Sandeep Kumar, CEE(TR), South Eastern Railway, has been appointed to the post of Director (Electrical and System), National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on deputation basis for a period of five years.
Anil Kumar Pathak appointed as Member (Planning), AAI
Anil Kumar Pathak has been appointed to the post of Member (Planning), Airport Authority of India (AAI) for a period of five years. He is presently posted as Executive Director, AAI.
Vijay Kumar appointed as Director (Rolling Stock), NHSRCL
Vijay Kumar has been appointed as Director (Rolling Stock) in National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on deputation basis for a period of five years. He is presently posted as Executive Director (Rolling Stock & Wagaon), NHSRCL.
N. K. Santoshi gets addl charge of CVO, ESIC, Delhi
N. K. Santoshi (ISS:1992), DDG in M/o Labour & Employment, has been given additional charge of the post of CVO, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Delhi till the appointment of regular CVO in ESIC.
Madhya Pradesh : IPS Mayank Jain retired compulsorily
Mayank Jain (IPS:1995:MP) has been forced to retire prematurely in ‘public interest’ by the Central government on a recommendation from the Madhya Pradesh government. The action against IPS officer has come more than four years after the Lokayukta Police raided premises associated with him and unearthed details of disproportionate income and a slew of properties worth crores.
However, the premature retirement has been on grounds of non-performance. The state government had recommended early retirement of Jain to the central government on March 3.
Jain was IG (community policing) and posted at police headquarters in Bhopal when the Lokayukta police teams raided houses and properties in Bhopal, Ujjain, Indore and Rewa.
IAS officers reshuffled in Karnataka
The Karnataka government on Saturday transferred a few IAS officers.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
1. J. Ravishankar : Secretary, Housing Department.
2. Anjum Parvez : Secretary , Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, has been given concurrent charge of Secretary , Municipalities and Urban Department Authorities.
3. N. Jayaram : Managing Director, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board, Bengaluru.
4. M. Kanaga Valli : Commissioner, Rural Development, Bengaluru.
5. K. Jyothi : CEO, Mysuru Zilla Panchayat, Mysuru.
West Bengal : Ex-IPS Officer booked in disproportionate assets case
KOLKATA (IANS): A disproportionate assets case has been registered against former West Midnapore district police chief Bharati Ghosh, an official said on Saturday.
The case was registered by the Criminal Investigation Department at the West Midnapore Kotwali on Friday on the basis of a complaint by a CID official about her assets that were allegedly disproportionate to her known sources of income.
“The case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act,” Deputy Inspector General (CID) Nishad Parvez said.
The CID has already slapped charges of extortion and criminal conspiracy against Ghosh and several police officers who had worked under her.
Her husband M.A.V. Raju was arrested on August 7 in an extortion case, after his anticipatory bail was rejected by the Calcutta High Court in Kolkata.
Four police officers who had worked under Ghosh and the caretaker of an apartment in south Kolkata’s Madurdaha, suspected to be owned by her, were arrested earlier. Unaccounted cash totalling over Rs. 2.4 crore, important government documents, and dozens of liquor bottles were seized during raids at flats in that residential complex.
The CID raids were conducted after a case of extortion and criminal conspiracy was lodged in Daspur on February 1 after gold trader Chandan Majhi complained against some police officers in the district thought to be close to Ghosh.
Ghosh, once a favourite of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, reportedly fell from grace and sought voluntary retirement after she was transferred as Commandant of West Bengal Armed Police’s 3rd Battalion. Her application was accepted.
The CID issued arrest warrant against her on February 10 on the charges of extortion and criminal conspiracy and sent teams outside the state to look for her.
BIHAR : IPS Ajay Kumar Verma gets retirement order
Patna : Ajay Kumar Verma (IPS:1985:BH) has been given compulsory retirement from service in “public interest” by the Centre. He is the second such senior police officers from the state to get the order this week.
A notification issued by the home (police) department said that Verma has been given compulsory retirement under Rule 16 (3) of the All India Service Rule (death-cum-retirement benefit) 1953.
Verma was posted as deputy director in civil defence, a non-cadre post not directly connected to policing, for long.
According to the official notification, Verma will be paid three months’ salary and allowances. Authoritative sources in the home department said Verma would be entitled to post-retirement benefits such as pension.
The Centre decided to give Verma premature retirement after assessment of his performance. The order was duly approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
Verma is the second senior IPS officer to have been given pre-mature retirement from service from Bihar. On August 14, Amitabh Kumar Das(IPS:1994:BH) was given premature retirement. Das was posted as SP-cum-assistant commissioner of civil defence though his rank was that of an IG.
Central Deputation for IAS officers Should Be Compulsory: IAS Association President
Addressing the issue of falling number of IAS officers in central government departments, the IAS Association is planning to recommend compulsory central deputation for officers.
The newly appointed president of the IAS body Rakesh Srivastav who is serving as the secretary in the women and child development ministry, is of the view that the association is looking at ways to increase the number of IAS officers on central deputation. He further added that this can achieved by deputing younger officers who have young children and easily be posted at the Centre.
The problem is partly caused by what is seen as reluctance among IAS officers in states to move to Delhi fearing extensive scrutiny by the Modi government.
Srivastava, a 1981 batch officer of the Rajasthan cadre, opined that states will be asked to complete their respective limits under the Central Deputation Reserve (CDR). There are states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, etc. send very few officers for central deputation. The CDR determines the limit up to which officers could be sent for deputation to the government of India.
It may not be out of tune to mention here that last year, the Central government had written to all states asking them to spare more officers for central deputation in a bid to address the shortage of IAS officers. The Central government has empanelled fewer IAS officers each year since 2015 and just 38 IAS officers had been empanelled for joint secretary posts by the government until July this year for joint secretary posts, down from 87 officers in 2014, even as empanelments from other services shot up considerably.
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