Govt empanels 4 IRS-IT officers for promotion as chief commissioners, but for FY 2013-14 on “notional basis”

IN TWO cases, the government on Thursday empanelled officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (Income-Tax) and Indian Legal Service for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14, saying their promotion would be on “notional basis”. In one case, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Thursday approved the empanelment of Tridev Mohan Das, Ms Rekha Vishnoi, Ms Bonani Ghosh and Rakesh Mohan for promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income-Tax (HAG scale) in the IRS-IT for the vacancy year 2013-14 on notional basis with effect from the date of promotion of their immediate juniors. In another order, the ACC also approved…

Law interns to analyse RTI applications; study ministries’ suo motu disclosure

LAW students will now analyse RTI applications received by the government during the calendar year of 2014, as the department of personnel and training (DoPT) will manage an internship programme beginning next month. The selected interns, only from the law stream, will study the status of suo motu disclosure of the ministry or department, required under the RTI Act. Those in second year pursuing…

Govt reappoints legislative department secretary PK Malhotra for 1 year on “functional grounds”

THE government has decided to retain PK Malhotra, secretary to legislative department and the officer who spearheaded drafting of major UPA legislations, for one more year after retirement. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in an order dated September 19, approved Malhotra’s reappointment, now on a contract basis for a…

Government may create an IAS, IPS like service to man regulatory bodies

AFTER many failed attempts to create new services like Indian Educational Service and Indian Legal Service along the lines of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), here is one more such idea. Now, the law ministry has begun to work on a proposal to set up an Indian Regulatory Service like IAS and IPS. The personnel directly recruited for this service will man regulatory authorities like Sebi, Trai etc. which are now being managed by retired bureaucrats.

The cadre of the proposed service will have to pass an all-India examination to be conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and they would be recruited in organizations such as Competition Commission of India (CCI), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA), Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) among others.

Media reports quoting law minister Veerappa Moily said that the move was necessitated by the fact that regulators would increasingly play a larger role in governance of the country, and manning these bodies by bureaucrats on-deputation and retired judges would increasingly become a difficult task.

Action and Appointments

a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has  approved the following  appointments at the level of additional secretary, on in-situ basis, by temporarily upgrading the posts held by the officers

(i) Ms Parvinder S Behuria, a 1977 batch IRS-IT officer, as Secretary, PESB, Department of Personnel and Training in the rank and pay of additional secretary.

(ii) Ms Ajanta Dayalan, a 1978 batch IA and AS officer, as additional secretary in cabinet secretariat.

(iii) Ms Rasheda Hussain, a 1978 batch IRS(C and CE, as additional secretary (COFEPOSA) under the department of revenue.

(iv) Arunava Dutt, a 1978 batch IDAS officer, financial adviser in border security force, in the rank of additional secretary.

b) Siddharth  Sharma, a 1996 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer has been appointed as director in the department of expenditure.