A group of MPs have decided to cut across party lines and protest the allocation of coal block to Gautam Adani in Maharashtra in Tiroda in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
All the seven MPs from Vidarbha region have decided to fight against Adani. “We are not against Adani but we don’t want him to be given this coal block because it will destroy environment. A rare tiger sanctuary and rich forest region will be destroyed,” the MPs told d Facto.“we have met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and handed over a letter to save tigers and rich forests by allotting an alternative coal block to Adani Power Ltd”.
Former Union Minister and local Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar led a delegation along with Datta Meghe (Congress, Wardha), Anandrao Adsul (Shiv Sena, Amravati), Hansraj Ahir (BJP, Chandrapur), Sanjay Dhore (BJP, Akola), Marotrao Kowase (Congress, Gadchiroli) and Pratap Jadhav (Shiv Sena, Buldana) submitted a signed letter to Manmohan Singh in Delhi yesterday.
The coal block falls under Tadoba- Andhari Tiger Reserve and the biodiversity in the area mainly consists of 18 animal species, nine of which including tiger and leopard are endangered species, the MPs have said.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
maharashtra gov will be guj GUV
Maharashtra Governor S C Zamir will take over additional charge as Gujarat Governor July 30 evening around 7.30 pm
Governor Zamir will fly to Gandhinagar in the evening.
he is from Nagaland.
Guj gov designate Mr Dwivedi is unwell and reportedly in a hosp.
Governor Zamir will fly to Gandhinagar in the evening.
he is from Nagaland.
Guj gov designate Mr Dwivedi is unwell and reportedly in a hosp.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
collectors and DDOs to be transferred.....
Few district collectors will be transferred, soon.
Junagadh collector Ashwini Kumar is likely to be transferred. The government is not happy with him, especially after the Junagadh Municipial Corporation election results.
The government was also planning to transfer Mohammed Shid, the Kheda Collector. But Mohammed Shid has got a clearance for deputation in Delhi. Sources from Delhi confirm that Shid is likely to become personal secretary to minister of state for labour and employment Harish Rawat.
A senior collector who will be transferred will also be appointed to GERC(Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission)Prakash Shah, right now in GERC is retiring.
The State Government has also taken view of collectors posted in Patan, Gandhinagar, Surendranagar, Banaskantha and Rajkot. This is because seven constitutencies that will face by elections before October fall in these districts.
However sources claimed that at the moment the government is very comfortable with collectors B V. Rawal in Patan, R.J Patel in Banaskantha and H S Patel in Rajkot and so their chances of transfers are less.
However, the government is yet to decide on Gandhinagar Collector Sanjeev Kumar and Surendranagar collector Mr Anupam.
Ahmedabad collector Harit Shukla will not be transferred.
Few DDOs also are likely to be transferred.
Transfer orders could be served in next 48 hours, also!
Junagadh collector Ashwini Kumar is likely to be transferred. The government is not happy with him, especially after the Junagadh Municipial Corporation election results.
The government was also planning to transfer Mohammed Shid, the Kheda Collector. But Mohammed Shid has got a clearance for deputation in Delhi. Sources from Delhi confirm that Shid is likely to become personal secretary to minister of state for labour and employment Harish Rawat.
A senior collector who will be transferred will also be appointed to GERC(Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission)Prakash Shah, right now in GERC is retiring.
The State Government has also taken view of collectors posted in Patan, Gandhinagar, Surendranagar, Banaskantha and Rajkot. This is because seven constitutencies that will face by elections before October fall in these districts.
However sources claimed that at the moment the government is very comfortable with collectors B V. Rawal in Patan, R.J Patel in Banaskantha and H S Patel in Rajkot and so their chances of transfers are less.
However, the government is yet to decide on Gandhinagar Collector Sanjeev Kumar and Surendranagar collector Mr Anupam.
Ahmedabad collector Harit Shukla will not be transferred.
Few DDOs also are likely to be transferred.
Transfer orders could be served in next 48 hours, also!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Ranjit Bannerjee's Resignation Issue demystified......
There is much flutter about Ranjit Bannerjee, the CEO of Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority(GSDMA). Whether he has resigned or not is being speculated.
