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An IAS Officer Chose to Quit to set Right System

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With the vision to reform governance, Vijay Maruti Pingale, a 2004 batch officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, joined the civil services. But after 14 years, the civil servant, an MBBS degree holder, decided to call it a day. He submitted his resignation few days ago and cherishes to fulfill his goal of governance reform by joining an NGO. The State government, however, is yet to accept his resignation.

Dr. Pingale, as Deputy Commissioner (Works), Chennai Corporation, introduced advanced technology to fix responsibility for shoddy work on civic infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, streetlights, and pedestrian facilities and this is when he first came under spotlight.

He won public support when, during his tenure, contractors who re-laid roads without adhering to norms began to be regularly penalised. He was smart enough to involve IT companies in developing a digital dashboard for monitoring all civic projects on a real-time basis at the field level.

He formed a special team of engineers for monitoring civic projects. The team found that more than 30% of the roads re-laid in Chennai lasted less than a year.
Dr.Pingale had also unearthed a scam in the maintenance of public toilets in Chennai and initiated action against those who had illegally collected money from residents. Surprisingly, or perhaps expectedly, after just 16 months in the Greater Chennai Corporation, Dr. Pingale was shifted to the Industries Department. According to sources, this was done under pressure from the contractors whom he had penalised.

As Joint Secretary, Industries Department, Dr. Pingale organised the Global Investors Meet in Chennai. With his resignation as yet unaccepted, he remains with the department, under the Union Ministry of Commerce in Delhi. According to sources close to him, Dr. Pingale, is all set to join a NGO involved in an issue close to his heart – the use of technology to improve governance.

J & K Govt. orders transfers of SSPs, SPs

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LO Bureau
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The government Monday ordered transfers of several Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and Superintendent of Police (SP)-level officers.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :

1. Vinod Kumar (IPS:2011) : SP, Kargil.
2. Ashwin Kumar Mishra (IPS:2013) : SP, Handwara.
3. Chander Kohli (IPS:2013) : SP, Pulwama.
4. G V Sandeep Chakaravarthy (IPS:2014): SP, South Srinagar.
5. Ajeet Singh (JKPS:1999): SSP (I), ZPHQK.
6. Abdul Qayoom (JKPS:1999): AIG (CIV) against an available vacancy.
7. Nisha Nathyal (JKPS:1999): SSP, Reasi.
8. Anita Sharma (JKPS:1999) : SSP, Ramban.
9. Anil Kumar Magrota (JKPS:1999): Commandant, IR-24th Battalion.
10. Koshal Kumar (JKPS:1999): SSP Samba.
11. Mohammad Aslam (JKPS:1999): SSP, AHJ airport Jammu.
12. Fayaz Ahmad Lone (JKPS:1999): Commandant, IR-9 th Battalion.
13. Rajinder Kumar Gupta (JKPS:1999) : SSP, Kishtwar.
14. T Gyalpo (JKPS:1997): Commandant, IR -25th Battalion.
15. Shailendra Singh (JKPS:1999) : AIG (building) PHQ.
16. Mohan Lal (JKPS:1999): Commandant, 7th Battalion.
17. Shabir Ahmad Malik (JKPS:1999): SSP, Doda.
18. Tahir Sajad (JKPS:1999): Commandant, IR 2nd Battalion.
19. Mohammad Shabir (JKPS:1999): SO, ADGP HG/CD/SDRF J&K.
20. Tahir Saleem Khan (JKPS:2001): SSP (HR) CID Hqrs.
21. Khalil Ahmad Poswal(JKPS:2001): SP Ganderbal.
22. Abrar Ahmad Chowdhary(JKPS:2001): Commandant, IR-4 th Battalion.
23. Ghulam Jeelani Wani (JKPS:2001): Commandant, IR – 43 rd Battalion.
24. Tahir Ashraf Bhatti (JKPS:2004): SP, PC Srinagar.

Kolkata : Former West Bengal IPS officer’s husband arrested in extortion case

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LO Bureau
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PTI : The West Bengal CID today arrested M A V Raju, husband of former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh after the Calcutta High Court rejected his anticipatory prayer, a senior officer of the agency said.

Raju was been taken into custody and arrested after being taken to the CID headquarter here.

Earlier, in the day Calcutta High Court rejected Raju’s anticipatory bail prayer in connection with its probe into a case of alleged extortion and illegal exchange of banned notes for gold.

“We need him for questioning. He has information about the case,” the CID officer said.

At the high court Advocate General Kishore Dutta appearing for the state opposed the anticipatory bail prayer and submitted that huge amounts of money had been seized from his flat.

Dutta submitted before a division bench of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay that other persons had also given statements that Raju had allegedly kept money in their flats.

The AG, assisted by public prosecutor Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, submitted that custodial interrogation of Raju is necessary to unravel missing links and to bring out the larger conspiracy in defrauding the public.

Raju’s counsel submitted that he has been cooperating with the state CID, which is investigating the case, as earlier directed by the court and as such there was no requirement for his custody in the investigation.

Raju had been given interim respite by another division bench in February when he moved the court with his prayer. The court had then restrained CID from arresting him till disposal of his anticipatory bail plea and had directed him to cooperate with the investigators.

Raju’s counsel had earlier submitted that he was being harassed as he was the husband of Bharati Ghosh.

Ghosh, who was the West Midnapore superintendent of police for more than six years, was transferred as commandant of the third battalion of the state armed police on December 26 last year. She resigned from service two days later.

