Secretary, DoPT, Deepak Khandekar is superannuating by August end. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

The central deputation tenure of R K Gupta working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment has been extended for a period of three months beyond July 31, 2021. He is a CSS officer.

The central deputation tenure of Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been extended for a period of three months beyond August 3, 2021. He is a 1992 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

B V Gopinath, PrCCIT, Kerala, Kochi, has been assigned the charge of PrCCIT, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Chennai, with effect from August 1, 2021.

Ms Subashree Anantkrishnan has been appointed as Principal CCIT, Mumbai.  She is an IRS-IT officer.

The deputation tenure of Sarthak Saxena, has been extended for a period of nine months till May 23, 2022. He is presently posted as OSD to CEO, GST Council Network. He is a 2012 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.

Sanjiw Kumar Mishra will join as Dy Commissioner, East Delhi municipal Corporation (EDMC) as Dy Commissioner. He is a 2005 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.

B N Reddy, JS, International Coordination in the ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas is likely to be repatriated to his parent cadre. He is an IFS officer.

Pramod Verma has been appointed as IG, Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). He is a 2001 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences till the appointment of a regular incumbent.

 In India, presently 384 private FM radio stations were operational till July 16 this year. According to information, the maximum number of FM radios were in Maharashtra.

 Rajiv Gupta, Director, Project, TCIL is retiring this month after attaining the age of  superannuation.

Two senior ITS officers- Bharat Kumar Jog, DG (Telecom) and Member (Services) and Tushar Kanti Paul, Member(T) also retiring this month. Both are ITS officers.

The Ministry of Law & Justice seeks to appoint Additional Director (Official Language) at the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, by deputation.  

The last date of receipt of application for filling up the posts of Senior Research Officers in TRAI HQ, New Delhi, at Level-11 of the Pay Matrix, on deputation on foreign service terms has been extended up to August 17, 2021.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has invited applications for Knowledge-based Co-Creation Programme on ‘Evidence-based Public Health Planning’ to be held online from November 8 to December 17, 2021 under the Technical Cooperation Programme of the Government of Japan and the applying organizations can nominate officials by August 27.   

The Online Level B Training Programme at ISTM for Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) of CSS for promotion to Section Officer Grade will be held from August 16 to September 17.

As many as 10 officers of State Police Service of Haryana have been promoted to IPS and awarded Haryana cadre. The officers promoted for the Select List of 2017 are: Deepak Saharan, Kamal Deep Goyal, Vijav Partap, Surinder Singh, Bhupinder Singh, Sumit Kumar, Rajesh Kalia and Rai Kumar. Besides, Vinod Kumar has been promoted for the Select List of 2018 and Rajeev Deswal for the Select List of 2019.

Santosh Kumar, Production Engineer,  Carriage Repair Workshop (CRW), Harnaut, East Central Railway (ECR) has been selected for deputation to Patna Metro Rail Corporation Limited (PMRCL) for the post of Deputy General Manager (Safety) for a period of three years. He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Radhey Raman, Additional Member (Traction), Railway Board, has been assigned additional duties of the post of Additional Member (Railway Electrification), Railway Board, for a period of three months.

Arun Arora – who is presently working as Additional Member (E&HM), Railway Board – has been appointed as General Manager, Eastern Railway (ER). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

AK Agarwal – who is presently working as Principal Chief Administrative Officer (PCAO), Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops (COFMOW) – has been appointed as General Manager, Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai. He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Sanjiv Bhutani – who is presently working as Principal Chief Electrical Engineer (PCEE), Western Railway (WR) – has been appointed as Director General, Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO). He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Pramod Kumar – who is presently working as Additional General Manager (AGM), South East Central Railway (SECR) – has been appointed as General Manager (GM), North Central Railway (NCR). He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Sanjeev Kishore – who is presently working as Additional Member (PU), Railway Board – has been appointed as General Manager (GM), South Western Railway (SWR). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

