As many as 23 Chairman-cum-Managing Directors (CMDs) & Managing Directors (MDs) of various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are retiring in 2025. Accordingly, P S Mishra, Chairman & Managing Director, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Subhash Chand Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd are retiring in January, while Dr Mukesh Kumar, Managing Director, Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporations Ltd and S R Narasimhan, Chairman & Managing Director, Grid Controller of India Ltd (Grid-India) are due to retire in April and  Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd; Ajay Kumar Jolly, Managing Director, The Jute Corporation of India Ltd; Sanjeev Razdan, Chairman & Managing Director, Pawan Hans Ltd and Sajeev B, Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) will be retiring in May 2025. Similarly, Raj Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman & Managing Director, NHPC Ltd and R P Gupta, Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India are completing their tenure in June 2025; Gurdeep Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC Ltd; CMDE Hemant Khatri,  Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Shipyard Ltd; Amar Singh Rathore Chairman & Managing Director, FCI Aravali Gypsum And Minerals India Ltd (FAGMIL) and Dilip Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, Sagarmala Development Company Ltd in July; Samiran Dutta, Chairman & Managing Director Bharat Coking Coal Ltd; Barnali Barua Tokhi, Managing Director, Bharat Petro Resources Ltd; Commodore Kamlesh Kumar, Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Salts Limited in August; Manoj Kumar, Chairman & Managing Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd; PM Prasad, Chairman & Managing Director, CMD, Coal India Ltd are retiring in October. Besides, Madhu S Nair, Chairman & Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard Limited; Ajit Kumar Saxena, Chairman & Managing Director, MOIL Ltd; Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman ONGC and  Shriniwas Chandrashekhar Mudgerikar, Chairman & Managing Director, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd will be retiring in December 2025.

Ms Sruti Pathak, Assistant Director (Official Language), AFHQ, has been appointed as Second Secretary (Hindi & Culture), at the High Commission of India, Port Louis (Mauritius) on deputation basis for a period of three years.

P S Mishra, Chairman & Managing Director, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Subhash Chand Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd are retiring in January.

The central deputation tenure of Pankaj Sharma working as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services has been extended for a period of six months. He is a 2000 batch ICAS officer.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), a premier engineering and manufacturing enterprise of Government of India is going to recruit as many as eight Project Directors at AGM and GM pay scale through lateral entry for the first time. Besides, the BHEL will also recruit a General Manager (Law) at GM pay scale. The BHEL has opened the floodgates to the private sector people starting online submission from January 24, 2025.

Shelly Abraham, Executive Director (Supply Chain Optimization), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is in the race for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

Vilas Sopan Wadekar, who is presently serving as Director (Technical) in Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC), has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of MRVC, effective from February 1, 2025, until his superannuation on July 31, 2028. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

The post of B Vijay Datta as Private Secretary to Union Minister, Manohar Lal has been upgraded to Director level. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

The deputation tenure of Padmanabhachar K working as CVO in New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA), Mangaluru has been extended upto April 26, 2027. He is a 2008 batch IOFS officer.

Manu J Vettickan has been appointed as Director, Department of Revenue. He is a 2008 batch IES officer.

Four officers of the 2006 batch of Indian Economic Service: Ms Rose Mary K Abraham, Dr Manik Chandra Pandit, Saju K Surendran and Subhash Chandra Meena have been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG).

Some officers have been promoted to the grade of Additional Surveyor General in the Survey of India.

Satendra Vikram Singh, Chief Commissioner of Customs and Indirect Taxes, has resigned from the Indian Revenue Service of Customs after his selection as Technical Member, CESTAT Ahmedabad.

Manoj Garg, Member (Project), Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), has been given extension on his additional charge of the post of Vice Chairman, RLDA, for a period of six months, effective December 23, 2024. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Adil Khan, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Transport, Welfare of Minorities Development, holding additional charge of Secretary, Environment & Forest, will also hold charge of Secretary, Barak Valley Development. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer.

Paritosh Gautam, who is presently serving in Northern Railway (NR), has been posted as Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM),  Moradabad (MB), in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

The ACC has approved the empanelment of 52 officers for promotion to the grade of Commissioner of Customs & Indirect Taxes (CCIT) in the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes), for the panel year 2025. The promoted officers are: Harbir; Alok Singh; A S Naveen Kushalappa; Sahil Inamdar; Anubha Sinha; Jainendra Singh Kandhari; Abhishek Chandra Gupta; Manasa Gangotri Kata; Santosh Kumar Mishra; Dhirendra Mani Tripathi; Vivek; G Arun Richard Elisha; Kale Sanket Subhash; Debjyoti Chakravarty; Neha Garg; Satyadeep Mahapatra; Shweta Bector; Alok Srivastava; Pradip Gurumurth; Shradha Joshi Sharma; Amit Kumar Singal; Devi Prasad Misra; Ajeet Kumar; Amit Gupta; Vaishali Malhotra; Amaresh Kumar; Amandeep Singh 28. Kundan Yadav; Mukesh Kumar Pal;  M Arun Kanth; Steephen L; Sushil Chandra; Rituraj Gupta; Periasamy M; Mohammad Irfan Aziz; Vijay Bahadur Verma; Rajan Lachala; A V T Bharathidhasan; Vijayarani S; J Mohammed Navfal; Nagendra Yadav; Jyoti Kumar Bubana; Vishnu Kumar; Jaronde Vishal Dashrath; Kiran Kumar; T Arivazhagan;  Manish Kumar Jaiswal; Peeyoush Bhati; Sujit Mallick; Dinesh Kumar Meena; Temsunaro Tripathi and Suresh Chand Mukeria.

