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Power disconnected to
VIP’s son’s unit New
operation wing ‘white elephant’ |
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RJD wants
to contest seat in Haryana 45 debarred from contesting poll 25 hurt in bus, truck collision |
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Power disconnected to
VIP’s son’s unit ROHTAK, May 30 — The Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) has disconnected power supply to Haryana Ferro Alloys belonging to Mr Man Mohan Goel, son of Urban Development Minister Siri Kishan Dass, for not paying a surcharge amounting to Rs 2.44 crore within the stipulated period. According to sources, the HVPN authorities had asked Mr Goel to pay the surcharge by May 18 via a notice. The SDO (Operation) Subdivision 3, in a letter ordered disconnection of the power supply to the factory as the surcharge was not paid. It is learnt the HVPN authorities informed Mr Goel that the civil suit challenging the recovery of surcharge on Steel Furnace Rolling Mills had been dismissed by the Additional District Judge, Mrs Sneh Prashar. Therefore, he was liable to pay the amount due against him from June'92 to April this year. The authorities asked Mr Goel to pay the surcharge at the rate of 15 paise per unit in 1992. He challenged the notice in the court of Mr A.K. Raghava, Civil Judge (Senior Division), who favoured Mr Goel on May 17, 1996. The HVPN then challenged the lower court's order on July 24, '96, and the ADJ, Mrs Prashar, in her 24-paged decision said the surcharge at the rate of 15 paise per unit was genuine. In the wake of the decision, the HVPN served a notice on Mr Goel for recovery of the surcharge. Meanwhile, it is learnt Mr Goel objected to the "excess" surcharge. A team of senior accounts officers from Hisar re-checked the account of Mr Goel and calculated an additional sum of Rs 6 lakh pending against the factory. A notice for the recovery of this amount has also been issued by the HVPN. Mr Goel has challenged
the decision of the ADJ and recovery of the additional
amount in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. |
CM warns officials on wrong
power bills CHANDIGARH, May 30 — The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal, has asked the officers of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) to ensure that the electricity bills were issued in accordance with the actual power consumption to the consumers in the state. He said those officials found responsible for issuing wrong bills would be taken to task and cases registered against the erring officials. Mr Bansi Lal was presiding over the monthly District Public Relations and Grievances Committee meeting at Narnaul. While hearing a
complaint relating to wrong power bill, the Chief
Minister ordered that a police case should be registered
against the erring officials in this regard. |
New operation wing
‘white elephant’ ROHTAK, May 30 — The Haryana Karamchari Mahasangh (HKM) and its affiliated body, the Haryana State Electricity Board Workers Union, has opposed the creation of a new operation wing headed by a chief engineer (CE) at Rohtak under Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitraan Nigam Limited and have described it as a mere burden on the resources of the Nigam. In a joint statement, the president of the HKM, Mr Dhara Singh, and its general secretary, Mr M.L Sehgal, said the new post would only prove a white elephant. They said the post would require a staff of at east 47 employees and a separate building and funds. They claimed the Haryana Vidyut Prasaren Nigam (HVPN) had already been facing an acute shortage of technical and maintenance staff. They said the nigam required at least 8000 posts of technical staff for its proper function. Several complaint centres which took care of immediate repairs and maintenance work round the clock had been without adequate staff. They charged that the government instead of recruiting the required personnel had instead created a new post at the senior level. Giving an example, they said a few years back the nigam had only 15 Chief Engineers, but the number had grown to 39 now. Similarly, the number of IAS officers posted in the nigam had risen to 12 from four earlier. According to the HKM the new operation wing here had been created one and a half months ago but had not become fully functional and only four of the 50 posts had been filled so far. As a result routine official work of the nigam, including leave, promotion, ex-gratia, retirement benefits and subsistence allowance had been "affected adversely". It is learnt that the decision to establish the new operation wing was taken by the Board of Directors of UHBVNL on April 6 and an order to this effect issued on April 12. The wing will cover SEs (operations) Rohtak, Jind and Sonepat, besides the SE (works) here. Meanwhile, the Haryana
State Electricity Board Workers Union, has said its
agitation against the transfer of some employees at
Pehowa is continuing. Mr Bharat Bushan, spokesman of the
union said the relay fast by the employees was continuing
outside the nigam office at Pehowa. He alleged leaders of
the union at Pehowa had been transferred on a
"false" complaint. |
