IAS Kaushlendra Vikram Singh is a 2010 Batch Officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre and is currently posted as District Collector of Bhopal, the capital of the state. Known for his progressive vision and efficient governance, he was previously honoured with Prime Minister's Excellence Award for successful implementation of  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) in Neemuch.

His ambitious dream is to make Bhopal the first slum-free capital of India“If this happens, we will make history. And hopefully, it will, because before anything takes shape on the ground, it first takes shape in thought and vision”he said.

Recognising the significant number of people living in slums and the challenges they face, he pointed out“Nearly 20% of Bhopal’s population lives in slums so we started working on this four to five months ago.”

Given the depth of the project and the intricacies involved, the initiative is still in its conceptual phase due to the complexity of relocating families,ensuring proper rehabilitation, and addressing various logistical challenges.“It’s a massive task,” he admitted.

The first phase of the project is set to roll out in the next two- three months.Surveys have been completed and other projects like plans for relocation are in place and vacant land has been identified“Both the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary are closely monitoring the progress” he added. 

With the hope that this project will be remembered in history, he acknowledged the long road ahead.“While I may begin the work, it will be multiple collectors who will see it through. Once the process starts, it reaches its conclusion what matters is taking the first step,”he said.

Outgoing DGP Ashok Juneja is likely to be appointed new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Chhattisgarh. He is a former 1989 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

A journalist from Nagpur Rahul Pandey is likely to be appointed new Chief Information Commissioner Maharashtra .He is presently Information Commissioner.

P K Upadhayay, GM, looking after an additional charge of Executive Director, BHEL Bhopal Unit, is expected to be appointed a full-fledged Executive Director of the Unit.

Pawan Yadav has been appointed as Private Secretary to Amith Shah, Minister of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

The central deputation tenure of Jaideep Kumar Mishra working as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, has been extended for a period of three months beyond April 1, 2025. He is a 1993 batch ICAS officer.

Ms Neha Garg, Director in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre in order to avail the benefit of promotion. She is a 2007 batch IRS-C&IT officer.

Pranav Tayal has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power. He is a 2011 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Kartik  Agrawal has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power. He is a 2016 batch ICoAS officer.

Vishal M. Sanap will join th eNarcotics Control Bureau(NCB) as Dy Director General, on deputation basis for the period of five years. He is a 2005 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.

The office of Pr. Commissioner of Customs, CSM International Airport, Mumbai, has issued guidelines regarding the facilitation for customs clearance of the guests of various agencies. As per the guidelines, no officer will entertain any request for facilitation of clearance of international passengers directly from any outside office/agency. All such requests will be marked to the Supdt. Admin (Coordination) who will obtain the approval from the Commissioner/ Additional Commissioner (Admin.). Scanning of baggage will be done as per the prevailing practice.

 Ms Nazhat  J  Shaikh is proving her mettle in the preponderance of male dominated management. She is one of the 27 women Board members out of 700 Board Members in Public Sector Undertakings (PSU).Ms Shaikh was appointed as Director (Finance) Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited with effect from December 1, 2021. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Mumbai University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She is a certified SAP FI Consultant. She started her career with RCF in the year 1989 as Accounts Officer. She was selected as Director (Finance) in National Film Development Corporation, a CPSE under the administrative Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and joined on November 24, 2015, after taking lien from Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. She re-joined RCF as Executive Director Finance on August 1, 2019. She was entrusted with various responsibilities relating to Finance in Trombay, Fertilizer Marketing & Corporate during her service period in RCF. She was also given charge of IT responsibilities during the crucial period of SAP ERP implementation/upgrade. She has been a member of Women’s Cell and Complaints Committee for prevention of Sexual Harassment and during the tenure also served as Chairperson of the Committee briefly. She was facilitator for conduct of Gender audit in RCF. On rejoining as ED(Finance), she was responsible for the entire finance, accounting, taxation and related reporting and compliances, treasury function and financial concurrence of all proposals. She has a rich experience of more than 29 years in the fertilizer industry. At NFDC, she was holding additional charge of the responsibilities of Managing Director of NFDC for a brief period. Being one of the two Functional Directors, she got an exposure to the non-finance areas including media & production business, film festivals and promotion in addition to HR, legal & administrative functions. She was awarded Best Woman Employee Award in Executive Category (3rd place) instituted by Forum of Woman in Public Sector (under the aegis of SCOPE) in February 2014 and the CFO100 Next Award 2013 instituted by the CFO institute.