Here is why Mr Bannerjee wants to call it quits at this point of time.
Just like Mr J S Rana, Bannerjee also has an inquiry pending against him. He is being alleged of having doled out unsecured loans to Nikhil Gandhi (yes the same man who aspired to be Dhirubhai Ambani of Gujarat but is lost these days). Mr Bannerjee doled out this special favour to Nikhil Gandhi and his companies, several of them while he was at GSFC.
Thereafter, Mr Bannerjee went to Delhi for deputation and later on went to the IMF. Now he is back to Gujarat, his cadre. Mr Bannerjee was keen to go back to Delhi but as per a rule, his five year outside cadre tenure was up and he needed a no objection certificate from the Gujarat Government . Also, he was not empanelled as an ACS to Government of India, because of the pending inquiry.
His idea was to go back to the IMF only for another tenure .
So why is he in Gujarat now and why this resignation talk?
According to a service rule, if an officer applies for voluntary retirement, the government is bound to relieve the officer after 90 days if the officer is either 50 years old or has completed 30 years of service. Mr Bannerjee completed 30 years of service in mid July. If he resigns now, the government will have to relieve him in 90 days and the inquiry can go on eternally….
So it made sense for him to resign but if he is relieved then what about Mr J S Rana whom the State government has yet not relieved?
Here is why Mr Bannerjee wants to call it quits at this point of time.
Just like Mr J S Rana, Bannerjee also has an inquiry pending against him. He is being alleged of having doled out unsecured loans to Nikhil Gandhi (yes the same man who aspired to be Dhirubhai Ambani of Gujarat but is lost these days). Mr Bannerjee doled out this special favour to Nikhil Gandhi and his companies, several of them while he was at GSFC.
Thereafter, Mr Bannerjee went to Delhi for deputation and later on went to the IMF. Now he is back to Gujarat, his cadre. Mr Bannerjee was keen to go back to Delhi but as per a rule, his five year outside cadre tenure was up and he needed a no objection certificate from the Gujarat Government . Also, he was not empanelled as an ACS to Government of India, because of the pending inquiry.
His idea was to go back to the IMF only for another tenure .
So why is he in Gujarat now and why this resignation talk?
According to a service rule, if an officer applies for voluntary retirement, the government is bound to relieve the officer after 90 days if the officer is either 50 years old or has completed 30 years of service. Mr Bannerjee completed 30 years of service in mid July. If he resigns now, the government will have to relieve him in 90 days and the inquiry can go on eternally….
So it made sense for him to resign but if he is relieved then what about Mr J S Rana whom the State government has yet not relieved?
Saturday, July 25, 2009
J Mahapatra to be rehabiliated.
J Mahapatra, the former Ahmedabad Police Commissioner is likely to be appointed chairman of Gujarat Civil Services Tribunal in coming days. Mahapatra earned Modi’s blessings while heading IB in Gujarat and then as Ahmedabad police commissioner.He was one of the few key persons election commission of India has asked to be transferred before the Gujarat polls.
S Aparna ko Gussa kyo aaya....
Ah the South Indian apparently took a dig at the North Indians.
SOunds so very uncouth but thats exactly what Surat Municipal Commissioner S Aparna did.
S Aparna was one name that was being contemplated as a strong replacement that could help th BJP in the coming months as Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner. Present comm. I P Gautam is not being shunted out, but he is keen to quit AMC. However the latest controversy surrounding S Aparna, where she was visibly rude and told all North Indians “why don’t you all go back to Juanpur or Varanasi. If you don’t like Surat, why are you all here,”has not gone down well especially since the Junagadh municipal corporation Results have already put the BJP in a tight spot.
Minister Nitin Patel has apologized on behalf of Aparna insisting how BJP is open to all people from all States. Aparna too has said she is “regretful” for her “isolated comment”.But the damage has been done. Aparna and Srinivas are names which were being discussed for Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner posting. Remains to be seen whether Aparna would make it to the AMC after her “anti North Indian” comments. Most BJP Surat corporators have asked the BJP to transfer her from Surat since she now carries a negative image. With AMC and SMC also having elections in next 15-18 months, lets see whether Aparna, otherwise a blue eyed babe for the Modi government makes it to AMC or can retain her SMC commissioner status.
