Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 15: Taking serious note of non-adherence to the instructions vis-à-vis checking harassment of women at work places, the State Government today issued fresh directives to the officers across the State and even re-constituted Complaint Committee.
In order to check the harassment of women employees at the work places, the State Government had issued directions vide Circular No. 8-GAD of 2001 dated April 11, 2001 for strict compliance. However, it has come to the notice of the Government that these instructions were not being strictly adhered to.
Taking serious note of this, the Government today issued fresh circular whereby the attention of all the Administrative Secretaries, both the Divisional Commissioners, all heads of the Departments, all Deputy Commissioners and all other officers of the State Government has been invited to the instructions issued way back in 2001 regarding prohibition of sexual harassment of women at work places.
All these officers have been enjoined upon to follow the instructions in letter and spirit. Moreover, all the Administrative Secretaries have been asked to ensure that these instructions are complied with at the Divisional/District Level officers of their respective departments.
Meanwhile, in supersession of earlier order, the Government has reconstituted a Complaint Committee to register and enquire into and dispose of the complaints, if any, of sexual harassment against women employees of the Civil Secretariat.
Farhat Tasneem, Special Secretary, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs is the Chairperson of the Committee while as Shabnam Kamili Shah, Additional Secretary, Power Development Department and representative of a NGO to be nominated by the State Commission for Women are its members.
The Committee will submit to the Government its report on each complaint received by it regarding sexual harassment against women employees of the Secretariat for consideration of the Government. It will also submit annual records about the total number of complaints received, enquired by and action taken on the same.
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