Three IPS officers in Tamil Nadu have been assigned new responsibilities. Vishwesh Balasubramaniam Shastri has been posted as DCP, Traffic, North, Greater Chennai, while P Kumar takes over as DCP, Traffic, South, Greater Chennai and S Vijayakumar was made DCP, Headquarters, Tirunelveli City.

Jitendra Kumar, DGF&SS, MoEF&CC is superannuating from government service with effect from January 31, 2025. He is a 1987 batch IFoS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Tenure of Justice Sanjay Kumar, former Judge of High Court, Patna, as Chairman of Bihar State Commission for Backward Classes, Patna has been extended for a period of three years.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has advertised for Young Professionals (Post Graduates) in the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), New Delhi. Applications must reach on or before February 21, 2025.

Offline pen and paper recruitment test for the advertised posts of 51 Assistant Director of Operations in Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Ministry of Civil Aviation will be held at different centres across India on March 23, 2025.

Last date to apply for various posts in Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) has been extended. The vacancies are for Director (Policy and Statistics), Senior Principal Private Secretary, Under Secretary (Policy and Statistics), Under Secretary (Information Technology), Bench Officer (Legal), Principal Private Secretary posts, and more. The revised date is February 3, 2025.

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has advertised for the post of Consultant in the office of Additional Director General Telecom, Mumbai. Applications must reach on or before February 24, 2025.

Ministry of Jal Shakti is seeking two Principal Private Secretaries on deputation basis in the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal.

RITES Limited has advertised for Group General Manager-Civil (GGM-Civil) for Gurgaon.

Dr Devansh Yadav, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, holding additional charge of the post of CEO, SPV, Jammu City, will also hold the charge of the post of Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), (Urban) in addition to his own duties. He is a 2016 IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Dinesh T Waghmare has been appointed as Maharashtra State Election Commissioner. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.

Rakesh Sharma has been re-appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) on the Board of IDBI Bank Limited, effective March 19, 2025.

Mrs. Shernaz Vakil has been re-appointed as Chairperson and Whole-Time Director of Dai-Ichi Karkaria Limited, effective April 1, 2025.

Srinivasan Vishwanathan has been appointed as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Dai-Ichi Karkaria Limited.

Jatinkumar Tulsibhai Patel has been appointed as Managing Director of Vaghani Techno-Build Limited.

Rajeshkumar Mukundkumar Pandya has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Vaghani Techno-Build Limited.

Ashokkumar Dashrathbhai Patel has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Vaghani Techno-Build Limited.

Mrs. Falguni Purvesh Guru has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent Woman) of Vaghani Techno-Build Limited.

Arjunkumar Jagdishbhai Patel has been appointed as a Whole-Time Director of Vaghani Techno-Build Limited.

Pardeep Kumar Pujari has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Indian Energy Exchange Limited, effective March 12, 2025.

Dipak Vora has been appointed as Additional Director, designated as Non-Executive Independent Director, of Ashapura Minechem Limited.

Ms. Divya Karani has been appointed as an Additional Director (Independent) of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited.

Bharatkumar Khumaji Prajapati has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Veerkrupa Jewellers Limited.

Ms. Divya Verma has been appointed as an Additional Director, designated as Independent Non-Executive Director of MPS Limited.

Jalgaon train tragedy

At least 13 passengers of Pushpak Express lost their lives after they jumped down hearing rumour of fire and were run over by speeding Karnataka express coming from opposite. It is a very unfortunate incident. Passengers should follow railway rules and make a happy journey.

Mahesh Kumar

Compensation by the Department of Social Welfare

A complaint dated 17.12.2024 for non-compliance of CIC’s order dated 22.07.2024 was heard by the CIC. In the order dated 22.07.2024, the CIC had admonished the casual conduct of Mr. RP Yadav, Supt.-cum PIO, Social Welfare (South), GNCTD, Delhi and had directed to revisit the RTI Application and provide a revised reply. The CIC noted that there is a substantial delay in compliance with the order and the respondent failed to explain the reasons for the delay. The CIC referred to the criteria for processing or sanctioning of the application, under the Financial Assistance to Persons with Special Needs (popularly known as Disability Pension). The CIC noted that Ms. Madhu (Appellant’s niece) is a physically challenged person; an orphan; a member of scheduled caste; a girl child; unmarried who cannot carry out her daily activities without assistance; and has no independent means of livelihood. The CIC observed that “The extraordinary circumstances and adverse conditions faced by Ms. Madhu establish her as the weakest of the weak and poorest of the poor, being the most deprived citizen whose case deserved extra sensitivity, and it certainly could not have been dealt with in an ordinary manner by the respondent public authority in the department of Social Welfare. The appellant, being her aunt, is the only support Ms. Madhu has”. For the loss, harassment and detriment suffered by her, the Department of Social Welfare was directed by the CIC to pay a compensation of Rs. 92,000/- to the appellant within a week.

Comments

In this case, the application for compensation of Disability Pension to Ms. Madhu was forwarded to the Deputy Director (FAS), New Delhi and was pending on the date of hearing. The case was dealt with in a very casual and insensitive manner as per the CIC and the action was condemned. The CIC observed in the order that the insensitivity as established based on the records is appalling to put it most euphemistically.

Citation: Ms. Devki v. Supdt. (South), Department of Social Welfare, New Delhi, CIC/DSWGD/A/2023/119725; Order dated 14.01.2025

Citation: Piyush Sharma v. O/o the Executive Engineer (E), PWD, New Delhi, File No: CIC/PWDDL/A/2023/132711; Date of Decision : 29.10.2024

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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