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Set your house in order, HC pulls up HUDA
ACRs for teachers may be done away with
INLD legislator may be
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Withdraw fee hike, minister tells school
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HCS officer gets 7-year jail for rape
Convicted officer Jeet Singh at the Panipat courts. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar
Runaway couple ‘kidnapped’ by girl’s relatives
Kin blame doctors as expectant woman loses twins
MDU students to evaluate teachers’ performance
Rameshan is Rohtak IIM Director
Role of Press highlighted
Farmers enjoy puffs of hookah during a dharna at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad.
A Tribune photograph
Headmaster jailed for embezzlement
4 get jail for dacoity
School timings changed
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Set your house in order, HC pulls up HUDA
Chandigarh, November 16 The wakeup call came on a petition filed by the HUDA Chief Administrator, the Administrator and the Estate Officer against one Satpal of Panchkula. HUDA had claimed he had raised unauthorised construction on its land. Satpal, on the other hand, had described himself as the owner. Satpal’s suit was decreed in his favour on November 20, 2006. HUDA filed an appeal on May 26, 2009, along with an application for condoning a delay of 873 days. The plea for condoning the delay in filing the first appeal was dismissed, while HUDA’s regular second appeal was permitted to be withdrawn. Dismissing the petition filed subsequently, Justice Mittal asserted: “Long delay of 873 days, almost two- and-a-half years, cannot be said to be explained even remotely by vague, general and omnipotent plea that the delay occurred due to official paper work…. “Delay of some days, weeks or even a few months possibly could have been condoned, but a delay of almost two-and-a-half years cannot be condoned on the basis of the general plea of official paper work and the channel of hierarchy involved in the filing of the first appeal…. “The petitioners have to set their own house in order. They have to streamline their procedure in pursuing their litigation. There has been callous attitude on the part of the petitioners in pursuing the litigation. Such fruitless litigation is consuming precious time of the courts. “In spite of repeated observations by different courts, it is apparent that no steps have been taken by HUDA to streamline its procedure and take effective steps to avoid such delays and, consequently, to protect the interest of HUDA, resulting in loss to HUDA on account of lapse in pursuing the litigation properly. “It appears that the officers concerned do not care for it because there is no personal loss to them, even if HUDA loses the litigation. The loss would be of HUDA, or in other words to the public, but not to the officers concerned. “I find no merit in the revision petition, which is frivolous and deserves to be dismissed with exemplary costs”.
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ACRs for teachers may be done away with
According to sources, the teacher will evaluate his/her performance, the school management committee (comprising all stakeholders, including parents, Panchayati Raj institutions and students) will give an independent evaluation and there will be a suggestion note underlining the improvements needed. Sources maintain that the shift has been necessitated following the Right to Education Act doing away with the board exams till Class X. Earlier, the ACRs of teachers were essentially based on the performance of students in the board examinations which were conducted for Class V and Class VIII before the Class X board exams. Another drawback was that not all classes had board exams which made evaluation a subjective exercise. Further, with the coming of the Right to Education Act, a student will take his first board exam only in Class X, implying that teacher assessment based on results of board examinations is no more practical. Instead of the
ACRs, the department will allot marks to teachers (academics will be given priority). According to the formula worked out, 50 per cent marks will be given for class results. This will be arrived at by third-party intervention which will test the learning of the children and give
a report. Ten marks have been set aside for a two-week teacher’s training capsule. Another 10 marks will be allocated if a teacher improves upon his qualification by acquiring
diplomas which may help improve management and further contribution to the school. The department has laid down a scale of 10 marks for grading school-based on achievements in sports, academics and other activities. While there are many plus points, the department has tried to balance the policy by making a provision for negative marking. Marks will be deducted for corporal punishment, bringing disrepute to the school as also for utilising the teacher-student relationship for personal gains like tuitions. The department is also toying with the idea of roping in students in the evaluation process by seeking their opinion on how helpful, encouraging and approachable the teacher is though this is yet to be
finalised. The Principal Secretary, Education, Surina Rajan, says: “The earlier system of result-based annual confidential reports has become redundant with the doing away of board examinations for the junior and middle classes. “Also, the earlier system of evaluation is too study-centric while we want to ensure all-round development of a student.” |
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INLD legislator may be
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Palwal, November 16 Chatha confirmed the development on the phone. No permission was required from his office for the arrest of an MLA, he maintained. As per the law, mere intimation of registration of a case against an MLA was enough. Legal experts say a person can be arrested under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act if the police finds substance in the accusations against him and investigation cannot be carried out by an officer lower than the rank of ACP. The police booked the INLD legislator and nine others on the complaint of the President of the Municipal Council, Netra Pal, last Friday. The latter alleged that he had been manhandled and subjected to casteist slur. In a related development, INLD workers met here today and expressed solidarity with their MLA. They cautioned against a “jail bharo” agitation if their MLA was ‘victimised.’ Chaudhary had defeated Congress heavyweight and the then sitting MLA Karan Singh Dalal in the last assembly election. The Congress workers as well as SC members have submitted separate memoranda to the Governor via the offices of the DC and SDM ,Palwal, urging that the MLA and his nine supporters be arrested.
