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Teachers
to work for 5 years in rural areas Make vote
casting compulsory, says Speaker Principal’s
murder: remand for accused Power Utilities fails to install all meters SE
promoted on court orders
7-day
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Rathore’s review
plea dismissed Bajra
being sold below MSP: CPM 
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Teachers to work for 5 years in rural areas Chandigarh, September 20 The state Cabinet, which met here today under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, approved the proposal of the Education Department to amend the State Education (School and Inspection Cadre) (Group-B) Service Rules, 1998, which are applicable to Assistant Director, Deputy District Education Officers, Principals, Headmasters of high schools, senior specialists, junior specialists and programme assistants. Under the new amendment, every member of the service recruited direct will be liable to serve for a continuous period five years in a rural area from the date of appointment. Those appointed by promotion or transfer will be liable to serve for three years in a rural area from the date of appointment. The Cabinet also approved an amendment to Sections 2, 3(a) and 24(1) of the Haryana Apartments Ownership Act, 1983, to make the Act applicable to apartments, both residential and commercial. So far the Act was applicable to only residential property. The Cabinet decided to transfer the administrative control of the Wildlife Preservation Department to the Forest Department. Now the Wildlife Department will be a separate wing of the Forest Department. The Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife Wing) would report direct to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. The interse seniority of the staff of the Wildlife wing, as distinct from the interse seniority of the staff of the Forest Department will be maintained. The Cabinet approved the proposal of the Urban Development Department to introduce a pension scheme for the employees of the Improvement Trusts. The scheme will be effective from April 1 last. It also approved the proposal of the Agriculture Department to stand guarantee for the enhancement of the available cash credit limit of the Haryana Seed Development Corporation from Rs 9 crore to Rs 12 crore from commercial banks. The Cabinet also approved an amendment to sub-section (4) of Section 176 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, to enlarge the scope of election petitions in respect of elections to the panchayati raj institutions. A proposal of the Department of Industries to dispose of seven acres situated in the Sonepat Industrial Area to the local Municipal Council was also approved. A building earlier occupied by the Sonepat Industries Association, having a covered area of 350 sq. yd. will be handed over to the Sonepat D.C. for any official use. The green belt and the open space, including a dharamshala, will be transferred to the Improvement Trust for a token consideration of Re 1. It will be the responsibility of the trust to maintain the green belt and it may utilise the land for any purpose permitted by HUDA. As many as 22 illegally constructed shops which had been got vacated by the district administration during its drive to remove encroachments had also been transferred to the trust. The Cabinet decided to dispose of surplus land of the Irrigation Department in Karnal district through open auction and to transfer 7.3 acres of surplus land in Budakhera village to HUDA at a rate to be fixed by the Divisional Commissioner’s committee. It decided to transfer a piece of land measuring 1,200 sq yd situated near the office of the Nilokheri Municipal Committee to Shri Bajrang Seva Dal at a rate of Rs 1,200 per sq yd for the construction of a “barat ghar”. Another 1,168 sq yd situated near Gole Market, Nilokheri, will be transferred to the Punjabi Sabha for the construction of a community centre. It will also be sold at the rate of Rs 1,200 per sq yd. |
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Make vote casting compulsory, says Speaker Panipat, September 20 Mr Kadian was talking to mediapersons here in PWD Rest House after his return from Australia where he attended the three-day seminar on strengthening Parliament’s role in the battle against corruption. He was of the opinion that in most of the elections 35 to 50 per cent of the voters did not exercise their vote and most of them were from intellectual sections. This apathy resulted in winning of people with criminal background. He said people were themselves responsible for electing the criminals. Admitting that corruption was a global phenomenon and not confined to the geographical boundaries of a city, state or a nation, Mr Kadian said it was essential to establish ground rules necessary to achieve a parliament with moral authority. The Speaker categorically stated that the INLD would field candidates in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. He said so far the INLD had not formed an alliance with any other political parties, but was “waiting for the right time.” Claiming that the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Ajit Singh, did not have any base in the region, he opined that Ajit Singh should resign and mount pressure on the Central Government to get the demand of a
separate state accepted. He also claimed that the state economy was on sound footing as there was no overdraft and development works and social welfare schemes were being executed at an accelerated pace. |
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Principal’s murder: remand for accused Rewari, September 20 Earlier Karam Vir also wanted by the Jhajjar police in another case of murder, was apprehended by the Jhajjar police from Asoda village near Jhajjar following a tip-off. His remand with the Jhajjar police expired on Tuesday (September 18) after which he was handed over to the Rewari police. During interrogation Karam Vir reportedly confessed to have killed three more persons earlier. He also divulged the name of one of the two residents of Bhalkhi Majra village near Kund who had given him shelter in their house on the night of August 2 when police parties were combing that area for killers. He added that his harbourers had also accompanied him while travelling by bus from Bhalkhi Majra to Mandhoti, the native village of Karam Vir, near Bahadurgarh on August 3. Meanwhile with assistance of another accused Surender, who is also in police custody here, the police has recovered the revolver allegedly used in the crime and which had been hidden in hilly gorge near Bhalkhi Majra village after committing the crime. Karam Vir also told the police that the Maruti car, used by them for the crime, had earlier been stolen by him from Rohini, Delhi, according to Mr Manjit Singh Ahlawat, S.P., Rewari. |
