Now, get edu
documents in stipulated time
Deadlines
Fixed Under Right To Services Act
A year after the
enactment of the landmark Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act, higher and
technical education secretary Sanjay Chahande on Saturday promulgated an order
to provide retotaling of marks, duplicate marksheet, duplicate degree,
verification of documents and migration eligibility certificate within stipulated
period.
“We have issued
an order to provide basic services linked with the higher and technical
education department. If the competent authority fails to provide the documents
within the stipulated period, stringent action will be taken against himher as
per the provisions of the act. Besides disciplinary action, the law provides for
fine for erring officials,“ a senior bureaucrat told TOI.
Giving the
specifics, the bureaucrat said that now it bureaucrat said that now it will be
mandatory for the competent authority to complete retotaling of marks within 15
days; provide duplicate marksheet and duplicate degree within 15 days; and
migrationeligibility certificate and document verification within 30 days. For
the examinations conducted by the directorate of technical education, score card
of common entrance test will be issued in 30 days, duplicate marksheet within 15
days and for the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Examinations, it has been
mandatory to provide migration eligibility certificate within
21 days.
The bureaucrat
said the order promulgated by the higher and technical education, which controls
all the universities in the state, will go a long way in ending red tape and
harassment of students. “In the absence of stipulated time, students seeking
duplicate documents, verification of documents and migration or eligibility
certificate faced a difficult time. The students were at the mercy of the clerks
in universities. This are also the main areas where students face harassment and
corruption at educational institutions,“ the bureaucrat said.
