IEP Chandigarh, December 14

Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief minister, Sh. Manohar Lal held here today accorded approval to a proposal regarding Amendments in Haryana Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2016 under which Child Care Leave of two years will be permissible to single male government employee as well.  

These Rules may be called the Haryana Civil Services (Leave) Amendment Rules, 2022. They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Now, a single male government employee meaning thereby – an unmarried, widower or legally divorcee government employee and a female government employee can avail Child Care Leave for a maximum period of two years (i.e. 730 days) during the entire service for taking care of her/his two eldest surviving children upto the age of 18 years under the Haryana Civil Services (leave) Amendment Rules, 2022.

Furthermore, as per the amendment, Child Care Leave has been granted to single male government employee apart from female government employees on the pattern of Government of India by amending the Rule 46 of HCS (Leave) Rules, 2016. In the said rules, in rule 46, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely, Child care leave shall be admissible for a maximum period of 730 days during the entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children upto the age of eighteen years only provided that the period of 730 days includes the child care leave availed, if any, by the mother, as a female Government employee, while working under any State government or the Government of India prior to the submission of application by a single male Government employee of the same two eldest children.

Besides this, the condition of Child Care Leave for children less than 18 years shall not be applicable to Divyang Children, if impairment is more than 60 per cent as per the impairment certificate issued by the competent authority and if Divyang Child is completely dependent on the female Government employee or single male Government employee as the case maybe.

IEP Chandigarh, December 13

The members of the 41-member Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Ad-hoc Committee met Chief Minister Sh Manohar Lal today at the Sant Kabir Kutir (Chief Minister Residence) for setting up a separate Haryana Sikh gurdwara Management Committee for Haryana.In his address, the Chief Minister said that the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Act was enacted in  2013, which was later challenged in the court . The people of the Sikh community of Haryana desired that the funds of the Gurudwaras of Haryana should be spent in Haryana only and should not be under the control of the Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, so  Haryana’s separate Haryana Sikh gurdwara Management Committee should be formed and later the Haryana Home Department issued a notification for the formation of a 41-member ad hoc committee.The Chief Minister announced now an 11-member executive committee will be constituted for the Haryana Gurdwara Management Committee, which will have 5 office bearers and 6 members. He said that this committee will look after the work of administrative management of all the 52 historical Gurdwara Sahib Gurdwaras in Haryana.He further stated that the 41-member committee is temporary till the further elections are conducted. The responsibility of the election has been given to the Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra. Firstly, the voter list of Sikhs of Haryana will be prepared. This process is expected to take 6 months. The headquarters of Haryana Gurdwara Management Committee will be in Kurukshetra only. The Chief Minister said that when the elections are held after the voters’ list is prepared, the Haryana Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee will also honour the unanimously elected members on behalf of the government.He said that the Haryana government has always given respect to Sikh gurus. The 550th anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, 450th anniversary of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and 400th anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji have been celebrated; besides, a museum and memorial are being built in Lohgarh, Yamunanagar in memory of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Ji.The Chief Minister also appealed to the Sikh community of Haryana to collectively contribute for the social cause. It is worth mentioning here that when the Supreme Court on September 22 decided to justify the formation of a separate Haryana Sikh gurdwara Management Committee.

IEP Chandigarh, December 13

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to start the work of elevated roads in Hisar soon so that the traffic congestion within the city could be reduced. He also directed to prepare a proposal for elevated railway-track in Bahadurgarh and shifting of railway line out of city Jind.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Public Works Department, presided over a meeting of officers of HRIDC (Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation) and PWD (Public Works Department) here today.

On this occasion, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works Department, Sh. Ankur Gupta, MD, HRIDC, Sh. Rajesh Agarwal and other senior officers were present.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala informed after the meeting that about 8.5-kilometer-long elevated road will be constructed by the Public Works Department on the old ‘Delhi-Hisar-Sirsa Road’ in Hisar. This road will be built from Sirsa Chungi to the flyover near Jindal Factory. It will have 7 entry and 7 exit points. He added that through this project people will get relief from traffic congestion in Sector-14, Bus Stand, Nagori Gate, Police Line Area, Urban Estate, Dabra Chowk, Model Town, Sector 9-11 areas. He informed that the DPR for this elevated road has been prepared and cost of the project is estimated around Rs. 723 crore.

