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Centre wants Haryana to curb overloading in trucks Dhesi moved out of CM’s office Governor not to attend function Withdraw cases against cops:
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Reimbursement of medical bills ordered Chandigarh, May 19 Coming to the rescue of an Engineer-in-Chief’s widow, Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today “moulded the relief” before directing the state of Haryana and other respondents to reimburse her late husband’s medical bills.
HIGH COURT BKU leaders’ remand extended National integration camp concludes 3 children deserted by father
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Centre wants Haryana to curb overloading in trucks Chandigarh, May 19 According to a senior official in the State Transport Controller, Haryana, “the department has recently received a letter asking the regulatory authority to take appropriate action to curb the practice of overloading in trucks. It has become a common practice throughout the country and is damaging the roads on which the state and central governments were spending huge funds for maintenance.” The state government has fixed a penalty of Rs 2,000 per tonne on truck and tempos operators for carrying load above the specified limit. The officials in the state Excise and Taxation Department agreed that a significant proportion of passenger and goods tax (worth over Rs 400 crore annually) was collected from the truck operators for violating different traffic rules, especially overloading. They said under the Motor Vehicle Act, a normal truck was allowed to carry a load of nine tonnes, but most truck operators were used to carry a weight of over 15 tonnes. Mr Jagdish Chander, Coordinator, Truck Operators Unions of North Indian states, claimed that there were over 50,000 trucks and other carriage vehicles in the state. Due to the state government’s ‘transparent’ policy of charging fixed penalty and lower permit fee as against ‘unlimited’ penalty in neighbouring Punjab and other states, a number of truck operators had already shifted their base to the state. Mr B.C. Khandori, Minister of Surface Transport, at a recent meeting held in New Delhi had also asked the state governments to check the practice of overloading in trucks. Otherwise, he said, the Centre would be forced to take stringent action against them. Interestingly, both the Excise and Taxation Department and the State Transport Controller are passing the buck to each other, claiming that they could not take any action in view of its implications for revenue collection. Said a senior official of the state government: “How can we suggest any action against the truck operators who had recently resorted to a nation-wide strike. One of their demands was also to increase the loading capacity of trucks in view of the upgrdation of technology. It is the responsibility of the Central Government to resolve the deadlock. We are just implementing the Act by imposing penalty on violators.” |
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Dhesi moved out of CM’s office Chandigarh, May 19 Mr D.S. Dhesi, who was stripped off the post of Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, was retained as the Commissioner and Secretary, Environment, Sports and Youth Welfare and Civil Aviation. He was also given additional charge as the Commissioner, Forest Department, relieving Mr Sanjay Kothari. Mr Vijay Singh, Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner, was inducted into the CM’s Office as the Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Minister. Mr Vidya Dhar, who was earlier holding the post of OSD to the Chief Minister, was posted as a Deputy Principal Secretary (II) to the Chief Minister against a vacant post. Mr Balbir Singh Malik, posted as a Deputy Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, was designated as a Deputy Principal Secretary (I) to the Chief Minister. Mr Yudhvir Singh, Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner, was given additional charge as the State Transport Controller, relieving Mr S.S. Dhillon. Mr Roshan Lal, MD of Sugarfed, was given additional charge as the Director, Secondary Education, in place of Mr Rajbir Singh. The posting orders of Rajbir Singh would be issued later. |
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Governor not to attend function Chandigarh, May 19 A Haryana Government press note said the august office of the Governor had been unnecessarily dragged into a controversy by Mr Ajay Singh Yadav. The press note said it was issued in response to newsitems in a section of the Press yesterday about the proposed unveiling of a statue of Rao Abhey Singh, father of Mr Ajay Singh Yadav, a Congress MLA. |
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Withdraw cases against cops: Baba Ajit Singh Ambala, May 19 Talking to mediapersons here today he said if the Punjab Government could adopt a lenient attitude towards a hardcore terrorist like Jaffarwal then why not the relaxation should be given to police officials who had simply performed their duty by taking harsh step against the law violators to save the common man. When asked if he considered Bhindrawala a martyr, it he said the followers of Bhindrawala still believed that he was alive so how he could be declared a martyr. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, he said the Union Government should impose Section 370 there so that people from other states could have the opportunity to settle there. He said the minority community had been leaving the valley due to cross border terrorism. The government should deal the terrorism with iron hands. Refusing to comment on the Nanakshahi