Two IPS officers have been given new responsibilities in Punjab. Surinder Pal Singh Parmar has been appointed as Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau Punjab, while G Nageswara Rao is posted as ADGP, Provisioning Punjab, Chandigarh relieving S S Srivastava of the additional charge.

Seven IPS officers have been shifted in Jharkhand. Anil Palta has been appointed as DG, Rail, Ranchi, while M S Bhatia takes over as DG-cum-Commandant General, Home Guards Battalion and Fire Services. Similarly, Pankaj Kamboj is posted as MD, Jharkhand Police Housing Corporation Ltd.; Shubham Kumar Khandelwal as SDOP, Simaria; Gaurav Goswami as SDOP, Patratu; Vedant Shankar as SDOP, Kisko and Shivam Prasad will take over as SDOP, Chakradharpur. 

Two IAS officers have been given new responsibilities in W Bengal. Dipankar Mandal has been appointed as Director, Transport, while Dr P B Salim was made Secretary, Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department with additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director, WBPDCL.

Navdeep Shukla, Director, Animal Husbandry, has been posted as MD, Bihar State Educational Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (BSEIDC) relieving Yogendra Singh of the additional charge of the post. Navdeep is a 2013 batch IAS officer.

Services of Prasanna R in Chhattisgarh have been handed over to the Government of India for a period of five years for his appointment as Joint Secretary, Home, and he has been relieved to join the new assignment with the GoI. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

S Bhartidasan, Secretary, Skill Development, Technical Education in Chhattisgarh, will also handle charge of Secretary, Higher Education. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of two Advocates as Judges of the Allahabad High Court. They are: Amitabh Kumar Rai and Rajiv Lochan Shuk

Four advocates have been appointed as Judges of the Rajasthan High Court. They are: Anand Sharma, Sunil Beniwal, Mukesh Rajpurohit, and Sandeep Shah.

Three Additional Judges have been appointed as Permanent Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. They are: Justice Sumeet Goel, Ms Justice Sudeepti Sharma, and Ms Justice Kirti Singh.

Three Additional Judges have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court for a fresh term of one year. They are: Justice Sachin Singh Rajput with effect from May 16, 2025, Justice Radhakishan Agrawal with effect from August 2, 2025, and Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal with effect from May 1, 2025.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has shortlisted 12 candidates/ Advocates for the empanelment of consultants - Proceedings. The candidates are, Ashish Bansal, Harsh Panwar, Ravindera Kumar Verma, P V Raghunandan Kooperia, Priyanka Parida, Aakansha Jha, Tejasvi Goel, Vibha Sharma, Manindra Dubey, Rajesh Kumar Lawania, Lalit Kumar and Kanwar Kochhar.

Guninder Singh Hira, retired IRAS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

B K Dadabhoy, retired IRTS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Archana Srivastava, retired IRTS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

A K Behera, retired IRTS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Leena Sarma, retired IRTS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

K R K Reddy, IRTS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Mohit Sinha, retired IRAS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Pravinchandra N Parmar, retired IRTS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Sunil Mathur, retired IRTS and former Technical Member, RCT, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

N Madhusudan Rao, retired IRTS and former Technical Member, RCT, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Shailendra Kumar Sharma, retired IRTS and former Technical Member, RCT, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Roopa Srinivasan, IRMS, Member (Finance), Railway Board, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Ravinder Goyal, retired IRMS, Member (O&BD), Railway Board, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Shiv Kumar Prasad, IRTS, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, ECR, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Manoj Kumar Sinha, retired IRTS, has been appointed Technical Member, Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), for a period of four years.

