross Border Railway Projects. The 1st Phase of work in Jaynagar-Kurta (Nepal) section from Ch.-0.00 Km to 34.90 Km has been completed. All the As Built Drawings along with Station Working Rule (SWR) of the above section have already been handed over to Department of Railways (DoRW)/Nepal Railway Company Ltd. (NRCL) of GoN at Janakpur. Accordingly, at Kathmandu, IRCON handed over & taken over the newly commissioned section from Jaynagar to Kurtha including all Buildings, Embankment, Bridges, Track system, Lifting Barriers, S&T and Electrical Assets of Rail Line Project.

The Haryana Government has given new assignments to as many as 26 IPS officers. Accordingly, Kala Ramachandran, PS, Transport Department with additional charge of ADGP, Crime Against Women, has been handed over additional charge of ADGP, State Vigilance Bureau (SVB), while Bharti Arora, IGP, Ambala gets additional charge of IG, Women Safety and Shiv Charan has been appointed as DIG, SVB, Hisar. Besides, Hamid Akhtar will be posted as SP, State Crime Branch (Headquarters); Rahul Sharma as SP, Sonipat; Rajesh Duggal as SP, Palwal; Abhishek Jorwal takes charge as SP, SVB(H); Deepak Gahlawat as SP, Charkhi Dadri; Jashandeep Randhawa as SP, Ambala; Himanshu Garg as SP, SVB (HQ); Wassem Akram as SP, Jhajjar; Rajesh Kumar as SP, Rewari; Narender Bijarniya as SP, Jind; Udai Singh Meena as SP, Rohtak; Vinod Kumar as DCP, South Gurgaon; Dheeraj Kumar as SP' Kurukshetra and Surinder Singh takes charge as SP, Fatehabad. Besides, Rajender Kumar Meena, Commandant, 5th Battalion, Haryana Armed Police (HAP), MBN with additional charge of 2nd Battalion, HAP, was given additional charge of SP Traffic, Karnal.

As many as 18 officers of State Forest Service of Maharashtra have been promoted to the IFS and awarded Maharashtra Cadre. Officers promoted for the Select List year of 2019 are: C D Bharmal, Vijay Ganjana Mane, Appasaheb Subhash Nikat, Mahadev Namdev Mohite, Krishna Babaji Bhavar, Dharmveer Dagadu Salvitthal, Mrs Suvarna Ravindra Mane, Umesh Gorkshnath Wawre, Santosh Dattatray Saste, Saipurn Imam Shaikh and Pramodkumar Baburao Panchbhai. Officers promoted against the Select List of 2020 are: Ms Saroj Mohan Gawas, Sachin Arvind Repal, Rahul Bhaskar Gawai, Mrs Neeta Sachin Katte, Laxman Manak Patil, Shailendrakumar Balkrishna Jadhav and Amol Rambhau Satpute.

The cadre of Garvit Gangwar has been transferred from Tamil Nadu to Madhya Pradesh Pradesh cadre of the IFS on marriage grounds. He is a 2018 batch IFS officer.

Arun Kumar Gupta, PS, Haryana, Urban Local Bodies and PS, Skill Development & Industrial Training, will hold the additional charge of PS, Archives, Archaeology & Museums Department. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ashoke Pal, DPS, SB Region, Howrah will hold the additional charge of Director, PLI, Kolkata. He is a JAG officer of Indian Postal Service (IPoS).

Shrawan Kumar Verma, Head of Integrated Regional Office (IRO), Jaipur is assigned additional charge of Regional Officer, Gandhi Nagar. He is a 1999 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

The Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs has recognised Federation of Electronic Sports Associations India (FEAI) as its central federation for representing eSports in India with appointing retired Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh Mrs Geeta Mittal as its ombudsman apart from other State level appointments in the FEAI. They are: Vaibhav Dange (ex PS to  Union Minister RTH, Nitin Gadkari) as Founding Director; Anupam Yadav (ex PS to  Union Minister of law Kiren Rijuji) as Co founding Director; Sanjeev Singh, OSD to CM of UP as Head of UP eSports Association; Rahul Singh, Information Commissioner of MP as Head of MP eSports Association, Bhaichung Bhutia(India National Football team captain) as Sikkim eSports Association, Gagang Narang (Olympics Medalist) as Head of Telengana eSports Association among others.