SOunds so very uncouth but thats exactly what Surat Municipal Commissioner S Aparna did.
S Aparna was one name that was being contemplated as a strong replacement that could help th BJP in the coming months as Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner. Present comm. I P Gautam is not being shunted out, but he is keen to quit AMC. However the latest controversy surrounding S Aparna, where she was visibly rude and told all North Indians “why don’t you all go back to Juanpur or Varanasi. If you don’t like Surat, why are you all here,”has not gone down well especially since the Junagadh municipal corporation Results have already put the BJP in a tight spot.
Minister Nitin Patel has apologized on behalf of Aparna insisting how BJP is open to all people from all States. Aparna too has said she is “regretful” for her “isolated comment”.But the damage has been done. Aparna and Srinivas are names which were being discussed for Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner posting. Remains to be seen whether Aparna would make it to the AMC after her “anti North Indian” comments. Most BJP Surat corporators have asked the BJP to transfer her from Surat since she now carries a negative image. With AMC and SMC also having elections in next 15-18 months, lets see whether Aparna, otherwise a blue eyed babe for the Modi government makes it to AMC or can retain her SMC commissioner status.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
SIxth Sense?
We heard and read of Modi being Eclipsed. (Times of India, Ahmedabad, had the best headline) Junagadh Municipal Corporation Election results have been an embarrassment to Modi for reasons known to everyone.
We have all heard and read of all five Muslims whom Modi had offered tickets and who have lost.
Modi has graduated from being the Hindutva Poster Boy to Governance Guru or Messiah of (urban) development. But the fact remains that people dont want to digest him in the soft hindutva mould. Like it or not, Hindutva remains the current underlying factor in Gujarat, yet.
Some heads will have to roll in and Vijay Rupani is likely to be axed from his position for the Junagadh debacle. Mr Modi’s strategy to drop 29 of the 35 sitting councilors didn’t click. To be fair to Mr Modi, it would be too early to label him as a flop or describe his magic as waning with just Junagadh results. Lets wait for the by elections. Seven seats scheduled to go to polls will be important to determine Mr Modi’s blooming or waning political prowess.
But it ought to be noted that while Mr Modi was keen and campaigned for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections quite actively, he gave a complete go to the Junagadh election. No public meetings, no visit. He did take time out for an aerial survey of rain affection regions in Junagadh district but gave the town a go by.
Why? Did he not want to be seen at a place he already knew would not be won by his party?Good sixth sense?
We have all heard and read of all five Muslims whom Modi had offered tickets and who have lost.
Modi has graduated from being the Hindutva Poster Boy to Governance Guru or Messiah of (urban) development. But the fact remains that people dont want to digest him in the soft hindutva mould. Like it or not, Hindutva remains the current underlying factor in Gujarat, yet.
Some heads will have to roll in and Vijay Rupani is likely to be axed from his position for the Junagadh debacle. Mr Modi’s strategy to drop 29 of the 35 sitting councilors didn’t click. To be fair to Mr Modi, it would be too early to label him as a flop or describe his magic as waning with just Junagadh results. Lets wait for the by elections. Seven seats scheduled to go to polls will be important to determine Mr Modi’s blooming or waning political prowess.
But it ought to be noted that while Mr Modi was keen and campaigned for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections quite actively, he gave a complete go to the Junagadh election. No public meetings, no visit. He did take time out for an aerial survey of rain affection regions in Junagadh district but gave the town a go by.
Why? Did he not want to be seen at a place he already knew would not be won by his party?Good sixth sense?
Why Kuldeep Sharma is unlikely to be Ahmedabad Police Commissioner
Why Kuldeep Sharma is unlikely to be Ahmedabad Police Commissioner
Mr Kuldeep Sharma is known as an efficient police officer. The anti terrorist squad(ATS) is his baby. Also his stints as police commissioner Baroda, Rajkot and Surat were pretty commendable. Mr Sharma was in Somalia on a United Nations mission. He has cut short his mission and is back. His timing coincides with the grapevine of a possible change in top police brass of Ahmedabad.
Hooch tragedy and prohibition are not linked. But still, because it has been unraveled that several police officers were patronizing local bootleggers which apparently led to the Hooch tragedy; talks of top heads rolling have been there.