Despite repeated reminders, a successful candidate of 2023 batch ITS officer did not join as Assistant Divisional Engineer(ADE). As per DoT letter dated March 24,  the offer of appointment of Souvik Barman to the post of Assistant Divisional Engineering Telecom  in this Department has been cancelled.

Lokesh HD has been transferred from Dahej to DGFT Hq as Addl DGFT. As per order he  will continue to hold his existing charges, including Dahej SEZ. He is an Indian Trade Service Officer.

KM Harilal, Joint DGF, has been posted as Director in the department of Sports, under the ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs on deputation basis for a period of five years. He is an ITrS officer.

No officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1994 batch from Telangana cadre has been empanelled as Secretary in the Government of India.

Vedish Dhuware has been transferred from South East Central Railway (SECR) to the Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and posted as Executive Director/Quality Assurance (Mechanical), RDSO, New Delhi. He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Ashok Kumat Mahtha, who is presently serving as Chairman, Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Ranchi, has been assigned additional duties of the post of Chairman, RRB, Bilaspur. He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Vijay Singh Dasooni, formerly Chief Engineer (SD), West Central Railway (WCR), has been granted an extension in his deputation tenure as Chief Engineer with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) for the fifth year, which is until April 28, 2027. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

 

MN Barman, formerly Deputy Chief Signal & Telecommunication Engineer (Construction), Alipurduar, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), has been granted an extension in his deputation tenure as General Manager (Signal & Telecommunication) with IRCON International Limited at the Alipurduar project until May 14, 2026. He is an Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer.

Akhil Pratap Singh, formerly Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer (DEE), Itarsi, West Central Railway (WCR), has been selected for deputation to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) as Project Manager (Electrical) at Ambala for a period of three years from his date of relief, April 11, 2022. He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Shri Krishna Shukla has been transferred from North Central Railway (NCR) to North Eastern Railway (NER) and posted as Chief Freight Transportation Manager (CFTM). He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Six IAS officers have been given new assignments in Maharashtra. B H Palawe has been posted as Managing Director, Maharashtra State Financial Corporation, Mumbai, while Manoj Ranade takes over as Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Palghar and Shubham Gupta is now Member Secretary, Vidarbha Statutory Development Board, Nagpur. Similarly, Anjali Ramesh has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Hindoli following his cadre transfer from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra and Zenith Chandra Deonthula is shifted as Project Officer, ITDP, Kinwat and Assistant Collector, Kinwat Sub Division, Nanded.

As many as 131 officers of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) (Customs & Indirect Taxes) have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Customs & Indirect Taxes on the regular basis against the Panel Year 2025. See the complete list here:  

https://www.whispersinthecorridors.com/pdf/131officers_promoted.pdf

Suneet Mehta, presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Tuvalu, with residence in Suva. He is a 2007 batch IFS officer.

Former SEBI Chief Upendra Kumar Sinha has been re-appointed as Chairperson and Independent Director of New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV).

Dipali Balkrishan Goenka has been re-appointed as Independent Director of New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV).

Dinesh Kumar Mittal has been re-appointed as Independent Director of New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV).

Senthil Chengalvarayan has been re-designated from Whole-Time Director to Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director of New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), effective April 1, 2025

Sankarasubramanian Krishnan has been appointed as Additional Director in the category of Independent Director on the Board of Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited.

Ajay Puranik has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of SVA India Limited for a period of five years, effective April 1, 2025.

 

Sanjay Nandan Damani has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of SVA India Limited for a period of five years, effective April 1, 2025.

Justice Chitra Venkataraman (Retd.) has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Ramco Systems Limited.

