New Delhi, May 22, 2025: The central government has extended the tenure of Dr M Ravichandran as Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences by one year. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Thursday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved his extension beyond the age of superannuation, from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Dr Ravichandran has been serving as Secretary since October 9, 2021. Prior to this, he was Director of the National Centre for Ocean and Polar Research in Goa, under the same ministry.
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New Delhi, May 22, 2025: Preeti Priyadarshini (IPS:2012:UK) has been appointed as Commandant (SP level) in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on a deputation basis.
According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday (20.05.2025), the competent authority has approved her appointment under the usual terms and conditions of the IPS Tenure Policy, 2010.
The MHA has also requested the Uttarakhand Government to relieve Ms. Priyadarshini immediately to enable her to take up the new assignment at the Centre.
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New Delhi, May 22, 2025: Rajesh GopalaKrishnan has been selected for appointment as Director (Technical), Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 22, 2025. Presently, he is serving as Executive Director (Ship Repair), Cochin Shipyard Limited.
Following his selection, the PESB has recommended his name to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). Upon receiving the necessary vigilance clearances and ACC approval, GopalaKrishnan will be formally appointed to the post of Director (Technical).
The following 11 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:
Deepu Surendran, Chief General Manager (C-SAS), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Anjara KR, Chief General Manager(Design), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Sivakumar Ayyaru, General Manager Ship Repair, Cochin Shipyard Limited
Jayan K Thampi, General Manager( Outfit & Outsourcing), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Sivaram Narayana Swamy, General Manage, Business Development, Cochin Shipyard Limited
Santhosh Philip, General Manager General Manager (Ship Repair), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Mahesh Kumar Balaraman, General Manager, DY CVO, The Shipping Corporation Of India Limited
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New Delhi, May 22, 2025: Dr Harikrishnan S has been selected for appointment as Director (Operations), Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 22, 2025. Presently, he is serving as Executive Director (Ship Building), Cochin Shipyard Limited.
Following his selection, the PESB has recommended his name to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). Upon receiving the necessary vigilance clearances and ACC approval, Harikrishnan will be formally appointed to the post of Director (Operations).
The following 11 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:
Deepu Surendran, Chief General Manager (C-SAS), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Anjara KR, Chief General Manager(Design), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Sivakumar Ayyaru, General Manager Ship Repair, Cochin Shipyard Limited
Jayan K Thampi, General Manager( Outfit & Outsourcing), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Sivaram Narayana Swamy, General Manage, Business Development, Cochin Shipyard Limited
Santhosh Philip, General Manager General Manager (Ship Repair), Cochin Shipyard Limited
Mahesh Kumar Balaraman, General Manager, DY CVO, The Shipping Corporation Of India Limited
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State-run Oil India Ltd on Wednesday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,310.10 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (Q4 FY25), a sharp 39% decline from Rs 2,140.72 crore in the same quarter last year (Q4 FY24). Sequentially, profit remained flat compared to Rs 1,338.85 crore in Q3 FY25.
Revenue from operations for Q4 FY25 stood at Rs 9,587.82 crore, down 6% year-on-year but higher than Rs 9,089.14 crore posted in the previous quarter.
Despite the quarterly decline, Oil India achieved record production during FY25. In an exchange filing, the company reported its highest-ever combined oil and gas production at 6.71 million metric tonnes of oil equivalent (MMTOE). Crude oil production rose 2.95% to 3.458 MMT, while natural gas output climbed 2.20% to 3.252 billion cubic meters (BCM) — the highest in company history.
For the full fiscal year, Oil India’s net profit rose 3.3% to ₹6,550.93 crore, compared to Rs 6,335.10 crore in FY24. Annual revenue stood at Rs 36,163.75 crore, marginally lower than Rs 36,303.62 crore last year.
The board has recommended a final dividend of ₹1.50 per equity share, subject to shareholder approval.
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New Delhi, May 22, 2025: State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on Wednesday, May 21, reported an 11% rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 8,358 crore for the January–March quarter of FY25, compared to Rs 7,556 crore in the same period last year.
Net Interest Income (NII) jumped 41% to Rs 12,681 crore, while Assets Under Management (AUM) rose to Rs 5.43 lakh crore, marking a 12.8% YoY and 7.8% QoQ growth.
Asset quality improved with Gross NPA falling to 1.94% from 2.68% and Net NPA declining to 0.39% from 0.71% in the previous quarter.
Other income surged 61.8% YoY to Rs 1,222.2 crore, and operating profit rose 39.8% YoY to Rs 6,546 crore. Provisions stood at Rs 444.7 crore, up from Rs 74.5 crore in the previous quarter, against a write-back of Rs 337 crore a year earlier.
PFC declared a final dividend of Rs 2.05 per share for FY25, with record date set for June 13, 2025. This is in addition to Rs 13.75 per share interim dividends paid during the year in four tranches.
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New Delhi, May 21, 2025: The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on Wednesday (21.05.2025) initiated the selection process by advertising the post of Director (Technical) at Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVCL).
