Order on bogus varsities
CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — The Haryana Government has directed all its heads of departments and managing directors of boards and corporations not to appoint persons possessing degree and other qualifications awarded by institutions which had been declared bogus by the University Grants Commission.

Haryana warning to deputationists
CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — The Haryana Government has taken exception to the deputationists, including senior officers, who do not observe the proper procedure for extension of the deputation period beyond a three-year term. Failure to report to the original State in time will call for serious disciplinary action against the defaulter.

Rape victim shifted to psychiatry ward
ROHTAK, Dec 18 — A minor Dalit girl of Kiloi village, near here, who was allegedly kept in illegal confinement for nearly 48 hours and gang-raped by four youths of the village on December 12 last, was today admitted to the psychiatric ward of the PGIMS.

Haryana panel for effecting economy
CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — The Haryana Government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Mr Ram S. Verma, to suggest measures for effecting economy in Government expenditure, particularly the non-Plan expenditure. The committee would submit its recommendations to the Government within a month.

Scheme to help 16,000 children
CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — As many as 16,000 destitute children would be benefited during the current financial year with the decision of the Haryana Government to enhance the income ceiling of the guardians and parents from Rs 1800 to Rs 10,000 per annum for providing financial assistance from the current month.

Conference on solar heating
CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — A one-day conference on applications of solar water heating systems in the industrial sector is being organised by the Haryana State Energy Development Agency in collaboration with the Union Ministry of non-Conventional Energy Sources at Panipat on December 21.

• BKU for release of party leader
• School named after war hero
• Haryana Lok Dal to hold rally
• 3 killed in mishap

Haryana order on bogus varsities
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — The Haryana Government has directed all its heads of departments and managing directors of boards and corporations not to appoint persons possessing degree and other qualifications awarded by institutions which had been declared bogus by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The Government has asked the Haryana Public Service Commission to specify in their advertisement that candidates obtaining degrees, diplomas or certificates for various courses from any institution declared fake by the UGC would not be eligible for recruitment.

The institutions or universities which have been declared bogus are Mithili University/Vishwavidyalaya Darbhanga (Bihar), Takshila Kendriya Vishwavidyalaya, Uttam Nagar (New Delhi), Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya (women's university), Paryag, Allahabad (UP) Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidya-laya Varanasi (UP), Commercial University Limited, Darya Ganj (Delhi), Testator Research University, Bodihaya Kanur (Tamil Nadu), Sree Narayana Open University, Quilon (Kerala), Gandhi Hindi Vidyapeeth, Prayag, Allahabad (UP), National University of Electro Complex Homoeopathy, Kanpur (UP), University Newjerusalem Kathuparamba Cannore (Kerala), World Social Work University, Perunguzhi (Kerala), Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University) Achaltal, Aligarh (UP), Shrimati Mahadevi Verma Open University, Mughal Sarai (UP), DD Sanskrit University, Puthur, Trichi (Tamil Nadu), Amritsar University Amritsar (Punjab), Arya University, Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Bible University, Ambur (North Arcot), Eastern Orthodox University, Ambur (North Arcot), Blobe University of Science, Kumbakonam, St. John's University, Kizhanattam, National University, Nagpur (Madhya Pradesh), Self Culture University, Kizhanattam, United Nations University (Delhi), Vocational University, Amritsar and Delhi, Western University of Kapurthala, Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyapith, Kosi Kalan, Mathura (UP) and Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh (UP).

Haryana warning to deputationists
By U.K. Bhanot
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — The Haryana Government has taken exception to the deputationists, including senior officers, who do not observe the proper procedure for extension of the deputation period beyond a three-year term. Failure to report to the original State in time will call for serious disciplinary action against the defaulter.

It has been pointed out that in certain cases, including some in the Chandigarh Administration, proposals for extension of deputation were received by the State's Finance Department without proper justification and in some cases long after the expiry of the term of deputation and the employees continue unauthorisedly to serve the government to whom their services have been offered on deputation by the Haryana Government.

The Financial Commissioner and Secretary, Finance, Haryana, has asked all heads of departments, Commissioners of Ambala, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Hisar divisions and Deputy Commissioners to ensure that proper procedure for extension of deputation period is followed in the case of Haryana Government employees who have been transferred to other State Governments, the Central Government, companies, municipal committees, boards and corporations.

While hitherto no action was taken against the employee official concerned and the officer responsible for not taking action in time, the State Government has decided to take disciplinary action against the official who fails to join the State Government service after the expiry of his deputation period unless he secures the required extension in time.

It has also been decided by the Haryana Government that henceforth the Chief Minister will be the accepting authority for recording the annual confidential reports (ACRs) of all the Haryana Civil Service officers working in the state in addition to the present authorities recording the remarks in their ACRs, namely, the initiating authority, reviewing authority, and the accepting authority. The ACRs of the HCS officers will be submitted to the Chief Minister for acceptance and all the authorities in between the present authorities, namely, the Secretary, Deputy/State Minister and Minister will also record their remarks before submitting their ACRs to the Chief Minister.

Meanwhile, on the basis of recommendations of the national training policy framed by the Government of India, the Haryana Government has decided that the department concerned should make provision of funds — equivalent to at least 1.5 per cent of their salary budget — for training purposes of their staff by way of paying suitable fee structure to be evolved by the Haryana Institute of Public Administration at Gurgaon.

Rape victim shifted to psychiatry ward
From Our Correspondent

ROHTAK, Dec 18 — A minor Dalit girl of Kiloi village, near here, who was allegedly kept in illegal confinement for nearly 48 hours and gang-raped by four youths of the village on December 12 last, was today admitted to the psychiatric ward of the PGIMS.