 

Kaival Niteshkumar Shah has been appointed as Additional Director, designated as Non-Executive Independent Director, of Sera Investments & Finance India Limited.

Sujal Anil Shah has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Limited.

 

Dayaan Habib Farooqui has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of BKM Industries Limited.

Amit Singh has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of BKM Industries Limited.

Nilesh Dhirajlal Shah has been appointed as Additional Director in the capacity of Independent Director of Arvind SmartSpaces Limited.

Savan Godiawala has been appointed as Additional Director in the capacity of Independent Director of Arvind SmartSpaces Limited.

 

Sunil Kakkar has been appointed as Additional Director and Whole-Time Director, designated as Director (Corporate Planning), of Maruti Suzuki India Limited, effective April 1, 2025.

Vipul Sheth has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of Sera Investments & Finance India Limited.

Swaminathan S Iyer Executive Vice President – Head Legal, Company Secretary and Regulatory Affairs & ESG, Tata AIA Life Insurance  has been appointed as the new Member, Life, IRDAI, with a five-year tenure, on Tuesday.

CBDT need not fill up vacancy of Members

In the present scheme of faceless assessment, CBDT need not fill up vacancies of Members. In fact the department needs to embark on de cadre restructuring which was done in 2001 and apply DOGE Principle by abolishing top heavy posts as also withdrawing operational vehicles given to range heads and vacating office buildings for which the department pays heavy rent.

Rajesh Gohel

Numerous complaints against CPIO and First Appellate Authority of Bank

The PIO denied information sought by the appellant claiming that it relates to internal communication of the Bank and is confidential in nature. Further, no larger public interest is involved in the matter and the information is exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(d) of the Act. Before the CIC, it was submitted that the appellant has filed multiple RTI applications and First Appeals and the same have been disposed of within stipulated time frame. It was informed that RTI applications of the appellant are an offshoot of a family dispute between him and his relative (being one of their staff) and the respondent authority is being dragged to such a personal dispute, which is a clear abuse of the provisions of RTI Act. The respondent claimed that in addition to filing numerous RTI applications and complaints, the appellant had also been harassing the officials of our Zone by repeated calls and personal visits to the Branch/Zone. The Appellant has filed numerous complaints against the CPIO, First Appellate Authority of Ujjain Zone and even against the CPIO and First Appellate Authority of Head Office for exercising their functions under the RTI Act. The officials including the CPIOs are under threat of constant attack from the RTI Applicant for no fault of theirs. Malicious attacks are made on CPIOs through lengthy RTI Applications and Appeals. It was also submitted that the appellant's second appeal was dismissed by the CIC vide order dated 20.09.2024 in No. CIC/BKOIN/A/2023/128876 and order dated 28.11.2024 in No. CIC/BKOIN/A/2023/141282. The CIC noted that the reply given by the PIO is evasive and misleading. The CPIO, without applying his mind, has simply denied the information as it pertains to their internal communication and most importantly, the CPIO has not specified any of the exemptions clauses or sub-clauses as enumerated under sections 8 and 9 of the RTI Act. The CIC directed the PIO to revisit the above-mentioned points and furnish a revised reply to the appellant, specifying the correct exemptions clauses or sub-clauses. Regarding the submission of the respondents of multiple RTI applications being filed by the appellant, the CIC observed that the said concern can be taken up in an appropriate matter in the future for want of any similar pattern of cases as well as in the absence of any specific reference of the number of RTI applications filed with the respondent.

Comments

A PIO must know the clauses of the RTI Act thoroughly and the denial of information should be only as per section 8 or section 9.

Citation: Premchand Bangaria v. Bank of India, Mumbai, CIC/BKOIN/A/2024/116770; Date of Decision: 05.03.2025

Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Vishakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books PIO’s Guide to RTI and Right to Information – Law and Practice. Her weekly article is being published since 2008 on this site. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and third party audit to individuals / organisations. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation at the link https://www.rtifoundationofindia.com

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