President of the state consumer disputes redressal commission in Haryana will receive salary, allowances and other facilities at par with a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court.
The Haryana cabinet on Monday gave nod to the Haryana Consumer Protection Rules, 2021 in order to govern the salary, allowances and other service conditions of presidents and members of the state and district consumer disputes redressal commissions.
These rules will come in force on the date of their publication in the official gazette. After the Union government published the new Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which came into force on July 20, 2020, the state governments had to make amendments accordingly and frame rules for salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the president and members of the state and district commissions.
Members of the state consumer disputes redressal commission will be paid a fix honorarium of ₹80,000 per month along with other necessary allowances including HRA, conveyance, TA/DA, etc.
SALARY, ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO PRESIDENT OF DISTRICT COMMISSION
{{/usCountry}}SALARY, ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO PRESIDENT OF DISTRICT COMMISSION
{{/usCountry}}The president of the district commission will be entitled to a salary that is admissible to a district judge, apart from medical allowance as per provisions of the Haryana Civil Services (Allowances to Government Employees) Rules, 2016.
Members of the district commissions will be paid a fix honorarium of ₹55,000 per month along with other allowances such as HRA, conveyance, TA/DA, etc.
In case of a casual vacancy in the office of president in the state or district commission, as the case may be, the state government will have the power to appoint the senior most members to officiate as president.
The president or member cannot practice before the state or district commission after retiring from service of the state or district commission, the state government said in a release.
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