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CS
takes note of non-compliance Ex-minister
Tayal dead Protest
by journalists Rights
panel seeks report on sarpanch’s disappearance Leaf
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Electoral
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for Hooda Plan to
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Youth
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CS takes note of non-compliance Chandigarh, December 15 The first case is related to the practice prevalent among many departments to count all Scheduled Caste and backward class candidates against the quota reserved for SCs and BCs even if some of them have been selected on the basis of merit. The Chief Secretary observed that government instructions regarding the recruitment of Scheduled Caste and backward class candidates selected on merit were “not being meticulously followed”. In a letter addressed to all heads of government departments, Commissioners of Ambala, Hisar, Gurgaon and Rohtak Divisions and all Deputy Commissioners and SDOs (Civil), the Chief Secretary has said the government views the non-adherence to its directives on the subject seriously. The Chief Secretary’s letter of December 3 cites instructions contained in a circular issued on June 25, 1997, which, said if one or more members belonging to the Scheduled Castes and backward classes were selected in an open competition for direct recruitment on the basis of merit, they would not be counted against the quota reserved for the Scheduled Castes or the backward classes. In an order issued in November, 1992, the Supreme Court said: “reservation under Article 16(4) does not operate like communal reservation. If some members belonging to the Scheduled Castes get selected in an open competition on the basis of their own merit, they will not be counted against the quota reserved for the Scheduled Castes. They will be treated as open competition candidates”. Quoting the order, the circular said provided the candidates fulfil the condition of eligibility regarding age etc, as are meant for general category candidates, vacancies offered to them should not be reduced from the reserved quota meant for their category. In another letter written on December 11, the Chief Secretary said the government instructions issued on May 18, 2001, and subsequently on March 21, 2003, on the recruitment of retrenched employees of public sector and cooperative sector undertakings must be meticulously followed. Citing the letter of March 21 which said the government instructions regarding giving preference to the retrenched employees for 25 per cent of the future government vacancies was not being properly followed by various departments, the Chief Secretary said there should be a note in direct recruitment advertisements to this effect. |
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Ex-minister Tayal dead Hisar, December 15 The mortal remains of Mr Tayal were consigned to flames at the local cremation ground here. His son Yashwant Tayal lit the pyre. He is survived by his wife Laxmi Devi and four sons Lajpat Rai, Yashwant Rai, Surender and Narender. Mr Tayal was elected to the Punjab State Assembly twice in 1952 and ‘57. He also became the deputy labour minister of Punjab in 1956. He was also elected to the Haryana Assembly in 1968 and 1977. He also became the finance minister in Mr Bhajan Lal’s government in 1979. He remained president of the Hindi Regional Committee, from 1957 to ‘62. He was also elected president of the local Municipal Committee in 1948. He also played an important role in settling refugees from Pakistan here after Partition. A close associate of Morarji Desai, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Mr Chandra Shekhar, and Jai Parkash Narayan, Mr Tayal took part in the Quit India Movement. During the freedom movement he went to jail in 1941 and 1942. He also took part in the movement against Emergency and was jailed in 1975 under MISA. He also participated in Bhudan. Born on October 4, 1918 at Badhor village near Patiala, Mr Tayal was adopted by a businessman Bhagwan Dass Tayal. He passed his matriculation examination in 1936 and married to Laxmi Devi in 1934. Despite old age, he spined cotton for two hours daily. He wore khadi and Gandhi cap all his life. |
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Protest by journalists Rohtak, December 15 The call for the protest had been given by the Rohtak Patrakar Sangharsh Samiti. The journalists held a meeting at Sir Chhotu Ram Park here and later submitted a memorandum to the authorities. The samiti sought the immediate withdrawal of certain cases registered against journalists and an end to repression on mediapersons in different parts of the state. KAITHAL:
