KARNATAKA GUARANTEE OF SERVISES TO CITIZENS ACT 2011

KARNATAKA GUARANTEE OF SERVISES TO CITIZENS ACT 2011

“Sakala” which is a Guarantee of Services to Citizens System within a stipulated time limit

With the tag line of “It is your right to obtain citizen related services in time” Sakala is believed to help reduce the corruption, bribe & red tapism  in Government Offices.

Sakala, which means ‘in time’ or ‘good time’ is the citizen charter scheme

Aim of Sakala

The main aim of the introduction of Sakala was to cater to various services like acquiring certificates, obtaining land record extracts, building plan approvals and others. All of these activities consumed a lot of people’s time and in order to curb that, The Karnataka Guarantee of Services Act – Sakala was introduced. This will guarantee the delivery of citizen services in a short span of time.

Services included: 

There were 151 services across 11 Government Departments comes under this system and the total number of services brought upto 265 by adding 118 more services under 14 departments under the scheme with effect from October 1,2012.

Citizens should take the acknowledgement number for their application which contains 15 digit GSC No. Using this number citizen can check their application status through Mobile or through Online.

If the concerned officer / employee fail to deliver the service within the stipulated time the fine will be imposed as Rs. 20/- per day of delay up to maximum of Rs. 500/-. This fine will be deducted from employee’s salary & paid to the citizen / applicant as compensation.

Departments under Sakala Act :

Originally there were 11 departments included, viz., Commercial Taxes Department, Education Department, Food And Civil Supplies, Health And Family Welfare, Home Department, Labor Department, Revenue Department, Rural Development And Panchayat Raj, Transport Department, Urban Development AND Women And Child Welfare. And many more departments are added by further notifications.

Helpline :  Call center number for clarifications / Complaints : 080-4455 4455

Check Application Status Online :

If you got the 15-digit acknowledgement number? then you can check the status of your application Online at www.sakala.kar.nic.in.  To check the status of service / application, you need to enter GSC No. in the check status screen. The system will display you the present status of your application.

Email ID : sakala@nic.in

Check Application Status through Mobile SMS :

To check the present status of your service/application, you need to send 15 digits number(ex. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) The system will send the reply to you.

For example to see the status of Service request (CT0010010200362), please send the sms as “GSC CT0010010200362″ to 9243355223 / 09212357123

Sakala has created a smile on people’s face by making most of their legal tasks easier

Hassan

A. Total No.of receipts during August 2012 (except Commercia l Taxes)-93979

 B. No. of disposal during August (except Commercia l Taxes) -  89278

C. % of delayed disposals in August - 6.64%

D. Ranking based on delayed disposals - 27

E. No. of GSC receipts/ One lakh population- 5528

F. Ranking based on GSC Receipts/ One lakh populati on  - 1

G. Final Ranking (70% weightage on (D) and 30% weightage on (G))-  22

In final ranking Kodagu stands FIRST and Bidar stands at LAST

It has been decided by the Govt. to make mandatory filing of on-line applications under Sakala scheme from March 31, 2013

Types of property rights

Types of property rights

It is important to know one's rights to property. The property rights may be classified under different categories  depending upon various factors and the kind of ownership over a property. Following are some important types of rights on a property;

Freehold right:

This right provides the owner has complete right of ownership over his land. He/she can use the property for desired purposes and can also dispose away the property as per his/her wish and there are no restrictions over the use of the property.

Leasehold right:

In this case, a person has been granted a property on lease for a specific purpose and period. The lessee, has every right to use the property for the specific use and can use the property only for the period mentioned in the lease agreement. The lease will be governed by the terms of the lease agreement executed between the parties i.e. lessor and lessee. The lease period will be fixed and the lessee can use the property with the lessor’s approval.

Easement right:

This is a right to use another’s property, wherein, a right in which owner of a particular land enjoys over an adjacent property, which he does not possess. It is the right over a property belonging to someone else and not to the person claiming easement.

Right by Adverse possession :

In this case, the right on ownership of premises can be changed. In case another person takes possession of the property without compensation in a manner that the owner’s position will be altered and the person trespassing will have a right over it for a specific period.
Here are few things to be proved for adverse possession: Nature of the possession, Whether the fact of his possession of the property was known to the other party, How long his possession has continued, The date on which he came into possession and That his possession is open and undisturbed

Property license right:

In this case, a person gives license to another person the right to use his/her property. However there is no transfer of interest and only permission for a specific purpose is granted on the property. A person having the property license has the right to use the property based on the terms of the license given by the licensor.

Inter-state water dispute- a way for solution

Inter-state water dispute- a way for solution

'When there is a judicial order one cannot go against the order. But the order can be reviewed by the Apex court depending on the existing circumstance'. This is the position in the Kaveri water issue. This is one of the long standing dispute. The Tribunal has passed a final order. In letters there may be a finality but in the minds of the people of both the Karnataka and Tamilnadu states there is no end to the dispute. It is never ending and  it may be aggravated because of scarcity of water in the river basin due to shortage of rainfall. To avoid or end the dispute, I am of the opinion that all the concerned states shall jointly take up a project incorporating the following issues.
i) To develop forestry in the regions of Kavery River basin. Thereby we will get sufficient rain and all the concerned states are able to enjoy their right to water.
ii) To increase the storage capacity securing the future requirement of water.It may be possible by increasing height of the dam or by deepening the catchment area. Deepening is not feasible as its a costly affair.
iii) To maintain sufficient and continuous inflow and outflow of water. It is possible by development of forestry in the regions of river basin in all the concerned states and by maintaining proper storage of water.
iv) To keep regular watch and made it mandatory that the industries and agriculturists and other users of river water must not extract the water directly from the river or from well or bore well within the vicinity of 500 meters from the river bed.
v) To adopt the system to use the water in a conditioned manner, i.e , to see that the water should not be used beyond the requirement and unnecessarily.
vi) To impose a restriction on extension and growth city limits. With this the population of the city area will be maintained in an orderly manner.It also helps to provide basic amenities to all in a better manner.
vii) To execute all the above, there shall be an Regulatory Authority consisting of members from all the concerned States.To maintain fairness, equality, impartiality, etc. it is necessary to have members from concerned states.

This may be adopted to all the states where there is interstate water dispute.

How to take up the project?

1. By a joint agreement the concerned states may bring a common program; or
2. The Central Government may enact a legislation in this respect; or
3. The Apex court may by a writ or order direct the State parties to the dispute to take up the program.