The Hindu               27.12.2013

Ibrahim takes charge as Deputy Commissioner

A.B. Ibrahim, was the Managing Director of the
Chamundeshwari Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) in Mysore, took charge
as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada on Thursday. Mr.
Ibrahim, who is also the administrator of the Mangalore City Corporation
(MCC), has promised time-bound completion of the projects of the civic
body.

A decade ago, he had served as the Commissioner
of the MCC for two years. The term ended in 1999. When pointed out that
a few problems — for instance, the construction of a city bus stand or a
ranga mandira — still persisted 14 years later, Mr. Ibrahim said he
will convey a meeting with corporation authorities and chalk out
“time-bound” programmes. Responding to another query, he said the
schedule of the annual Karavali Utsav would be decided in two days.

Mr.
Ibrahim joined the Karnataka Administrative Service in 1990. Since
then, he has served as the special land acquisition officer for Konkan
Railways, Assistant Commissioner in Sakhleshpur and Hassan, Managing
Director of KEONICS, and later MD of Mysore Lamps Limited, Bangalore,
among others. He takes the charge from Thulasi Maddineni, Chief
Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat, who was in-charge of the post
after N. Prakash was transferred recently.

The
District Administration has not yet received a written order from the
Union government making Aadhaar mandatory to avail LPG subsidies.

Responding
to a query, Additional Deputy Commissioner K. Dayananda said though
there have been reports that the Union Government would enforce the
Direct Benefit Transfer from January 1, the order had not yet reached
the District Administration here. “Once we get the order, we will peruse
through the Supreme Court judgment that prohibits Aadhaar from being
made mandatory, and we’ll make a decision,” he said.