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Right to Service becomes law in Kerala
Wednesday July 25, 2012 08:36:53 PM,
IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: With the Kerala assembly Wednesday passing the Right to Service
Bill, 2012, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has kept his promise of
making available services to the people within a specified time.
Thirteen specified government services come under the ambit of the
new law.
These are issue of certificates of birth and death; denomination
of caste, income and domicile; electricity connection to
households and commercial shops; domestic water connections and
issue of ration cards.
The other services are receipts to complaints filed with the
police; issue of a copy of the First Information Report; police
intervention in grievous crimes; time-bound verification of
passport and employment status; issue of copy of post-mortem
report and releasing of vehicles under custody.
The law guarantees delivery of specified services within a
stipulated time period and if this does not happen, a penalty will
be imposed on the official concerned.
People can now avail these services at offices of concerned
government departments, local self-government institutions besides
public sector undertakings.
The assembly had taken up the Right to Service Bill for discussion
Tuesday. It was to be discussed Wednesday too.
But with the opposition up in arms over another issue and the
assembly facing chaos, Speaker G. Karthikeyan quickly finished the
listed business for the day.
The assembly session ended Wednesday with Karthikeyan terming the
session as a historic one.
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