In Delhi bureaucratic circles, there is hot rumour  that three  Secretaries  in GoI are  returning to the parent  state as Chief Secretary in a month or two.

After review, the investigating agency ED has been given 150 new positions - from Special Direct to MTS. Now the agency is reportedly busy in fulfilling these vacancies.  

In an exclusive interaction with Whispers in the Corridors, Mr. Pranay Ranjan Dwivedi, MD & CEO, SBI Pension Funds Pvt. Ltd, shared insights into the company’s impressive performance in FY 2025–26 and its vision for strengthening India’s pension ecosystem.

Under his leadership, SBI Pension Funds has continued its robust growth trajectory, with Assets Under Management (AUM) witnessing sustained expansion and several major schemes outperforming benchmark indices. The company’s disciplined investment approach, strong research framework, and prudent risk management have enabled it to deliver competitive, risk-adjusted returns, earning the trust of subscribers across the country.

Mr. Dwivedi emphasized that digital transformation remains at the core of SBI Pension Funds’ strategy, helping simplify customer onboarding, enhance service delivery, and expand outreach. Looking ahead, the organization’s focus will remain on investment excellence, market expansion—particularly in Tier-II and Tier-III cities—and delivering a seamless customer experience.

He also highlighted the importance of increasing youth participation in retirement planning through the National Pension System (NPS), while describing NPS Vatsalya as a transformative initiative that can foster early financial planning habits and encourage long-term wealth creation among families.

Speaking on the broader role of pension funds, Mr. Dwivedi noted that they are vital contributors to both economic development and social security, supporting infrastructure growth, financial inclusion, and retirement preparedness. Reaffirming SBI Pension Funds’ commitment to the vision of “Viksit Bharat @ 2047,” he encouraged young professionals to adopt a disciplined approach towards retirement planning and harness the power of compounding by starting early.

Read the complete interview with Mr. Pranay Ranjan Dwivedi, MD & CEO, SBI Pension Funds  in the June 2026 edition of Whispers in the Corridors.

Finance Ministry guidelines urge PSBs to update transfer policies for transparency, prioritize women employees, complete exercises by June annually to avoid mid-year disruptions, and keep officers up to Scale-III in linguistic regions. Many banks e.g., Central Bank, Union Bank, have FY 2025-26 policies emphasising automation and uniformity.

Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a retired IAS officer and former Chief Secretary of West Bengal, remains one of the most influential bureaucratic figures associated with Mamata Banerjee. After his contentious exit from central deputation in 2021, he was appointed as Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister, cementing his proximity to Banerjee’s political and administrative decision-making.

Sources indicate that Bandyopadhyay continues to play a behind-the-scenes advisory role even after Banerjee’s tenure as Chief Minister, particularly amid growing concerns over factionalism within the Trinamool Congress (TMC). His experience in governance and crisis management is seen as an asset as the party navigates internal dissent and leadership rivalries at both state and district levels.

There is also emerging speculation within political circles that Bandyopadhyay has been informally consulted on broader strategic questions, including the potential recalibration of TMC’s national positioning. This reportedly includes exploratory discussions around closer alignment or even a structural merger with the Congress party as part of a larger anti-BJP consolidation effort.

While no formal moves have been announced, his continued involvement signals the importance Banerjee places on bureaucratic counsel in shaping political strategy.

The PESB has recommended name of  T Vannia Perumal, Deputy General Manager DGM -Training, Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL), for the post of Director (Production), Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL). 

The Public Enterprise Selection Board has advertised the post of Managing Director in NTPC Green Energy Limited. The applications must reach by July 2, 2026.

Focus on green energy, infrastructure (e.g., pumped storage, solar, CBG plants), defence indigenization, and sustainability. PSUs are driving capex in renewables, shipping, and mining. MoUs and partnerships (e.g., with states) are common.

Continued emphasis on board professionalism, faster appointments via PESB/ACC, and potential fast-track IAS deputation to PSUs for tech skills.

29th edition co-chaired by Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Strategy and US counterpart in Hawaii. Advances bilateral ties.

Indian Navy preparing to induct multiple indigenous vessels in June 2026 (references to 5–6 ships; part of broader 19 warships in a year). L&T is expanding Kattupalli shipyard.

The tenure of 1983 batch former IAS officer Ajay Singh as State Election Commissioner, Chhattisgarh State Election Commission, has been extended up to February 2027. 

Rudra Gaurav Shresth, presently Ambassador of India to the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Turkiye. He is a 1999 batch IFS officer.

NTPC floated a tender for a 108 MW Great Nicobar Gas Power Project.

