The State Government has implemented the Supreme Court order of March 3, 2016 that paves way for a panel recommending names of law officers, including Advocate General to represent before the High Court.
The Cabinet on Tuesday decided that a committee in which the law Secretary would act as member secretary would form a panel of names to be sent to the High Court. Chief Justice of the High Court then in consultation with other judges would approve the names and revert back the list to the Government for final appointments made.
"All the appointments of the law officers by the Government in the HC, including Advocate General, Additional Advocate Generals, Public Pleaders and APPs would be done through this process in the light of the Supreme Court's order 3194/2016," said SS Meena, Cabinet Secretary.
The Government also appointed CII and FICCI as event partners for the upcoming global investors' summit and other events in its run up. The summit is slated to be organised in 2017 and before that six road shows within the country and two abroad would take place.
Meena said that total Rs 8 crore has been approved for the events, including Rs 76 lakh and Rs 8.32 lakh on for roadshows in India and abroad while Rs 6.79 crore on the main event in Ranchi.
This apart, decision to form Audrey House Trust has been taken for the promotion of various art and culture forms in the State. The Governor would be chairperson of the trust besides, eight other members. Principal Secretary of Tourism Department would head the three-member executive committee while Director, Culture would work as ex-officio Trust Secretary-cum-CEO. Four other members would be nominated from different streams of art and culture.
"The Cabinet also decided to form a fitment committee headed by retired IAS officer Debashish Gupta to study and recommend action for State Government employees. It has been done in the light of 7th pay commission recommendations made for the Central Government employees. VC Jha would be another member of the panel while Raju Ranjan Rai would be the member secretary. The committee would submit its recommendations within two monthsof notification," added the official.
The Cabinet has also granted Rs 885.25 crore for three medical college and hospitals at Dumka, Hazaribagh and Palamu for the purpose of building construction. Jharkhand State Building Construction Corporation limited (JSBCCl) would do the job on turnkey basis. Notably, the three medical institutions are proposed to have 100 MBBS seats in each and 227, 250 and 200 beds, respectively.
JSBCCl has also been authorised to take agency charges at 7 per cent for the constructions costing between Rs 50 lakh-10 crore, 6 per cent for Rs 10 crore and 50 crore, 5.5 per cent for Rs 50 crore to Rs 100 crore and 5 per cent for above 100 crore.