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Withdraw fee hike, minister tells school
Gurgaon, November 16 The issue of the sharp fee increase by the school management was put up before the minister at the last meeting of the District Grievances Redressal Committee. After hearing the complaint, the minister had directed the SDM, Gurgaon (North), Satender Duhan, to probe the matter. At today’s meeting of the committee, the SDM presented his findings and reported that the school was charging Rs 975 as computer fee for a quarter from the students, which was not justified. After hearing the versions of the complainant and the school management, the minister ordered the school authorities to reduce the computer fee to Rs 600 instead with effect from the quarter starting from October. He also told them to adjust the excess computer fee charged from the students in the next quarter. The school management was also directed to stop charging the development charges from the next academic session and adjust the charges taken this year proportionately into the fee in future. As per the minister’s orders, the school management will not increase the annual charges also. The matter of meat market near Guru Ravi Dass Temple in Jacobpura also came up at the meeting. The minister directed the Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon (MCG), authorities to get the meat market temporarily shifted elsewhere before the next monthly meeting. “Within four months, the meat market should be permanently shifted to its designated place in Sector 37,” he asserted. On a complaint of the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) of Sector 10-A, the minister directed the HUDA authorities to complete the construction work of the master storm water drain, which was going on for more than two years now. Taking up another complaint, the minister directed the authorities concerned that merely sealing the illegal borewells was not enough and these should be dismantled. When the SDM pointed out that the borewells were being operating even after being sealed, the minister ordered to get FIRs lodged against the violators. As many as 20 complaints were put up before the minister, of which he disposed of 13 on the spot. |
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HCS officer gets 7-year jail for rape
Panipat, November 16 Both sentences would run concurrently. The court of Additional Sessions Judge CL Mohal had yesterday held former SDM Jeet Singh guilty on two counts, raping a woman and cheating her by marrying her fraudulently, though he was already married and had a daughter. When Jeet Singh was posted as SDM, Ganaur, he came in contact with a woman and gradually the two became intimate. In February, 2004, he called her to Gharaunda from where they went to Ambala. He asked the woman to sign some blank papers and later tied the nuptial knot with her. They both started living in Kurukshetra as husband and wife. In July the same year, Jeet Singh got transferred to Panipat as City Magistrate. Subsequently, his visits to Kurukshetra became scarce. In the meantime, he told the woman that he was already married and had a family. The woman moved an application in the court of Panipat ACJM Manish Batra, alleging that she had been raped and cheated by Jeet Singh. On the orders of the court, the Model Town police registered a case against the officer on November 4, 2004, following which he was suspended. He rejoined duty for a short period, but was again suspended. Meanwhile, the defence counsel maintained that they would lodge an appeal in the High Court.
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Runaway couple ‘kidnapped’ by girl’s relatives
Sirsa, November 16 The boy, Kuldeep (22), approached the police today and lodged an FIR against the girl’s kin. A case under Sections 365, 323, 382, 147 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against nine persons, all close kin of the girl. Kuldeep and the girl, aged 20, had eloped from their houses from Dhottar village under the Rania police station in Sirsa on November 12. A kin of the girl had lodged a complaint in the Rania police station on November 13 in this regard. However, the police did not take any action as the eloping of two adults together made out no offence. The police made an entry in the DDR in this regard. In his complaint lodged with the HUDA police post here today, Kuldeep alleged that he had come with the girl to Sirsa for marriage and seeking protection from court, when some cousins and other close kin of the girl intercepted them near the court and forcibly dragged them in a vehicle. They were allegedly taken to the village, where they beat him up and separated him from the girl. The police said a case had been registered against Balwan, Mani Ram, Lacchhman and others on the complaint of Kuldeep.
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Kin blame doctors as expectant woman loses twins
Fatehabad, November 16 The woman, Kavita, was shifted to the Bhuna CHC yesterday afternoon with labour pains. “We searched every corner of the hospital for a doctor as Kavita cried in pain, but none came to her rescue for over an hour,” alleged her brother-in-law Om Parkash, a resident of Bhattu village. He alleged that finally a took Kavita to the delivery hut and after examination asked the family to shift her to Fatehabad. An ultrasound test conducted at the General Hospital here revealed that Kavita was carrying twins, but both had died by then. Later, she was operated upon for removal of the stillborn kids. Dr RC Goyal, Senior Medical Officer at the Bhuna CHC, maintained that there was no negligence on the part of the hospital authorities. “Kavita needed a caesarian surgery for which we did not have any arrangement,” Dr Goyal maintained. He claimed that there was an acute scarcity of doctors at the CHC. Against the sanctioned posts of eight medical officers, there was only one. “What to speak of surgeons and physicians, even the post of a lady medical officer (LMO) is vacant,” he added. Dr Goyal claimed that in view of her serious condition, Kavita was referred to Fatehabad and ambulance services were also provided to her.