A Sharma – who is presently working as Additional General Manager (AGM), South Eastern Railway (SER) – has been appointed as General Manager (GM), East Central Railway (ECR). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Alok Kumar – who is presently working as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Raebareli – has been appointed as General Manager (GM), South East Central Railway (SECR). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Anil K Lahoti – who is presently working as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Construction, Northern Railway (NR) – has been appointed as General Manager (GM), Central Railway (CR). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Ms. Archana Joshi – who is presently working as Additional Member (T&C), Railway Board – has been appointed as General Manager (GM), South Eastern Railway (SER). She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Vidya Bhushan, General Manager, East Coast Railway (ECoR), has been given extension on his additional charge of the post of General Manager, South Eastern Railway (SER) for a period of three months beyond July 31, 2021.

Five senior IAS officers have been handed over new responsibilities in Rajasthan. Pawan Kumar Goyal has been appointed as ACS, School Education and Language and Library Department and Panchayati Raj Department, while Rajeshwar Singh was made Chairman, Revenue Board, Ajmer and Dr V Venkateswara takes charge as DG, Harishchandra Mathur Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration and ex-officio ACS, Training. Besides, Aparna Arora will be posted as PS, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Sandeep Verma as CMD, State Road Transport Corporation.

Romil Baaniya has been appointed new SO to the new Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana. Baaniya is 2007 batch IPS officer. So far Danip officer used to be SO to the Delhi CP.

Rassal Dwivedi  has been appointed new PS to Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri. Dwivedi is 2011 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Girish Kumar, DIG, CRPF, has been appointed as Private Secretary to Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Culture.

Dr Ajay Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary to Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Education. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Sachin Shinde has been appointed as Private Secretary to Kiren Rijiju, Minister for Law and Justice. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mukesh Kumar Bansal has been appointed as Private Secretary to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh.

Raj Kumar Digvijay has been appointed as Private Secretary to Giriraj Singh, Minister for Rural Development. He is a 2004 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Rakesh Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Private Secretary to Parshottam Rupala, Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. He is a 2001 batch IRPF officer.

Shukracharya K Jhadav has been appointed as Private Secretary to Raosahaeb Patil Danve, Minister of State for Railways. He is a 2005 batch IRS-IT officer.

Virendra Mittal has been appointed as Private Secretary to Rameshwar Teli, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Agam Mittal has been appointed as Assistant Private Secretary to Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs. He is a CSS officer.

Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, AVSM, NM, has assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff from Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC.

Ms Puja Jindal has been appointed as CIT(OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, NaFAC, Delhi Region, while  Saurabh Goyal was posted as DCIT(OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi Region and Sushil Kumar is CIT(OSD) in the office of Pr.CCIT, NER, Guwahati. Besides, Ms Divya Vashishta has been appointed as DCIT(OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi Region.

S Rajesh, CCF, has been posted to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a 2000 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Two IFS probationers of the 2019 batch: Ankit Kumar and Harshraj Dinakar Wathore have been posted to Arunachal Pradesh.

Dr V S Senthil Kumar has been appointed as Lecturer, Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Coimbatore on deputation. He is a 2005 batch IFS officer of J&K cadre.

Hrishikesh A Mafatlal has been re-appointed as Director and Executive Chairman of Mafatlal Industries Limited.

Priyavrata H Mafatlal has been re-appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mafatlal Industries Limited with effect from November 1, 2021.

Amresh Narayan has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Morarjee Textiles Limited with effect from August 4, 2021. Besides, RK Rewari has resigned from the position of Managing Director effective from August 31, 2021.

Kotha Rajesh Guptha has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of Bodhtree Consulting Limited. Besides, LN Ramakrishna has stepped down as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company due to personal reasons.

Arun Kumar Sethia has been re-appointed as Whole-time Director of Balurghat Technologies Limited with effect from October 29, 2021.

Pawan Kumar Sethia has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Balurghat Technologies Limited with effect from February 22, 2022.