RailTel (Navratna) bagged an ₹82.04 crore railway signaling contract.

Anjana Luthra has been appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer,  Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. Prior to this, she was serving as General Manager (Company Secretariat). Also, Venkata Subrahamanayam Vallurie has taken over as Chief Financial Officer .  

PESB has advertised the post of Director (Commercial), MOIL Limited which will fall vacant in June 2027. Applications must reach latest by June 29, 2026.  

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has invited online applications for the National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for 2026-27. Applications must reach latest by June 30, 2026.

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is seeking to engage a Technical Expert in the National Makhana Board on contract basis. Applications must reach latest by June 30, 2026. 

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited is seeking to fill six Senior Deputy General Manager (Civil) posts on deputation basis. The vacancies are for Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hubli/Goa, Delhi Varanasi and Kolkata. Applications must reach latest by July 7, 2026. 

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited has advertised the posts of Deputy Chief Project Manager/ Project Manager-Finance for Ahmedabad on deputation basis. Applications must reach latest by July 5, 2026. 

Ministry of Civil Aviation is seeking Young Professional in the Cyber Security Cell on contract basis. Applications must reach latest by June 30, 2026. 

Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship has invited applications for the post of Consultant on contract basis. Details can be availed from https://www.msde.gov.in/. 

World Bank is seeking to fill the post of Infrastructure Engineer for Washington, DC, United States. Applications must reach latest by June 24, 2026. 

World Bank has advertised the post of Platform Engineering Analyst for Chennai. Applications must reach latest by June 24, 2026.

Aditya Kumar, who is presently serving as Principal Chief Personnel Officer (PCPO), South East Central Railway (SECR), has been transferred to Central Railway (CR) and posted as Principal Chief Personnel Officer (PCPO). He is an Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer.

Ms Darshnita Ahluwatia, who is presently serving in South East Central Railway (SECR), has been posted as Principal Chief Personnel Officer (PCPO) (CHOD) on the Railway itself. She is an Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer.

Rajneesh Narain, presently serving as Director (Finance), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), has been appointed as Director (Finance), Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), on an immediate absorption basis. He will hold the post till his superannuation on June 30, 2030.

In a major shake-up at the state police set-up the West Bengal govt has transferred 20 IPS officers of the rank of Inspector General of Police. Those affected in the reshuffle are Rajesh Kumar Yadav (IPS-2002), IG, Bankura Range to IG, STF, Rishikesh Meena (IPS-2004) IG Provisioning to IG (Organisation), Sabya Sachi Raman Mishra (IPS-2004) IG, CIF to IG, AP Barrackpore, Dip Narayan Goswami (IPS-2004) IG, Malda to Additional CP, Kolkata, Gaurav Sharma (IPS-2005), IG, Traffic to IG, STF, Sukesh Kumar Jain (IPS-2005), IG, IB to IG, CCW, Sheesh Ram Jhajharia, (IPS-2005) IG (Organisation), WB to Director, SVSPA, Murli Dhar (IPS-2005) waiting for posting to IG, IB, Subhankar Sinha IPS-2005), IG Additional CP, Kolkata to IG, Provisioning, Kunal Agrawal (IPS-2006) DIG, WBNBF (on rank of IG) to Additional CP, Crime, Kolkata, V. Solomon Nesakumar (IPS-2006) Additional CP-IV, Kolkata to IG, Personnel, Mukesh IPS-2006), IGP, IB Border, WB to IG, AP, Kolkata, Shankha Shubhra Chakrabarty (IPS-2006), IGP-II, CID WB to IG, Home Guard.

Utpal Kumar Naskar (IPS-2006), Controller of Civil Defence (IGP rank) to IG, Correctional Services,  Farhat Abbas (IPS-2006), DIG, AP, Durgapur (IG rank) to IG, Training, Anjan Chakraborty DIG, ACB (IG rank) Director, FSL, Ujjwal Kumar (IPS-2006)  DIG, Training-cum-Principal, PTS, Satna Salua (On IGP rank) to IG, WBHRC, Rajendra Nath Banerjee (IPS-2006) DIG, IB (On the rank of IG) to IGP, IB, Debasis Sarkar (IPS-2006), DIG, Police Housing Corporation, WB (In the rank of IGP) to Controller of Civil Defence, WB,  Sapan Sarkar, (IPS-2007) IGP, EFR, 2^nd Bn, Salua to IG, ACB.

