Haryana Right to Service Act, 2014
No: 4 Dated: Mar, 26 2014
THE HARYANA RIGHT TO SERVICE ACT, 2014
AN
ACT
to provide for the delivery of service to eligible person within the notified time limits and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:
1. This Act may be called the Haryana Right to Service Act, 2014.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) "Commission" means the Haryana Right to Service Commission constituted under section 12:
(b) "days" means the working days referred to as the time limit:
(C) "Designated Officer" means an officer as notified under Section 3;
(d) "eligible person" means a person who is eligible for obtaining services notified under section 3;
(e)"First Grievance Redressal Authority' means an officer who is notified as such under section 3:
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) "right to service" means a right to obtain the service within the notified time limit:
(h) "Second Grievance Redressal Authority" means an officer who is notified as such under section 3:
(i) "section" means a section of this Act:
(j) "service" means service notified under section 3;
(k) State Government's means the Government of the State of Haryana;
(l) "time limit" means maximum time to provide the service by the Designated Officer as notified under section 3.
3. (1) The State Government on the recommendations of the Commission may, by notification from time to time, notify the services and time limit to which this Act shall apply.
(2) The State Government may, by notification, notify the Designated Officer, First Grievance Redressal Authority and Second Grievance Redressal Authority
4. The Designated Officer shall provide the service to the eligible person within the notified time limit.
5. (1) An eligible person shall make a duly filled in application to the Designated Officer for obtaining any service.
(2) The Designated Officer shall, on reccipt of an application under sub-section (1), provide service or reject the application within the notified time limit and in case of rejection of application, shall record the reasons in writing and intimate the same to the applicant.
(3) Every Designated Officer shall maintain detailed record of services applied for, in such format, as may be prescribed.
(4) Notified time limit shall start from the date when requisite complete application for notified service is received by the Designated Officer or a person subordinate to him authorized to receive the application, Such application shall be duly acknowledged.