According to the advertisement, the position fell vacant on February 1, 2025. Eligible and experienced candidates can apply by June 17, 2025. Eligible candidates must be engineering graduates with at least five years of relevant experience in the past ten years. The position offers a pay scale of ₹1,80,000–₹3,40,000 (IDA).
The role involves overseeing project planning, design, and implementation in the Mumbai suburban railway sector.
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Ex-trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who is accused of faking a disability and forging caste certificates to crack the civil services exam, was granted anticipatory bail by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The court allowed her release on a cash surety of ₹35,000 if arrested.
The top court questioned the Delhi High Court’s earlier refusal to grant her bail, stating the case did not warrant custody, as it was not a heinous offence like murder or those under the NDPS Act. “She will cooperate,” Justice BV Nagarathna said, rejecting Delhi Police’s claim that Khedkar had not been cooperating with the investigation.
Khedkar had moved the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court in December 2024 denied her bail, describing the case as a “classic example of fraud” and suggesting a possible conspiracy involving powerful individuals and her family members.
Delhi Police had argued her custody was necessary to probe the suspected larger scam involving the issuance of fake caste and disability certificates. However, the court held that custodial interrogation was not essential to determine the source of forged documents.
This is the second time the Supreme Court has intervened in her case, having earlier granted her interim protection from arrest in January, later extended in March.
Khedkar, who was dismissed from service by the Centre in September after the UPSC cancelled her selection, has consistently denied all charges. She claims to have been targeted after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a senior officer. Her defense also cites a medical certificate for a knee injury and argues that only her middle name had changed—not her surname.
Her alleged misuse of OBC and disability quotas came under scrutiny after the Pune Collector raised concerns in June 2024 about her entitlement demands during probation. A subsequent probe revealed her family owns assets worth ₹40 crore, disqualifying her from OBC non-creamy layer benefits.
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Bengaluru, May 21, 2025: In a key development, the Karnataka government on Wednesday assigned senior IPS officer Dr. MA Saleem (IPS:1993:KN) the concurrent charge of Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) and Head of Police Force (HoPF) of the state. He will continue to hold his existing role as DGP, CID, Special Units & Economic Offences.
Dr. Saleem officially took charge on Wednesday afternoon, following the retirement of incumbent DGP Alok Mohan (IPS:1987:KN), who superannuated the same day.
What has caught many by surprise is the nature of the appointment—it is a concurrent charge rather than a full-time designation. Sources indicate that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has shortlisted a panel of three officers from the names sent by the state government and returned the panel for the state’s final selection of the DGP. The list is understood to include the names of Prashanth Thakur and Dr. MA Saleem.
As previously reported by www.legendofficers.com, the state government was said to be leaning toward appointing Dr. MA Saleem as the next DGP. However, the decision to assign him only concurrent charge indicates that intense lobbying and ongoing internal deliberations may be delaying a permanent appointment to the top police post.
New Delhi, May 21, 2025: The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Madhya Pradesh government order that allowed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers to review the performance appraisal reports of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, calling the directive “contemptuous” and a clear violation of earlier court rulings.
A bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih ruled that the state’s June 29, 2024 order was contrary to the apex court’s decision dated September 22, 2000. That judgment had laid down that performance assessments of IFS officers up to the rank of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests must be done by their immediate superiors within the forest department itself.
The only exception, the 2000 verdict stated, was for the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, who may be reviewed by a non-forest service officer, as there is no higher-ranking IFS officer.
Madhya Pradesh had continued the practice of allowing IAS officers—including district collectors and higher-ranking administrative officials—to record annual confidential reports (ACRs) of IFS officers, despite the Supreme Court’s explicit directions.
“Such a government order is not only in breach of this Court’s decision but is rather contemptuous, issued without even seeking any clarification or modification from this Court,” the bench observed in its judgment.
While acknowledging that most states had complied with the 2000 ruling, the court expressed concern that Madhya Pradesh remained an exception. Though the court noted it had grounds to initiate contempt proceedings, it chose restraint. “We refrain from doing so,” the bench said, instead quashing the order and instructing the Madhya Pradesh government to amend its rules within a month in strict adherence to the court’s earlier directive.
The judgment clarified that states could, if required, ask IAS officers such as collectors and commissioners to provide input on the implementation of developmental works involving IFS officers. However, such feedback must be submitted separately and evaluated by a superior IFS officer, not incorporated directly into the appraisal process.
The court also noted that the now-quashed order required forest officials, such as conservators or chief conservators, to seek performance notes from district collectors before preparing appraisals of Divisional Forest Officers. This, it said, further underlined the procedural flaws.
The Department of Personnel and Training had earlier clarified in 2004 that the Supreme Court’s 2000 order applied specifically to IFS officers posted within the forest department and not to those serving outside it.
With this ruling, the court reaffirmed the autonomy of the Indian Forest Service in managing its internal assessments and upheld the principle that performance reviews should be handled within the same cadre to maintain administrative discipline and functional integrity.
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