Lok Sabha Question No. 4356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Consultants Employed by CEC
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF  INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4356

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 21 st  MARCH, 2018

Consultants  Employed by CEC

†4356. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

## Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- a) the  number of consultants employed by the Central Election Commission (CEC) at present;
- b) whether  all  of  them  were  appointed  as  consultants  after  retirement  from Government service;
- c) if so, the amount of honorarium being paid to all the consultants and     the duration for which they have been appointed;
- d) whether any common citizen has also been appointed to the said post; and
- e) if so, the details thereof ?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

(Shri P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- a)  &  (e)  :  18  consultants  have  been  employed  by  Central  Election  Commission (CEC) at present.  The information with respect to the consultants has been given in Annexure - I.

## ANNEXURE-I

|   Sl.No. | Name of the Consultant                    | Period of employment                         | Honorarium paid                       | Whether appointed after retirement from government service.   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Shri Vipin Katara, Consultant(EVM)        | One(1) year (w.e.f. 19.10.2017)              | Rs.80,000/-                           | Yes                                                           |
|        2 | Mrs. Anjana Gosain, Consultant (Legal)    | One (1) year (w.e.f.. 10.05.2017)            | Rs. 80,000/-                          | No                                                            |
|        3 | Ms. Smitha Sathasivan, Consultant (PWD)   | Six(6) months (w.e.f. 16.11.17 - 15.05.2018) | Rs. 25,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|        4 | Mrs. Padma Kumari Menon, Consultant       | One (1) year (w.e.f. 14.09.17 - 13.09.2018)  | Rs. 40,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|        5 | Shri Ghan Shyam Khohar, Consultant (PPS)  | Thee (3) months (w.e.f. 14.03.2018)          | Rs. 50,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|        6 | Shri Tapan Kumar Dutta, Consultant(PPS)   | Three (3) months (w.e.f. 14.03.2018)         | Rs.25,000/-                           | Yes                                                           |
|        7 | Shri Bhawar Lal, Consultant(EVM & VVPAT)  | One (1) year (w.e.f. 10.01.2018)             | Rs. 80,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|        8 | Dr. Bhagbanprakash, Consultant (Training) | 22.02.2011 to 11.05.2018                     | Rs. 80,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|        9 | Shri Noor Mohammad, Consultant(Training)  | 22.05.2012 to 22.05.2018)                    | Rs. 80,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|       10 | Shri S.K.Mendiratta, Legal Advisor        | 01.01.1998 - Till date                       | Rs. 80,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|       11 | Shri S.D.Sharma, Sr. Fellow               | Six(6) months w.e.f (01.12.2017)             | Rs. 80,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|       12 | Dr.Aarti Aggarwal                         | One (1) year (w.e.f. 29.11.2017)             | Rs. 80,000/-                          | No                                                            |
|       13 | Ms. Simran Sachdeva                       | One (1) year (w.e.f. 02.05.2017)             | Rs. 35,000/-                          | No                                                            |
|       14 | Shri Vinayak Sen                          | One (1) year (w.e.f. 02.05.2017)             | Rs. 35,000/-                          | No                                                            |
|       15 | Shri Apoorv Tiwary                        | One (1) year (w.e.f. 01.06.2017)             | Rs. 35,000/-                          | No                                                            |
|       16 | Ms. Aradhna                               | One(1) year (w.e.f. 06.11.2017)              | Rs. 35,000/-                          | No                                                            |
|       17 | Shri V.K.Sharma, Consultant (IC)          | One (1) year (w.e.f. 27.09.2017)             | Rs. 80,000/-                          | Yes                                                           |
|       18 | Shri Pradeep Sangwan, Consultant (EVM)    | One (1) year (w.e.f. 27.11.2017)             | Rs. 8.3 Lakh per annum (Consolidated) | Yes                                                           |