IEP Chandigarh, March 27

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal directed the officers of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to develop a separate dashboard for all the properties of HSVP, on which all information like location of the property, name of the owner, etc. would be registered. He also directed that the entire record of the HSVP including the documents of the properties should be digitised.        The Chief Minister, who is also the Chairman of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran, was presiding over the 125th meeting of the HSVP here today.        In the meeting, giving ex-post facto approval for the construction of multi-storey car parking and commercial complex being constructed by Faridabad Smart City Limited on about 4,000 square meter land of HSVP in Sector-18A of Faridabad, the Chief Minister said that in place of this land, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran should get the same amount of land transferred from Municipal Corporation, Faridabad or Faridabad Smart City.        In the meeting, post facto approval was also given for the issuance of allotment letters of ownership rights to 131 shopkeepers and Antyodaya Market being constructed in place of the Rehri Market; as per the instructions of the Chief Minister, after the incident of fire in the Rehri market of Sector-9, Panchkula. Apart from this, pucca shops will be set up as Antyodaya Market in place of Rehri markets in Sectors 7, 11 and 17 of Panchkula.        The Chief Minister said that pucca shops should be made in the cities where Rehri markets are functioning. On this, Chief Administrator, HSVP, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi informed the Chief Minister that the HSVP has a proposal to set up Antyodaya Market in place of Rehri markets in Gurugram, Faridabad and Karnal.        Sh. Manohar Lal instructed the officers to constitute a committee to prepare a list of the cities where buildings or any other type of construction or activity has been done on the HSVP’s land or on the land of other departments.        It was apprised in the meeting that the HSVP has 5,418 residential, 2,688 commercial and 230 institutional properties, out of which 4,804 residential, 2,305 commercial and 205 institutional properties have been sold through e-auction.        Sh. Manohar Lal said that on the lines of the scheme for setting up cooperative group housing societies for MLAs, employees, journalists and lawyers in Panchkula; permission can be given to set up cooperative group housing societies for former MLAs as well.        It was also apprised in the meeting that the bidders for the plots taken in the e-auction process of the properties, who did not pay the full amount and whose plot was cancelled by the date of December 3, 2022; such bidders were given an opportunity to pay their dues with an interest rate of 18 percent per annum. There were 374 bidders who were given a chance to pay the dues by March 14, 2023.        Of these, 162 bidders are now left, whose plots are currently cancelled, but Rs 116 crore has been paid to the HSVP on behalf of these bidders. It was decided during the meeting to give one last chance for 30 days to these 162 bidders to clear the dues; provided the bidder has paid 75 percent of the cost of the plot.HSVP estimated to have receipts of about Rs 14,719 crore in financial year 2023-24        It was informed in the meeting that for the financial year 2023-24, the HSVP’s non-EDC receipts are estimated to be around Rs 14,719 crore. In the year 2023-24, through e-auction, receipts of about Rs 3,000 crore are estimated to be received from residential properties and Rs 2,080 crore from commercial properties. About Rs 8,326 crore is estimated to be received from the old assets of the HSVP.        It was also apprised that the dependents of nine deceased employees have been given jobs by the HSVP on compassionate grounds, whose post facto approval was given in the meeting.        Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar, Director General, Town and Country Planning, Sh. TL Satyaprakash, Chief Administrator, HSVP, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi and other senior officers were present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, March 27 

Haryana Government has decided that all the field officers i.e. Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and Sub Divisional Officers (Civil) etc should refrain from leaving their jurisdictions in case of sensitive situation in the district to control law and order situation, except from pre approved tour programmes. Furthermore, in case of an impending Law and Order issue, senior officers may be intimated about their inability to proceed on such approved tour programmes of their additional charge in view of the said situations. As per the instructions issued by the Chief Secretary, the State Government has taken a serious note of any shirking of responsibilities. Officers have been again directed to ensure compliance of these instructions. In case of any default, disciplinary action shall be initiated against the delinquent officer, states the instructions

IEP Chandigarh, March 27

Haryana Government has decided that   Universities across the state should be prioritized to assign studies, surveys and consultancy assignments by Government Departments. A letter in this regard issued by the Chief Secretary’s office today states that the deliverables and essential requirements must be monitored closely and performance or quality of reports or surveys should also be evaluated for the future.All the Administrative Secretaries, Head of Departments and Managing Directors, Chief Administrators of Boards and Corporations have been directed to comply with these instructions. 