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Power Utilities fails to install all meters Chandigarh, September 20 While metering of agricultural consumers (to get precise data about consumption of power by unmetered tubewells) is yet to be completed, the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has taken umbrage at the Power Utilities for its failure to instal meters at transmission-distribution interfaces. All over Haryana, there are reportedly 386 such points where interface meters are required to be installed. The Power Utilities was committed to have the meters installed at all the points by July 31, 2001. Recently, following queries by the HERC, the Utilities informed that the meters had been installed in only 20 points and it sought extension of time up to December 2001 for completion of the remaining work. The issue was discussed at a meeting in HERC here last week following which it was decided to ask the Utilities for the precise location of the installed meters. Official sources said the HERC wanted to check the details of the interface meters and their findings before deciding upon the issue of giving extension to the Utilities. The HERC, sources said, is insisting for installation of interface meters because it will enable it to maintain separate accounts for the two distribution companies (UHBVN and DHBVN) and pave the way for giving licensee status to these two companies. In the absence of licensee status of UHBVN and DHBVN, the HVPN is regarded as the licensee for distribution of power, though in reality the HVPN is a transmission company. Besides, the installation of meters at transmission distribution interfaces will also enable the authorities to keep a tab on the technical line losses. Incidentally, the absence of accurate figures about the consumption of power by unmetered agricultural consumers has also triggered a dispute between the HERC and the Power Utilities regarding the amount of time a tubewell is put into use. While, the HERC was of the view that in an average a tubewell was used for 4.22 hours daily (1540 hours annually) and it calculated the distribution loss on the basis of this assumption in its tariff order, officials of Power Utilities are not happy with the figure worked out by the HERC. They said the figures complied during August, 2001, showed 6.79 hours (2478 hours annually) consumption by unmetered tubewells. The figure was reportedly obtained on the basis of reading of sample meters which were attached to groups of tubewells to find out the average consumption, the officials claimed. They added that even readings of the metered tubewells during that period showed 4.49 hours daily (1640 hours annually) average consumption, and pointed out that the HERC estimate for unmetered tubewells was less than the electricity consumed by the metered tubewells. |
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SE promoted on court orders Rohtak, September 20 Interestingly, the government had earlier on February 1, 2001, rejected the claim of Mr Ram Mehar for promotion on the plea that it had no merit, notwithstanding the fact that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had on February 10, 2000, quashed his premature retirement orders and granted him all consequential benefits. Following the High Court orders, the department had reinstated Mr Ram Mehar in service with effect from May 16, 1997, vide letter dated September 7, 2000. The revised orders regarding his retirement on attaining superannuation with effect from July 31, 1998, were also issued on the same day. Rejecting the claim of Mr Ram Mehar for promotion as Superintending Engineer, the Commissioner and Secretary, Irrigation Department, Mr Chander Singh, had said that a charge sheet under Rule 7 (Punishment and Appeals) was pending against Mr Ram Mehar and was decided on October 17, 1996. He was awarded punishment with two of his increments stopped. Since the increments of Mr Ram Mehar fell on May 1, 1997, and May 1, 1998, therefore, the order would have effected his increments till May 1, 1999, whereas he retired on July 31, 1998. “Hence , the officer has not been considered fit for promotion with effect from January 9, 1996, even though available record is of good category,” the Commissioner said in his order. |
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Hindi version
of MS Office launched Chandigarh, September 20 The Chief Minister, who was presiding over the function, said he had urged the chief of Microsoft, Mr Bill Gates, during their meeting last year that in case they brought out a Hindi version of their system, a large number of people of India would be benefited and the use of the computer would increase manifold. Mr Chautala pointed it out to the President of Microsoft in India, Mr Rajiv
Nair, that Microsoft should have worked more efficiently in Haryana as it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government. |
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7-day police remand for Sanjeev Hisar, September 20 The police had requested the court for his remand pleading that he was required for the recovery of his arm licence from his residence at Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He was arrested yesterday. A team of vigilance officials had brought him here from Chandigarh this morning. He was produced in the court this afternoon with his face covered. A heavy police posse had been deployed inside the court complex. Sonia had allegedly clubbed her father Mr Punia, mother Krishna, sister Priynka, brother Sunil, sister-in-law Shankutla and three children of Sunil to death when they were asleep at their farm house at Litani near here on the night of August 24. After this she attempted to end her life by consuming insecticide. She was arrested from a hospital at Barwala where she had been admitted. Her husband had absconded after the crime. Sonia and six members of the Sanjeev’s family are currently on judicial remand. |
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Rathore’s review
plea dismissed Ambala, September 20 Mr Dhanjal fixed September 24 for hearing arguments on the application filed under Section 258 by Mr Rathore. The CBI had filed its reply to an application filed by Mr Rathore seeking copies of statements of witnesses on August 18. Last week, the defense counsel had sought copies of statements included those of a coach, a chowkidar and some labourers. |
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Bajra being sold below MSP: CPM Rohtak, September 20 The party said in the absence of the government procurement agencies, traders were purchasing bajra from the farmers at rates ranging from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per quintal as against the support price of Rs 485 per quintal. The farmers, the party said, were suffering heavy
losses. The secretary of the state CPM, Mr Inderjit Singh, said the farmers’ economic condition was likely to deteriorate further as bajra was an important kharif crop of southern Haryana. |
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Two crushed to death Faridabad, September 20 The deceased identified as Deepak Bhatia and Sanjay Pandey were associated with a music company. They were returning home after a programme, when the mishap occured. |
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