The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court issued a notice to the state government for non-framing of regulations under the Maharashtra government Servants Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act, 2005.
A division bench, comprising justices Sharad Bobde and MN Gilani issued notice on a public interest litigation filed by Nagpur Chamber of Commerce Limited (NCCL) who contended that framing of said regulations would rule out red-tape and harassment of common man.
The notice, may in a way, benefit Anna Hazare's campaign for a citizen's charter (Citizen's charter is defined to mean a list of facilities or services rendered by the office or department, together with the time limit for providing such facility or services to the general public). The notice asks the government to file reply in two weeks.
According to the NCCL secretary, Tejinder Singh Renu, the inordinate and unjustified delay by state law department and general administration department has made this law redundant and toothless.
The PIL claimed that main cause of corruption is total lack of accountability in government offices and the inordinate and inexplicable delay by officials to process a simple application which often forces people to shell out money.
{{/usCountry}}The PIL claimed that main cause of corruption is total lack of accountability in government offices and the inordinate and inexplicable delay by officials to process a simple application which often forces people to shell out money.
{{/usCountry}}The issue was highlighted by Anna Hazare before Maharashtra government. The state government came up with the Maharashtra Government Servants Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Ordinance, 2003 on August 25, 2003.
Thereafter, the state legislature replaced the said ordinance with the Maharashtra Government Servants Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act, 2005 on May 12, 2006. The act was brought into force on July 1, 2006.