UK Deputy High Commissioner calls on Haryana Governor

CHANDIGARH, OCT 28
Deputy High Commissioner of United Kingdom, Mr. David Lelliott made a courtesy call on Haryana Governor, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki at Haryana Raj Bhavan here today. They discussed issues of mutual interest in a very cordial atmosphere.
Mr. Lelliott showed keen interest in culture and customs of Haryana. He appreciated the available infrastructure and the progress made by the state.
CM CONDOLES DHAKA'S DEATH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has expressed grief over the sad demise of Mr. Hari Singh Dhaka, father-in-law of Haryana Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu. He was 75. He breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi today.
In a condolence message issued here today, Mr. Khattar said that Mr. Dhaka has served the Indian Army and thereafter he was appointed as Naib Tehsildar in 1966-67. The Chief Minister prayed that the departed soul might rest in peace. He also conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family.

VIDHAN SABHA SUMMONED: The Haryana Vidhan Sabha has been summoned to meet in the hall of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Vidhan Bhawan, Sector 1, Chandigarh at 2 p.m. on Monday, the November 3, 2014.

          A notification to this effect was issued by the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Principal Secretary, Mr.Sumit Kumar here today.

MDU PRESENTS CHEQUE OF RS 13,92,930 FOR FLOOD VICTIMS: Chandigarh, October 28 – The Vice Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Mr. H.S. Chahal presented Haryana Governor, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki a cheque of Rs 13,92,930 as financial aid to the  flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir here today.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Solanki appreciated the University for this noble cause and said that it has been a tradition in our culture to help a needy person. He said that in our scriptures also, it has been prescribed that that service to mankind is service to God.

        The amount has been collected by students, teachers and staff members of the University which will be sent to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. Prof. Solanki.
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Haryana to commemorate birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

CHANDIGARH, OCT 27
Haryana Government has decided to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India, on October 31 as ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’, the National Unity Day.
In a letter issued today by Haryana Personnel Department to all the Administrative Secretaries, Heads of the Departments, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners states that the Government has decided that all schools, colleges and universities in all the districts of the state would celebrate the occasion in a befitting manner. Also, "Rashtriya Ekta Diwas" pledge would be administered at functions organised to mark the occasion. It has also been decided to associate Ministers and MLAs with this programme for making it more effective. The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Pledge states "I solemnly pledge that I dedicate myself to preserve the unity, integrity and security of the nation and also strive hard to spread this message among my fellow countrymen. I take this pledge in the spirit of unification of my country which was made possible by the vision and actions of Late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. I also solemnly resolve to make my own contribution to ensure internal security of my country".
He said that the government wants to create awareness about the contribution of Sardar Patel during India’s Independence Movement and towards ensuring national integration in India. He said Sardar Patel was instrumental in merger of princely states to create a modern India, just after independence. The government has decided to make ‘Rashtriya Ekta Divas’ a popular mass movement, inviting voluntary participation from all sections of the society.
It may be recalled that Vallabhbhai Patel was born on October 31, 1875 at Karamsand in Gujarat. A barrister with a successful law practice, Vallabhbhai Patel joined the Indian National Movement under Mahatma Gandhi and grew up to become one of its tallest leaders. He played key leadership roles in organizing peasants’ movement in Kheda, Borsad and Bardoli in Gujarat and promoting the Quit India Movement against the British Raj. The credit for the integration of over 500 independent princely states in 1947-49 by their merger from what was then a divided India to make it what it is today is due solely to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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National Lok Adalat on Dec 6 to solve 75,000 pending cases

CHANDIGARH, OCT 26

Punjab and Haryana Judge S K Mittal today said that a National Lok Adalat is being organized on December 6, in which target of solving about 75000 cases pending in all lower courts of Haryana has been fixed.

         He said that on  December 6, Lok Adalats will be organized in all courts right from the Apex Court to down to the lowest court through out the country. He said that in Haryana, about 5 lac 29000 cases were pending in various lower courts on  September 30, 2014. Out of these pending cases, efforts were being made to settle about 75000 cases in this Lok Adalat. In Gurgaon  district, he said, about 49300 cases were pending while Faridabad district has a pendency of about 47000 cases. In Haryana, the pendency of cases was more in both these districts, Mr Mittal commented. He said that a similar National Lok Adalat was organized on  November 23, 2013, in which 2,72,414 cases were taken up, out of which 1,80,193 were settled.

