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December 7, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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State to have separate Wakf Board ‘Govt promoting casinos, betting’ TRIBUNE IMPACT BKU
chief replaced, rally postponed
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CM in league with pvt mill owners: Hooda Call to follow Ambedkar’s ideals in ‘right spirit’ ‘Cases against Akalis
politically motivated’
Dera Sacha Sauda devotees on fast Keep area clean or get Dirtiest Area Medal
Court allows land possession Decision to reward best panchayats
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State to have separate Wakf Board Hisar, December 6 Addressing party workers at the Jat Dharamshala here, he said the committee had favoured levying income tax on farmers, claiming that the economic situation of farmers in the country was sound. This was not true as the farmers were finding it hard to make both ends meet, he said, adding that though the prices of agricultural inputs had gone up they were not getting remunerative prices for their produce. Mr Chautala said though he favoured boosting revenue through taxes, the farmers were not in a position to pay tax. He alleged that the committee had based its recommendations on “cooked up” figures since farmers did not maintain accounts. He said HPCC chief Bhajan LaI, and the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, were adopting double standards on the corruption issue. On the one hand they were praising Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for registering corruption cases against Akali Dal leaders, and on the other hand they had submitted memoranda to the Governor against his government when action was taken against corrupt persons. Earlier, the Chief Minister attended an Id milan samaroh here. Addressing the gathering, he said the Centre had approved a proposal for setting up a separate Wakf Board for the state. He also addressed a meeting of members of block samitis and gram panchayats. He said villages would also have developed residential sectors on the pattern of HUDA sectors in cities. Mr Sampat Singh, Finance Minister, and Mr Subhash Goyal, Local Bodies Minister, among others, were also present. |
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‘Govt promoting casinos, betting’ Rohtak, December 6 Addressing his first press conference here after his appointment by party President and Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh, Swami Indervesh alleged that Mr Chautala was promoting gambling by way of casinos. His son Abhey Singh Chautala had been indulging in ‘’satta’’ during India-England cricket matches earlier this year, alleged Swami Indervesh. He demanded a CBI inquiry into his allegations. He charged Mr Chautala with resorting to autocratic style of functioning. The people of Haryana had been living in an atmosphere of fear, he added. He said the RLD would launch a mass contact programme in the state to awaken the people against the dictatorial attitude and anti-people policies of the Chautala government. The RLD, he said, would launch an action plan for getting the SYL canal completed in Punjab at a rally here on February 23 next.
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TRIBUNE IMPACT Gurgaon, December 6 According to popular opinion, the personnel of HUDA have become so “cussed” and “power-drunk” that they continue to harass with impunity those who are not on their side, notwithstanding the orders and directives of the regular courts and adjudicatory authorities in their favour. The wide-ranging allegations are that while the consumers are harassed at various echelons of HUDA officialdom, the legal department at the HUDA’s headquarters stands out in convoluting the cases and giving unwarranted troubles to the genuine consumers, including NRIs and persons from various parts of the country. The skewed approach of HUDA personnel has the potential to mar the reputation of clean and efficient administration, claimed to be given by the INLD government. Also, HUDA as a whole is dragged into avoidable and lost battles with the consumers in courts and adjudicatory bodes. This has been bleeding white the government agency by incurring extraneous expenses. Mr H.C. Malhotra, one of the hundreds of investors, was allotted a plot by HUDA in Sector 21 in 1986. But HUDA could not give Mr Malhotra and other allottees possession of the area as it came under dispute from farmers whose land had been acquired for setting up the sector. HUDA, as per its declared policy of allotting alternative plots to the investors who could not get possession for no fault of theirs, allotted Mr Malhotra a plot in Sector 5, which was not yet developed. But it charged a revised rate, which was about 10 times the original rate in Sector 21,against which he moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The court ordered to give the complainant an alternative plot within two months on February 12, 2001. He also moved the case to the forum on the rate issue. The forum ordered HUDA on July 6, 2000, to give him an alternative plot at the rate at which he was allotted the plot in Sector 21. It directed that Mr Malhotra be given justice, as was done in the case of other allottees in similar