IEP Chandigarh, March 27 

Haryana Right to Service Commission while taking stringent action against a Kanungo of Badli, Jhajjar has imposed a penalty of Rs. 10, 000 for his dereliction of duty in the delivery of a notified service.Giving more information in this regard, RTS Secretary informed that an appeal was raised through Auto Appeal system in a case where the appellant has applied for a notified service under ‘Demarcation of Land if no standing crop’.        Taking cognizance of the matter, the Commission called for an immediate enquiry. A hearing in this regard was conducted on March 7, 2023 through Video Conferencing which was attended by Sh. Sriniwas, Tehsildar, Badli, Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo, Badli and Sh. Vijay Pal, the complainant.He informed that during the hearing, Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo submitted that demarcation was delayed due to late delivery of the map by the operator of DGPS machine who was a private person hired by the complainant. On the other hand, the complainant, Sh. Vijay Pal submitted that he had followed up with the Kanungo regarding the demarcation report but didn’t receive a positive response even after multiple reminders. Further, the Kanungo never informed him regarding the non-availability of the map from the operator, he tried to misguide him by telling him that his signature on the application were missing.         RTS Secretary stated that the Commission has carefully considered all the facts and found that substantial delay has been caused in the matter due to dereliction of duty on the part of Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo, Badli for keeping notified service pending for more than 6 months.RTS Secretary added that he not only misguided the complainant by saying that the report was delayed due to absence of his signatures on the application but also made no efforts to obtain the required map from the DGPS operator. If the Kanungo had informed the complainant about the non-submission of the demarcation map by the operator, the complainant would have ensured its availability.The RTS Secretary further informed that the Commission imposes a penalty of Rs. 10,000/- on Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo, Badli for his dereliction of duty in the delivery of a notified service and orders that a compensation of Rs 2,000/- be paid by him to the complainant, to compensate for the harassment caused to him in availing a notified service. He added that the commission will continue to take stringent action against officers/officials taking laxity in their approach towards public work. 

IEP Chandigarh, March 26

The State Election Commission Haryana bagged CSI SIG e-governance Award 2022 for developing integrated suite of applications for ensuring smooth Local Bodies Elections Management. It was developed and implemented by NIC Haryana during general elections of Urban Local Bodies 2022.Giving more information in this regard an official spokesperson said that the award was presented by the Computer Society of India and received by Dr. Inder Jeet, Secretary, State Election Commission, Haryana along with Sh. Deepak Bansal, State Informatics Officer, NIC Haryana and other officials of SEC Haryana and NIC Haryana in a function organised by CSI SIG on March 25, 2023 at Delhi Technological University, New Delhi. The ICT project which received award was developed by NIC Haryana under the guidance of Sh. Dhanpat Singh, State Election Commissioner, Haryana, he added.        He informed that the key target of implementation of ICT application suite for the State Election Commission Haryana is to conduct local bodies elections in a free, fair and transparent manner. ICT is best suited to bring in transparency in any such time bound activity with great public visibility.He further stated that the ICT project comprised of web based integrated modules and applications for preparation of voters list and ward bandi, voter search web application, collection of employees data online for deploying them on election duty, capturing details of nominating candidates, know your contesting candidates (KYC), election duty management system application, final contesting candidates (after scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations) along with their affidavits, allotment of symbols for contesting candidates, poll process monitoring e-dashboard and generation of multiple reports online, counting day management system and result day e-dashboard.

IEP Chandigarh, March 26

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal congratulated and extended good wishes to Haryana’s daughters Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora, on behalf of the people of the state; for clinching gold medals in the Women’s World Boxing Championship. The Chief Minister also congratulated the daughters on their victory through Twitter.        He said that the daughters of Haryana have once again brought laurels to the country and the state by winning gold medals; showing their prowess in sports. Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora have won the Women’s World Boxing Championship organized at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex in Delhi.        “Our daughters have always brought laurels to their families and the state by winning many medals in sports. It is the endeavour of the state government to create a conducive environment for sports with better training arrangements for the players; along with international level coaching facilities, so that they can perform their best in sports,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.        The Chief Minister said that the state government is implementing several schemes for the promotion of sports. Along with cash prizes worth crores of rupees, the sports infrastructure is being improved. He said that the government’s new sports policy have started giving positive results and the sons and daughters of the state are continuously shining bright in the field.