Empanelment of 1994 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India will take place only after the empanelment of this  batch of IAS officers to the rank of Secretary.

Currently there are two vacancies of Member in the CBDT. Two members of the CBDT 1985 batch IRS(IT) Anuja Sarangi and 1986 batch IRS (IT)  have retired.

A major IAS and IPS reshuffle is going to take place in Haryana next month. An exercise in the CMs office is already going on.

The DoPT has further extended the timelines of recording of APARs in case of Reporting Authority only. Accordingly, Reporting Officers have been asked to submit reports to Reviewing Officers by November 15.

Ashok Chandra has been appointed MD & CEO, Punjab National Bank (PNB). The Financial Services Institutions Bureau interfaced with 16 candidates and recommended Chandra for the position.

Ladakh UT Administration has appointed a high-level Panel headed by Pramod Kr Jain IAS retired to guide UT Administration in operationalising 5 (five) new districts being established in Ladakh, in addition to the existing two viz, Leh and Kargil.

The central deputation tenure of Abhishek Singh working as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology for a period upto June 20, 2026. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Inter Cadre transfer of Mahadik Akshay Sanjay, from Assam Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre has been approved on the grounds of his marriage with IFoS officer Ms Chandni Singh. He is a 2022 batch IPS officer.

Inter Cadre transfer of Lakshay Sharma from Manipur cadre to Chhattisgarh has been approved on the grounds of his marriage with IAS Ms Suruchi Singh. He is a 2016 batch IPS officer.

Harsh Kumar Jain, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Federated States of Micronesia, with residence in Manila. He is a 1993 batch IFS officer.

K R Jyothilal, ACS, GAD, will hold full additional charge (FAC) of Transport (Aviation) Department, while Biju Prabhakar, CMD, Kerala State Electricity Board gets FAC of Sainik Welfare Department and Mrs Sheeba George, Additional Secretary, Revenue was assigned FAC of Director, Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra. Besides, A Kowsigan, Commissioner for Land Revenue, was relieved of the additional charge of Director, Animal Husbandry. 

Hasmukh Patel has been appointed as Chairman, Gujarat Public Service Commission, Gandhinagar. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Govind Kumar Garg has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 2009 batch IRS-C&IT officer.

Ms Kriti Garg has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). She is a 2013 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Deepak Virmani has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Director General (DG) ,Central Publics Department (CPWD), Rajesh Kumar Kaushal will attain superannuation on October 31, 2024.

P Mahesh, a non-government official, has been appointed as First Personal Assistant in the Personal Secretariat of Minister of State for Railways V Somanna in the Ministry of Railways, effective July 15, 2024, on a co-terminus basis for a period up to December 3,

Desai Vishal Bapusahed who was Director, Audit in London, has been transferred and posted as Dy AG, accounts & VLC in AG, Rajasthan in Jaipur. A 2010 batch IA&AS officer was transferred to London a few weeks before. Now his transfer from a foreign posting within two months has raised eyebrows,

Four Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officers have been promoted and given new postings. These officers and their new postings are M Srinivas (PCDA-Navy, Mumbai); Harsh Vaidya (PCDA, Bangalore); and Sandeep Sarkar (PCDA (P), Prayagraj and Sr Joint CGDA, SPARSH at CGDA Hqs Delhi Cantt). These officers are of 1995 IDAS batch. Similarly, Sham Dev of 1993 batch has been transferred to PCDA (Army), Chandigarh.

Manoj H P has been allocated Tamil Nadu cadre of the Indian Forest Service (IFoS) on the basis of result of IFoS Examination, 2022 (Batch-2023).

Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Senior Accounts Officer, is posted in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Delhi.

The DoT has accepted the technical resignation of Sandeep Kumar w e f October 28, 2024. He was posted as JTO in the DoT HQ.

As many as 29 DANICS/Adhoc DANICS officers have been posted to different places in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Gurav Nilesh Nishikant has been appointed as Joint Secretary to LG Secretariat, while Vaibhav Rikhari was shifted to ADM North East Revenue department and Mohit Mishra is now Director, NDMC. Similarly, Ankit Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as ADM East Revenue; Ranjeet Kumar Singh to ADM Shahdara, Revenue; Rahul Saini as ADM South; Kamlesh Kumar as Assistant Commissioner, MCD; Harminder Singh as ADM, North West; Ankur Meshram as ADM North; Prateek Raj Yadav as SDM Vasant Vihar; Deepak Pundir as SDM, Punjabi Bagh; ITI Agarwal as SDM, Rajouri Garden; Asha Chaudhary Malhotra as Additional Secretary, Services department; Harshit Saini as SDM Dwarka; Himanshu Yadav as SDM, Saraswati Vihar;  Shiv Singh Meena as SDM, Delhi cantt; Anuj Kumar Bharti as SDM, Kalkaji; Abhishek Bhukal as Assistant Commissioner, MCD; Rita Kaushik in the office of CEO, Delhi; Swadesh Chandra Vashishtha as SDM, North East; Joseph Baxla as SDM, North West; Praveen Singh Dhama as SDM, East HQ; Mangal Sain as SDM HQ Shahdara; Rajat Mehrotra as SDM North; Ramesh Kumar as SDM Civil Lines; Devender Singh Tomar Adhoc DANICS as SDM, Vivek Vihar; Pankaj Roy Gupta Adhoc DANICS as SDM, Yamuna Vihar; Jitender Adhoc DANICS as SDM Gandhinagar and Tapan Kumar Jha Adchok DANICS was made SDM, Shahdara.

