IEP Chandigarh, December 15

Haryana Police has bagged first position in the category of the best implementation of the Inter-operational Criminal Justice System (ICJS) project under the ‘Forensic Pillar’.

                    Sharing the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that Director FSL, Dr. C S Rao received the award from the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sh. Ajay Kumar Mishra during a conference held on ‘Good Practices in CCTNS/ICJS’ conducted by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at New Delhi today. The performance of around 117 FSLs and CFSLs in the country was evaluated by NCRB on defined parameters in which Haryana emerged as the best performer.

                    Congratulating the Director, FSL Madhuban Dr C S Rao and his team, the Director General of Police (DGP), Haryana Sh. P.K. Agrawal said that it is a matter of immense pleasure and pride that the Forensics Pillar of our ICJS has earned this distinction at the national level.

                    The ICJS is an initiative of the e-committee of the Supreme Court to enable seamless transfer of data and information among different pillars of the criminal justice system, like courts, police, jails and forensic science laboratories, from one platform.

IEP Chandigarh December 14

The Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal directed all the Administrative Secretaries to send requisition of Group-C posts of their departments to Haryana Staff Selection Commission by December 15 positively. Haryana Staff Selection Commission is likely to announce the result of Common Eligibility Test (CET) examination held recently, he added.While presiding over the meeting regarding requisition of Group-C posts with Administrative Secretaries and officers of Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) here today, he also directed the concerned Department to create a separate quota of 3 percent of total Group C posts for eligible sports persons and send a requisition to Haryana Staff Selection Commission. These quota posts exist in selected departments namely Home Department, Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, School Education Department and Elementary Education Department. Chairman of HSSC, Sh. Bhopal Singh Khadri was also present in the meeting.The Chief Secretary also directed the officers to make clarification in horizontal and vertical reservation of Group-C posts in all the Departments.Amoung those present in the meeting include Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Education, Sports and Youth Affairs, Sh. Mahavir Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Science and Technology, Sh. Ashok Khemka, Additional Chief Secretary, Forests and Wildlife, Sh. Vineet Garg, Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayats, Sh. Anil Malik, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research, Smt. G. Anupama, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering, Sh. A.K Singh, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Secretary Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Sh. Virat and other senior officers.

IEP Chandigarh, December 14, 2022

Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal here today accorded approval to the draft of the Haryana Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to further to amend the Haryana Rural Development Act, 1986.

This Act may be called the Haryana Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2022 and shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from October 1, 2022. As per the amendment, now State Government can levy the Haryana Rural Development fee at a rate to be fixed on all agricultural produce including paddy of all varieties, w.e.f October 1, 2022.

In the said Act, for sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Haryana Rural Development Act, 1986 has been substituted, meaning that a fee shall be notified at a rate, as may be fixed by the State Government from time to time, on the sale proceeds of agricultural produce bought or sold or brought for processing in the notified market area levied on the dealer for the purposes of the Act, provided that except in case of agricultural produce brought for processing no fee shall be leviable in respect of any transaction in which delivery of the agricultural produce bought or sold is not actually made and the fee shall be leviable on the dealer only in respect of a transaction in which delivery is actually made.

Now the State Government has also decided to fix the Haryana Rural Development fee on paddy of all varieties, at the rate of Rs. 50 per quintal if sold at a price of over Rs.2500 per quintal on a lump-sum basis and at the rate of 2 percent of the sale proceeds if the paddy is sold at a price up to Rs.2500 per quintal. It has been further directed that this decision of the State Government would be implemented with effect from October 1, 2022 after the amendment in the HRD Act is passed by the Legislative Assembly.

Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal here today accorded approval to the draft of The Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022 further to amend the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 and The Haryana Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022 to further to amend the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 by inserting definition of ‘Core Area’.

The Bill defines ‘Core area’ as built-up area within the municipal limit planned or developed fifty years before the coming into force of this Amendment Act and which due to urbanization and efflux of time require replanning of land use and also includes built-up area of village abadi, which has subsequently been included in municipal limit.

It is further proposed that the mixed land use shall be permitted in the core area subject to the planning parameters and recovery of such charges as may be notified by the State Government.

To indicate land uses and to avoid any complication in future, it is necessary to define the core area in the Act. Since, these core areas are situated within the municipal limits, therefore, necessary amendments in Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 and the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 needed to be made by inserting the definition of core area.

IEP Chandigarh, December 14

Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal here today accorded approval to the draft of The Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2022, further to amend the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.

After sub-section (3) of section 51 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act,1994 (hereinafter called the principal Act), sub-section namely “(3A) The Director or the Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, shall assess the amount due, if any, from the person removed under sub-section (3) on account of any loss, waste or mis-application of Gram Fund or property as consequence of his negligence or misconduct and the Deputy Commissioner shall recover the amount of loss within a period of three months from the date of order and if the amount is not recovered within the said period, the same shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue, shall be inserted.

Appeal against any orders passed under section 51 of the Act, would now lie with the Divisional Commissioner instead of State Government.

Further, in section 53 of the principal Act, In sub-section (2), for the words, “Block Development and Panchayat Officer”, the words, “SDO (C)” shall be substituted, the words “and take necessary steps for its recovery” occurring at the end shall be omitted and after sub-section (4), the sub-section namely, (4A) The Deputy Commissioner shall recover the amount of loss assessed by the District Development and Panchayat Officer within a period of three months from the date of order and if the amount is not recovered within the said period, the same shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue, shall be inserted.

State Cabinet approves draft of Haryana Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2022

Now, State Government can levy Haryana Rural Development Fee on all agricultural produce w.e.f October 1, 2022

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 an Amendment in Haryana Chowkidara (Watchman) Rules, 2013 to provide for an Appellate Authority against the orders passed by the Deputy Commissioner and to grant benefit of Employee Provident Fund (EPF) for Gramin Chowkidars.

These rules may be called the Haryana Chowkidara (Watchman) Amendment Rules, 2022.

In the Haryana Chowkidara (Watchman) Rules, 2013 (hereinafter called the said rules), after rule 7, the rule namely, “7(A) Appeal against order of Deputy Commissioner- A person aggrieved by an order passed by the Deputy Commissioner under rule 7 may within a period of Thirty days from the date of such order, prefer an appeal to the Commissioner.  The Commissioner may after hearing the appeal, confirm, vary or reverse the order. The decision of the Commissioner shall be final”, has been inserted. 

Furthermore, in the said rules, in rule 12, for sub-rule (1), sub-rule namely, “Every Village Watchman shall receive per month an honorarium as fixed and notified by the Government from time to time alongwith Employee Provident Funds benefits which shall be governed by provisions of the Employee Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (Central Act 19 of 1952)”, has been substituted.

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.