As many as nine IPS officers of various cadres and batches are retiring in November, 2021. They are: B Srinivasulu of AP cadre; Dinesh Singh Bisht and Dhiraj Kumar of Bihar; Sanjay V Mane of Madhya Pradesh; L Bendang Lemtur of Nagaland; M Akhaya of Odisha; Sanam Dubke Negi of Sikkim; N Shiva Shankar Reddy of Telangana and Anil Kumar Rai of UP cadre.

Informed sources said that Sanjay Kumar Agrawal is going to be new Member of the CBEC in December. He is a  1988 batch IRS (C&CE) officer. One post of Member will fall vacant soon after the superannuation of the Chairman.

All the 1988 and 1989 batch IAS officers empanelled recently during the review are being promoted to the rank of Special Secretary in a week or two.

Orders of the appointment of Sanjeev Kaushal as Chief Secretary of Haryana are likely to be issued on Tuesday. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is reported not to have any selection schedules this week.

The deputation tenure of M S Bhatia as Inspector General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been extended for a period of two years beyond December 13, 2021. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

The central deputation tenure of Ashish Kumar as Director, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation has been extended for a period of two years beyond January 3, 2022. He is a 1998 batch IDSE officer.

 Three IRAS officers of 2000 batch have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in the Government of India. The officers are: Abhilasha Jha Mishra, Manoj Kumar Jain and Bhaskar Choradia.

Three IRSE officers of 1997 batch have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in the Government of India. The officers are: Vijendra Singh, Ajai Varshney and Sanjay Banerjee.

Sanjeev Kumar Chadha, whose tenure as Managing Director, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) ended, is expected to get extension. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Odisha cadre.

 Four new Judges from the judiciary are likely to be appointed Judges in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in December.

 In an unusual action, the Allahabad HC has retired 10 judicial officials compulsory on various alleged corruption charges. They were DJs, CJMs and Addl DJs. This decision was taken by the full court of the Lucknow bench of the HC.

 Bivas Chaudhuri has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is an officer of Indian Statistical Service.

 M K Gupta has relinquished the charge as Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) after the completion of tenure.

 G Shanmuganathan has been promoted to the grade of Additional Development Commissioner (Senior Administrative Grade of Indian Enterprise Development Service) in the office of Development Commissioner.

 D Chandra Sekhar has been promoted to the grade of Additional Development Commissioner (Senior Administrative Grade of Indian Enterprise Development Service) in the office of Development Commissioner.

Devendra Kumar has been promoted to the grade of Additional Chief Adviser (Cost) in Indian Cost Accounts (ICoAS).

Vinod Kumar Jindal has been promoted to the grade of Additional Chief Adviser (Cost) in Indian Cost Accounts (ICoAS).

 As many as 21 officers of Junior Time Scale Grade of IIS Group A have been confirmed in Indian Information Service (IIS). The officers are: Bhoraniya Chirag Hareshkumar, Abhishek Mishra, Abhinav Saxena, Jadhav Tushar Pralhad, Viks Narain, Prayas Kaushik, Prateek Jain, Kshitij Aggarwal, Ms Ayushi Puri, Ms Sangeeta Joshi, Deepak Kumar, Ms Isha Garg, Ms Godbole Sangeeta, Dev Karan Singh, Harshit Narang, Shahid T Komath, Ms Pragya Deora, Navin Sreejith, P Pawan, Ms Manupriya and Ajeet Singh Meena.

 The Ministry of Heavy Industries, New Delhi, has invited applications by January 22, 2022 for the post of Director (Finance), HMT Limited, Bengaluru, to be filled on deputation basis.

 Women participation have not increased in the election process but their representation has also increased substantially. According to information, in the first general election only 28 women were elected whereas in 2019 Lok Sabha elections 78 women were elected.

Adarsh Khare, former Chief Mechanical Engineer (Planning), North Eastern Railway (NER), has been selected for deputation to RITES Limited for a period of five years with effect from September 25, 2019. He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer. 

Raju P Bhadke, who is returning from deputation to Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (MRIDC), has been posted on Western Railway (WR) in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer. 

Amit Gupta, who is returning from deputation to RITES, has been posted on Western Railway (WR) in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Ms Reema Prakash, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been given premature repatriation to her parent cadre on personal grounds. She is a 1991 batch IA&AS officer.

Admiral R Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC assumed command of the Indian Navy as 25^th Chief of the Naval Staff. He succeeds Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC who retires upon superannuation, after an illustrious career, spanning over forty one years, in the Indian Navy.

Subrat Mohapatra, presently working as Deputy Director General of Forests, Integrated Regional Office (IRO), Bhopal is allowed to be prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre i.e. Tamil Nadu cadre. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer.

Five Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) of CSS have been transferred and given new postings. R Mathi Arasan, Mulari Dharan P, R Saravana Kartheesan and Jamachakram Santosh Kumar were transferred to Staff Selection Commission (SR), Chennai, while Parveen Kumar was shifted to Ministry of Labour & Employment (DGLB, Shimla).

