Haryana Government has notified the Haryana Right to Service Act, 2014 to ensure the delivery of service to eligible person within the prescribed time limits.
An official spokesman said that the State Government would constitute a Commission to be called the Haryana Right to Service Commission, which would be a statutory body and consist of a Chief Commissioner and up to four Commissioners and their appointment would be made by the Governor on the recommendation of a Committee consisting of the Chief Minister, who would be the chairperson of the Committee, leader of the Opposition and one Cabinet Minister, to be nominated by the Chief Minister.
The Chief Commissioner would be a serving or retired officer in the rank and status of the Chief Secretary of the State of Haryana or Secretary to the Government of India.
An eligible person would make a duly filled in application to the Designated Officer for obtaining any service. The Designated Officer would, on receipt of an application, provide service or reject the application within the notified time limit and in case of rejection of application would record the reasons in writing and intimate the same to the applicant. Every Designated Officer would maintain detailed record of services applied for in a prescribed format, he added.
Any eligible person, whose application for obtaining service is rejected or who is not provided the service within the notified time limit, might file an appeal to the First Grievance Redressal Authority within 30 days from the date of rejection or the expiry of the notified time limit.
According to the Act, it would be the duty of the Commission to ensure proper implementation of this Act and to make suggestions to the State Government for ensuring better delivery of services.