Rules for HCS selection amended

WINTER SESSION FROM DEC 28

CHANDIGARH: The state cabinet on Friday decided to amend the rules for selection of Haryana Civil Service (Hcs-executive) officers.

The cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar Haryana, amended the Civil Service (Executive Branch) Rules, 2008.

As per the amendment, for the selection of candidates for Register A-II, the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) would invite applications from among the eligible members of Group-c service, which would be submitted by the heads of the departments in the prescribed form-1, along with the summary of annual confidential reports (ACRS), grading and integrity certificates.

The eligible candidates will be those who have completed eight-year continuous government service, have not attained the age of 50 and are not facing disciplinary proceedings. The essential educational qualification will be graduation.

The HPSC would conduct a written examination. The candidates who will clear this examination will be invited for the interview.

On the merit basis, the HPC will then recommend the most suitable persons for selection in Register A-II, depending on the the number of vacancies.

PLOT CONVERSION

The cabinet also approved the amendment in the policy parameters for conversion of residential plots for commercial use and regularisation of illegal conversions in rehabilitation, town planning and improvement trust schemes located within the municipal limits.

Under the amendment, the conversion charges have been reduced to 50%. For regularisation of existing building under municipal corporations of Gurugram and Faridabad, the conversion charges or fee has been reduced from Rs 15,325 per square metre to Rs 7,662 per square metre and for fresh conversation from Rs 14,000 to Rs 7,000 per square meter.

POPULATION COUNT

The cabinet approved the Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2018 under which the state government can now take into account the existing population of the state, rather than the figures of last census.

The Act has been amended as there is a “contemporaneous growth in the population since the last census.

The cabinet also approved the amendment in the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, under which the state government has been empowered to The winter session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha will commence on December 28.

A decision to this effect was taken in the cabinet meeting, an official spokesperson said. On the opening day, the proceedings will begin at 2 pm, the spokesperson added.

abolish any municipal corporation as per the requirements of the general public to develop its area properly and declare it as municipal committee or municipal council.

STATE SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD FOR UNORGANISED LABOUR

The cabinet decided to constitute the State Social Security Board for the socio-economic development of unorganised workers in the state. The board would be constituted under the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008. The board will recommend schemes for workers in the unorganised sector and monitor these schemes.

MOU ON RENUKA PROJECT

The Cabinet also approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) among the shareholder states for the construction of Kishau and Renuka multipurpose projects on the Yamuna river and its tributaries.

The cabinet also granted ex post facto approval of signing the MOU of Lakhwar project.

These three multipurpose projects are proposed to be constructed one each on Yamuna and two of its tributaries, namely Giri and Tons.

JUDICIAL NOMENCLATURE

The cabinet decided to repeal the amendment made in Section 18 of the Punjab Court Act, 1918, by the Haryana Act No. 9 of 2004 for the change of nomenclature of civil judges on the request of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

SERVICE RULES FOR SEC AMENDED

The cabinet decided to amend the conditions of service rules, 1994, for the state election commissioner (SEC). As per the amendment, an officer who has served in the rank of a principal secretary in Haryana would be eligible for appointment as SEC.

The rules have been amended as an officer of the rank of commissioner, who is relatively junior, may not be in a position to chair the meetings with senior officers, if he or she is appointed as SEC

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