Ashok Travels and Tours (ATT), the Travel division of India Tourism Development Corporation, New Delhi (ITDC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Under the MoU, ATT will provide online travel solution for booking air tickets and travel-related services to CRPF executives during official journeys. The MoU was signed between Rajiv Anand, General Manager (ATT) and M S Bhatia, IG (Admin), CRPF in the presence of S D Paul, VP(F&A),ITDC and senior officials from both organizations. Sharing details about the MOU, Rajiv Anand, General Manager (ATT), said, “As travel restrictions are lifted across the country, the tourism and hospitality industry is looking towards a strong comeback. With our expertise in the segment and being one of the largest travel and tour operators in India, we are honored that CRPF has given us an opportunity to provide an essential service to them.” Ashok Travels & Tours (ATT), with experience of being in the travel industry for over 40 years, is one of the largest travel and tour operators in India. ATT is also IATA approved and is a member of both National and International Travel & Tourism Organizations like TAAI, IATO and PATA.

Amit Sharma has been inducted as Joint Deputy Director at SP level into Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 2010 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago has taken over as 34^th Commandant of National Defence College (NDC), New Delhi from Air Marshal D Choudhurywho superannuates on November 30, 2021. Mago is an alumnus of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He was commissioned into the elite 7thBattalion Brigade of the GUARDS on December 15, 1984 and later commanded 16 GUARDS.

Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM has taken over the charge as the Flag Officer Commanding–in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Western Naval Command (WNC). Prior to taking over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the WNC, Vice Admiral AB Singh served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command.

As many as 16 IAS officers in Haryana have been shifted and given new responsibilities or handed over additional charges. Accordingly, Devender Singh, ACS, Irrigation & Water Resources, has been given additional charge of ACS, Haryana, Town & Country Planning and Urban Estates and relieved of the charge of ACS, Public Health Engineering Department, while Siddhi Nath Roy, ACS, Forests & Wildlife and ACS, Environment and Climate Change was assigned additional charges of ACS, Power Department and ACS, New & Renewable Energy and relieved of the charge of Medical Education & Research and T V S N Prasad, ACS, Finance & Planning and Chief Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi, gets an additional charge of ACS, Cooperation Department. Similarly, Anurag Gupta will be posted as ACS, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs; Anurag Rastogi, ACS, Excise and Taxation, gets an additional charge of ACS, PW (B&R) and Architecture while he was relieved of the charge of ACS, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs; G Anupama, Chief Administrator, Trade Fair Authority of Haryana, New Delhi and PS, Women & Child Development, gets the additional charge of PS, Medical Education & Research while she was relieved of charge of Nodal Officer, International Gita Mahotsav 2020; Apoorva Kumar Singh, PS, Sports & Youth Affairs, gets an additional charge of PS, Public Health Engineering and relieved of the charge of PS, Town & Country Planning and Urban Estates; Vikas Gupta has been posted as MD, State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation with additional charges of MD, Haryana Financial Corporation, CEO, Authority for Citizen Resources Information Depository and Advisor and Secretary, Civil Aviation; Vijay Singh Dahiya, Director General, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs gets an additional charge of CEO, Ayushman Bharat Haryana Health Protection Authority; Amneet P Kumar, MD, Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation, gets an additional charge of DG, MSME and relieved of the charge of CEO, Ayushman Bharat Haryana Health Protection Authority; T L Satyaprakash, Secretary, Power Department was assigned additional charge of Labour Commissioner and Secretary, Labour; Sangeeta Tetarwal takes charge as Administrator (HQ), HSVP, Panchkula; Mohd. Imran Raza as Administrator, HSVP, Rohtak and Additional Director, Urban Estate, Rohtak; Jitender Kumar-I as Administrator, HSVP, Faridabad and Additional Director, Urban Estate, Faridabad and Monika Gupta is now CEO, Faridabad City Transport Services Ltd.

Ashok Barnwal, PS, Forest Department, has been assigned an additional charge of PS, Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department and Denotified Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribe Welfare Department, while Gopal Chandra Dad, Additional Secretary, PWD, gets the additional charge of OSD-cum-Commissioner, Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department and Director, Denotified Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribe Welfare Department in Madhya Pradesh.

Alok Tandon, Secretary Mines, has been assigned an additional charge of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas till the appointment of a regular incumbent. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Suresh Chandra Gupta has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of Vijay Solvex Limited with effect from November 28, 2021, due to personal reasons.

Raj Kumar Aggarwal has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Bhoruka Aluminium Limited.

Ms. Sunita Chandra has been appointed as Non-Official Independent Director on the Board of Hemisphere Properties India Limited.

Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited.

Paresh V Chothani has been appointed as Additional Director of Surat Textile Mills Limited.

Debate(1)

Yes, bachelors CMs are hardworking sincere politicians. They are available 24 hours for public service

P Singh

DEBATE(2)

 They are full time politicians far away from greed with no vested interest.

 Rajiv

Three batches of officers awaiting induction

Three batches of officers are awaiting induction into IAAS since 2019 but not yet matured.

Sudhakar

Ground for getting employment

Daughter of Late Lakshmi Kanta Bhakta and Sumati Rani Bhakta sought to know on what ground her mother got employment in the life time of her father. The applicant submitted that her father was mentally not well and therefore her mother was given employment and there is a dispute regarding landed property among the legal heirs. Therefore, she is entitled to receive the information.  The information with regard to appointment of Smt. Sumati Rani Bhakta was denied u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The CIC held that the appellant failed to demonstrate any larger public interest, the reply of the CPIO is accepted and no further action is called for.

Comments

It is not uncommon to see RTI applications being filed to settle scores in cases of personal animosity. However, irrespective of the purpose, personal information cannot be provided unless there is a larger public interest..

Citation: Shikha Paul v. Metal & Steel Factory in File no.: - CIC/DODFP/A/2020/113465, Date of Decision: 03/11/2021

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