The West Bengal govt promoted 17 IPS officers of the 2006-2008 batch. Those promoted are- Mrs. Sonmit Lepcha (IPS-2006) DIG, IB, Siliguri to IG North Bengal, Mehmood Akhtar (IPS-2006) Joint CP, Security, Kolkata to IG, Traffic, Ajay Kumar Thakur (2008), DIG, CID to IG, CID, Mrs. Soma Das Mitra (IPS 2006), Joint CP (Crime), Kolkata to IG, Policy, Mrs. Krishnakali Lahiri (IPS-2006), DIG (P&W) to IG, CCW, Arnab Ghosh (IPS-2006), DIG, Home Guard to IG, Costal Security, Syed Waquar Raza (IPS-2007) CP, Siliguri (DIG rank) to CP, Siliguri (IG rank), Sudhir Kumar Neelakantam (IPS-2007) DIG, STF to IG, CIF.

Meeraj Khalid (IPS-2007) due to posting to IG, Traffic, Amitava Burma (IPS-2007) DIG, Traffic to State Commandant NVF (IG, rank), Arindam Datta Chowdhury (IPS-2007)  DIG (A) to IG, Administration, Kankar Prasad Barui (IPS-2007) DIG, Presidency range to IG, Presidency Range, Joy Biswas (IPS-2007) DIG, Provisioning to IG, Railways, Shyam Singh (IPS-2007) DIG, Telecommunications to IG, Telecom, Subrata Gangopadhyay (IPS- 2007) Member Secretary, WBPRB (DIG rank) to Member Secretary, WBPRB (IGP rank), Nilanjan Biswas (IPS-2007) Joint CP (Modernisation) to Addl CP, Kolkata and Alok Rajoria (IPS-2008) DIG, IB to IG, Legal.

The West Bengal govt transferred 12 IPS officers of the rank of DIG of 2009-2011 batch. Those transferred are –Rajesh Kumar Jt. CP, Traffic, Kolkata to DIG, STF, Indra Chakravorty (IPS-2009) SS, CID, WB to DIG, CID, Bhaskar Mukherjee (IPS-2009) DIG, STF to Jt. CP, Legal, Kolkata, K. Kannan (IPS-2010) DIG, AP, Barrackpore to DIG, CIF, S. Selvamurugan (IPS-2010) DIG, Railways to DIF, Traffic, Tathagata Basu (IPS-2010), OCW, WBPD to DIG, Training, Subhankar Bhattacharya (IPS-2010) Jt. CP, Kolkata to DIG, Traffic, Amitabha Maiti (IPS-2010) DIG, Home Guard to DIG, Mednipur, Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi (IPS-2011) CO, SAP, 6^th Bn to DIG Railways, Abhisekh Modi (IPS-2011), DC, Cyber Crime to DIG, Bankura, Zafar Ajmal Kidwai (IPS-2011) DC, RF Kolkata to ADG, Fire and Emergency Services (DIG rank), Arijit Sinha (IPS-2011) DIG Midnapore to DIG, Traffic and Anjali Singh (IPS-2009) DIG Jalpaiguri to DIG, Malda.

AS many as 30 IPS officers have been given new postings in Kerala in a major reshuffle. P Vijayan has been appointed as ADGP, Law and Order, and also given full additional charge of ADGP, Cyber Operations, while S Sreejith is shifted as ADGP, Prisons. Similarly, Balram Kumar Upadhyay will be posted as ADGP, Armed Police Battalion; H Venkatesh as ADGP, Crime Branch; Dinendra Kashyap as ADGP, Intelligence; Harshitha Attalluri as IG, Police Headquarters; S Syam Sundar as IG, Crime Branch; R Nishanthini will join as IG, Intelligence.; Yatish Chandra as DIG, Ernakulam Range; Karthik K as DIG, Thrissur Range; Narayanan T as DIG, Kannur Range; Dr Arul R B Krishna will be new DIG and Police Commissioner, Thiruvananthapuram City and Shoukathali is appointed as Police Commissioner, Kozhikode City.

Among other transfers Mrs Merin Joseph is posted as District Police Chief, Kozhikode Rural; Prasanthan Kani B K as District Police Chief, Thiruvananthapuram Rural; Sabu Mathew K M as District Police Chief, Kottayam; Shaji Sugunan as District Police Chief, Kollam Rural; Vishnu Pratheep T K as District Police Chief, Alappuzha; Abdul Rashi A as District Police Chief, Palakkad; S Deva Manohas as District Police Chief, Wayanad; B Krishna Kumar as SP, Railways; Nidhinraj as District Police Chief, Kasargode; B V Vijaya Bharath Reddy as Commissioner, Kannur City; Anuj Paliwal as AIGP, PHQ, Law & Order; Farash T as AIGP, Coastal Police, Ernakulam; Mohanchandran Nair M P as SP, Crime Branch, Kozhikode & Wayanad; Mohammad Nadeemuddin as District Police Chief, Thrissur Royal; Umesh Goyal as District Police Chief, Kannur Rural, Dr Nasim A as District Police Chief, Idukki and C S Shahul Hameed is now SP, Central Unit I, Crime Branch, Thiruvananthapuram.

