Nine bills passed by Haryana Assembly

Chandigarh, August 30 (PTI) Haryana Assembly today passednine Bills, including the Haryana Right to Service (Amendment)Bill 2016, to reduce the harassment of applicants, and HaryanaPrivate Universities (Second Amendment) Bill 2016. The Assembly also passed Court Fees (Haryana Amendment)Bill 2016, Shri Krishna AYUSH University Kurukshetra Bill2016, Haryana Appropriation (No 3) Bill 2016 and HaryanaVishwakarma Skill University Bill 2016. It also passed Haryana Legislative Assembly (Facilitiesto Members) Amendment Bill 2016, The Haryana State Legislature(Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill 2016 and theHaryana Law Officers (Engagement) Bill 2016. The Haryana Right to Service (Amendment) Bill was passedto amend the Haryana Right to Service Act, 2014, in order toreduce the harassment of applicants and to fix deadlines fordeciding second and third appeals in specific time frame. According to this Bill, if any designated officer doesnot receive and acknowledge the application, the applicant maysubmit his application to the office of First RedressalGrievances Authority. The Second Grievances Redressal Authority would decidethe appeal within 30 instead of 60 days from the date ofreceipt of appeal, as far as possible. The Commission woulddecide the appeal within 30 days. The Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment)Bill, 2016, was passed to amend the Haryana PrivateUniversities Act, 2006, which was enacted to rope in privatesector to supplement the government’s initiative to expand thecapacity in higher education and upscale its standards. Under this Bill, with an aim to ensuring steady progressand academic development, no cap or restriction would beimposed on the number of terms of a Vice-Chancellor in aprivate university. The Vice-Chancellor would be eligible for re-appointmentfor subsequent terms of three years each till he attains theage of 70 years, if he has contributed significantly toraising the academic and research standards of the university. Apart from this, a proposal has been formulated forsetting up of Starex University, Gurgaon to achieve theobjectives enshrined in the Haryana Private Universities Act,2006. Haryana Court Fees (Haryana Amendment) Bill was passed toamend the Court Fees Act, 1870 in its application to Haryana.This Bill sought to replace the Court Fees (Haryana Amendment)Ordinance, 2016, promulgated on July 27. This Amendment was necessitated as it had been decided tointroduce e-stamps for Court Fees in Punjab and Haryana HighCourt and all District Courts and Sub-Divisional Courts ofPunjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, to make the justice deliverysystem paperless and hassle-free. MORE PTI CHS AAR SKAAR