The victim was unable to speak. However, she gave written answers to various questions of the SHO, Sadar police station.

The mother of the victim, Gita, expressed surprise over admitting her daughter to the psychiatry ward.

Mr Ram Mehar, Convener of the Congress SC/ST cell has put a question mark on the sending of the girl from general ward to psychiatric ward. He apprehended that it might be a plan to shield the culprits.

The CPM unit here has condemned the gang-rape and has demanded stern action against the culprits.

The district unit of the Students Federation of India (SFI) has demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.

Provide amenities to school: court
From Our Corespondent

SIRSA, Dec 18 — On a petition preferred by 'Jagarati,' a local social organisation, the Senior Sub-Judge, Sirsa, has directed the District Administration, Municipal Council, State Health Department and the Education Department to provide healthy, pollution-free and sound environment to the local Government High School, Kherpu, within a period of two months.

Jagarati 'had filed a petition in May, 98 to get relief from the departments concerned for the Government High School, Kherpur. One third area of the school got submerged in sewerage water.

It may be recalled that in October the Public Health Department was fined with Rs 2,000/- by the court for absenting from the hearing.

Now the Judge has directed the Public Health Department to pump out water from the school premises within 15 days and asked the District Administration to construct the boundary wall on the eastern and northern sides and also plug the holes in the western wall within two months. The Municipality and the other departments concerned were directed to make a concrete proposal for a sewage system for the colonies around the school within six months.

Haryana panel for effecting economy
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — The Haryana Government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Mr Ram S. Verma, to suggest measures for effecting economy in Government expenditure, particularly the non-Plan expenditure. The committee would submit its recommendations to the Government within a month.

The other members of the committee include Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Financial Commissioners of Revenue and Finance and Economic and Statistical Adviser. The Special Secretary, Finance, will act as its member-secretary.

The committee will identify areas and functions where duplication of overlapping is taking place and to suggest corrective measures. The committee would also examine the scope of economy in expenditure of autonomous bodies like boards, corporations, cooperative institutions and universities.

Scheme to help 16,000 children
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — As many as 16,000 destitute children would be benefited during the current financial year with the decision of the Haryana Government to enhance the income ceiling of the guardians and parents from Rs 1800 to Rs 10,000 per annum for providing financial assistance from the current month.

An official spokesman of the Haryana Social Welfare Department said a sum of Rs 58.75 lakh would be provided as financial assistance to such children during this year. Each such child was being provided Rs 30 per month to pursue education under the scheme.

The scheme is being implemented at the district-level to benefit those children whose parents have either died or had become handicapped. She said that 12,700 such children were benefited last financial year.

Conference on solar heating
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — A one-day conference on applications of solar water heating systems in the industrial sector is being organised by the Haryana State Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) in collaboration with the Union Ministry of non-Conventional Energy Sources at Panipat on December 21.

The valedictory function of the conference will be presided over by Haryana Minister of State for non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr Attar Singh Saini.

The aim of the conference is to create an awareness among the industries, especially textile industries and other establishments like hotels and nursing homes, about use of solar water heating systems for meeting their requirements for process heat so as to protect the ecology and environment.

Solar water heating systems can be used for a variety of applications and can result in substantial saving of wood, furnace oil, coal and electricity in industries, hotels and nursing homes which are at present using conventional fuel to heat water.

School named after war hero

SONEPAT, Dec 18 (UNI) — The Haryana Government has named Senior Secondary School at Sisana in this district after Col. Hoshiar Singh, a recipient of Paramveer Chakra, who died recently. The Colonel had shown exemplary courage during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal, in a message read out by Minister of State for Agriculture Krishna Gahlawat, at a prayer meeting at Sisana, the native village of the war veteran, today, said: "Such brave men never die as they remain immortal because of their deeds".

The Chief Minister, also conveyed heartfelt sympathies to members of the bereaved family.

Mrs Gahlawat and Labour and Employment Minister Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Mr Surender Singh, MP, Brig S.P. Narang, Col S.K. Punia and Col Sinha also paid tributes.

3 killed in mishap
From Our Correspondent

HISAR, Dec 18 — Three persons were killed and at least five injured when a private jeep was hit by a Haryana Roadways bus near Surowala village under Uklana police station in the district late last night.

The police identified the victims as Jaibir Singh (23) of Litani village, Somnath (22), a labourer of Babua village and Krishan Kumar, a helper in Haryana Roadways of Kumbha Khera village.

All the injured were hospitalised here. The jeep was returning to Litani from Uklana Mandi. The Uklana police has registered a case against the driver of the roadways bus under Sections 279, 337 and 304 A of the IPC.

BKU for release of party leader
From Our Correspondent

JIND, Dec 18 — The state unit of the Bharatiya Kisan Union at a meeting at Igrah village in the district on Wednesday demanded the release of Mr Ghasi Ram Nain, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, Haryana.

The BKU alleged that a false case had been fabricated against Mr Nain and he had been arrested on a "baseless charge of theft".

The meeting was organised to pay tributes to Raj Kumar, who was killed in police firing at Igrah village last year during an agitation by farmers.

Haryana Lok Dal to hold rally
From Our Correspondent

ROHTAK, Dec 18 — The Haryana Lok Dal will organise a kisan rally on the Red Fort ground in Delhi on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the late Charan Singh, a former Prime Minister, on December 23.

Stating this here yesterday, Ms Shashi Sharma, General Secretary of the women's wing of the party, said the rally would be addressed, among others, by the President of the party, Mr Ajit Singh.

She said various office-bearers of the party had been allocated different districts to mobilise people to attend the rally.