circumstances. It further specified that he be given plots from among vacant plots 480, 486, 488 and 490 in Sector 45 and 4-AP of Sector 31-32-A. HUDA appealed to the State Disputes Redressal Commission. Its appeal was dismissed on September 19, 2002. In between, Mr Malhotra made a representation to the Chief Administrator, HUDA, Panchkula, Mr N.C. Wadhwa, but to no avail. After the appeal was dismissed by the commission, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a contempt notice to HUDA for not complying with its order of giving an alternative plot to Mr Malhotra. The last date for hearing was November 25. Before the deadline, HUDA sent an allotment letter to Mr Malhotra in favour of plot 480 on November 22. But the rate fixed for the plot was Rs 6578 per square metre. The original rate, however, was Rs 262 per square metre. Mr Malhotra again moved the forum for the contempt shown by HUDA by not complying with its order to give the alternative plot at the old rate. Mr Wadhwa and the Estate Officer, HUDA, Gurgaon, Mr Pradeep Kumar, were made the respondents in the case. The complainant urged for contempt proceedings and penal action under Sections 25 and 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, against the respondents for not complying with its order even after HUDA’s appeal was dismissed by the commission. The respondents, however, did not turn up on December 3, the date of hearing fixed by the forum in the contempt notice motion. Consequently, the forum today issued a show-cause notice to the respondents as to why action should not be taken against them. Similar allottees in Sector 21, placed under similar circumstances, had been given alternative plots. Some of them are original allottees of plots 51, 274P, 140, 312, 183P, 306, 54 who have been allotted, respectively plots 476 (special preference-Sector 45), 181 (Sector 5), 3074 (Sector 46), 2010 (Sector-45), 1059 (Sector 40), 2011 (Sector 45) and 290P (Sector 45). |
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BKU chief replaced, rally postponed Rohtak, December 6 The state BKU has also postponed its rally scheduled for December 8 at Shahzadpur in Ambala district and declared that “our doors are open for negotiations with the government over farmers’ demands.” Mr Nain, who spearheaded a strong farmers’ agitation in Kandela in Jind district earlier this year over the alleged forcible recovery of electricity dues, is currently in judicial custody in connection with the farmers agitation over non-payment of arrears by the Naraingarh Sugar Mill in Ambala district. Mr Nain had given the call for the Shahzadpur rally while calling off the six-month-long agitation of farmers over arrears last week. BKU Rohtak district President Dharambir Hooda said here today that an emergency meeting of the state unit at the Kisan Bhavan here last evening, decided to replace Mr Nain and unanimously elected Mr Dharam Singh as his successor. He said the meeting attended by the state BKU vice-president Mr Darya Singh Koyal and various district unit presidents and the Kandela Khaap president, Mr Lakhmichand, favoured resolving the farmers issues through a dialogue with the state government.
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CM in league with pvt mill owners: Hooda Chandigarh, December 6 He lamented that the Saraswati Sugar Mill of Yamunanagar, the biggest private sector mill in the state, had not started crushing till date. “This is creating problems for the farmers attached to the mill,” Mr Hooda said. |
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Call to follow Ambedkar’s ideals in ‘right spirit’ Kurukshetra, December 6 Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana, Dhanpat Singh, the chief guest of the occasion, said that there was need to imbibe and implement ideas of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in the right spirit. He observed that Dr Ambedkar was a prophet of self-help and self-respect. Dr Ambedkar
favoured social justice, and social equality, the chief guest said. In his presidential address, Vice-Chancellor of the University, R.S. Chaudhry observed that Dr Ambedkar was great political leader. Constitution builder, Parliamentarian, educationist, journalist and social scientist. He said that his philosophy of Dalits needed to be understood and researched. The Vice-Chancellor said that the university established Dr B.R. Ambedkar Studies Centre as a nodal agency for co-ordinating research on Ambedkar Studies. The Vice-Chancellor disclosed it had been decided to build a two-floor building of Dr Ambedkar Bhavan to house Dr B.R. Ambedkar Centre. The centre will have library equipped with works on Baba Sahib multi-purpose centre for Internet,Seminar Room, Research Room, Meditation/ Prayer Hall and Memorial Hall. In his key-note address. Prof G. Khurana of History Department, of the university said that Dr Ambedkar tried to know the root cause of every problem and pleaded for social and economic justice. Former Professor of Political Science Department of the university, Mr Ranbir Singh said that Dr Ambedkar was a leader of all masses and not of a particular caste and fought against injustice and exploitation. Dr Naresh Kumar, Director, Centre for Dr B.R. Ambedkar Studies of the university highlighted the Centre’s activities. He said that the Centre has also worked for the welfare of SC/ST students and also encouraged M.Phil, and Ph.D students to do research in the field of Ambedkar Studies. Registrar of the University, Dr Mawa Singh underlined the need of respect and recognition to everybody in the Hindu religion. Dr Hari Om Phulia, Research Scholar of Hindi Department of the university, Mr Surender Sabharwal, President, Dr Ambedkar Students Welfare Association also spoke on the occasion. Woollens were distributed among weaker students on the occasion. |
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‘Cases against Akalis