calendar he said he had not gone through the details of it. Justifying the adoption of Trishul by Members of the VHP he said it was the right of a common man to have weapon with him for his self-defence.  |
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Reimbursement of medical bills ordered Chandigarh, May 19 Pronouncing the orders, Mr Justice Nijjar ruled: “Sadly it has to be noticed that the petitioner, H.C. Dhawan, died during the pendency of the writ petition. State counsel, therefore, argued that at the current stage relief could not be granted. Since the petitioner had died and his legal representatives had not been brought on record, the petition has been dismissed.” The Judge further ruled: “If the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) were strictly applicable to the writ proceedings and a very technical legal view was to be taken, the submissions would have to be accepted. However, the high court, in exercise of powers under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India passes orders to secure justice, unchecked or hampered by the shackles of the CPC. But since the high court exercises wide powers under the Articles, they are exercised with great care and caution.” In his detailed order, the Judge added: “In order to do justice while exercising jurisdiction under the Articles, the high court has the power to mould the relief to suit the facts and circumstances of a particular case. In order to mould the relief which was due to the petitioner, I direct the respondents to make the payment to the widow of the deceased of the amount claimed....” The Judge concluded: “Let the payment be made within two months of date of receipt of the order’s certified copy. The amount shall be paid with an interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum from the due date till the payment.” In his petition, the Engineer-in-Chief had initially claimed that he retired from service in July, 1983. Mr Dhawan, his counsel had submitted, was later examined at the PGI, Chandigarh, and at Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi after he developed high fever. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, May 19 The candidate, in his petition taken up by Ms Justice Kiran Anand Lall, contended that his supporters and “star campaigners” were taken into custody by the cops on May 17. Certain vehicles were also impounded. Describing the custody as “illegal” and against the provisions of the “Constitution”, the petitioner submitted that first information report had not been registered against them. The detainees, he added, were being kept at unknown police stations. Seeking directions for their release, the petitioner submitted that the supporters would be deprived of their right to cast votes in case they were not freed. The elections, he asserted, were scheduled to be held on May 21. The case will now come up for further hearing on July 15. |
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BKU leaders’ remand extended Kaithal, May 19 The case fixed for the regular bail of Fatwa, Guni Prakash, Prem Singh Haripura and office-bearers of the Jagruk Chhatra Morcha in the court of the ADJ, Mr J.R. Chauhan, was today adjourned till May 23. Meanwhile, a BKU meeting held at Shimla village in the district passed off peacefully today. Mr Jiya Lal, acting president of the state BKU, presided and it had been decided to hold the next meeting on May 31 at Khanda Kheri village in Jind district. This meeting was called to pay homage to Ram Saroop, a farmer who died during the BKU agitation, last year, and discuss the strategy to be adopted by the BKU for the release of its president, Ghasi Ram Nain. |
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National integration camp concludes Kurukshetra, May 19 Over 150 boys and girls from 15 states, including Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Kerala, Assam, Goa, Haryana, Mizoram, Gujarat and Bihar, got a lesson of unity in diversity. The participants said the feeling of national integration was strengthened at such camps and the youth from different states got to know about the culture and lifestyle of one another. |
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3 children deserted by father Ambala, May 19 Rakesh, who was running a fever, has told the police that they hail from Bitwa village in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. “My father,
Lala, had taken us from Hardoi to a city in Punjab about two months back. He was working in a shop,” he said He said this morning his father brought them to Ambala by bus and he left them there. |
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Rs 1 lakh looted Karnal, May 19 An unidentified motor cyclist waylaid Lajpat, who was going on a scooter. As Lajpat stopped the scooter, the robber snatched the bag containing the money and fled. The police has launched a hunt to arrest the robber.
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