So,why not Kuldeep Sharma as the new Ahmedabad police commissioner.
It seems even those who can influence the Government and Mr Modi in taking decisions label Kuldeep Sharma as competent, efficient and organized. However the Government or rather those who matter in the government want to keep him away from this important assignment. Why? The answer they offer is :
“Sharma is a good officer. But he is vindictive”.
Also actions of officers like Abhay Chudasama would be much under scrutiny if Kuldeep Sharma takes over. Abhay and Amit Shah(minister of state for home seem to be more than buddies)
So, instead of this jamela, Kuldeep Sharma would prefer to get a posting as DG with Border Security Force. The present DG Mr M L Kumawat retires soon.
Mr Kuldeep Sharma is known as an efficient police officer. The anti terrorist squad(ATS) is his baby. Also his stints as police commissioner Baroda, Rajkot and Surat were pretty commendable. Mr Sharma was in Somalia on a United Nations mission. He has cut short his mission and is back. His timing coincides with the grapevine of a possible change in top police brass of Ahmedabad.
Hooch tragedy and prohibition are not linked. But still, because it has been unraveled that several police officers were patronizing local bootleggers which apparently led to the Hooch tragedy; talks of top heads rolling have been there.
So,why not Kuldeep Sharma as the new Ahmedabad police commissioner.
It seems even those who can influence the Government and Mr Modi in taking decisions label Kuldeep Sharma as competent, efficient and organized. However the Government or rather those who matter in the government want to keep him away from this important assignment. Why? The answer they offer is :
“Sharma is a good officer. But he is vindictive”.
Also actions of officers like Abhay Chudasama would be much under scrutiny if Kuldeep Sharma takes over. Abhay and Amit Shah(minister of state for home seem to be more than buddies)
So, instead of this jamela, Kuldeep Sharma would prefer to get a posting as DG with Border Security Force. The present DG Mr M L Kumawat retires soon.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
AAJE KETLA GAYA (how many today? whats the SCORE?)
Met a friend round the corner. Insisted we go to Naturals for an ice cream. While scooping out, he casually asked, “aaje ketla gaya”? (how many gone today?) WHAT, I asked gape eyed, sipping my Earl Grey outside Crossword.
"The lattha kand yaar. How many more deaths?"
His insensitivity is not out of place in aapnu Amdavad or Swarnim Gujarat. This insensitivity is a reality in general. And not an exception.
Lets accept it. We are like that only.
the East-West, the Old-New Ahmedabad divide is so great. Polarisation in Ahmedabad: sometimes between Hindus and Muslims, between the Haves and Have Nots, the walled city and Non Walled city…
Is the typical Gujju sensitivity a blunted dormant force?
Why is it that we don’t identify with our citizens? Is this the bane of urbanization or our capitalistic mentality?
One bureaucrat rightly but slightly despondently pointed out, that even if there are going to be 200 deaths due to lattha, it would nt matter to Gujaratis. Because all those who are dying or have died are the silent class. Their voice often don’t get out of their shanties too. Gujarat is not W Bengal or Bihar, he said.
Ofcourse for the Congress this has become THE issue. madam has also sent in her condolences. madam may have been moved(dalits matter a lot to the Congress these days, though that is another story), but she does not perhaps know that for most Amdavadis living in the western part of the city, pot holes and water logging are more serious issues than lattha kand or Hooch Smooch deaths.
Hey, madam has sent condolences but ironically the Congress in Gujarat has no senior woman leader who is being spotted with the victims of the hooch tragedy. Quite tragic for a party to suffer from such “woman bankruptcy” at a time when it is the Congress which has given the country the first woman president and the first woman speaker.
Ah!
(this ah! is meant both for the Hooch Tragedy socio dynamics and the Gujarat Congress)
"The lattha kand yaar. How many more deaths?"
His insensitivity is not out of place in aapnu Amdavad or Swarnim Gujarat. This insensitivity is a reality in general. And not an exception.
Lets accept it. We are like that only.
the East-West, the Old-New Ahmedabad divide is so great. Polarisation in Ahmedabad: sometimes between Hindus and Muslims, between the Haves and Have Nots, the walled city and Non Walled city…
Is the typical Gujju sensitivity a blunted dormant force?
