This week or next Government of Maharashtra may notify some services, that are to be provided under "Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act” ( MRTPS) .According to reliable sources formalities regarding this have been completed. To avoid delay in implementation, templates have been prepared and public authorities have been asked to notify their services in that format.
Interestingly the period of
providing same service may vary in different public authorities. Because they
are at liberty to frame time period as per their strength and available of
resources. i.e The period within which
specific services will be provided from various departments, The type of services
that will be provided, The documents that will be necessary to provide such services,
The person to be contacted if the service is not provided in specified time.
MRTPS was the dream project of
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnvis. In his first press conference he had announced,
Right to Services Bill on the lines of the Right to Information Act enabling
people to demand services from the government. The bill was supposed to be
brought before the legislature and passed in March session. But bureaucracy didn’t
allow this to happen. Hence he had to
take ordinance rout to introduce it.
The CM may be having good
intentions but there are several loopholes in the Bill. No compensation if
service not delivered in time, feathery penalty provisions to erring public servants,
unnecessary layer of appeal, and only
internal appeal mechanism that may cause damage to very object of the act.
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