West Bengal govt promoted 10 IPS officers of the 2011 batch posted on the rank of Superintendent of Police to DIG. Those promoted are –Surya Pratap Yadav (IPS-2011) SP, Birbhum to Jt. CP Traffic, Kolkata, V.S.R. Ananthnag (IPS-2011) DC, South Division, Kolkata to Jt. CP Admin, Joy Tudu (IPS-2011) Sr. Staff Officer, Home Guard to DIG, AP, EFR, Dyutiman Bhattacharya (IPS-2011) DC, South, Barrackpore to DIG, Planning, Debarshi Dutta (IPS-2011), SRP Sealdah to DIG, WBPHIDCL, Prasanta Kumar Choudhury (IPS-2011) DC, East, Kolkata to DIG, Jalpaiguri, Ananda Roy (IPS-2011) CO, EFR, 3^rd Bn, Salua to Jt. CP Chandannagar, Amarnath K. (IPS-2012) SP, Jalpaiguri to DIG, IB, North Bengal, Vaibhav Tiwari (IPS-2012) SP, Purulia to Jt. CP AP Kolkata and Dinesh Kumar (IPS-2012) due for posting to Jt. CP STF, Kolkata.

Thirty-one IPS officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police in West Bengal has been transferred. Those transferred are- Joby Thomas K. SS, IB to SP, CCW, Ms. Pushpa (IPOS-2012) SP, Barsat, PD to SP Purba Bardhman, Saumya Roy (IPS-2012) DCP, Jt CP SB, Kolkata to SS, EB, WB, Pradeep Kumar Yadav (IPS-2013) DC, North Division, Kolkata to DC, STF, Y. Raghuvanshi (IPS-2013), SP Krishnanagar, PD to SP STF, North Bengal, Ms. Ishani Paul (IPS-2013) SP, Diamond Harbour to DC, South West Division, Kolkata, Atul V. (IPS-2013) DC, HQ, Barrackpore to SP, Krishnanagar, Debasish Nandi (IPS-2013) SS, IB, WB to SS, EB, Sayak Das (IPS-2014) SP, Purba Bardhman to DC North Kolkata, Praveen Prakash (IPS-2014) CO, SSF Bn, Barrackpore to DC Central Kolkata, Ms. Sujata Kumari Veenapani (IPS-2014) DC, HQ, Howrah to SP Jalpaiguri.

Ms. J. Mercy (IPS-2012) SS, CID to SP, Barasat, Chandra Sekhar Bardan (IPS-2013) SP, Home Guard to SP Diamond Harbour, Abhisekh Gupta (IPS-2016) DC East Asansol, Durgapur to SP, Dakhin, Dinajpur, Priyabrat Roy (IPS-2014) DC, Traffic to SP, Traffic, Dipak Sarkar (IPS-2014), due for posting to SS, CID, Shiba Prasad Patra (IPS-2014) SS, CID, WB HQ, Siliguri to DCP, Bhangar Division, Rahul De (IPS-2015) DC South West Division (Behla) to DC, South, Kolkata, Khandbahale Umesh Ganpat (IPS-2015) SS, IB, North Bengal to DC, SSD, Kolkata, Yeilwad Shrikant Jagannathrao (IPS-2015) DC Central Division, Kolkata to DC, DD Kolkata, Dr. Arvind Kumar DC, HQ, Asansol, Durgapur to SP, Baruipur.

Subimal Paul (ips-2015) SP, Howrah (Rural) to DC, ESD, Kolkata, Vidit Raj Bhundesh (IPS-2016) DC, DD, Spl, Kolkata to SP Birbhum, Arish Bilal (IPS-2016) SP, STF to SS, CID, Malda, V.G., Satish Pasumarthi (IPS-2016) DC, Traffic, Asansol to SP, Bankura, Soumyadip Bhattacharya (IPS-2017), SP Bankura to SP, STF, Malda, Chinmay Mittal (IPS-2017), SP, Dakshin, Dinajpur to DC RF, Kolkata, Amit Verma (IPS-2017), DC, ESD to SP, Howrah Rural, Kumar Sunny Raj (IPS-2017), SP, Hooghly Rural to SP Purulia, Kalyan Sinha Ray (IPS-2017) DC, DD, Howrah to DC, SB, Asansol, Durgapur, Mrs. Charu Sharma (IPS-2018) DC, SSD, Jadavpur Div, Kolkata to SCP, Siliguri, Indra Badan Jha (IPS-2018)  DC, Central Barrackpore to SRP Siliguri, Shubendra Kumar (IPS-2018) SP, SP Baruipur to DC, Wirelewss, Kolkata, Manish Joshi (IPS-2018) DC, Bhangar to DC, Traffic, Kolkata.