Why is it that we don’t identify with our citizens? Is this the bane of urbanization or our capitalistic mentality?
One bureaucrat rightly but slightly despondently pointed out, that even if there are going to be 200 deaths due to lattha, it would nt matter to Gujaratis. Because all those who are dying or have died are the silent class. Their voice often don’t get out of their shanties too. Gujarat is not W Bengal or Bihar, he said.
Ofcourse for the Congress this has become THE issue. madam has also sent in her condolences. madam may have been moved(dalits matter a lot to the Congress these days, though that is another story), but she does not perhaps know that for most Amdavadis living in the western part of the city, pot holes and water logging are more serious issues than lattha kand or Hooch Smooch deaths.
Hey, madam has sent condolences but ironically the Congress in Gujarat has no senior woman leader who is being spotted with the victims of the hooch tragedy. Quite tragic for a party to suffer from such “woman bankruptcy” at a time when it is the Congress which has given the country the first woman president and the first woman speaker.
Ah!
(this ah! is meant both for the Hooch Tragedy socio dynamics and the Gujarat Congress)
coldrinks=lattho
A minister recently bumped into us, a group of non descript journos. Known for his colloquial sarcasm laden with acrebic aciidty, he was upset with the way the hooch tragedy was being reported or rather played up.
Since it was too hot for tea or coffee and(iced tea or cold coffee was not available) we decided to order some cold drink. Dont know it came in a glass. Pepsi or Coke. As the minister took up his glass he quipped, "aa co co cola j chhe ne, lattho nathi ne"(is this coke only and not lathha, the infamous Hooch")
Well, if the minister saheb is not sure of what he is drinking, what about the others?!!!!
Since it was too hot for tea or coffee and(iced tea or cold coffee was not available) we decided to order some cold drink. Dont know it came in a glass. Pepsi or Coke. As the minister took up his glass he quipped, "aa co co cola j chhe ne, lattho nathi ne"(is this coke only and not lathha, the infamous Hooch")
Well, if the minister saheb is not sure of what he is drinking, what about the others?!!!!
why is every one so gung ho about MISSION statements?!
d Facto's MISSION STATEMENT.
(open to revision and subjective interpretations.)
Many well wishers who know me personally have been insisting that this blog should have a mission statement.
I find it ludicrous.
What is the point in having a blog when it has to be formal corporate entity? Blogs are supposed to be places where you can be yourself. All mission statements sound very good but are shallow in spirit and action. So I m basically against mission statements and statistics. Number One in this, First ever, record breaking.....Such superb sounding generalizations and statistics hide much more than what they are supposed to reveal.
Anyways, the humble, modest Indian in me has given away to these demands. What is the mission of d Facto?
Well, I don’t promise the stars.
here is a realistic mission statement.
D Facto is not a PR journal and will strive not to become one.
It will not provide any frills.
While we will try our best to be original, please don’t blame us of plagiarism or idea snatching. (more dangerous and widely prevalent than cradle snatching!). There is so much vaccum in news that everybody is picking up each other’s story and putting it up as their exclusive! No offence intended to anyone but these days packaging matters as much as content.
We wish we belonged to that category of people who are known for the most inaccurate info they provide and confidently package it as news. We aren’t that.
We are what we are and we are proud of it. We are NOT number ONE in any thing and yet we are proud of it. (How very Un Gujarati isn’t it?!)
We accept no responsibility for any personal anguish caused to you by our posts. If you need counseling, do consult us. We know a ypt(a young pretty thing) who is trying to establish herself as one and hasn’t been successful so far. No, no kickbacks involved there in. Like all bureaucrats, even media has a “social responsibility” isn’t it? We are just trying to make babushaahi less boring.
cheers and have fun reading.
(open to revision and subjective interpretations.)
Many well wishers who know me personally have been insisting that this blog should have a mission statement.
I find it ludicrous.
What is the point in having a blog when it has to be formal corporate entity? Blogs are supposed to be places where you can be yourself. All mission statements sound very good but are shallow in spirit and action. So I m basically against mission statements and statistics. Number One in this, First ever, record breaking.....Such superb sounding generalizations and statistics hide much more than what they are supposed to reveal.
