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Chandigarh, October 22 – Haryana is gearing up to do away with the name of the state of Punjab from its Laws. The state government has constituted a Committee in this regard after the initiatives of Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr. Gian Chand Gupta.
The committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Legal Remembrancer, Law and Justice Department and Administrative Secretary, Law and Justice Department will review and examine the amendment of the subtitles of the Acts approved under the directions given in 1968. This Committee will submit a report to the Haryana Chief Secretary within a month. The State Government has informed the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat regarding the constitution of the Committee.
According to the order issued by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, the members of this committee will include OSD, Law and Justice Department, Deputy Secretary of Department of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, OSD (Rules) of General Administration Department. The Deputy Secretary of General Administration Department has been entrusted with the responsibility of Member Secretary of the Committee.
Haryana had inherited the laws which were in Punjab’s name and the governance in Haryana has been based on these Laws for the last 54 years. Due to which the people of the state have been demanding to change the laws in the name of Haryana.
Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr. Gian Chand Gupta had held a meeting with the officers of the State Government and of the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat at the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat on September 24, 2020 in this regard. The Speaker had instructed the Chief Secretary to formulate a plan so as to name all the State Laws in the name of Haryana instead of Punjab and the decision to constitute the Committee was taken in this meeting. Notably, there are 237 Laws in Haryana which are presently in the name of Punjab.
Haryana was established in the year 1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act. Thus, the existing Acts of Punjab at that time were enforced in Haryana. It was proposed in 1968 that Haryana would be able to make necessary amendments according to its requirement. Haryana Vidhan Sabha also got the right to remove obsolete Laws.
