New Delhi, July 15 :     The BJP-led government has managed to have a Governor of its choice in Arunachal Pradesh but failed to get the President?s nod in regularising the temporary appointment of West Bengal Governor Shyamal Sen. The Centre recommended Arvind Dave, outgoing chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), as Arunachal Pradesh Governor at the behest of an influential official in the Prime Minister?s Office (PMO). The official is believed to have directed Union home secretary Kamal Pande yesterday to propose Dave?s name. The home ministry feels quite comfortable with Sen, acting chief justice of Calcutta High Court, as West Bengal Governor and would like him to continue for a full term. The ministry believes that even West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, who insists on being consulted before Governors are appointed in his state, is not unhappy with Sen. Besides, the home ministry felt Sen needed to be relieved from one of his two posts and that he should continue as Governor rather than acting chief justice. A recommendation that Justice A. Mathur of Jabalpur High Court be appointed chief justice in Calcutta is pending with President K.R. Narayanan. There is no explanation why the President has not yet cleared it, but Mathur is reportedly senior to Sen. Sources said if Mathur is appointed in Calcutta, a judge professionally junior to him will have to continue as Governor in the state. The ministry felt that if Sen is appointed Governor for a full five-year term, such a scenario could be averted. Government sources said in Dave?s case, the entire process ? from proposing his name to getting the President?s signature ? was completed with unusual speed. Questions are being raised among bureaucrats on what forced the senior PMO official to consider Dave?s candidature, especially after the Centre had issued an order only on July 12 promoting A.S. Dulat as the new RAW chief. The official notification appointing Dave as Arunachal Governor was issued yesterday by the information wing of the PMO. Usually, the Union home ministry proposes the name or names of a panel of candidates for Governors. The file will be processed, approved by the home minister and sent to the Prime Minister for his signature. Only then will the PMO send the file to the President, who may or may not give assent. Soon after getting his appointment order, Dave met home minister L.K. Advani and paid a ?courtesy call? to Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee today. RAW officials resent the fact that someone under whose leadership the agency committed serious intelligence lapses ? particularly relating to Pakistan ? over the past 18 months should be appointed Governor. Officials pointed out that the PMO official had earlier bypassed the Cabinet secretariat and got an order signed by the Prime Minister, giving a three-month extension to Dave as RAW chief. In May, the same official had asked Union home secretary B.P. Singh to relinquish office and hand over charge to Pande the next day.