Anyways, the humble, modest Indian in me has given away to these demands. What is the mission of d Facto?
Well, I don’t promise the stars.
here is a realistic mission statement.
D Facto is not a PR journal and will strive not to become one.
It will not provide any frills.
While we will try our best to be original, please don’t blame us of plagiarism or idea snatching. (more dangerous and widely prevalent than cradle snatching!). There is so much vaccum in news that everybody is picking up each other’s story and putting it up as their exclusive! No offence intended to anyone but these days packaging matters as much as content.
We wish we belonged to that category of people who are known for the most inaccurate info they provide and confidently package it as news. We aren’t that.
We are what we are and we are proud of it. We are NOT number ONE in any thing and yet we are proud of it. (How very Un Gujarati isn’t it?!)
We accept no responsibility for any personal anguish caused to you by our posts. If you need counseling, do consult us. We know a ypt(a young pretty thing) who is trying to establish herself as one and hasn’t been successful so far. No, no kickbacks involved there in. Like all bureaucrats, even media has a “social responsibility” isn’t it? We are just trying to make babushaahi less boring.
cheers and have fun reading.
Murmu deserves a break.....
All work and no fun would make a bureaucrat dull and lazy but what happens when its too much work, work and work?
Ask G C Murmu, secretary law and order and additional principal secretary in the CMO.
Mr Murmu who handles home in the CMO is a busy man these days. First it was Ashok Jadeja that kept him busy. Then came the Surat gang rape. And now it’s the hooch tragedy. Above all this, the SIT has always been there looming large with nobody knows what they are upto attitude.
Hope Mr Murmu gets respite soon. And the deteriorating law and order situation gets normal enough to give Mr Murmu respite to spend some quality time with his family or to watch a movie.
He deserves a break.
Ask G C Murmu, secretary law and order and additional principal secretary in the CMO.
Mr Murmu who handles home in the CMO is a busy man these days. First it was Ashok Jadeja that kept him busy. Then came the Surat gang rape. And now it’s the hooch tragedy. Above all this, the SIT has always been there looming large with nobody knows what they are upto attitude.
Hope Mr Murmu gets respite soon. And the deteriorating law and order situation gets normal enough to give Mr Murmu respite to spend some quality time with his family or to watch a movie.
He deserves a break.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
POWER SEC SEEKS VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.
Power is a sector that interests Gujarat a lot. Here is some news: The joint secretary power to Government of India Mr Jayant Srinivas Kawale wants to bid farewell to government job. He has sought voluntary retirement on July 6, 2009 and served a three month notice.
An IAS officer of 1981 batch of Maharashtra cadre, Jayant Srinivas Kawale’s next move is being watched with interest by industrialists and bureaucrats
An IAS officer of 1981 batch of Maharashtra cadre, Jayant Srinivas Kawale’s next move is being watched with interest by industrialists and bureaucrats
OSD postings need PM's clearance.
A lot of officers are trying to get posting as OSD(officer on special duty) to various ministers. However, for the first time the ministers will not simply have power to decide upon this. All OSD appointments will have to get clearance from the Prime Ministers’ Office. the grapevine says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to personally know who is posting whom as an OSD. A Gujarat IAS officers who was keen to go to Delhi as an OSD is disappointed at this diktat for it means it might take a while for clearance.
HARIN RAWAL IS THE NEW ADDNTL SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA.
Gujarat’s assistant solicitor general Harin P Rawal has been appointed as additional solicitor general of India (ASG)
Harin Raval will now assist Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati and Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium. The appointments have been cleared by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet. Indira Jaisingh has also been appointed ASG and she is the first woman ASG in India.
Advocate Gaurav Banerjee, whose father Milon Banerjee was the Attorney General in the last government, has also been appointed Additional Solicitor General of India (ASG) by the Government. He is among 12 lawyers who have been appointed ASGs .
Also in the list is former Haryana Advocate-General and Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyer Mohan Jain. Sources said Jain has been asked to shift base to New Delhi to handle Government of India cases in the Supreme Court. Other names in the list are current ASGs Mohan Parasaran, Ashok Nigam (for Allahabad High Court), Parag P Tripathi, Muthukrishnan Ravindran for Chennai and P P Malhotra.
