Haryana Government has decided to speed up the process of awarding compensation to families of slain Defence and Central Para-military forces in the State.
For this, the Government has decentralised the power of scrutiny of martyrdom cases.
Taking cognizance of some complaints that significant time was taken in releasing the ex-gratia to the next of kin of martyrs, the State Government has decided to decentralise the power of scrutiny of martyrdom cases to avoid any delay on account of the shuttling of cases between the head office and districts, said an offical spokesman.
Now, all documents would be scrutinised as per the standard check list issued by the head office at the district level by the District Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Office.
The District Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare (DSASW) Officer would put up fully documented case to the Deputy Commissioner for payment.
The spokesman said the payment sanction letter would be signed by the (DSASW) Officer and one copy would be forwarded to the headquarters for seeking release of payment from the budget.
The head office would make online transfer of the sanctioned amount of ex-gratia to the office concerned.
On receipt of the payment sanction letter sent by the district office at head office, the case would be put up to the Director, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department, for release of amount from the budget. The amount would then be released online to the district concerned.
These instructions would be followed strictly and the entire record, including the documents related to the martyrdom and payment of ex-gratia amount, would be kept safe in the offices of DSASW Officers, said the spokesman.
The district officers would also be asked to upload these documents on the online MIS for safety and record, he added.
last week, Haryana Government had delegated the power to grant ex-gratia to the Deputy Commissioners and the Zila Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Officers, with an aim to ensure faster dispensation of financial relief to the bereaved families of martyrs in the state.
The power to sanction ex-gratia of Rs50 lakh has been delegated to Deputy Commissioners so that there is no delay in transit of documents from district office to headquarters and Vic, added the spokesman.