GENERAL PUBLIC FACING PROBLEMS DUE TO VACANT SLOTS OF OMBUDSMAN AND THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE PROGRAMME OFFICER AND DISTRICT COORDINATOR ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION AGENCIES

The decision issued by the Ministry of rural development Government of India (MGNREGA Division) New Delhi memo dated 11-1-2022 are not followed by the department of RD and it is revealed by the RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh that the instructions for MGNREGAS formulated under section 27 of the Act with the objective of establishing a system for redressal of grievances and disposal of complaints relating to implementation of the MGNREG.Act and the schemes made under the Act by the states are not set up in the system within the nodal department to monitor the action where in disciplinary action shall be taken against the officers concerned and the representations as well as complaints referred by the respective Chief Secretary of state Government are kept pending without any decision-making under the provision made for the good governance and charter of public accountability, on the other hand representation of the parties by advocates is not permitted, list by way and virtue of which action taken reports are required to be decided by the programme officer and the Director of the MGNREGA, however very old complaints and appeals are lying pending before the department of rural development and panchayati raj and cases disposed of by the district administration and the state nodal development depression kept pending at panchayat levels, even the complete RTI informations are not provided by the APIOs and the FAA for which it is becoming necessary to have Ombudsman in the every district but neither Ombudsmans are provided for the redressal of grievances of the general public nor the SIC and SCIC appointed in the State Commission list by way and virtue of which Schemes related to MGNREGAS are also lagging behind, even though and more over said scheme is working for the employment guarantee in favor of the poor and needful for which it is essential that representatives of the programme officers/District programme coordinator should appear in the matter of complaints and decide such cases accordingly in the interest of justice to the general public , more so, all cases not involving complicated questions of fact or law shall be disposed of by the representatives of the programme officer and the district programme coordination within the law of limitations not more than sixty days of the decision making by the higher authorities but it is regretted for the delay and dereliction of duty even the orders of the programme officer are also kept pending by the Construction agencies and the rural development department which is against the norms of the MGNREGA:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377