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CIC directs DoPT to provide records of IR division’s formation or file affidavit

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CIC directs DoPT

In a significant move to cater information to an RTI activist, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has instructed the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to trace records about the creation of its Information Rights (IR) division and provide those to an RTI applicant. The CIC has clarified that in case of failure the DoPT must submit an affidavit declaring the records unavailable.

The direction was issued while disposing of a second appeal by an RTI applicant seeking copies of office orders relating to the constitution, reconstitution, or transfer of the IR division in the DoPT, along with details of files in which such orders were issued.

The applicant approached the CIC after being informed by officials that the requested information was not available in their records.

Information Commissioner Jaya Varma Sinha directed the DoPT to diligently search its database and records and provide the information within three weeks if the documents are located.

The CIC said if the records are still not found, the CPIO concerned shall submit an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper affirming their non-availability and furnish a copy to the appellant.

During the hearing, representatives of the DoPT’s administration division and the IR division maintained that no such records could be traced.

The DoPT submitted that the allocation and distribution of work within a department is a routine administrative matter and “does not, by itself, necessitate the constitution of a separate division or specific orders thereon.”

It further stated that efforts were made to locate records relating to the constitution of the IR division, but “the same could not be traced.”

It should be noted here that the DoPT’s IR division deals with “the establishment matters of CIC, annual programme on propagation of RTI Act, and matters related to RTI Online Portal,” while matters related to the Right to Information (RTI) Act are handled by the IR-II section.

Maharashtra transfers four IAS officers; Anita Meshram appointed MGNREGS Commissioner

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Maharashtra Government

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) issued transfer and posting orders for four IAS officers across the state.

The names of the officers and their posting are as follows;

  1. Madhavi Khode Chaware (IAS:2007:MH), Additional Divisional Commissioner of Nagpur, has been transferred and posted as Secretary of the Minority Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai.
  2. Sunil Mahindraka (IAS:2015:MH) has been appointed as Additional Controller of Stamps, Mumbai.
  3. Anita Meshram (IAS:2015:MH), Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Akola, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Nagpur.
  4. Aditya Jiwane (IAS:2021:MH), Joint Managing Director, Mahavitaran (MahaDiscom), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, has been appointed as Commissioner, Jalgaon Municipal Corporation.

Prabhat Kumar gets additional charge as CEO of Coconut Development Board

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Coconut Development Board

Prabhat Kumar, Horticulture Commissioner, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer (Joint Secretary level), Coconut Development Board (CDB).

According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for entrustment of additional charge of the post to him for a period of six months.

He will hold the additional responsibility with effect from April 6, 2026 to October 5, 2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Sajeesh Kumar N gets additional charge as CMPFO Commissioner

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Sajeesh Kumar N IRTS

Sajeesh Kumar N (IRTS:2002), Coal Controller, Coal Controller Organisation, has been entrusted with additional charge of Commissioner (Joint Secretary level), Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO).

According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal of the Ministry of Coal for entrustment of additional charge of the post to him for a period of six months.

He will hold the additional responsibility with effect from May 1, 2026 to October 31, 2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Hari Narayan Jangid gets additional charge as GSL CVO for six months

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Hari Narayan Jangid (ITS:1995), Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL), Mumbai, has been entrusted with additional charge of CVO of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Goa for a period of six months.

According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), the competent authority approved the proposal for entrustment of additional charge of the post.

Jangid will hold the additional responsibility for six months or till the appointment of a regular CVO in Goa Shipyard Limited or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shruti Agnihotriy gets two-year extension as EIL CVO

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Shruti Agnihotriy (IRAS:1998) has been granted a two-year extension in her tenure as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Engineers India Limited (EIL), Delhi.

According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), the competent authority approved the proposal to extend her tenure for a further period of two years beyond July 30, 2026, i.e. up to July 30, 2028, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Notably, Agnihotriy was appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer of Engineers India Limited in July 2023 for a tenure of three years, which was scheduled to conclude on July 30, 2026.

With the latest order, she will continue in the vigilance role at the public sector engineering consultancy company for another two years.

Mukhtar Mohsin appointed DIG in SSB on lateral shift basis

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IPS officer Mukhtar Mohsin (IPS:2005:UK), Deputy Director/ Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), has been appointed as DIG in the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on lateral shift basis.