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MDU students to evaluate teachers’ performance
Rohtak, November 16 The council, which took 44 issues on its agenda, also approved the disaffiliation of an engineering college and action against four private education colleges for overcharging fee from students. While the MDU has been placed in B grade by the NAAC, it is perhaps the first time that the university has approved evaluation of teachers’ performance. The varsity had recently set up an internal quality assurance cell, which has recommended the move of getting feedback from the students to judge the performance of teachers, claimed sources. The council has recommended a format for the questionnaire to be given to students for submitting their feedback about the performance of their teachers. The feedback will be taken from 25 per cent students of each class, who are regular in their attendance. While their identity will be kept secret, the students will be asked about 20 questions. A two or three-member committee will be set up in each department to handle the job. At present, there are 24 teaching departments. The council also approved the disaffiliation of a private engineering college located at Boda Kalan in Gurgaon district on charges of various irregularities.
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Rameshan is Rohtak IIM Director
This is the first appointment in the faculty of the IIM, which has been functioning with the help of visiting faculty so far. The academic session of the first batch (2010-2012) of the IIM is being held in a rented building of Maharshi Dayanand University here till its own campus comes up at Garnawathi village, 10 km from here. A PhD in economics from the IIT, Kharagpur, Dr Rameshan has wide teaching experience at the IIM, Kozhikode, and the IIM, Lucknow. He has taught abroad at the Lulea University of Technology (Sweden) and the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.
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Role of Press highlighted
Jhajjar, November 16 Chander Shekhar spoke on the role of the Press before and after Independence and the sacrifices made by journalists during the freedom
struggle. SONEPAT: Interacting with mediapersons on the occasion of National Press Day, Deputy Commissioner Ajit Joshi said the Press had played a key role in abridging the communication gap between people and public servants. He highlighted the importance of the freedom of the Press, saying that the Constitution had given the right of freedom of expression to the people and the Press was the most formidable means of protection of this
right. KAITHAL: The media can bring about a positive change in society, said DC Amneet P Kumar while speaking as the chief guest at a function organised by the Public Relations Department on the occasion of National Press Day here. |
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HJC man joins dharna by Gorakhpur farmers
Fatehabad, November 16 Devi Lal
Manjhu, media coordinator of the Haryana Janhit Congress, sat on dharna with the agitating farmers in front of the mini-secretariat today. He said the nuclear power plant involved a lot of risk to human health and alleged that the project had been given to this area because the area happened to be former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal’s native place. He said the power plant should be set up at a place where there was no human inhabitation so that there was little danger to people’s health in case of an accident. Meanwhile, Hans Raj
Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, said the Gorakhpur farmers were determined to thwart the state government’s attempts to set up a nuclear power plant in their village. He said the quantum of compensation was no criterion behind their agitation, but they were against the very installation of the plant in the highly fertile land situated in the densely populated area. |
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Mirchpur case: Minister Selja’s name dropped
Chandigarh, November 16 As the case came up for hearing before Justice MMS
Bedi, counsel for the Union Ministry of Tourism and Urban Development Anmol Rattan Sidhu said the notice had been inadvertently issued to the Minister. The petitioners’ counsel, in the meantime, told the court that they were ready to withdraw the allegations and the name of the petitioner. Following the submission, Kumari Selja’s name was deleted from the array of parties. Justice Bedi had earlier put her on notice, along with the State of Haryana, after hearing preliminary arguments on the petition filed by two accused, Dalbir Singh and Ajit Singh. The petitioners had stated the FIR in the case was a political drama, created to suppress, humiliate and blackmail the Jat community and Selja had failed to discharge her duties as minister. |
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Headmaster jailed for embezzlement
Sirsa, November 16 Harban Lal, former block education officer (BEO) of Rania, had lodged an FIR against headmaster Kharaiti Lal on April 24, 2003. The BEO had alleged that the accused misappropriated Rs 15.38 lakh received for scholarship, stationary and sanitation. Later, the accused implicated BEO Trilok Chand and assistant Jagat Singh, alleging that they too were involved in the crime. However, Judicial Magistrate Seema Singhal acquitted the two for want of cogent evidence against them. The judge sentenced Kharaiti Lal to five years of imprisonment.
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4 get jail for dacoity
Kaithal, November 16 The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each on the accused. The accused had looted Balwan Singh, meter reader with the UHBVN, Kalayat subdivision, on September 7, 2009, when he was on the way to the office to deposit the bill payment of Rs 72,000 collected from consumers of Mattour village. |
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School timings changed
Chandigarh, November 16 The new timings will remain effective up to March 31, 2011. Instructions to this effect have been issued by the Director, School Education, to all district education officers in the state. |
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