Heard so

Heard so in  BABUDOM 

Embargoed for Sunday

April 17, 2011

Thanks

R Rajagopalan
Delhi

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Soon after the return of Dr Manmohan SIngh

from China, a long list of "to do" will be kept ready.

First and foremost is to make up the mind of

next Cabinet Secretary. Then comes the 

decision on brining Pulok Chatterjee as Secretary

in  PMO., in the place of MN Prasad.

Dr Singh may have to take a tough decision

on identifying the successor of KM Chandrasekhar.

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PMO wants to bring in K Mohandas as Cabinet Secretary

who is 1974 topper and much more senior in the batch

than Pulok Chatterjee. Another officer is Ajit Kumar Seth

who is also 1974 who is presently in the cabinet secretariat.

Political signal is too clear that PMO does not want

to appoint Pulok Chatterjee as Cabinet Secretary.

But to make him as Secretary in PMO from January 2012.

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Buzz in corridors of power is that Raj Kumar Singh 

is likely to succeed GK Pillai as Union Home Secretary.

Presently RK Singh is Secretary Defence Production.

An officer of high morality-during Rath Yatra the brave

RK, got LK Advani arrested in Bihar. Apart from this

an officer of bravity. Insiders who are in the selection

process comment, with the anger and straightforward 

approach, can he stand up to the high moral abilities of

P Chidambaram. Will there not be ego and personality clash.

However, the same source also confirm the style with which

PMO will play- is a matter of keen interest. Like D Subba Rao

was thrust- a similar adoption will now be repeated by

appointing RK Singh as Union Home Secretary.

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Yet another buzz in the corridors of PMO is much more

interesting. Pradeep Kumar a 1972 IAS officer of Haryana Cadre

is a serious contendor for the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner.

If he made it say in June 2011, there is every possibility to bringing

in Sashi Kant Sharma a 1976 senior IAS officer from UP cadre

as Defence Secretary. Sashi Kant Sharma comes from a too

orthadox and religious family in Uttar Pradesh.  In the banking

Sashi does not articulate the policies. He is half hurt of being

posted. These inputs PMO will keep in mind before effecting

a major bureaucratic shuffle.

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Juicy scoop. Not to read too much in between lines.

1974 Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer

K Madhavan Nambiar former Civil Aviation Secretary

moved from pillar to post to get constitutional postions.

But now settled with a CEO position in Chennai based

Alcatel-CDOT joint Venture. WIth a fancy salary.

Nambiar succeeds Sidharth Behura who is now

languishing in Tihar Jail. Moral of the story is

Mallu helps his own country man the another Mallu.

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