Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
On the final day of the Winter Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, eight Bills were discussed and passed. The Bills passed include the Haryana Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025; the Haryana Technical Education Guest Faculty (Security of Service) Amendment Bill, 2025; the Haryana Housing Board (Amendment) Bill, 2025; the Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025; the Haryana Abadi Deh (Vesting, Recording and Resolving of Ownership Rights) Bill, 2025; the Haryana Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2025; the Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and the Haryana Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025.
Haryana Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025
This Act shall be called the Haryana Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2025. This Act, authorized to be paid and applied from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Haryana by this Act, shall be appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule in relation to the financial year ending on thirty-first day of March, 2026.
Haryana Technical Education Guest Faculty (Security of Service) Amendment Bill, 2025
The Haryana Technical Education Guest Faculty (Security of Service) Amendment Bill, 2025 was passed to amend the Haryana Technical Education Guest Faculty (Security of Service) Act, 2024.
The Haryana Technical Education guest faculty (Security of Service) Act, 2024 was notified on January 16, 2025. In this act the benefit of security of service is admissible to those guest faculty members, who fulfill five years of service on or before August 15, 2024. The guest faculties have requested an amendment in the Explanation of Section 3 (vii) of the Haryana Technical Education Guest Faculty (Security of Service) Act, 2024.Regarding the counting of 240 days during a year of their service instead of calendar year.
Haryana Housing Board (Amendment) Bill, 2025
The Haryana Housing Board (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed to amend the Haryana Housing Board Act, 1971.The Housing Board Haryana, established under the Haryana Housing Board Act, 1971, has been engaged in the construction of housing and related urban infrastructure in the State. Over time, its operational functions have increasingly overlapped with those of the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (H.S.V.P.), which also operates under a statutory framework to develop housing and planned urban infrastructure. To eliminate duplication of administrative efforts, improve urban planning integration and enhance service delivery, the Chief Minister announced the dissolution of the Housing Board Haryana and its merger into H.S.V.P. However, while Section 80 of the 1971 Act allows for the Board's dissolution through legislative resolution and government notification, there is no explicit provision authorizing the State Government to transfer the assets, liabilities, employees, and obligations of the dissolved Board to H.S,V.P. or any other successor body. To remedy this legal gap and to ensure seamless transition and succession of all functions, liabilities, employees, legal obligations and contracts of the Board, it is proposed to substitute Section 80 (2)of the Haryana Housing Board Act, 1971.
Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025
The Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed to amend the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006.After going through the various sections of the Haryana Private Universities Act,20O6 as amended from time to time it is found that various Sections of the Act needs to be amended to streamline the procedure including Section 34A, 34B, 44, 44A and 46.
The Haryana Abadi Deh (Vesting, Recording and Resolving of Ownership Rights) Bill, 2025
The Haryana Abadi Deh (Vesting, Recording and Resolving of Ownership Rights) Bill, 2025 was passed to provide for vesting, recording and resolving of ownership rights within the abadi deh area of a revenue estate in the occupier and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Haryana Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2025
The Haryana Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2025 has been passed to amend the Haryana Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958. In pursuance of the Government's objective to reduce compliance burden, contemporary work promote industrial growth, and align the labour laws with conte practices, a review of selected provisions of the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 has been undertaken. The proposed amendments seek to enhance operational flexibility, ensure gender equality, strengthen workers' welfare, and facilitate ease of doing business.
The Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development (Amendment) Bill, 2025
The Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed to amend the Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963.
The Government of India has accorded highest priority to Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) reforms through the Compliance Reduction and Deregulation Docket, which aims to rationalize regulatory frameworks and reduce procedural delays across sectors. As part of this initiative, twenty-three priority reform areas have been identified, out of which eight pertain to Town and Country Planning Department, Haryana. This includes simplification, digitization and automation of processes related to grant of Change of Land Use (CLU) permissions to enhance transparency and investor confidence.
Haryana Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025
The Haryana Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 was passed to amend certain enactments for decriminalization and rationalization of offenses to further improve trust-based governance for ease of living and ease of doing business.
The Government of India enacted 'The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023', notified on 11th August 2023, decriminalised 183 provisions in 42 Central Acts administered by 19 Ministries/Departments which is the first consolidated legislation to systematically decriminalise minor offences across multiple Acts.