SRINAGAR, JULY 20: Government today
accorded sanction for the reconstitution of the Complaint Committee under
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013.
Secretary Higher
Education Department, Sarita Chauhan has been appointed as Chairperson, while
Special Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department Kusum Badyal,
Section Officer, Industries & Commerce Department, Nuzhat Shah as it
Members.
A representative of
an NGO will be nominated by the Social Welfare Department and a person will be
co-opted by the Chairperson as another member.
The Committee shall
register and enquire into and dispose of the complaints, if any, of sexual
harassment against women employees of the Civil Secretariat.
The committee shall submit to the Government in General Administration
Department its report on each complaint received by it regarding sexual
harassment against women employee(s) of the Secretariat for consideration of
the Government; and quarterly/annual reports about the total number of
complaints received, enquired by and action taken on the same.
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