West Bengal govt promoted 24 IPS officers of 2017-2020 batch serving as Additional SPs. lThose promoted are -Jayanta Mukherjee (IPS-2017) Addl SS, IB to SRP, Kharagpur,  Amlan Ghosh (IPS-2018) Dy CO, RAF Bn, Dabgram, Siliguri to Sr Staff Officer, Home Guard, Santosh Kumar Mondal (IPS-2018) Addl SP (HQ), Howrah Rural to CO SAP, 13^th Bn, Rajiv Kumar (IPS-2019) Addl SP Rural, Purba Bardhaman to CO SAP 1^st Bn, Debraj Das (IPS-2019) Addl SP, HQ, Barasat to DC, Bidhannagar, Ms. Polumati Sharanya (IPS-2019) Addl DC, SB, Howrah to  DFCP Barrackpore, Kuntal Banerjee (IPS-2019) Addl SP, Cooch Behar to CO, SAP 4^th Bn, Chandan Ghosh, Addl SP HQ, Sunderban to DC, HQ, Howrah.

Mir Shakir Ali (IPS-2019) Addl SP Telecopmmunications, HQ to CO, SAP 11^th Bn, Parag Ghosh (IPS-2019), Addl SP (Security) to AIG (Special), WBPD, Harekrishna Haldar (IPS-2019) Addl SP, DIB, Diamond Harbour to CO, EFR 2^nd Bn, Kartick Chandra Mondal (IPS-2019) Addl SP, Dakshin Dinajpur to DCP, Barrackpore, Dr. George Allen John (IPS-2020) Addl SP, HQ Purulia to DC, Chandannagar, Siddarth Dhapola (IPS-2020) Addl SP, Ranaghat to DC, 4^th Bn, Kolkata Armed Police, Sambhav Jain (IPS-2020) Addl SP HQ, Krishnanagar to DC, Central Howrah, Nikhil Agrawal (IPS-2020) Addl SP (Operations), Bankura to DC, Traffic, South Kolkata.

Ms. Shailaja Das (IPS-2020)  Addl SP, Hoogly Rural to DC, DD (Spl) Kolkata, Samir Ahmed (IPS-2020) Addl SP, HQ, Raiganj to DCP, Barrackpore, Raspreet Singh (IPS-2020) Addl SP, Operations Purulia to DC, West Zone, Asansol, Surgapur, Rahul Mishra (IPS-2020), Addl SP Birbhum to DC, DD Howrah, Jadhawar Avinash Bhimrao (IPS-2020) Addl SP, Alipurduar to DC, Traffic Asansol, Ms. Sparsha Nilangi (IPS-2020) Addl SS, IB to DC, Cyber, Majid Iqbal Khan (IPS- 2020) Addl SP, HQ, Murshidabad to DC, Traffic, Howrah and Krishna Gopal Meena (IPS-2020) Addl SP, Ranaghat to DC West, Siliguri.

Shivaprasad P R, MD, Karnataka State Tourism Board, is placed in the concurrent charge of the post of Director, Tourism, Bengaluru. He is a 2013 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre. 

Visakhapatnam: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Gajuwaka Zonal Commissioner B R S Seshadri urged citizens to observe a “Dry Day” every Friday to prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria. During awareness programmes, officials educated residents and students on anti-larval measures. The Commissioner also inspected sanitation activities, waste collection, drain desiltation, and cleanliness in commercial establishments, while promoting control of single-use plastics. He appealed for public cooperation in maintaining hygiene and supporting GVMC’s efforts to make Visakhapatnam a cleaner city under Swachh Survekshan 2025-26.  

Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination for one of Madhya Pradesh's three Rajya Sabha seats was rejected on June 9 by the Returning Officer (Madhya Pradesh Assembly Principal Secretary) for alleged non-disclosure of a criminal case in her affidavit, a private complaint from a Telangana Congress worker in Sept 2025; only summons issued, no FIR/charges. Congress cried foul, citing inconsistencies and rushed rejection.
Meenakshi approached the Supreme Court urgently; it heard the plea on June 12 but dismissed it, directing remedy via Election Commission or post-poll election petition in the High Court. Justices noted limited judicial intervention at nomination stage. This cleared the way for BJP's Tarun Chugh, Rajneesh Agrawal, and Mahesh Kewat to win unopposed. Natarajan defended her Form 26 filing (marking "not applicable" for certain disclosures).
Politically, this is a setback for Congress in a BJP stronghold, amplifying perceptions of institutional bias or selective enforcement favoring the ruling party. It fuels opposition narratives of a compromised Election Commission and "vote loot," echoing broader SIR, NEET concerns. For Congress, it highlights organisational and legal vulnerabilities in upper house strategy. While procedural, the optics weaken the party's national positioning amid alliance fractures elsewhere. As of now, it underscores the high stakes and technicalities in India's electoral battles.

Govt of West Bengal in a large-scale reshuffle transferred 27 IPS and West Bengal Police Service officers of the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police. Those transferred are- Vivek Kumar Verma (IPS-2020), Addl SP, Security to Addl SP, Haldia, Purba Mednipur, Arka Banerjee (IPS-2020) Addl SP, HQ, Purba Bardhaman to Addl SP Jaigaon, Alipurduar, Sheikh Mohammad Azim (IPS-2020), Addl SP Zonal, Basirhat to Dy CO, 10^th Bn, Mrs. Debashree Sanyal (WBCS-2009), Addl SP, IB, to Addl SP, SVSPA, Manoranjan Ghosh (WBCS-2009) Addl DC, Bidhannagar to Addl SP Traffic, Paschim Medinipur, Uttam Ghosh (WBCS-2009) Addl SP Rural, Jalpaiguri to Addl SP, HQ, Pashim Mednipur, Laltu Halder (WBCS-2009) Addl SP, Traffic Purba Bardhman to Addl DC, Bidhannagar, Mrs. Ambalika Das (WBCS-2009), Addl SS, IB to Addl SP, Telecom, Syed Mohammad Mamdoodul Hasan (WBCS-2009), Addl SP Jhargram to Dy CO Jungalmahal Bn, Kastuvidipta Acharya (WBCS-2009), Addl SP (Zonal), Sunderban to Addl SP (Ops) Darjeeling, Shoubhanik Mukhopadhyay (WBCS-2009), Addl SP HQ, Jalpaiguri to Addl DCP Siliguri, Soutam Banerjee (WBCS-2009), Addl SP, Paschim Medinipur to Addl SP Rural, Jalpaiguri, Partha Ghosh (WBCS-2009), Addl SP Basirhat to Addl FDC Chandranagar, Indranil Kanjilal (WBCS-2009), Addl SP Darjeeling to Addl DIB, Sunderban, Ms. Nasim, Addl SP Jangipur to Dy CO 7^th Bn SAP.

Kalyan Sarkar (WBCS-2009), Addl SP, Hoogly, Rural to Addl DC Barrackpore, Tanmoy Mukherjee (WBCS-2009), Addl SP Mathabanga, Cooch Behar to Addl SP HQ, Purba Medinipur, Mrs. Ishrat Jahan (WBCS-2010), Addl DC, Chandannagar to Addl SP, DIB Diamond Harbour, Bappaditya Ghosh (WBCS-2010), Addl SP, DIB, Sunderban to Addl DC, Howrah, Ghulam Sarwar (WBCS-2010), Addl SP (Ops) Jhargram to Addl DC Barrackpore,  Subrata Deb(WBCS-2010), Addl SP Traffic Paschim Medinipur to Addl DCP Asansol, Durgapur, Bidyut Tarafdar (WBCS-2010), Addl DC Central Zone, Howrah to Addl SP HQ, Raiganj.

Shyamal Kumar Mandal (WBCS-2010), Addl SP Rural, Howrah to Addl SP, Mathabanga, Cooch Behar, Santanu Choudhury (WBCS-2010), Addl SP, HQ Bongaon to Addl SP Purba Bardhaman, Mitun Kumar Dey (WBCS-2011), Addl SP, Kharagpur to Addl SP, Home Guard, Rahul Pandey (WBCS-2011),  OCW, WBPD (Addl SP rank) to Addl DCP Asansol and Mehtab Alam (WBCS-2011), Addl SP, Haldia, Purba Medinipur to Dy. CO 9^th Bn SAP.