According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), the competent authority approved his appointment to the post from the date of assumption of charge and up to April 16, 2031 (combined tenure of five years) or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Mohsin’s central deputation tenure began on April 17, 2026 when he joined the NCRB as Deputy Director/DIG on a five-year deputation tenure.

Manish Singh appointed SSP in NHRC on lateral shift basis

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IPS officer Manish Singh (IPS:2013:GJ), Superintendent of Police (SP) in the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), has been appointed as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on lateral shift basis.

According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), the competent authority approved his appointment to the post from the date of assumption of charge and up to November 13, 2030 (combined tenure of five years) or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Singh has been on central deputation since November 14, 2025, when he joined the BPR&D as SP.

Prior to moving to central deputation, he was serving in his parent cadre Gujarat as Commandant, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Group-16, Bhachau-Kutch.

Tamil Nadu IPS Ashish Rawat gets major relief from Madras High Court

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Tamil Nadu's G.O. promoting IAS

Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer Ashish Rawat (IPS:2014:TN) received major relief from the Madras High Court after its Madurai Bench set aside an order passed by Thanjavur’s Principal Sessions Judge against him when he was serving as Thanjavur SP. The court also quashed connected proceedings against the IPS officer.

T.S. Karthikeyan, an advocate by profession, had filed a complaint against Rawat seeking a direction to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to register a case and investigate his complaint.

It was alleged that the then SP misused his official position, cut and removed teak trees worth several crores for his personal benefit, and misappropriated several crores of rupees from the account of the police welfare society.

The lower court had forwarded the complaint to the DVAC with a direction to register the FIR against Rawat and to file a final report. The DVAC and the state, in turn, filed petitions challenging the court direction.

Justice B. Pugalendhi of the Madras HC said it was a settled law that the court could not direct the registration of the FIR and investigation in a mechanical manner.

However, the HC noted a perusal of the lower court order revealed that the complaint against the IPS officer had been entertained by the Sessions Judge in a casual manner.

The High Court wondered that the statute provided protection to public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and without ensuring compliance with any of the provisions and hearing the public servant concerned, the Principal Sessions Judge had passed the order in a mechanical manner.

The HC thus set aside the order passed by the Principal Sessions Judge and quashed the connected proceeding to constitute a committee and delegate the powers to inspect the place of occurrence to it.

Uttar Pradesh govt places UPEIDA under direct control of CM Yogi Adityanath

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UPEIDA placed under CMO

In a landmark administrative decision, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has withdrawn the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) from the Industrial Development department and placed it under the Infrastructure department. This means all expressway construction and development works will now be under the direct control of the Chief Minister.

So far, all works related to UPEIDA, like the project, budget, and approval files, used to be routed through the Industrial Development department. But under the new arrangement, they will be directly cleared by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).

The move is aimed at streamlining the distribution of work between the Infrastructure and Industrial Development departments and improving coordination between these two, speeding up decision-making, and reducing delays in the projects’ completion.

The Secretariat Administration department issued an order transferring UPEIDA to the Infrastructure Development department on the basis of a proposal submitted by the Industrial Development department.

According to Alok Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Infrastructure and Industrial Development, the Infrastructure Development department had always functioned as a separate entity through a dedicated section in the government.

But it was noticed that an overlap had emerged between the Infrastructure Development wing and the section in the Industrial Development department handling UPEIDA.

Kumar says this move aims to remove this overlap and ensure greater administrative efficiency.

UPEIDA was virtually formed in December 2007 by the Industrial Development department to develop expressways and promote industrial growth along access-controlled high-speed corridors.

But in the course of time, the expressways authority’s primary role increasingly centred on creating large-scale infrastructure.

According to sources, the core objective of UPEIDA is infrastructure creation, which subsequently facilitates industrial development. The recent restructuring aligns the authority’s administrative control with its principal function.

However, political circles view it as a setback for Industrial Development Minister Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi,’ who reportedly interfered with transfers and postings, so it was shifted to the Infrastructure Department, which is directly overseen by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Sources indicate that the decision is also being linked to Nandi’s alleged ongoing tussle with Additional Chief Secretary Alok Kumar.

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