The local mediapersons sent a memorandum to the Haryana Governor Babu Parmanand, through the district administration, drawing his attention to the violation of constitutional and human rights and continuous attacks on the freedom of press. It has also been pointed that there was an attempt by the civil and police administration in different parts of the state to gag the press and built a pressure to stop it from expressing its views and performing its duties as Fourth Estate independently. The memorandum was handed over to Mr Sanjeev Verma, City Magistrate, in the absence of the Deputy Commissioner who was busy due to the Chief Minister’s visit . In the memorandum, the police action against mediapersons at Rohtak and Palwal recently and earlier at Kaithal where a scribe Naresh Bhardwaj was arrested on frivolous charges and the arrest of another reporter Parma Nand Goel and later his murder have been strongly condemned. These incidents proved beyond doubt that there was an attempt to silence every voice which highlighted the oppression and atrocities committed at the behest of the present regime, the memorandum said. Through the memorandum, the mediapersons have urged the Governor to direct the Chief Secretary and the Director-General of Police to further direct their district officials to change their attitude towards mediapersons and order withdrawal of false cases registered against scribes at Rohtak, Kaithal and other places. |
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Rights panel seeks report on sarpanch’s
disappearance Rohtak, December 15 The rights panel acted on a complaint by Mr Surendra Mohan, a former MP. The commission has given the authorities two weeks to file the report. Mr Karan Singh, a Dalit, had disappeared from his village on October 12. Villagers suspect that he had been kidnapped. The police registered an FIR on November 24 after protests organised by a sangharsh samiti formed for the purpose. However, no arrests have yet been made. Samiti activists began a dharna here today in protest against the failure of the police to trace the sarpanch. The dharna will continue till December 21 when a panchayat will be held. The sarpanch’s disappearance has assumed significance in the wake of a controversy which erupted after the village panchayat donated land to the Gaur Brahmin Vidya Pracharni Sabha which runs several educational institutions in the area. |
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Leaf from History AMBALA: The Grand Trunk road has changed considerably since its construction by Sher Shah Suri nearly four centuries ago. Had it not been for Kos Minars, it would
not have been possible to find out the old GT route. Kos Minars used to act as direction markers for the GT route and people just had to look for the minars to know their route. These pillars were constructed at equal distance in an old measurement system of the “kos”. Hence these are referred to as Kos Minars. Efforts were made to preserve the historic Kos Minars nearly eight decades ago. According to an Archaeological Survey of India letter dated September 14, 1918, to the Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, from the Superintendent, Muhammadan and British Monuments, Agra, “I have the honour to inform you that the Kos Minar in question has been gazetted, as incidental to its notification, as a ‘protected monument’ under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act”. The minar, I may remark, is one of the comparatively few remaining relics marking the position of the old Badshahi routes across India, and, as such, is considered in this department to be worthy of preservation,” the letter states. The letter adds “Such repair as may be necessary to this end will be carried out by the Public Works Department in the ordinary way, the estimate being submitted to this department for approval.” In 1920, three Kos Minars falling within the then Ambala district were declared as protected monuments. “I have the honour to submit, herewith, for favour of disposal a draft notification in duplicate for the declaration of three Kos Minars in Ambala district as protected monuments under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act VII of 1904,” a letter dated March 22, 1920, said. The three Kos Minars were “Field No 975 Bara Kot Kachwa, Field No. 1696 Machaunda and Field No. 616 Kanwali.” Although Kos Minar is perhaps the only protected monument in Ambala, Kos Minar in Ambala City needs urgent attention. Kos Minar is located in the busy cloth market. A “piao”, which has been constructed there, practically hides the grandeur of the minar, which stands tall in the bustling market. Apparently, a few years ago, attempts had been made to encroach upon the land adjoining Kos Minar. Due to timely action by the district administration, the encroachment attempt was foiled. |
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Electoral rolls revision
from today Chandigarh, December 15 Announcing this here, the Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana, Mrs Urvashi Gulati, said the draft rolls would be published on December 16. The relevant part of the rolls would be read out at the meetings of “gaon sabhas”, urban local bodies and resident welfare associations. Claims and objections could be filed between December 16, 2003, and January 7, 2004. The final electoral rolls would be published on February 23 next. Mrs Gulati said the revision would include removal of the names of dead persons as well as those who had shifted from their previous place of residence. She said in case a person made a false declaration in connection with the revision of electoral rolls he or she could be punished with imprisonment up to one year or with fine or both. |
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Awareness needed on copyright, say experts Ambala, December 15 The association president, Dr Anil Jain, presided over the function. In the inaugural address, he explained the relevance of the subject. Mr Anubhav Jain, an intellectual property rights consultant, was the guest speaker. He spoke about the meaning of intellectual property right (IPR). He said IPR referred to property value in the creations of intellect. He said due to lack of awareness about IPR laws, the small-scale industry was being