The new state govt in West Bengal promoted 22 police officers to the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police. Those promoted are-Raviraj Awasthi (IPS-2021), SDOP Dalkhola, Islampur to Addl SP, HQ Darjeeling, Ms. Nirja Anish Shah (IPS-2021), SDOP Kurseong, Darjeeling to Addl SP, Rural Howrah, Rickey Agrawal (IPS-2021), SDOP Bolpur, Birbhum to Addl SP Cooch Behar, Jadhav Shubham Pandurang (IPS-2021), SDOP, Uluberia Howra (Rural) to Addl SP Ranaghat, Shashrek Ambardar (IPS-2021), SDOP, Kandi, Murshidabad to Addl SP Bongaon, Shrinivas M.P. (IPS-2021), SDOP Alipurduar to Addl SP, Jalpaiguri, Akolkar Rakesh Mahadev (IPS-2021), SDOP Lalbag, Murshidabad to Addl SP, Bashirhat, G, Aravindh (IPS-2021), ASP (U/T) Krishnanagar to Addl SP, Rural, Purba Bardhman.

Vinod Kumar Meena (IPS-2021), SDOP Mirik to Addl SP, Krishnanagar, Vidyagar Ajinkya Anant (IPS-2021), SDOP, Barasat to Addl SP (Ops) Purulia, Ayush Pandey (IPS-2021), SDOP, Baduria, Bashirhat to Addl SP HQ, Alipurduar, Shantanu Kumar Jha (IPS-2021), Jt Asst Director, IB to Addl SP Hoogly (Rural), Shubham Bajaj (IPS-2021), SDOP Domkal, Murshidabad to Addl SP, HQ, Barasat, Abhisekh Yadav (IPS-2021), SDOP Bongaon to Addl SP, HQ, Murshidabad, Faisal Raza (IPS-2021), SDOP Kaliachak, Malda to Addl SP Jhargram, Dheeraj Thakur (IPS-2021), SDOP, Kharagpur to Addl SP, HQ, Purulia, Gaikwad Nilesh Shrikant (IPS-2021), SDOP, Ghatal to Addl SP, HQ, Birbhum.

Ms. Bushra Bano (IPS-2021), ASP, UT, Hoogly Rural to Addl SP, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, Kannendhra Manoj Kumar (IPS-2022), SDOP Toofaganj, Cooch Behar to Addl SP Jangipur and Deshmukh Roshan Pradeep (IPS-2022), SDOP, Kalna, Purba Bardhman to Addl SP (Zonal), Bashirhat.

The West Bengal govt transferred 10 IPS officers of the 2023 batch under training to the rank of SDPO. Those transferred are -Dr. Saurabh ASP (UT), Birbhum to  SDOP, Ranaghat, Arpit R. Parakh ASP (u/T) Bankura to SDOP, Bolpur, Ms. Anjali Su Ga, ASP (U/T) Barasat to SDOP Vishnupur, Bankura, Mukiri Prince Kamal Teja ASP (U/T) Malda to SDOP Rampurhat, Shaik Habeebullah ASP (U/T), Alipurduar to SDPO Kandi, Hardeep ASP (U/T) Paschim Medinipur SDPO Kujrseong, Ishan Sinha ASP (U/T) Darjeeling to SDPO, Uluberia, Howrah, Kunal Jain ASP (U/T) Purba Bardhman to SDPO Bongaon, Ms. Shubhangi Sudarshan Kekan ASP (U/T) Jalpaiguri to SDPO Barasat and Siddarth Singh Dangi ASP (U/T) Purulia to SDPO Kharagpur.

The Tamil Nadu govt transferred six IAS officers. Those transferred include Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru, (TN:1999) Principal Secretary, PWD to Highways and Minor Ports department.

Dr. R. Selvaraj Secretary (TN:2005), Highways and Minor Ports department to Public Works Department.

Sandeep Nanduri (TN:2009), Special Secretary, Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce to Secretary, Youth Welfare and Sports.

Mrs. Uma Maheshwari (TN:2011), Chairperson, Medical Services Recruitment Board to Director, Handlooms.

M. Pradeep Kumar (TN:2014), former Director, Town and Panchayats to Director, Backward Classes Welfare.

Mrs. R. Alaumeena (TN:2018), Deputy Secretary, Health and Family Welfare to Chairperson, Medical Services Recruitment Board.

Dr. R. Suresh Kumar (TN:2009), Commissioner, Backward Classes Welfare to CEO, Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board.

Mrs. Chitra Vijayan (TN:2019), Regional Deputy Commissioner (North), Greater Chennai Corporation to Deputy Secretary, Greater Chennai Corporation.

Dinesh Pant, MD, LIC, has been appointed Whole-time Member (Actuary), IRDAI, for a period of five years.

