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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

© Government of Haryana

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:

The members of the Committee are as under:

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

The members of the Committee are as under:-

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.

(II)

Fees or Allowances for member of Internal Committee:- The member appointed from amongst non-government

organization will be entitled to an allowance of Rs. 200/- per day for holding the proceedings of the Internal

Committee and also the reimbursement of travel cost incurred in travelling by train in three tier air condition or air

conditioned bus and auto rickshaw or taxi, or the actual amount spent by him/her on travel, whichever is less.

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(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,

Chandigarh:

Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes &

The 21st January, 2025

Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department.

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