Haryana Government Gazette EXTRAORDINARY
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© Govt. of Haryana
No. 183-2024/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2024 (KARTIKA 30, 1946 SAKA)
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 21st November, 2024
No. 2274-Ft-4-2024/6581.— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the Governor of Haryana is pleased to reconstitute the State Board for Wildlife consisting of the following official and non-official members:
| a) | Chief Minister, Haryana | Chairperson |
| b) | Minister-In-Charge, Environment, Forests and Wildlife | Vice Chairperson |
| c) | Three Members of the State Legislature | Member |
| d) | Three persons to represent non-governmental organizations dealing with the wildlife to be nominated by the State Government | Member |
| e) | Ten person to be nominated by the State Government from amongst eminent conservationists, ecologist and environmentalist included at least two representatives of the Schedule Tribes. | Member |
| f) | Administrative Secretary, Environment, Forest & Wildlife Department, Haryana | Member- ex officio |
| g) | Administrative Secretary, Public Works (B&R) Department, Haryana. | Member- ex officio |
| h) | Administrative Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Haryana. | Member- ex officio |
| i) | Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF), Haryana | Member ex-officio |
| j) | Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Development Corporation, Chandigarh | Member ex-officio |
| k) | Director General of Police, Haryana or his nominee | Member ex-officio |
| l) | Brigadier General, Staff Training HQ., Western Command, Chandimandir | Member ex-officio |
| m) | Director General, Animal Husbandry, Haryana | Member ex-officio |
| n) | Director, Fisheries, Haryana | Member ex-officio |
| o) | Addl. Director General (WL), MoEF&CC, New Delhi or his nominee | Member ex-officio |
| p) | Director, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun or his nominee | Member ex-officio |
| q) | Director, Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun or his nominee | Member ex-officio |
| r) | Officer-in-Charge, Zoological Survey of India, Dehradun or his nominee | Member ex-officio |
| s) | Chief Wildlife Warden, Haryana | Member Secretary |
2. The Headquarter of the Board will be at Panchkula.
3. The Board will function as per provisions laid down in Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and Wildlife (Protection) Haryana Rules, 1974.
4. The Board will meet as and when required under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister and in his absence, the Minister-In-Charge/Administrative Secretary, EF& W will preside over it.
5. The term of the Board will be three years but the Government may, by express order, reconstitute the board at an early date.
6. The Travelling Allowance admissible to the non-official members will be as per the latest instructions of the Government. The non-official members will be allowed to avail T.A. as admissible to Grade-1 employees of the Haryana Government.
(a) The conditions laid down in the Haryana Civil Services T.A. Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time, for Government employees, will also apply to journey performed by non-official members except where otherwise provided.
(b) The Travelling Allowance for attending the meeting of the Board will be allowed to the members from their permanent places of residence to the place of meeting. If, however, a member attends a meeting from a place other than the place of his permanent residence, T.A. will be allowed to him either from the place of his residence or from where he attends the meeting, whichever is less.
(c) The Travelling Allowance will be admissible to the non-official members on the production of a certificate to the effect that no TA, in respect of journey for the period mentioned in the bill has been or will be claimed by him/her from any other official source.
7. The TA admissible to the official members will be borne by their respective departments.
8. The expenditure on account of Travelling Allowance of the non-official members of the Board will be met out from sanctioned budget of the department under the Head "2406-Forestry and Wildlife".
9. The Member Secretary of the Board shall be the controlling authority in respect of payment of Travelling Allowance."
Chandigarh: The 18th November, 2024.
ANAND MOHAN SHARAN, Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana, Environment, Forests and Wildlife Department.
11429—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.