Friday, October 25, 2013

236: The Duty of Public Servants

236

ABOUT NON PUBLIC INFORMATION

         The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on 19 October 2013, said that he granted a coal licence to Mr. Birla on the merits of the case placed before him. He added that his judgement was entirely appropriate.
     He is free to function as the Chief Justice of India or to do the work of the Cabinet Secretary while holding the office of the Prime Minister of India.
   Thus he could have handed over the “fruit” even to his own “son”.
    But he should have given Freedom to this writer to know this as and when it happened.
    He did not do so.
   Thus, he treats 1000 million people as mere animals.
      The people consider this as the biggest criminal offence.
       In contrast, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) does not consider this as an offence at all.
    Therefore, this condition would continue as long as it believes in the theory that the political leaders must be “positively willing to act immorally and illegally at the right times”.

       The Government of Karnataka State initiated a CBI probe on the illegal export of iron ore through seven ports. At the same time, it constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising police officers from the state.
       Thus, the above State has gone up to the ports.  
   It should have probed the destination of the ores and the method of remittances.
    Further, the miners have deployed the revenue of the nation in various entities under fictitious names as in Sahara Company. The status of these assets also must be known.
   Notwithstanding the above, the people would commend the decision if the SIT produces results within a few days.
         
       A Supreme Court of India Bench comprising Justices G.S. Singhvi and V. Gopala Gowda, on 19 October 2013, ordered a CBI probe into 14 issues relating to criminal dimensions arising out of the so-called Radia tapes. The issues raised in the first report are: supply of low floor buses by Tata Motors to the Government of Tamil Nadu, appointment of Mr.  Pradip Baijal as Chairman of the Pipeline Advisory Committee, allotment of coal blocks to Mr. Anil Ambani , allotment of iron ore mines at Ankua to Tata Steel, favours shown by Mr. V. K. Sibal, then Director General of Hydrocarbons to the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), fudging of numbers in the subscriber base by Reliance Communications and submission of the same to the Mumbai Stock Exchange (BSE) to save the money, working of touts and  middle men and kickbacks in the aviation sector, market manipulation of the stocks of the Unitech Company and matters related to corruption/malpractice in judiciary.
     The issues are consistent with the predictions of this writer.
    The Bench used hard words – unscrupulous elements, corrupt means and extraneous considerations – and asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct an enquiry and submit a report within two months.
     In all small criminal cases, the FIRs are filed as and when they surface. Here, the Supreme Court kept these illegalities away from the eye of the people for years. Thus, it gave life to many culprits.  

    The CBI, on 19 October 2013, said that former coal secretary, Mr. P.C. Parakh, had joined three private firms – Navbharat Power Private Limited, Visa Power Limited and Tata Sponge Iron - after retirement. However, it saw no quid pro quo against him.
     The CBI buries many complaints in the expectation that they will be forgotten.  Does it want to bury this case also?

   On 19 October 2013, Mr. M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister, said, “When rule of law is concerned it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody”.
     Actually, his words apply to the Supreme Court.
    Apparently, the judges now do not secretly liaise with the union ministers.

    Justice RV Raveendran, a former judge of the Supreme Court of India, in an interview to the NDTV on 20 October 2013, resented that retirement came by the time he matured as a competent judge.
          A public servant must seize the opportunity the nature gives to him. He must give secondary importance to his wife and children to make use of the opportunity.
   Above all, he must prove his worth while in service.

       Cabinet Secretary Agit Seth, on 20 October 2013, expressed dismay over the action of the CBI against the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.
      The Central IAS Officer’s Association, on the same day, sought safeguard for the bureaucrats. It said that no honest officers must be harassed.
    The bureaucrats are public servants. They shall not implement the non public orders of their superiors in private interest.
    They shall not withhold any non- public information that might protect a superior from making a poor decision. This is the important duty of the bureaucrats.
       It may be recalled that the present writer sent the first letter to the Prime Minister of India, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, on June 1, 2001. At that time, he was taking rest at a hospital in Mumbai.
     A bureaucrat received the letter. He immediately transmitted it to the Cabinet Secretary, apparently, with a note.
       The latter did not wait for the Prime Minister to return to the capital. Instead, he flew to Mumbai with the letter and things happened as mentioned in Chapter 1.  
    The bureaucrats must assess their own present performance in the light of the above.  

     The employees of the Airport Authority of India, on 22 October 2013, started a relay strike protesting the proposed privatization of six airports.
   The report is a reflection of the nature of the Supreme Court.

   RJD chief Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav and JD (U) leader Jagdish Sharma were, on 22 October 2013, disqualified as Members of Parliament (MPs) following their convictions.
    The big offenders take the revenue of the government. They send the small offenders to jail.

     Union Minister Narayanaswamy, on 22 October 2013, said that the government had nothing to hide.  Describing the government as an open book, he added that the state governments were the competent authorities for the allocations.
    The government hid everything from the people.
    Even now this writer does not know whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh disposed of the resources of the public based on the decision of the Union Cabinet or not. In fact, the degree of involvement of various Cabinet Ministers remains as a mystery.
     Perhaps, the Supreme Court alone knows the answer.

       After his two day visit to Russia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid a three day visit to China. At China, on 2 October 2013, he said that the USA was fading and China and Russia were best for India.
    India depends upon the USA for employment and foreign exchange. He should have avoided the above discourteous opinion from the Chinese soil.
        It is clear that the people are paying a heavy price for keeping him as the Prime Minister of India.
      Prime Minister Manmohan Singh then said that when India and China shake hands the world notices.
    The world notices the pitiable condition of India.
    India and China, on 23 October 2013, signed a Border Defence Co-operation Agreement (BDCA) aimed at maintaining peace and tranquillity along their 4058 km Line of Actual Control (LAC).
   Now China enters India through the southern side. The moment India tends to annul the trade deficit with China, the latter would enter India through the northern side.
    Thus India sows seeds for a conflict with China.

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on 24 October 2013,  said that he was not above law. He added that the CBI could question him at any time.
     He has been sitting in a cave to issue non public orders. Now, he says that he would remain in a jail to issue public orders.
   His only demand is that he must be allowed to function as the Prime Minister of India.

    The facts from 19 October 2013 to 24 October 2013 are being submitted to His Excellency the President of India, Chief Justice of India, Chief of Indian Army, Chief of Indian Air Force, Human Rights Commission and the Chief Vigilance Commission  on 25 October 2013 through email for necessary action.
       V. Sabarimuthu
26-3 Thattamkonam,Vellicode, Mulagumoodu PIN: 629167
Tamil Nadu State,
INDIA
Phone: 04651275520. Mobile: 9486214851
25 October 2013



    

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