She was once considered close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and was also awarded a service medal on August 15, 2014.

Ghosh was transferred twice, once by the Election Commission before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and the second time by the state itself before the 2016 Assembly elections.

She was, however, reinstated as West Midnapore SP as soon as the elections got over on both occasions.

The CID, probing cases relating to alleged extortion and misconduct against Ghosh, had also conducted raids at various properties, including a house in Kolkata that belongs to her husband Raju.

Denying the harassment allegations levelled by Raju’s counsel, the AG had told the court that investigations were being held into alleged extortion and cheating of a businessman by some lower level police officials in West Midnapore.

He claimed that a large amount of money has been recovered from the residence of Raju and his wife apart from deeds of land holdings.

7 IFS officers transferred in Karnataka

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LO Bureau
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The Karnataka government on Monday transferred 7 IFS officers.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :

1. Ramachandra: MD, Karnataka Handlooms Development Corporation.
2. Shantakumar : Chief Conservator of Forests and secretary, Environment, Forest and Ecology Department.
3. Dr Sanjay S Bijjur : Chief Conservator of Forests and executive director of Bannerghatta Biological Park.
4. Major Kumar : Member secretary, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board.
5. Gokul R : Chief Conservator of Forests,Bengaluru circle.
6. P B Karunakar : Chief Conservator, Belagavi circle.
7. S D Dhananjaya : Director, Bhadra Wildlife.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka

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LO Bureau
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The Karnataka government on Monday transferred 19 IAS officers.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :

1. Mrs.C Shikha : Managing Director Bescom .
2. M V Savithri : Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development.
3. Dr R Vishal : Commissioner, Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation.
4. B S Shekharappa : Director, Municipal Administration.
5. Manoj Jain : Managing Director, Karnataka Public Lands Corporation.
6. P Rajendra Cholan : Managing Director, North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation(NWKRTC).
7. T H M Kumar : Commissioner, Food and Civil Supplies.
8. M Kanaga Valli : Director, Department of PU Education.
9. M G Hiremath : Deputy Commissioner, Gadag.
10. Pommala Sunil Kumar: Deputy Commissioner, Koppal.
11. Sunderashababu M : Managing Director, Hescom (Hubballi).
12. Charulata Somal : Commissioner, Shivamogga City Corporation and Managing Director, Shivamogga Smart City Corporation.
13. Suralkar Vikas Kishor : Managing Director, Gescom (Kalaburagi).
14. Dr Arundhathi Chandrashekar: Director, Women and Child Development.
15. C N Meena Nagaraj : Deputy Secretary to chief minister.
16. Gangu Bai Ramesh Manakar: CEO, Bagalkot zilla panchayat.
17. Mahantesh Bilagi : CEO, Vijayapura zilla panchayat.
18. K A Dayananda: Deputy commissioner, Chikkamagaluru .
19. S Selvakumar : Secretary to chief minister, has been given concurrent charge of KPTCL managing director.

Govt. appoints 2 new CBDT members

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LO Bureau
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The Modi Goverment has cleared the appointment of two new members in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Aditya Vikram and Pramod Chandra Mody as members of the CBDT,the apex policy-making body of the Income Tax Department.

Aditya Vikram (IRS-IT:1981) is the principal director general (logistics) in Delhi.Pramod Chandra Mody (IRS-IT:1982) is the principal chief commissioner, Mumbai.

The CBDT is headed by a chairman and can have a maximum of six members. Its chief, Sushil Chandra, will be in office till May 31 next year.

After the latest appointments, there is a vacancy of two more members in the board. Senior tax officers Shabri Bhattasali and Arbind Modi are the other CBDT members.

Four officers inducted as SP Level in CBI

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LO Bureau
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Four officers have been inducted as Suprintendent of Police (SP) Level in CBI.

They are :
1. Mohit Gupta (IPS:2006:UP)
2. Mohd. Suvez Haque (IPS:2005:MH)
3. PSC Kalyan (IPS:2009:TN)
4. Manoj Verma ( Second-in-Command, CRPF)

Four DIG level officers get extension in CBI

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LO Bureau
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Four senior officials have been granted extension in the CBI. The decision was taken in a recent meeting of a selection panel headed by Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdhary.

Those given extension include DIG of Banking, Security and Fraud Cell, Mumbai C H Nagaraju (IPS:2003:KL) investigating the PNB scam. The Tenure of Nagaraju has been extended from 16 December 2018 to 30 June, 2019.

His wife Harshita Attaluri (IPS:2002:KL) heading the Anti-Corruption Branch of CBI in Mumbai, has been given extension for the same period.

Besides them, Manish Kumar Sinha (IPS:2000:AP) and Jasbir Singh (IPS:2003:NL) have also been given extension. The tenure of Sinha, who is working in BSFC of the agency in Bengaluru, has been extended from 6 November 2018 to 5 November 2020.

Jasbir Singh has been given tenure till 31 july 2020.

Pradeep Gaur appointed as CMD, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited

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LO Bureau
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Pradeep Gaur, Executive Director, ED, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has been appointed to the post of Chairman & Managing Director(CMD), RVNL for a period of five years.

Ankit Anand appointed as DCO/DCR, Chhattisgarh

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LO Bureau
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Ankit Anand (IAS:2006:CG) has been selected for appointment as Director of Census Operation (DCO)/ Director of Citizen Registration (DCR) , Chhattisgarh for a period of three years.

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