Earlier Kirit Rawal from Gujarat had been an ASG.
Interesting tit bits about Harin Rawal:
· Harin Rawal is known as an articulate well read man with a refined taste
· Harinbhai’s father pravinbhai was the first assistant advocate general of Gujarat after Gujarat became an independent state.
· Harin Rawal is also interested in politics. He contested the 1998 assembly elections on a Congress ticket from Ellisbridge constituency in Ahmedabad. He lost to Haren Pandya.
All the best Mr Harin Rawal and may justice prevail. Always and everywhere!
Harin Raval will now assist Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati and Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium. The appointments have been cleared by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet. Indira Jaisingh has also been appointed ASG and she is the first woman ASG in India.
Advocate Gaurav Banerjee, whose father Milon Banerjee was the Attorney General in the last government, has also been appointed Additional Solicitor General of India (ASG) by the Government. He is among 12 lawyers who have been appointed ASGs .
Also in the list is former Haryana Advocate-General and Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyer Mohan Jain. Sources said Jain has been asked to shift base to New Delhi to handle Government of India cases in the Supreme Court. Other names in the list are current ASGs Mohan Parasaran, Ashok Nigam (for Allahabad High Court), Parag P Tripathi, Muthukrishnan Ravindran for Chennai and P P Malhotra.
Earlier Kirit Rawal from Gujarat had been an ASG.
Interesting tit bits about Harin Rawal:
· Harin Rawal is known as an articulate well read man with a refined taste
· Harinbhai’s father pravinbhai was the first assistant advocate general of Gujarat after Gujarat became an independent state.
· Harin Rawal is also interested in politics. He contested the 1998 assembly elections on a Congress ticket from Ellisbridge constituency in Ahmedabad. He lost to Haren Pandya.
All the best Mr Harin Rawal and may justice prevail. Always and everywhere!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
D RajGopalan gets Five month extension as Chief Secretary.
amid speculations, Gujarat Chief Secretary D Rajgopalan has been given a five month extension. He will now retire on December 31.
Mr Rajgopalan became chief secretary on sept 30, 2008 and was due to retire on July 31.The State government has powers to give extension for three months and the State has to seek permission from center for extension beyond three months. Grapevine says, the State government approached the Centre and had sought an extension for six months. The Centre however has given an extension of five months.
Mr Rajgopalan, who is a trusted bureaucrat of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, was earlier principal secretary industry and subsequently, additional chief secretary, finance.
He was instrumental in organising vibrant Gujarat global investors' summit in 2003, 5, 7 and 9. and we are told Chief minister Modi is happy with his organizational skills and integrity. "Also, his ability to execute government’s decision without raising typical bureaucratic resistance and contradictions has endeared him to the Chief Minister",a senior bureaucrat informed d Facto.
Mr Raj Gopalan is a 1974 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer. He was elevated to CS post by superseding his seniors Sudha Anchalia (who retired in June), Gurcharan Singh (who will retire in December) and S Chandrasekhar, who will retire in November this year.
The state government had sought his extension on the grounds of "continuity in the administration". Well continuity and stability are buzz words these days isnt it?
Names of AK Joti and Balwant Singh, currently additional chief secretaries GAD and Home respectively, were doing rounds as next Chief Sectetaries to succeed Rajgopalan.
It must be noted that the Central Government is planning to introduce a rule that the Chief ministers post becomes a tenure posting for two years which means that after a person is appointed as a CS and he or she retires, they would continue to function as CS till their tenure of two years is over. The UPA government is seriously considering this proposal and if that comes through in next five months, Mr Rajgopalan would continue till September 2010.
At present the posts of cabinet secretary and union home secretary is a tenured post of two years.
Bureaucratic grapevine says now with Rajgopalan’s extension as the CS, the Gujarat government will go in for a reshuffle of collectors and DDOs besides some senior officials in the Secreatariat.
This also includes the post of CMD(chairman and managing director) GNFC bharuch which has been lying vacant after Sudha Anchalia retired.
Congratulations Mr Raj Gopalan for the extension!
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