According to the deputy chief minister, dozens of accidents occur each year when people cross the railroad tracks in Bahadurgarh town, Jhajjar district, and as a result, many people lose their lives. He directed HRIDC MD, Sh. Rajesh Agarwal to explore the possibilities of making elevated railway track at the said place in Bahadurgarh. He also directed to check the feasibility in this regard as soon as possible.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala directed to shift the Gohana-Jind railway line out of the city Jind and to prepare a proposal to construct a wide road in place of the existing railway lines by the PWD department. He said that through the shifting of the railway line, the traffic congestion in Jind will be reduced.

He directed the officers to take immediate action on the above three projects so that people can get relief from traffic congestion.

IEP Chandigarh, December 13

Following the proposal of the Haryana government to amend the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 on the use of Hindi language in the courts and tribunals subordinate to the Punjab and Haryana High Court; the Governor of Haryana, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya today approved the notification issued by the Haryana Information, Public Relations and Languages Department for the purpose under sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Haryana Languages (Amendment) Act, 2020 (13 of 2020) which will be applicable from April 1, 2023. 

The government has taken this decision keeping in mind the convenience of the public. As t he objective of justice in a democracy is that the litigant should get speedy justice in his own language and he should not remain speechless during the proceedings. For  the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 was passed by the state legislature to adopt Hindi as the language used for official purposes and was made the official language of the state under the Haryana Official Languages Act, 1969.

Since then, the Hindi language is mostly being used as the language of administration. The Punjab Official Language Act, 1967 was amended by Punjab Act No. 11 of 1969, which added sections 3A and 3B, that work in all civil courts and criminal courts subordinate to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and all revenue courts and tribunals; will be done in Punjabi.

A similar amendment has also been brought in the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 to provide that work in all courts, subordinate to the High Court and by all tribunals constituted by the state government shall be done in Hindi in Devanagari script and Section 3A has been included in the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969, under which any proceeding, judgement, decree or order passed in all civil courts and criminal courts subordinate to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and all revenue courts and tribunals shall be done in Hindi.

IEP Chandigarh, December 13

 Haryana Urban Local Bodies Minister, Dr. Kamal Gupta said that 3,000 posts in Urban Local Bodies will be filled up soon. For this, requisition has been sent to the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC).Dr. Kamal Gupta said this in response to questions asked by media persons during the press conference today.He stated that 2000 posts related to Fire & Emergency Services and 1000 other posts of different categories of ULBs will be recruited. The services of retired Junior Engineers and SDOs will also be taken for which the case is under process. Further, he stated that it has been decided to declare the area of Shri Mata Mansa Devi as a holy place. He added that meat-liquor shops will be prohibited in this area.In response to another question, the ULB Minister stated that steps are being taken to make cattle free cities. For this purpose, boundary walls, sheds and cattle pounds are being made on separate land by the Municipal Corporations to keep these cattles.

IEP Chandigarh, December 13

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that corruption will not be tolerated in the state under any circumstances and for this, the government is strengthening the State Vigilance Bureau.At a review meeting here today with the Administrative Secretaries of various departments regarding the action taken report on the cases sent to them by the Vigilance Department, he  said that the process of appointing Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) was underway. “The departments in which such cases are pending, should ensure that action is taken at the earliest,” he added. The Chief Secretary said that since  2018, 195 cases have been  pending in various departments, which are mandatory to be investigated by CVO only. In addition, there are 118 cases pending for action to be taken by the concerned departments on the basis of vigilance bureau reports. He directed all the departments to ensure immediate action on such matters and submit the report to the government; besides disposing of the pending matters from the year 2018.Zero tolerance policy on corruption, goal of state government Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that in the last few years, it was seen that some officers used to suppress such cases in the departments and in many cases delayed further action. But in order to root out corruption in the state, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has constituted a High-Power Committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to review the corruption cases by adopting zero tolerance policy on corruption. The Chief Minister himself also reviews such matters. The Chief Secretary said that as it is a very serious matter, all the departments will have to make tireless efforts to eliminate corruption from the root.Government strengthening Vigilance Department, CVOs and deputy CVOs to be appointedThe Chief Secretary said that the state government is strengthening the Vigilance Department and to investigate cases in the departments; the process of appointing Chief Vigilance Officers is underway. For this, retired IAS officers, officers in central and state services will be engaged. Criteria have been fixed for this and a committee headed by the Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister has been constituted; which will shortlist the officers for the post of CVO, he said. Portal will be developed; departments will be able to upload ATR“Soon a portal would also be developed on which departments would be able to upload an Action Taker Report (ATR). With this, real time data will be available about any action pending in departments and at which level,” he said adding that this would be  a state-of-the-art tool with the Administrative Secretaries, through which they can continuously monitor such cases.

