File charge sheet in graft cases within three days: Amarinder
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday directed district administration and police officers to crack down on corruption and file charge sheet against the corrupt within three days.
“In order to take quick and decisive action against the corrupt, officers should issue notice and file charge sheet within three days of filing of complaint,” he said at a meeting with Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police here.
“Officers should ensure that the rules are strictly followed. They should go digital to speed up work and monitor delays,” the Chief Minister said.
Singh asked them to be fair and hear each party while following due process, monitor actions of their juniors and report their own actions to seniors.
Observing that his government had decided, in its first cabinet meeting, to implement various measures to improve the delivery of public services, the chief minister said he expected all district officers to get cracking immediately and ensure expeditious action for the welfare of the people.
The impact of these changes, he said, should be visible in their public dealings.
He asked officers to be present in their offices from 9 AM to 5 PM on all working days, with tours to be announced on website and notice board.
Appointment hours should be fixed and appointments should be given on the phone or online, and all applications should be scanned and followed up on computer, he said.
Reply should be sent to the applicant via email, SMS or post within the time limit set under the Right To Service Act, Singh told officers. The chief minister said all registrations should be returned the same day and refusals, if any, should be recorded in writing.
All mutations will now have to be decided within seven days and mutation application with full names and addresses of parties should be forwarded by Sub Registrars to Fard Kendra the same day.
In a bid to clean up the transport system, he ordered online payment of all transport taxes and computerised recovery of arrears.
All power connection applications should be made online, and pendency should be displayed on website and monitored by the DC concerned, the Chief Minister said.
Urging the officers to give citizens due respect, the chief minister directed them to ensure good seating, cooling, sufficient space and drinking water in their offices.
Information boards, pamphlets, kiosks, counters should be provided to the public, along with assistance in filling up forms, applications and response through SMS. CHANDIGARH: Adopting a zero-tolerance policy against drugs and corruption, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday directed the police to go after the big fish among drug peddlers, gangsters and criminals.
Two days after his council of ministers decided to come down heavily on drugs and other mafias, as well as corruption, in the state, Amarinder made it clear to the district and police officials that his government would follow a zero tolerance policy against drugs, corruption, mafia and crime.
Chairing his first meeting with officials after taking over the reins of Punjab's governance, he warned against any laxity on this count. The government would hold top officers of the district administration directly accountable for any cases of corruption, illegal mining, illegal transport, registration of false cases, non-registration of FIRS, traffic violations, street crimes and bootlegging, the chief minister told the meeting, taking a nononsense approach.
He directed the officers to lead from the front and carry out raids/measures under their personal supervision to eliminate drug and mining mafias within the next four weeks. DEHRADUN: The new Trivendra Singh Rawat government will frame a policy to stop migration from hills in search of work and revive the cow protection law passed by the previous BJP government.
"Considering the strategic importance of the state, migration from border villages is a major cause for concern. Steps will be taken to ensure there is no exodus of population from border villages. A solid policy will be framed to stop migration from the hills," Rawat on Monday said at his first press conference after becoming the chief minister. Migration from the hills is one of the biggest issues facing Uttarakhand. People in border villages keep deserting them for a better life in big towns and cities.
Lack of proper health and education facilities in the remote hill areas is also one of the reasons for the exodus of local population from the hills.
Expressing concern over a number of industries shutting down in the state in recent years, he said the new government will look into the factors which have led to this and work to revive the industries.
Rawat said his government will revive cow conservation act which was passed by the previous BJP government and strengthen the 'Namami Gange' project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet scheme to clean the Ganga.
The Chief Minister, who along with his cabinet colleague Madan Kaushik conducted a cleanliness drive along the banks of the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar this morning, said it was his way of sending a strong message about cleaning the river and maintaining its relentless flow.
Other members of his council of ministers, including Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Prakash Pant and Subodh Uniyal, participated in similar cleanliness drives at other places in the state.