· NUMBER OF SERVICES UNDER ACT WOULD RISE TO 110
Chandigarh, July 4: The Punjab Right to Service Commission has recommended notification of addition of 41 more services in the preview of Right to Service Act 2011.
In its meeting held here under the Chairmanship of Mr. SC Agrawal, Chief Commissioner, it was recommended to the Government to notify 41 more citizen centric services under section 3 of the Punjab Right to Service Act, 2011. According to Mr. S.C. Agarwal originally 67 services were notified by the Government vide notification dated 28.07.2011 under path breaking Right to Service Act. He said that while implementing the recommendations of the commission the government had made certain medications in the previous notification and the services increased to 69 as notified vide notification dated 30.05.2012.
Mr. Agrawal while elaborating the recommendations stated that the Commission after having detailed discussions with various departments of the Punjab Government has made these recommendations which if implemented the number of services will be increased to 110 and this would go a long way in mitigating the problems of the public at large. Apart from this the commission has also recommended amendment in 3 already notified services.
He said that as per data available with the commission, from the day of inception, 15,07,319 citizens have got the various services under the Act. Punjab Right to Service Commission has received only 4 Revision petitions till date. The Commission while exercising powers to take suo-moto action has sent 12 cases to the 2nd appellate authorities for decision, 170/11 appeals have been filed before various 1st and 2nd appellate authorities respectively in the State of Punjab.
Mr. Agarwal said that the Commission has already standardized the formats for filing RTS appeals and loaded on the website of the commission (www.rtspunjab.com) for the convenience of the public. Formats for obtaining all the notified services have also been standardized and are being loaded on the website of the respective departments or on the website of the commission for obtaining these services. The Commission is continuously monitoring the implementation of the provisions of the Act by inspecting field offices apart from creating awareness amongst the general public.
