STATE CONSUMER PANEL CHIEF’S SALARY BROUGHT ON A PAR WITH THAT OF HC JUDGE

CHANDIGARH: President of the state consumer disputes redressal commission in Haryana will receive salary, allowances and other facilities on a par with a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court.

The Haryana cabinet on Monday gave nod to the Haryana Consumer Protection Rules, 2021 in order to govern the salary, allowances and other service conditions of presidents and members of the state and district consumer disputes redressal commissions.

These rules will come in force on the date of their publication in the official gazette. After the Union government published the new Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which came into force on July 20, 2020, the state governments had to make amendments accordingly and frame rules for salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the president and members of the state and district commissions.

Members of the state consumer disputes redressal commission will be paid a fix honorarium of Rs 80,000 per month along with other necessary allowances including HRA, conveyance, TA/DA, etc.

The president of the district commission will be entitled to a salary that is admissible to a district judge, apart from medical allowance as per provisions of the Haryana Civil Services (Allowances to Government Employees) Rules, 2016.