Mrs Girija Subramanian, CMD, New India Assurance Company Limited, has been appointed Whole Time Member (Distribution), IRDAI, for a period of five years.

Deepak Sood has been re-appointed as Whole-time Member (Non-Life), IRDAI, for a period of 2 years w e f October 27, 2026.

Rajay Kumar Sinha has been re-appointed as Whole-time Member (Finance & Investment), IRDAI, for a period of 2 years w e f January 24, 2027.

Pranay Verma, presently Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Belgium, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with residence in Brussels. He is a 1994 batch IFS officer.

Niraj Verma, Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, will hold additional charge of Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, from June 13 to 19 during the absence on leave of N B Dhal. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Real estate and commercial outlook stable-to-positive with premiumization in retail and residential and data center growth.

Whispers over steady talent movement toward renewables, fintech, and AI; challenges in deep tech fundraising persist but improving with policy support.

Chandrasekhara Rao Battula has been appointed as Additional Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer, designated as Whole-Time Director and Key Managerial Personnel of STL Networks Limited.

Vimal Bhatnagar has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Oswal Greentech Limited.

Ms. Prerna Singh has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Oswal Greentech Limited.

Babu Ram Somani has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Oswal Greentech Limited.

Manoj Kumar Pahwa has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of Max Heights Infrastructure Limited.

Sanjay Kothari has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Clean Science and Technology Limited due to pre-occupation.

Ms. Rajshree Patel has ceased to be Independent Director of Advanced Enzyme Technologies Limited upon completion of her second consecutive term.

“Delhi Gymkhana Dilemma”

The club reinforces the belief that people enjoying administrative or financial powers, receive preferential treatment over the less fortunately circumstanced.

The government in the L&DO has justifiably invoked Clause 4 of the lease deed, citing that land is urgently required for "defense infrastructure, strategic purposes, and public use”.

The club management approached the Delhi High Court to halt the eviction order.. While the court declined to issue an immediate stay, it provided temporary relief after the government’s No gym,only khana. The club reminds one of an autocracy,where the people enjoying political counsel assured that any eviction procedures would be carried out strictly "in accordance with law". The club has raised concerns regarding the livelihoods of its hundreds of its employees and the “fate” of its members who have paid large deposits

 Government’s right to issue eviction order cannot be questioned,Built in 1913 on public land, the L&DO  is the club’s owner. Sudden eruption of  security concerns after more than a century,is  disturbing. India's elite clubs have suddenly become uncomfortable. It is not about Delhi club alone but about all elite clubs across the country.Questions are being raised both by the government and those who denounce the infamous "club culture" for supporting privileges.

 The club has a chequered history of financial mismanagement and membership manipulations. The members include among others, retired bureaucrats ( largely from IAS,IPS and IRS),retired Armed Forces officers, powerful politicians and diplomats. The audit have pointed out grave financial irregularities. Is the club just a watering hole for the rich and powerful, one wonders?

   A word about national security. A former CIA officer Robert Baer claimed in his memoir recorded decades back that the elite Delhi club played a crucial role in  covert operations to obtain classified information. Is the practice still continuing?

 A K Saxena (Former civil servant)

Serving a copy of documents to the opposite party in a hearing before the CIC

A member of the Delhi Niwas Cooperative Group Housing Society Ltd., Delhi sought information regarding financial irregularities in the Society's accounts. The CIC reminded the Complainant that serving a copy of documents (including Complaint, Second Appeal and Written submissions) to the opposite party is fundamental requirement for due process in legal proceedings and crucial for fairness, transparency, and also in the interest of expeditious response from the concerned Public Authority. It further reinforces the bonafide interest of the Appellant in obtaining the information at the earliest possible. The requirement of advance service is in accordance with the audi alteram partem requirement. It further ensures that the opposite party is aware of the facts of filing of a case in CIC, arguments of the Appellant and reason for discontentment.

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Audi alteram partem is a Latin phrase that means "hear the other side" and refers to the legal principle that no person should be judged or have a decision made against them without a fair hearing. It has been seen that where the applicant had served advance copy of the Second Appeal/Complaint on the opposite party, the Respondent Public Authority tries proactively to resolve the case by either providing clarity on the subject or by providing revised and updated reply to the Appellants before the date of hearing. The result is a faster delivery of information, reducing the time, energy and efforts of the CIC in an early disposal. Thus, it is the interest of the Appellant/Complainant to serve copy of Second Appeal/Complaint on the Respondents.

Citation: Subhash Chander Banga v. Office of the Registrar Cooperative Societies, File No: CIC/REGCS/C/2024/612685; Date of Decision: 25.08.2025
 

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