Khanpur Khurd boy tops exam BHIWANI, May 30 — Dharmender of Sarvodaya High School Khanpur Khurd (Jhajjar), has topped the middle annual examination of the Board of School Education, Haryana, securing 689 marks out of a total of 700. Naveen Kumar of H.D. High School, Salhaw (Jhajjar) has stood second in this examination, getting 679 marks. The result of the examination was declared today. Mr Ramesh Kashyap, Chairman of the board, told mediapersons here today that the overall pass percentage had increased considerably as compared to recent years. This year the overall pass percentage had turned out to be 66.62 whereas last year it was 60.94. In the year 1997, 45.67 per cent candidates were declared successful and in the year 1996 the percentage of successful candidates was 50.32. Giving detailed information, Mr Mansa Ram Sharma, Board Secretary, said 3,54,738 candidates appeared in the Middle annual examination out of which 2,36,338 were declared successful and 31,567 candidates were placed in the compartment category. He said girls fared better than boys with a pass percentage of 67.96 in comparison with the 65.69 pass percentage in case of boys. He said 2,08,754 boys appeared in this examination and 1,37,133 boys were declared successful and 18,273 boys got compartment. On the other hand, out of 1,45,984 girls who appeared in the examination, 99,205 were able to get through and 1,32,294 were placed in the compartment category. The secretary said students of private schools had shown better results than those in government schools. The pass percentage of students in private schools turned out to be 78.61 whereas those in government schools it was 61.89. The candidates belonging to urban areas had a pass percentage of 70.36 and those in rural areas 65.33 per cent. Regular candidates had a pass percentage of 68.48 in comparison with private candidates who had a pass percentage of 52.52. Subjectwise, the pass percentage in Moral Education (External) turned out to be 97.04 and Moral Education (Internal) 99.36; in Hindi it was 88.50. The pass percentage in English was 86.84 and Mathematics 63.03. The pass percentage in Social Studies was 74.50; in Science 68.30 and Science (Practical) 99.93. The pass percentage in Sanskrit was 87.03, in Punjabi 94.82, in Telugu 50 and in Urdu 54.61. The pass percentage in Drawing was 94, and Home Science (Practical) 99.98. The pass percentage in Music was 94.98, Music (Practical) 100, Agriculture 93.15 and Agriculture (Practical) 100 percent in Home Science the pass percentage was 97.02. The results would also be made available at the office of District Education officers, District Public Relations Officers, district level co-ordination centres of the board and the board head office at Bhiwani. The secretary said the fail/compartment/re-appear cards and pass certificates of regular candidates would be sent within three weeks. The fail/re-appear cards of private candidates would be dispatched within a week and pass certificates of private candidates dispatched within two weeks at the addresses mentioned by the candidates in their forms. The secretary said those candidates who were placed in the compartment category or those who wanted to re-appear could send in their forms for middle supplementary examination, 1999, with a fee of Rs 180 up to July 12, without any late fee. After this date a late fee of Rs 200 would be payable up to July 22, 1999. After the expiry of this date a late fee of Rs 300 would be payable up to a month before the commencement of the examinations. The topper in the examination Dharmender, when contacted said: I want to become an administrative officer and want to serve society and the nation. I worked throughout the year with dedication and to achieve this position, my school teachers helped me giving me extra time. Remaining in the school hostel, I studied till late in the night. "I read newspapers and general knowledge books in the school library. I like cricket and, specially watch India versus Pakistan matches with keen interest". "I give the credit for my success to my school, my teachers and my classmates. I am specially thankful to the Chairman of the school, Mr Jasvir Singh Ahlawat, and my uncle, Mr Harish Chander, for their guidance". "Mine is a joint family, which lives in Naya Gaon, village, Rewari. My grandfather in an ex-serviceman and my father is a clerk in the Irrigation Department at Rewari. My grandfather is overjoyed at my achievement". Naveen Kumar also expressed his desire to become an IAS officer. "My hobbies include
newspaper and magazine reading and cricket", he said
"I am very thankful to the headmaster, director,
manager and secretary of the school. They helped me in my
studies. I am also thankful to my parents". |
RJD wants to contest seat in
Haryana ROHTAK, May 30 — With a view to extending its base outside Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal has asked it ally, the Congress, to allot one seat to an RJD candidate out of 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in the coming elections. Mr Nagmani, RJD general secretary, and Ms Swaraj Lamba, state unit president of the party, while talking to mediapersons here today, said the party President, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, would negotiate in this connection with the Congress soon. Although both RJD leaders did not name the Lok Sabha seat in Haryana, they favoured the Faridabad constituency, according to party sources. The RJD leaders said the party would have an electoral alliance with the Congress and other "like-minded" parties so as to prevent the "communal" BJP from coming to power. They said the election
of the party President would be held on July 3 in Patna. |
45 debarred from contesting
poll SONEPAT, May 30 — The Election Commission is reported to have debarred 45 candidates from contesting the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections in Haryana, following their alleged failure to submit details of their expenditure under Section 10-A of the Representation of the People Act. According to official sources, they include 31 candidates debarred from contesting the Vidhan Sabha poll. The sources said the
maximum number of candidates who had been debarred from
contesting the assembly poll till March, 2002, belonged
to the Nuh assembly constituency in Gurgaon district. |
25 hurt in bus, truck
collision PANCHKULA, May 30 — At least 25 persons, including women and children, travelling in a Faridabad-bound bus of the Himachal Pradesh Roadways were seriously injured when the bus collided with a truck of a Kalka-based gas agency near Surajpur around 10 p.m. The injured have been admitted to the Sector 6 General Hospital at Panchkula. Three of the injured
— Lajja Ram, Roshan Lal and Vijay — have been
shifted to the PGI. |
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