The Punjab government today said it has notified the amendment to the Punjab Right to Service Act-2011, whereby the authority to impose penalty has been extended to the Right to Service Commission (RSC).
An official spokesman in a release said the Governance Reforms Department had successfully implemented the act, but there were some problems which arose due to insufficient powers of the RSC with regards to imposition of penalty.
He said till the amendment was notified the power of imposing penalty on defaulters was only available to the second Appellate Authority, including Deputy Commissioner/ADC/ SSP depending upon services.
The spokesman said the state government felt that due to insufficient powers vested with the Commission, aggrieved persons may not get justice and the department would also not achieve its objectives.
In order to remove these difficulties, the government amended the Punjab Right to Service Act-2011 and inserted new clause. Under the act, time limits have been fixed for delivery of 149 citizen centric services.