adversely affected. He said foreign companies were targeting local industry in a well-planned manner and Indian firms were facing frivolous threats and allegations of infringement of intellectual property rights by MNCs. He said one of the important ways of survival in the liberalised era was to protect one’s intellectual property by getting it registered with the Central Government. He said, “A patent refers to a new invention of a product, process or machinery which may be mechanical, pharmaceutical, bio-technological, medical or scientific in nature and is registered, upon which a monopoly is granted for a period of 20 years. Copyright in an original creation provides a larger monopoly for a period of 60 years after the death of the creator. Trade mark laws provide for unlimited monopoly, benefits of which can be realised over longer periods of time.” He said laws concerning industrial designs were of special significance to the industry. “Almost every industrial product, which is novel and has not been previously published, can be protected under the law of designs. Once registered, a monopoly to produce the article is granted for 15 years,” he added. |
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New car for Hooda Chandigarh, December 15 Official sources said a brand new airconditioned Ambassador car was today allotted to Mr Hooda from the Ministers’ car section. Three other cars were today allotted to Mr Vidya Dhar, Deputy Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister; Mr R.K. Nehru, Chairman of a committee constituted by the Technical Education Department; and Mr Ram Singh Brar, Press Adviser to the Chief Minister. Mr Hooda had refused to accept an old car. After the car allotted to Mr Hooda was disposed of following an accident, the state government offered used vehicles to him more than once but Mr Hooda refused. |
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Plan to revive discretionary quota of plots Chandigarh, December 15 The quota was virtually discontinued after the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the allotment of plots made by the then Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal, in 1996, in the Anil Sabharwal versus Haryana case. The court had, however, not quashed the allotment of plots to certain categories of persons like members of the armed forces, police personnel who fought against terrorism, terrorist victims, allottees who had constructed their houses and the
allottees of six marla plots or less. The Supreme Court later set aside the High Court judgement to the extent that it would not have a retrospective effect. The apex court also restored the plots allotted by the then Chief Minister. The High Court had said that the government could exercise its discretion in allotting the plots subject to certain conditions. |
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Cantt Board schools hold cultural meet Ambala, December 15 Mr Balsharan Singh, Principal-Director, Defence Estates Western Command, gave away the prizes to the winners. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Balsharan Singh stressed upon the importance of sports, culture and co-curricular activities in the overall development of the personality of the students. He emphasised on the role of students in building a strong and self-reliant nation. He spoke about the spirited performance of the students. About 500 students from nine Cantonment Board schools of the Western Command participated in the three-day sports and cultural extravaganza. Among others, Brig D.C. Katoch, Ms Sonam Yangdol, Mr N.N. Ojha, Mr Virender Gandhi, Mr Umesh Sahni, Mr Raj Kumar, Mr Prithvi Singh, Mr Ashok Kumar, Mr Lalit Kumar and Mr Rakesh Kumar were present. |
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Youth robbed of Rs 1.10 lakh Rohtak, December 15 The youth had withdrawn Rs 1.14 lakh from a local bank. He paid Rs 4,000 to an acquaintance and the balance was in his bag. He boarded a three-wheeler and two other youths also boarded the same vehicle. As they neared Drain No 8, the miscreants snatched the bag after firing a shot at the victim and made good their escape. |
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150 acres submerged after canal breach Hisar, December 15 Official sources said the breach occurred around midnight. Villagers came to know about it when they woke up in the morning.
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Rajni Rajdan Chandigarh, December 15 Ms Pankaj Chaudhary has been posted as Executive Magistrate, Hisar, vice Ms Geeta Bharti, who has proceeded on leave. |
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‘Daman Virodi Divas’ observed Ambala, December 15 A delegation of journalists met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.D. Gautam, and apprised him of their concerns. A memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister states that journalists play an important role in bringing information to the people. It observed that journalists were facing attacks in the state and two journalists have been murdered.
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