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Time of India
28-06-2025
- Time of India
Uttarakhand HC pulls up state over transfer list delay
Dehradun: Uttarakhand high court has directed the state to urgently comply with provisions of the Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017, and publish a list of eligible officers and available posts on the departmental website by June 30. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The direction came in response to a petition challenging a recent transfer order issued by the food safety and drug department. The bench comprising Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Alok Mahra listed the case for the next hearing on July 14. Petitioner Mahimanand Joshi, district designated officer, food safety and drug department, Haridwar, had contested his transfer from Haridwar to Nainital on June 10. Aged 58.4 years, Joshi qualifies as a senior citizen and has 20 months of service remaining. He argued that the decision violated section 14 of the Transfer Act, which protects officers nearing retirement or those who have served in remote postings. Joshi said he had already completed over 60% of his tenure in remote areas, including six years in Tehri, and that the department had failed to follow the mandatory process laid out in the Act. As per the rules, an eligibility list must be prepared and officers must be given the option to apply for vacancies before transfer orders are issued. The Act also stipulates that transfers must follow a priority-based system and exempts certain categories of officers from routine reshuffles. The court observed on Thursday that the department could complete this process within a short timeframe, given the limited number of vacancies. The judges also noted that the state had previously been found lacking in timely compliance with transfer norms across departments. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "Hence, we direct the department to carry out the exercise of preparing the eligibility list and the existing vacancies and post the same on the department's website by June 30," the court said. "The options shall be exercised by all the eligible candidates within one week thereafter, on or before July 7. The transfer orders shall be passed by July 11."
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New CT environmental regulations could create thousands of jobs; add millions to state coffers
Thousands of properties across Connecticut could become more attractive for redevelopment now that the state legislature has streamlined regulations for how properties are evaluated for potential contamination and cleanup — a major issue in a state with a deep-rooted industrial heritage. The legislature approved changes to the 'Transfer Act,' which since 1980 has set regulations for environmental testing of properties that were up for sale. The law has long criticized as dampening development because all properties at which 100 kilograms — about 220 pounds — of hazardous waste was dealt with in any one month had to undergo environmental testing before a sale could be completed, according to Brendan Schain, legal director for the environmental quality division at the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said. The regulations pertained to properties even where there was not a known discharge or spill, Schain said. The changes, which will go into effect in 2026, were approved by the General Assembly's legislative regulation review committee and rely on investigation performed by property owners or prospective buyers and lenders to determine whether pollution is present and needs a cleanup. 'We know that buyers don't want to buy polluted properties with unknown liabilities,' Schain said. 'We know that lenders and others make people look for pollution, right? It relies on the investigation that we know is already being done – the market-driven investigation.' 'And instead of requiring an investigation, it starts from there,' Schain said. 'So, if you discover a release, you have to tell us about it, in certain circumstances, and clean it up to the state's cleanup standard.' Since the 1980s, 5,000 properties in the state have entered the Transfer Act program, but less than half have been remediated, according to the state. The regulation changes bring Connecticut in line with 48 other states. Economists at the state Department of Economic and Community Development estimate that the new systems will boost the state's economy. Over the next five years, the change could create 2,100 new construction jobs, $3.78 billion in new economic growth, as measured by gross domestic product and $115 million in new revenue to the state. 'This is a gamechanger for Connecticut,' Gov. Ned Lamont said, in a statement. 'This new system is truly a win-win, resulting in faster environmental clean-ups and unlocking countless blighted properties that will go from being community hazards to being community assets.' DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes echoed those sentiments: 'I look forward to implementing this modern cleanup program and bring valuable properties back into productive reuse.' Kenneth R. Gosselin can be reached at kgosselin@
