Jet Airways’ Capt. Ajay Singh cleared 66 files related to
Jet Airways while serving as CFOI with DGCA under notice period

In the last issue of Kalchakra, we had highlighted the ‘Conflict of Interest’ in DGCA vis a vis Jet Airways, where Jet had appointed its own people at key positions in DGCA. Jet Airways’ Capt. Ajay Singh was working as Chief Flight Operations Inspector (CFOI) with the DGCA, which is a Jt. Secy. level position. Interestingly, he was supposed to give clearance to pilots for flying aircrafts of various airlines including Jet Airways.
As per the RTI reply from DGCA, Capt. Ajay Singh was appointed as CFOI on 5 Aug. 2014. He was working with Jet Airways prior to this assignment. He submitted his resignation from the post on 10 Aug. 2016, but was relieved from his post on 2 Feb. 2017 and subsequently re-joined Jet Airways. Our RTI further reveals that a total number of 66 files related to Jet Airways were cleared by him during Aug. 2016 and Feb. 2017 (notice period). We are given to understand that the appointment of a Jt. Secy. level post should have been through UPSC. Will someone find out if Capt. Ajay Singh went through this process? Is anybody in the GoI concerned?