Lee Anthony Polisano has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Macrotech Developers Limited.

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Anil Wadhwa, Mrs. Shivani Wazir Pasrich and Ms. Kanika Agnihotri have been appointed as Additional Directors (Independent) of Jindal Steel & Power Limited.

A K Ravi Nedungadi has ceased to be Non-Executive Director of United Breweries Limited on completion of his tenure.

Basab Padhan has been re-appointed as Independent Director and Chairperson on the Board of Coforge Limited. Besides, Kenneth Tuck Kuen Cheong and Patrick John Cordes have been re-appointed as Non-Executive Directors.

Sudhir Mehta has been designated as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Shraddha Prime Projects Limited. He will succeed  Omprakash Bansal, who steps down on August 7, 2021.

Dhruv Mehta has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shraddha Prime Projects Limited with effect from August 7, 2021.

Rohit Agrawal, Surendra Shah, and Ms. Shivangi Datta have been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Directors of Shraddha Prime Projects Limited with effect from August 7, 2021. Meanwhile, Rajesh Mehta has been appointed as Additional Director (Whole-Time) and Vishal Salecha has been designated as Whole-Time Director of the company. Besides, SJ Bansal has resigned as Whole-Time Director, Mrs. Sushila Bansal as Director, Heeralal Barot as Director, Ajay Kumar Pithi as Director, and  Mrs. Alka Agarwal as Director of the company with effect from August 7, 2021.

Milind Barve has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of Marico Limited with effect from August 2, 2021. Meanwhile,  KBS Anand and Sanjay Dube have stepped down as Independent Directors of the company.

Jog was also from outside UT

S S Jog, IPS also headed the Delhi Police as Commissioner.

Inderjeet Singh

Timelines for recording of APAR

APAR already sent by HRMS but not initiated by dealing clerk.

 Mini Ravindran

Watch English

 It cannot be--a biggest surprise. Should be--the biggest surprise. Watch your English!

Lov

Affidavit submitted for grant of maintenance allowance

Information regarding a copy of the affidavit submitted by appellant’s wife Mrs Bhavya Sharma to the sanctioning authority for grant of maintenance allowance was denied u/s 8(1)(e) & 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The appellant contended that the exemption claimed by the PIO is not proper as he was seeking information about his wife so as to know if the contents of the affidavit filed by her for grant of maintenance allowance are correct or not. The CIC held that even if there is a husband- wife relationship between the appellant and the third person regarding whom he is seeking the information but under the RTI Act, a husband is considered as a third party to his wife and the same applies vice-versa. Unless and until there is an involvement of larger public interest in disclosure of the information, no relief can be given in such cases.

Comments

Section 2 (n) of the RTI Act defines ‘third party’ as a person other than the citizen making a request for information and includes a public authority. The definition of a third party is vast and everyone other than the applicant is covered under it. A relationship does not entitle an individual to overlook the privacy of the third party.

Citation: Manish Kumar v. Headquarters Northern Command in File no.: - CIC/IARMY/A/2019/138225, Date of Decision: 02/06/2021

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

Editor-in-Chief
mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

Chief Executive Officer (Magazine)
mehrotra.sapna@gmail.com

Sanjay Sharma
Editor 
whisperseditor@gmail.com
(Cell): +91-9425022692

Sunil Salve
News Editor
sswhispers18@gmail.com
(Cell) : +91-9893512559

Abul Hasan 
Vice President (Business Development)
whispersinthecorridors.com@gmail.com
(Cell) +91-9981597666

whispersinthecorridors.com
A Unit of Arushi News Network
Corporate Office: E-19, 45 Bungalows T.T Nagar, 
Bhopal (M.P) India.
Phone & Tele Fax: +91-755-4221719

Dear surfers looking to an increased demand for latest news on your favourite website i.e. (https://www.whispersinthecorridors.com) we are nowadays updating it as and when the developments take place. Keep reading & wish you a happy browsing.

Share your information with suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com & mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com.