Pankaj Jain has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Syedain Abbasi has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Kamal Dayani has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

S K G Rahate has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

R K Goyal has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Alkesh Kumar Sharma has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Ganji Kamala V Rao has been empanelled for holding Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Atul Kumar Tiwari has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Meeta R Lochan has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

K Moses Chalai has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Mrs Alka Upadhayaya has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Arti Ahuja has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Manoj Ahuja has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Anirudh Tewari has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Sanjay Malhotra has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Deepak Kumar has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Nitin Ramesh Gokarn has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Arun Baroka has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Bhupinder Singh Bhalla has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Vivek Bhardwaj has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Ravi Shankar Prasad has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Vijoy Kumar Singh has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Sunil Paliwal has been appointed as Chairperson, Chennai Port Trust. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

As many as 14 IPS officers in UP have been transferred and given new postings in UP. Accordingly, Sudhir Kumar Singh was made SSP, Agra, while Anurag Arya has been appointed as SSP, Azamgarh and Dinesh Tripathi takes charge as SP, Unnao. Similarly, Ankur Aggarwal will be posted as SP, Chandauli; Brijesh Kumar Singh as SP, ATS Lucknow; Amit Kumar II as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Gautam Buddha Nagar; Akash Tomar as SSP, Saharanpur; Jaiprakash Singh as SSP, Etawah; Anurag Vats as SP Barabanki; S Chinappa as SP, VIP Security Wing, UP; Avinash Pandey as Commandant, 38th Battalion PAC, Aligarh.; Muniraj as SP, Election Cell, DGP Headquarters and Dr Akhilesh Nigam has been posted as SP, Co-Operative Cell Branch, Uttar Pradesh.

Ten IAS officers have been given field postings in UP. Nitish Kumar has been appointed as DM, Ayodhya; Satyendra Kumar as DM, Maharajganj; Manvendra Singh as DM, Bareilly; Ravindra Kumar as DM, Jhansi; Chandra Prakash Singh as DM, Bulandshahr; T K Sheebu as DM, Sonbhadra; Harshita Mathur as DM, Kasganj; Manoj Kumar as DM, Mahoba; Sanjay Kumar Singh I as DM, Farrukhabad and Neha Prakash was made DM, Shravasti. Besides, Ujjwal Kumar and Anuj Kumar Jha are awaiting posting orders.

Gopal Kothari has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Director of Pioneer Distilleries Limited.

Mayurdwajsinh Sahadevsinh Rana has been appointed as Additional Director (Executive) of Srestha Finvest Limited.

KP Krishnan has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Tata Consumer Products Limited.

Rajesh Jain has resigned from the position of Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of A2Z Infra Engineering Limited.

Kamran Rizvi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has ceased to be Chairman and Managing Director (additional charge), Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) with effect from October 22, 2021.

Manish Patel has been appointed as Managing Director of Natural Biocon (India) Limited.

Venkataramani Sathya Moorthy has been co-opted as Additional Director in the category of Independent Director of Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited.

Ms. Avanti Bajoria has been appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Rajasthan Cylinders & Containers Limited.

KP Mohan Raj, IAS, has been appointed as Nominee Director (Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited - KSIIDC) on the Board of JSW Steel Limited.

Shiv Kumar Jatia has resigned from the position of Chairman & Managing Director and from the Board of Directors of Asian Hotels (North) Limited.

Core banking be introduced in all post offices

Very good suggestion by Mr Naveen. Core banking solutions should be introduced in all post offices and account holders should be allowed to operate his/her account from any city.

Kumar

Authentic copies of records available online

The appellant sought information related to the payment of pension to Members of Parliament after the completion of their term and other related queries. The appellant agreed that the relevant information has been provided by the respondent, however the reply provided is not officially signed, therefore, it is not authentic. The respondent had provided a reply through RTI online portal which is a system generated reply and same does not require authenticity. Although the public authority has no control over the format in which the information received by the appellant through RTI online portal, but the CIC held that if in case the relevant information as provided through RTI online portal is not dispatched yet, the same should be provided in hard copy as well. The CIC directed to provide the relevant information to the appellant in hard copy also as exits on record, duly attested and authenticated by the public authority.

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Whether copies of documents available on the website should be provided and whether the same should be authenticated has been often raised. In this case, the CIC has directed in favour of providing the authenticated copies of records.

Citation: Mr. Dhiraj Kumar Bhilyabhai Patidar V. Parliament of India, Rajya Sabha Secretariat IN Second Appeal No.CIC/PAROI/A/2020/108452, Date: 12.10.202

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