Haryana Vidhan Sabha today passed 10 Bills in the winter session, including a bill to amend the Haryana Police Act, 2007 to select Director General of Police in the backdrop of Supreme Court order on selection of DGPs.
Haryana Police (Amendment) Bill, 2018: The Bill was passed to amend the Haryana Police Act, 2007. As per the amendment the State Police Board is required to be substituted with State Security Commission. There is no procedure for selection of Director General of Police. For the appointment of Director General of Police, a transparent procedure needs to be adopted. The term of DGP is proposed to be prescribed as not less than one year extendable to one more year. Since, the State Security Commission the apex body to take broad policy decisions, the removal of DGP is proposed to be made in consultation with the State Security Commission.
Other bills which were passed include Haryana Municipal Corporation (Third Amendment) Bill, 2018, The State University of Performing and Visual Arts, Rohtak (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed to amend the name of State University of Performing And Visual Arts, Rohtak.
The Vidhan Sabha has also passed the Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority Bill, 2018. The Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority (FMDA) would develop a vision for the continued, sustained and balanced growth of the Faridabad Metropolitan Area through quality of life and reasonable standard of living provided to residents.
Similarly, The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2018 was passed to amend the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952 in its application to the State.
The Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed to amend the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas (Second Amendment) Act, 1975. The Haryana Service of Engineers, Group A, Irrigation Department (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed to amend the Haryana Service of Engineers, Group A, Irrigation Department Act, 2010.
The Haryana Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2018 has been passed to grant authorization for payment and appropriation of a sum of Rs. 2575,14,19,000 (Two thousand five hundred seventy five crore, fourteen lakh nineteen thousand only) out of the Consolidated Funds of the state of Haryana for the services during the financial year ending the 31st day of March 2019.
The Haryana Legislative Assembly (Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members) Second Amendment Bill, 2018 has been passed to amend the Haryana Legislative Assembly (Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1975. The amended Bill mentions the definition of Government Chief Whip and also the facilities being provided to the Government Chief Whip.
The Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed by the Vidhan Sabha. The amendment has been made to insert the explanation of existing population in the Act for declaring a municipality in the state.