Haryana Government Gazette
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No. 7–2025] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2025 (MAGHA 29, 1946 SAKA)
PART-I
Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE, EMPOWERMENT, WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES & BACKWARD CLASSES AND ANTYODAYA (SEWA) DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 11th February, 2025
No. 12/29/2024-4SW.— In pursuance of the provision contained in Section 4 of Chapter-II of the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, the Governor of Haryana is pleased to constitute a Internal Complaint Committee as per details given below:-
A. State Level Committee:
| 1. | Smt Vandana Sharma, Deputy Director | Presiding Officer |
| 2. | Smt. Ganga Rani, Assistant | Member |
| 3. | Smt. Savita Aggarwal, Secretary, District Red Cross Society, Sector-15, Panchkula. | Member |
The area of operation of the Committee will be the State Headquarter of Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department Haryana.
B. District Level Committee
| 1. | Concerned District Social Welfare Officer | Presiding Officer |
| 2. | Concerned District Programme Officer, ICDS Cell | Member |
| 3. | Women Representative from any prominent NGO nominated by concerned Deputy Commissioner | Member |
Jurisdiction of the Committee will extend to the areas of the district where it is constituted.
(I) Tenure:- The Presiding Officer and every Member of the "Internal Complaints Committee" will hold office for such period not exceeding three years, from the date of their nomination. Thereafter the existing members shall be replaced by nomination of new members.
PART I] HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., FEB. 18, 2025 (MAGH. 29, 1946 SAKA) 147(III) Removal of Presiding officer or any Member of the Internal Committee:-
(a) Contravenes the provision of section 16 or
(b) Has been convicted for an offence or an inquiry into an offence under any law for the time being in force is pending against him or her.
(c) Has been found guilty in any disciplinary proceeding or a disciplinary proceeding is pending against him or her.
(d) Has so abused his or position as to render his or her continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest.
Such Presiding Officer or Member, as the case may be, shall be removed from the Committee and the vacancy so created or any casual vacancy shall be filled by fresh nomination in accordance with the provision of Sub-Section (5) of Section-4.
The functions of the Committee will be as under:-
(i) To receive all complaints retiling to sexual harassment from the women employee of the department / organization as mentioned in the area of operation.
(ii) To make detailed enquiry in the said complaints and to solve the problem.
(iii) To make suitable recommendations to the Director, Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department Haryana competent authority for taking disciplinary action against defaulters where conduct of an employee amounts to sexual harassment of women employee.
(iv) To submit the annual report to department of the complaints received in the committee and action taken thereon.
(v) To check that the awareness of the rights of the female employees in this regard is created by the department in view of the guidelines given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.
(vi) To co-ordinate and integrate the efforts made by the department in order to prevent, minimize, and curb the tendency of sexual harassment of women at work places falling under its jurisdiction.
(vii) To monitor the progress of the implementation of the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India relating to its own area of operation.
DR. G. ANUPAMA, Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana, Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Chandigarh: The 21st January, 2025 Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department.
11622—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.