Status as on 14 Apr 2014 Registration Number Name Of Complainant Date of Receipt Received by Officer name Officer Designation Contact

Address : MINHA/E/2014/00716 : Naresh Kadyan : 14 Apr 2014 : Department of Home : Shri. Satpal Chouhan : Joint Secretary (Coord. & PG) : Room No. 9, North Block, New Delhi110001 Contact Number e-mail : 23092392 : jscpg-mha@nic.in

Grievance Description

The Supreme Court Friday rapped film actor M. Mohan Babu for prefixing Padma Shri to his name in the credits of the film Denikaina Ready. A two member bench comprising Justice H.L. Dattu and S.A. Bobde was hearing a special leave petition by Mohan Babu challenging an order of the AP High Court, in which the Court directed the Union Home Ministry to place this subject before the President for forfeiture of Padma Shri granted to the actor, on account of misuse of the award. High Court concluded that the award had been misused by Mohan Babu as a title deliberately and it invited forfeiture. After hearing the appeal, the bench pointed out that the petitioner was not entitled to prefix the award to his name for film publicity in light of a similar ruling by the Supreme Court in Balaji Raghavan versus Union of India case that clarified the National Awards do not amount to titles within the meaning of Article 18(1) and they should not be used as suffixes or prefixes.If this is done, the defaulter should forfeit the National Award conferred on him or her by following the procedure laid down in Regulation : 10 of each of the four notifications creating these National Awards. The bench pointed out that the High Court established that the act of the appellant was deliberate.The bench directed the counsel file counter affidavit and posted the case to April 17. Please find attached here with the advertisement released by the Government of Haryana, on the eve of birth anniversary of the Baba Sahib Bhimrao Ambedkar but Bharat Ratna awards misused as title, which is an contempt of Supreme Court of India orders, hence Shaw cause notice may kindly be issued to the Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Haryana for strict compliance, he may kindly be further directed for wide circulation of the said instructions amongst all Administrative Secretaries and Head of Departments. It would be pertinent to mention here that Kadyan Khap International respect and honour the contribution made by Baba Sahib but violation of the set procedure and legislation's may heart his soul. OIPA - Indian People for Animals paid kind tribute and homage to Baba Sahib through Abhishek Kadyan, Media Adviser and Miss Sukanya Kadyan, Programme Director.