IEP Chandigarh, December 13

Haryana Urban Local Bodies Minister, Dr. Kamal Gupta while addressing a press conference today said that after mapping and surveying, more than 42.70 lakh properties have been identified for property tax in urban areas. Out of this, property ID of about 33 lakh has been made. Haryana has become the first state in the country to do this.

He said that property owners or occupiers should take full advantage of the scheme by depositing all due property tax before December 31, 2022, under the House Tax Interest Waiver Scheme implemented by the government in urban areas. Under this scheme, complete interest is being waived on the outstanding house tax amount, he added.

The Minister said that earlier only 25 percent people used to deposit property tax, but with the creation of property ID, all people would pay property tax to the urban local bodies department and this would increase the revenue of the local bodies.

Dr. Gupta said that after the survey more than 23.50 lakh new properties were identified, out of which 1.98 lakh objections were registered. Out of these one lakh objections were resolved and 60,000 objections were cancelled and 30,000 are pending. He said that now officers below the rank of District Municipal Commissioner have been given the powers to remove these objections so that they can be resolved quickly.

Marking is being done for parking areas in cities

Dr. Kamal Gupta said that the government has decided to mark the parking areas at crowded places in the cities, which is showing positive results. Due to this, people going to urban areas are parking their vehicles at designated places only. He said that marking will be done at designated places for parking of vehicles at public places like government offices, banks, schools etc. He said that in 11 cities including Gurugram, Faridabad, Yamunanagar, Panipat, Karnal, Rohtak, Hisar, Panchkula, Sonipat, Manesar and Ambala, a target has been set to create marking places for parking 1.20 one lakh two-wheelers and four-wheelers.

Mukhyamantri Shehri Nikaya Swamitva Yojna

Dr. Gupta said that under the Mukhyamantri Shehri Nikaya Swamitva Yojna, 7077 applications were received for giving ownership rights to tenants of houses and shops in urban areas residing there for more than 20 years. Out of these, ownership rights have been given to 1761 and 1304 applications have been cancelled and action is being taken on 4012 applications.

He said that a self-advertisement policy is being implemented in urban areas under the e-auction process. Under this, 342 locations have been selected so far, out of which 197 locations have been e-auctioned and an annual income of Rs 5.92 crore has been generated. This income is being spent on development works in the bodies.

Illegal colonies will be regularized

Dr. Gupta said that the process of regularizing illegal colonies developed in different cities of the state is going on. During the survey, 2237 illegal colonies have been identified. Of these, there are 1399 colonies in the urban body area. He said that through the Resident Welfare Associations, the government has called for applications to regularize these illegal colonies. So far, proposals for applications of 66 colonies have been received through RWA. These colonies will be regularized soon.

Clean City-Safe City

Dr. Kamal Gupta said that 101 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste were to be disposed off in the state under a solid waste management plan, out of which 40 lakh metric tonnes of waste have been disposed of. The remaining waste will also be disposed of soon.

He said that 13 clusters have been formed in the state for door-to-door collection of garbage. Under these, a legacy plant of 700 metric tonnes capacity is operated in Sonipat and Panipat. A 1500 MT capacity plant will be set up soon in Gurugram and Faridabad. Apart from this, 638 MT capacity solid waste management plants are being set up in Karnal-Kaithal-Thanesar, 168 MT in Sirsa and 155 MT in Bhiwani. Waste management plants will soon be set up in Ambala-Yamunanagar, Rohtak-Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar, Hisar-Fatehabad, Jind, Rewari, Palwal-Punhana, Farukhnagar and Panchkula.

Nagar Darshan and Haryana Engineering Works portal launched

The Urban Local Bodies Minister said that through the Nagar Darshan portal, any citizen of the urban area can send his demands and complaints on this portal to get development work done in his area. Their problems are being redressed after verification by public representatives. Similarly, Haryana Engineering Works Portal is also being operated on which problems related to Urban Local Bodies, HSIIDC, HSVP and Public Works Departments can be lodged. So far 8798 problems have been received on this portal, which is being resolved.

Dr. Gupta said that earlier in urban areas the policy of dividing the plot of 200 square yards was made, but keeping in view the demand of the people, now it has been decided to divide the plot of 100 square yards also so that Small plot holders can also take advantage of this scheme. Apart from this, the process of giving a trade license is also going on.

On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Sh. Arun Gupta, Additional Director, Urban Local Bodies,  Y.S Gupta, Joint Director (Administration), Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Sh. Aman Kumar and Chief Planner ULB, Sh Chirag and other officers remained present on this occasion.