IEP Chandigarh, January 19

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the disposal of complaints received on the CM window should be completed in a time-bound manner for quick redressal to the people. Besides, the Chief Minister will preside over the review meeting of CM Window every three months.

While presiding over the CM Window meeting here today, the Chief Minister said that a mobile app will be created for the departmental officers for complete information about the grievances of CM Window. He said that the details of the complaints regarding the police department should be kept separate and it should be disposed of within the time limit.

The Chief Minister said that to redress the grievances of the people, various departments should develop a separate system at their level. Along with this, information about redressal of complaints received during the last three months should also be made available to them on a regular basis. He said that in cases of corruption, the complaints should be disposed of by the concerned senior officers on priority basis and in case of complaint against any officer; only the senior officer should investigate the matter.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that the Chief Secretary can directly send the complaints of corruption to the Vigilance Bureau for investigation as per the requirement. Along with this, he should also regularly review the complaints related to various departments. He said that unless there is a clear order of the court in any case, the department should settle them within the time limit at its own level to provide relief to the complainant. Also, the reference of the complaint given to the department should also be registered in the complaints received in the CM window, he added.

The Chief Minister said that an Additional Director or Class-A officer should be made the nodal officer at the department level to resolve the complaints of CM Window. In this regard, the department heads will review redressal of complaints in 15 days, administrative secretary in one-month, Chief Secretary in two months and the Chief Minister in three months. Along with this, the complaints of the Panchayat Department at the district level should be redressed by the CEO and the complaints of the Urban Local Bodies Department by the DMC. The officers doing excellent work in redressing the complaints of CM Window will be appreciated.

The Chief Minister was apprised in the meeting that 10,58,888 complaints have been received on the CM Window, out of which 9,23,880 complaints have been resolved. Out of these, 54,262 complaints have been found inconsistent and action taken report has been received on 23,011 complaints. Along with this action has been taken on 10,057 complaints and 29,072 complaints are overdue and clarification has been sought on 17,614 complaints.

On the occasion, Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Director General of Police, Sh. PK Aggarwal, Advisor (Irrigation) to Chief Minister, Sh. Devender Singh, OSD to Chief Minister, Sh. Bhupeshwar Dayal, along with additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries and nodal officers of various departments were present.

IEP Chandigarh January 19

The Haryana Government has decided that in future, case of re-employment of a government employee in service beyond two years will not be considered states a circular issued by the Chief Secretary, Mr Sanjeev Kaushal.

According to Rule-143 of Haryana Civil Services (General) Rules, 2016 and State Government Instructions, the re-employment can only be given in exceptional circumstances after 58 years for a period of maximum two years to a government employee beyond the age of superannuation. However, many departments are sending the proposals of re-employment beyond 2 years to Human Resources Department. The State Government has taken a serious view in this regard and decided that in future no case of re-employment in service beyond two years be considered. If there is requirement of service of any retired employee beyond two years, only contractual engagement may be considered as per policy/guidelines, with the prior approval of Human Resources Department (in Human Resources-III Branch added, Mr Kaushal.

IEP Chandigarh, January 19

Haryana Higher Education Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma said that with a view to increase the placement of students studying in universities and colleges of the state, the heads of higher education institutions should sign Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with more and more industries.

Sh. Mool Chand Sharma said this while presiding over the review meeting with the officers of Higher Education Department here today. He said that colleges should be opened in densely populated areas according to the number of students. The government’s scheme of college within the radius of 20 kilometres should not be applicable in such areas.

The Higher Education Minister said that there would be no laxity in the matter of promotion of teachers. “The recruitment process will be expedited and the shortage of teachers will be met. Along with this, the construction work of higher education institutions will also be expedited,” he asserted.

It was apprised in the meeting that a placement cell has been set up in every college in which the students are being told about career opportunities through extension lecturers. Job fairs were also organized in government colleges of Panchkula, Hisar, Rohtak and Gurugram in which students from across the state participated.

Apart from this, training programmes are also being organized by the industries and students are being offered employment after training. Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar, Director, Sh. Rajeev Rattan, Joint Director (Administration) Sh. Deepak Kumar and other officers of the department were present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh

Haryana Right to Service Commission slaps a fine of Rs. 25,000/- to the Estate Manager, Housing Board, Rewari for rejecting an application of transfer of property in the names of applicant Sh. Sanjay Dargan and his elder sister, Ms. Kamlesh Gomber despite having last and final registered will of his father, in their names.
The complainant alleged that the respondent’s office purposefully denied his application on the basis of spurious grounds and that the respondent engaged in substantial misconduct, collusion, and abuse of authority in order to justify the complainant’s actions.
Giving more information in this regard, RTS Secretary said that as soon as the matter was flagged to the commission, the Commission took immediate cognizance of the issue and called for a detailed inquiry.
During the investigation, it was found that the father of the complainant amended his Will three times due to the death of their one family member. The last Will was made on August 14, 2019 where he consciously excluded the family of his deceased relative.
He further informed that the applicant applied for transfer of property in case of death (uncontested) vide SARAL ID TPCD/2022/00294. Following this, a public notice was published on June 8, 2022 in the newspaper, as per procedure to invite objections within 30 days.
In response to the notice, an objection was received on June 13, 2022 enclosing a registered Will dated August 8, 2014. Subsequently, the Board issued a letter dated June 21, 2022 to the complainant to provide the succession certificate in his favour. However, since the complainant could not submit the succession certificate on July 11, 2022, the Board rejected the application with comments ‘Allotte Sh. Har Bhagwan (Father) has made 3 registered Will and always made different nominees. Please give one registered will onto the office which is legal’.
The Commission after detailed inquiry concluded that it is a fact that the allottee, Shri Har Bhagwan (Father) had executed three registered Wills and in the last Will, he had mentioned the factum of execution of earlier two registered Wills which he revoked in his last Will. Therefore, the last registered Will had force of law, legally valid and should have been acted upon by the respondent. The commission found that the objection raised has no legal sanctity because previously registered Will has been specifically revoked.
The commission further found that rejection of the last Will and asking the complainant to obtain a succession certificate is nothing but harassment and abuse of power and dereliction of duty. The commission stated it was a clear case but was stretched for no reason. While taking stringent action, the Commission imposed a penalty of Rs. 20,000/- on the Estate Manager, Housing Board Rewari  and a compensation of Rs 5,000 to be given to the complainant for harrasment caused to him.