Besides the cases pending in the judicial courts, the pending cases in courts of Deputy Commissioner, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Tehsildar, Consumer Courts, Tribunals will also be taken up in the Lok Adalat. The pending Revenue cases like registration of mutation, khasra girdawari, cases pertaining to benefits like pension cases, medical certificate, disputes of electricity bills, water bills, house tax and other services which the people ought to get from the government departments, would be taken up in the Lok Adalat.

 According to Mr Mittal, the cases which are at the pre-litigative stage will also be taken up in the Lok Adalat, so the people whose cases are pending in various courts and which can be solved by reaching a consensus  are advised to get their cases decided in the Lok Adalat. Similarly, petty cases like cases of Cheque Bouncing under S-138 of Negotiable Instruments Act and other compoundable cases would also be taken up in the Lok Adalat. In this way, about 5 lac people would be involved and instructions have been issued to authorities at various levels to settle maximum number of cases in the Lok Adalat. He said that a judge from High Court would be visiting each district on that day for supervision and monitoring.

Mr Mittal said that on an average about 6 lac cases came in various lower courts of the state in a year and the courts were solving about 6.25 lac cases annually. He said that now thrust was also being laid that cases were not unduly ‘delayed’ and strictness was done in such matters. He said that in Haryana, no case is pending for more than 20 years and about 600 cases were pending for 15 to 20 years while about 4000 to 5000 cases were pending for above 5 years.

He said that the judicial infrastructure in Haryana is unmatchable in the country. However, the court complex of Gurgaon which used to be among the best in the state, has now become congested for 60 judicial officers. So, a ‘Tower of justice’ would be constructed, for which foundation has already been laid. He said that 70 houses for judicial officers would be constructed in 3 acres of land in Gurgaon. He said that courts have been opened in Pataudi and Sohna Sub-Divisions of district Gurgaon and soon a new court will be opened in Manesar, Mr Mittal added.

The District & Sessions Judge Gurgaon Harnam Singh Thakur, District & Session Judge cum Secretary Haryana State Legal Services Authority Vikram Aggarwal were also present alongwith other judicial officers of the district.

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Work for the welfare of people: Manohar Khattar

CHANDIGARH, OCT 26
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today urged the elected representatives of the state and the bureaucrats that welfare of the people should be ultimate aim of all their work.
The Chief Minister, who was presiding over the first meeting with Administrative Secretaries and Head of the Departments here today, said that apart from politicians, bureaucrats also share the equal responsibility to run the government. He said that all the officers should perform their duties with utmost dedication in the interest of people of the state.
Mr. Khattar said that it was our joint responsibility to work for the welfare of the people. He also appreciated the officers for peaceful conduct of recently held elections of the state assembly. All nine new Ministers were also present in the meeting.
Earlier while welcoming the Chief Minister and Ministers, the Chief Secretary Mrs. Shakuntala Jakhu said that state has a competent team of officers who would work to realize the motto ‘Minimum Government-Maximum Governance’ of Prime Minister Mr. Narender Modi. She assured that all the officers under the able guidance of Chief Minister would implement the schemes with the same spirit with which they have been launched.
All the Administrative Secretaries, Head of Departments and senior police officers apprised the Chief Minister about the departments headed by them in the meeting.
CABINET MEETING: The first meeting of newly formed Haryana Cabinet will be held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar at Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh at 11 a.m. on October 27.
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Governor administers oath of office and secrecy to Khattar