The CBIC has transferred Brij Bhushan Gupta from DGDI to DGRI at its Delhi HQ as Principal Commissioner. He is an IRS(C&IT) officer.

National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency  (NRIDA) has advertised for the post of Assistant Director (Finance andAdministration). Applications for the same must reach on or before December 8, 2024.

Shital Kumar has been taken on the strength of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Headquarters with effect from October 1, 2024. He is a TES Grade B officer.

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has invited applications from retired Government officials for the post of Deputy Secretary/ Director. Applications must reach on or before November 14, 2024.

As many as 13 candidates have been shortlisted for 8 posts of Scientist ‘B’ (Civil Engineering) in Central Soil and Materials Research Station, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti. Interview dates will be announced shortly.

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has invited applications for Arjuna Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar(RKPP) -2024. Applications for both must reach on or before November 14, 2024.

Mahabal Prasad, who is presently posted in South East Central Railway (SECR), has been posted as Chief Track Engineer (CTE) in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Lal Pratap Singh, who is presently posted in West Central Railway (WCR), has been posted as Chief Bridge Engineer (CBE) in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Vitthal Kumar Jajoo has been appointed as Managing Director of Geetanjali Credit and Capital Limited.

Balaje Rajan has been appointed as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Tata Technologies Limited.

Rajan Bharti Mittal has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive) of Bharti Airtel Limited.

Rakesh Bharti Mittal has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive) of Bharti Hexacom Limited.

Kartik Bharat Ram has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Kalyani Steels Limited.

Raju S. Tolani has been appointed as Additional Independent Director of Kalyani Steels Limited.

Ms. Bindiya Shyam Agrawal has been appointed as an Additional Director of Orient Bell Limited.

Vishal Gupta has been appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Poly Medicure Limited.

Ms. Vanita Uppal has been re-appointed as an Independent Director of Firstsource Solutions Limited, effective May 5, 2025.

Utsav Parekh has been re-appointed as an Independent Director of Firstsource Solutions Limited, effective November 2, 2025.

Rohitt Mutthoo has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Nominee) of Sapphire Foods India Limited.

Mrs. Jigisha Dharmesh Chorawala has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Director of Anand Rayons Limited.

Ms. Rajni Jha has been appointed as Additional Independent Director of IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Paresh Sukhadiya has resigned as Executive Director and CFO of Bisil Plast Limited.

Ms. Aruna Soman has resigned from the position of Independent Director of Sunshield Chemicals Limited.

Extension of  retired bureaucrats is point of worry

Many top level bureaucrats get extensions again and again as if nobody cannot be equal to them in performance. All these bureaucrats performed as per the whims and fancies of the ruling governments. During the BRS regime nearly 15 retired bureaucrats got extensions again and again with fancy designations getting perks equivalent to ministers. This should be stopped and many young efficient persons in the respective fields are available. In Telangana , the new elected Government came to know that almost every body's top persons' phones were tapped ,even including judges. All these fallacies are due to unreasonable extensions of retired bureaucrats.

RAJOLU RAMAM

Explaining the meaning of the term “Relevant Trades”

The Appellant contended that in recruitment for WCS post, the selection criteria followed by Rajasthan and other states are controversial in nature since every CITS course has its own importance, yet instead of following uniform selection process, some states are making rules according to their choice which creates confusion. To clarify this controversy, he sought the eligibility criteria for CTS trades, which has not been clarified in the reply by the Directorate General of Training. As the word “relevant trades” used in the eligibility criteria is not explained in clear words, the Appellant prayed to the CIC to direct the Respondent to give clear cut clarification regarding the term used “Relevant Trades” in the eligibility criteria. The CIC observed that the requisite information should have been disclosed upfront or atleast through FAQs with the concerned piece of information. An Advisory under Section 25(5) of the RTI Act was issued to the Respondent Public Authority to firstly, disclose the meaning of “Relevant Trade” upfront on their website and secondly, to create a FAQ section on their website and also keep it updated so as to make it easy for a layperson to get frequently sought information and relevant orders/circulars.

Comments

Proactive disclosure by the public authority relieves the burden of RTI Applications, which are filed merely seeking clarifications and not any specific record. It is also in tune with the requirements of Section 4 of the RTI Act.

Citation: Vidya Sagar Prajapat v. Directorate General of Training, File No: CIC/DGTRG/A/2023/623500; Date of Decision : 31.07.2024

Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Visakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books, RTI Right to Information - Law and Practice and PIO’s Guide to RTI. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and Third party audit. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link www.rtifoundationofindia.com

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