politically motivated’ Ambala, December 6 Mr Badal had come to meet an SGPC member, Mr Surjit Singh Niddar here. Talking to media persons, Mr Badal said, “There are several instances of cases being registered on frivolous grounds. “There is jungle raj in Punjab today.” Mr Badal said SGPC elections were held annually, but this time the Congress and the Chief Minister had taken personal interest. “They misused civil administration and the police. Despite several problems, we still emerged victorious. Our SGPC members did not succumb to any machinations,” he said. Following our victory, I am personally going to meet each SGPC member and thank them. I will visit Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh for the purpose,” he said. On SYL Canal issue, Mr Badal said, natural it should be tackled according to the law. “It is our natural resource. We do not have excess water which can be given to Haryana, he said. |
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I’m not afraid of arrest: Badal Yamunanagar, December 6 |
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Dera Sacha Sauda devotees on fast Chandigarh, December 6 The press note said that the Madhuban police had arrested Shabdal and Jasbir on December 2. Jasbir had been accused by Joginder Singh, a resident of Khanpur Kalan. But his name is missing in the FIR, alleged the press note. |
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Keep area clean or get Dirtiest Area Medal Ambala, December 6 The medallion will be awarded each month and it will be handed over to the Sanitary Inspector of the area which is found to be the dirtiest by the Green Circle. The members of the circle, who works for better environment, will be on the look out for the dirtiest area so that the award can be ‘bestowed’ upon the official concerned. The circle secretary, Mr R.P. Gupta, said: “The idea behind the honour is to ensure that the area which is chosen for the award gets cleaned up. We are hoping for a positive response. Our effort is to identify areas which urgently need cleanliness drive so that there is no public health hazard.” Mr Gupta said the waste watch wing of the circle would be tasked with the work of identifying areas which required cleaning. “One the area has been identified, we will be holding a small function at that place. The Safai Inspector of the area and other Municipal Council officials will be invited to the function in which we will hand over the medal,” he said. “It goes without saying that the Dirtiest Area medal is not an honour but an attempt to draw attention of the authorities to the particular dirty area. Every month one area will be identified and we are looking for people’s participation in this effort,” he said. Mr Gupta suggested that the Municipal Council should form a team of safai personnel who can work in a ward for the whole day. “Unlike now, when a safai karamchari fails to clean up an area, a group of safai karamcharis will be able to do a better job. This group can work in a ward for the whole day. Each day of the month can be used for reference for sending the safai personnel team to the ward which has the corresponding number. For example, on the first day of the month, ward No. 1 can be cleaned up and so on,” he said. A General Merchant Association member said along with a cleanliness drive, there was an urgent need to remove encroachments in Ambala Sadar markets. “A few years back, the problem was not acute. When Inspector Banwari Lal was posted at the Sadar police station and the DIG Dalal was here, there were a few encroachments,” he said. He said the encroachment problem had now become acute. “It is not only affecting smooth flow of traffic, our revenue is also hit since shoppers rarely find place to park their vehicle near the shop. Definitely, some urgent step in this regard is required,” he said. The shopowner pointed out that with newer shopping areas emerging on the outskirts of Ambala Sadar, the shoppers will prefer to go there. “Over the years, the number of shoppers will come down and it will adversely hit business,” he said. A senior vice-president of the Ambala Cantonment unit of the Haryana Vikas Party, Mr O.P. Sharma, said the cleanliness and encroachment were the twin issues being faced by the local residents. “While encroachments have affected smooth flow of traffic, the lack of proper cleanliness drive has put a question mark on public health,” he said. He said the administration must ensure that encroachments were removed. “The wide roads of Ambala Sadar are today chocked. At times, even walking down the market becomes difficult. This will ultimately affect the Ambala Sadar area on the whole,” he observed. |
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Court allows land possession Ambala, December 6 The trust, in its application, had called for restraining the Estate Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, from dispossesing it from the land. The trust said the Estate Officer had no power as the land did not belong to the Haryana Government and there was no valid transfer of the land from the Ministry of Defence to Haryana. Hence, there was no violation in the lease deed. The Civil Judge said the Estate Officer had the power to oust the trust from the land in the due course of law. Earlier, the state had moved an application before the Collector for the eviction of the trust from the land. Government lawyers, Mr Subhash Bhatnagar and Mr Satish Beri, had prayed that the Trust was an unauthorised occupant of the land and liable to be evicted under the provision of the Haryana Public Premises and Land Act. |
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Decision to reward best panchayats Chandigarh, December 6 The best panchayat in the state would be given Rs 10 lakh for carrying out developmental works while the best panchayat in each district would get Rs 5 lakh. |
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