 CHANDIGARH, OCT 26
Haryana Governor Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki administered oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar as Chief Minister of Haryana at the swearing-in-ceremony held at Panchkula near here today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Mr. Amit Shah, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states; senior leaders Mr L.K Advani and Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Incharge of Haryana Affairs Mr. Kailash Vijayvargiya were also present on this occasion.
The Governor, on the recommendation of Chief Minister also administered oath to six cabinet ministers and three Ministers of State.
The six Cabinet Ministers are Mr. Ram Bilas Sharma, Capt. Abimanyu, Mr. Om Parkash Dhankhad, Mr Anil Vij, Rao Narvir Singh and Mrs Kavita Jain. Three Others Mr Vikram Singh Thekedar (Independent Charge), Mr. Krishan Kumar Bedi and Mr Karan Dev Kamboj are Ministers of State.
Among those others who were present on this occasion included Union Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh, Union Foreign Minister Mrs Sushma Swaraj, Union Minister for Urban Development Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister Mr. Radha Mohan, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mr. Anant Kumar, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Mr. Rambilas Paswan, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Mrs Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Mr Krishan Pal Gujjar, Union Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region General V.K. Singh and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Mr Sanjeev Balyan.
Similarly, Governor of Punjab and U.T. Administrator Mr. Shivraj Singh Patil, Chief Minister of Punjab Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Rajasthan Mrs Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Mr. Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Chattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Gujarat Mrs Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister of Goa Mr. Manohar Parikar, Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Sushil Kumar Modi, BJP Leader Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mr Birender Singh, Member of Parliament namely Mr. Anurag Thakur, Mr Dharambir Singh, Mr Raj Kumar Saini, Mr Ramesh Kaushik, Mr Ratan Lal Kataria, Leader of INLD legislative party Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, Chief Secretary Mrs Shakuntala Jakhu, BJP MLAs, Saints and representatives of various religious organizations and senior officers of Police and Civil administration were also present on this occasion.
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Open recruitment rally for Soldiers from Oct 29 to Nov 5

CHANDIGARH, OCT 20

The Army Recruitment Office, Rohtak will organize an open recruitment rally for Soldier (General Duty),  Soldier Clerk and Store Keeper, Technical in Indian Army at Police line Jhajjar from October 29 to November 5, 2014.

          While giving this information today, Director, Recruitment Centre said that open recruitment rally would be organized for Soldier (General Duty) for the youth of district Panipat on October 29, for youth of  district Jhajjar on October 30, for youth of district Sonipat on October 31 and for the youth district Rohtak on November 1.

          He said that similarly, recruitment rally for Soldier Clerk and Store Keeper Technical would be organized for youth of district Sonepat on November 2, for the youth of district Jhajjar on November 3, for the youth of district Rohtak on November 4 and for the youth of district Panipat on November 5. He said that recruitment rally would be organized on November 5 for ex-servicemen, candidates of Himachal Pradesh, Union Territory Chandigarh and all Haryana except Gurgaon, Mewat, Palwal and Faridabad.  The medical examination of the remaining candidates would be held from November 6 to November 8, 2014, he added.

          While giving details about the academic qualification for the recruitment to different posts, he said that for Soldier (General Duty), the candidate should be matric pass with atleast 45 per cent marks. The condition of percentage is not applicable in case the candidate possesses educational qualification of 10+2 or above. Similarly, educational qualification for Soldier Clerk and Store Keeper, Technical has been fixed as 10+2 with 50 per cent marks. In case the candidate has passed graduation with mathematics, accounts, book keeping and English subjects then the condition of percentage in 10+2 is not applicable. If the candidate did not have mathematics, accounts, book keeping and English subjects in graduation then he should have atleast 40 per cent marks in these subjects either at matriculation or 10+2 level.

          The Director, Recruitment said that to participate in the recruitment of Soldier (General Duty), the candidate should be borne between October 29, 1993  to April 29, 1997 whereas for Soldier  Clerk and Store Keeper Technical, he should be borne between October 29, 1991 to April 29, 1997.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 20

The Haryana Government has decided to grant interest free festival advance at a rate of Rs.4000 to its  all class-IV employees who would apply for the same.

          While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Finance Department said that the advance would be admissible to permanent and temporary class-IV employees and to adhoc employees, who had been continuing in service for the last one year and were likely to continue for another four months, on furnishing surety of a permanent Government employee.

          He said that the advance would be recovered in four equal monthly instalments and the entire advance would be recovered from the pay of the employees before the close of the current financial year. He said that all the Heads of Departments had been directed to ensure that the advance might be drawn and disbursed on or before October 23.

          He clarified that the advance would not be admissible to work charged and contingent paid staff and daily wagers. In case, both the husband and the wife were employed, the advance would be allowed to only one of them.

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