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Pritam Pal is serving as Lokayukta of state of Haryana, India. He was born on 3 June 1947 in the village Kandroli of District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana.

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Picture of Lokayukta Haryana

Education

  • Graduation from Panjab University, Chandigarh in the Year 1969.
  • LL.B. in July, 1972 from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.

Lawyer

Practised for 14 years at District Courts, Karnal and Kurukshetrra. This period of practice was mainly devoted to the social service, Arya Samaj and for uplifting the educational facilities in the area.

Judge in Haryana Superior Judicial Service

  • March 1986: Selection to the Judiciary and thereafter he joined as Additional District and Sessions Judge.

Postings as district and sessions judge

Districts Gurgaon, Rohtak, Ambala, Yamuna Nagar, Hisar, Mohindergarh at Narnaul, Bhiwani and Faridabad. January 2002 to November 2004: Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

High court judge

November 2004: Elevated as Permanent Judge to Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh. During tenure he presided over approximately 6900 cases.[1] June 2009: Retired after attaining age of superannuation.

President, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh

Appointed and worked as such till 17 January 2011.

Lokaukta Haryana

  • He was appointed to the post of Lokayukta (Ombudsman) Haryana and administered oath on 18 January 2011.[2]
  • He has submitted annual reports over institution and its working and has given various recommendations to improve the same and also submitted report for eradication of corruption in the State.[3] He made headlines in 2014 when he recommended various measures to improve the institutions.[4] The Government of Haryana has acted on those and has instituted a committee to look into and recommend necessary improvements. He is a frequent visitor and holds Lokayukta Court at various places in Haryana so that people do not need to visit Chandigarh where the office of Lokayukta is located.He has made enormous efforts to sensitize the institution of Lokayukta in Haryana. In an interview he showed his helplessness to take adequate action against the officials due to his limited powers.[5]He has recently recommended probe into land scam in Panipat[6]

Major cases handled

  • Recommended registration of FIR against Ram Kishan Fauji, the then CPS on allegations of corruption in cash for CLU scam of Haryana wherein two young men were seen doing stings of various MLAs of Haryana.[7]
  • Recommended an investigation into five more sitting MLAs of Haryana, in the Cash for CLU Scam.
  • Constituted a high power Special Investigation Team, which unearthed tax evasion of around Rs. 11000 Crores which is one of the biggest scams of Haryana.[8]
  • Has presided over nearly 1800 cases to date, despite having a shortage of staff.

Languages

He is fluent in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, and Punjabi.

Writer

Written three books in three different languages. Firstly “Power of Thought” in English and “Vichar Shakti ka Chamatkar” in Hindi. He has written another book “Mukti Prapti ki Vidhi” in Sanskrit.

Religious person and social worker

He is strict disciple of Arya Samaj and has made a Yagyashala in Yamuna Nagar district wherein regular Hawan are held and other social activities are taken. He is one of the top preachers of Arya Samaj in Haryana and is known to be a man of character and principles. Monthly camp is held in Yagyashala for Character Building wherein he is also present generally and guides poor and downtrodden persons. He was in the news when he donated antique articles to the Kurukshetra University which are now kept in a cultural museum.[9]

Ideology

He is a strict disciple of Arya Samaj and for him value of life is the greatest asset of mankind. He lays his entire emphasis upon the character of a person which according to him is the reason for our happiness and sorrow. He gives regular speeches to visitors to his Yagyashala and also at the places he visits. His major quotes are shared below:

  • God's biggest gift to us is our human body. It is like a boat, which takes us across the ocean of Sansara(world). You must think that God has chosen you to perform good deeds.[10]
  • Always remember, "Everything is within you". Wherever you go, you take with yourself either a happy or a dull heart, and accordingly you will create either a heaven or hell for yourself.[11]

References

  1. ^ http://indiankanoon.org/search/?formInput=Pritam%20Pal+doctypes:punjab
  2. ^ http://admser.chd.nic.in/uploadfiles/press/pressnote/pr4760.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.hrlokayukta.gov.in/annual_reports/Suggestions-recommendations%20in%20English.pdf
  4. ^ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/feel-helpless-while-dealing-with-graft-complaints-says-haryana-lokayukta/
  5. ^ http://www.merinews.com/mobile/article/India/2014/04/21/not-me-but-states-lokayukta-act-is-dummy-says-haryanas-lokayukta/15896952
  6. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Lokayukta-orders-probe-into-plot-allotment-scam-in-Panipat/articleshow/46048944.cms
  7. ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/action-against-fauji-first-such-case-at-instance-of-lokayukta/article1-1293026.aspx
  8. ^ http://www.ptinews.com/news/5581922_SIT-detects-tax-evasion-in-Haryana.html
  9. ^ http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/kurukshetra/justice-pritam-pal-submitted-to-the-heritage-museum/articleshow/45661397.cms
  10. ^ Pg 1, Power of Thoughts, ISBN No. 9789381958780, Bharat Parkashan Publishers
  11. ^ Pg 113, Power of Thoughts, ISBN No. 9789381958780, Bharat Parkashan Publishers
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