Pritam Pal Explained

Pritam Pal
Birth Date:3 June 1947
Birth Place:Kandroli village, district, Punjab, British India
Residence:Yamunanagar
Alma Mater:Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
Occupation:Judge
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Maya Devi
Children:Sons Ajay Pal Pritam and Aman Pal, daughters Parveen, Sukhda Pritam and Vandana
Office1:Lokayukta
Term Start1:18, January 2011
Term End1:18, January 2016
Office2:President, State Consumer Commission, Chandigarh
Term Start2:2009
Term End2:17, January 2011
Office3:High Court Judge
Term Start3:5, November 2004
Term End3:2, June 2009
Office4:Registrar General in Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh
Term Start4:28, January 2002
Term End4:4, November 2004
Office5:Haryana Superior Judiciary
Term Start5:March 1986
Term End5:January 2002

Pritam Pal is former Lokayukta, an anti-corruption ombudsman body in the Indian State of Haryana, India. After serving as Lokayukta he retired from services on 18 January 2016. He was born on 3 June 1947 in the village Kandroli in the District Yamunanagar, Haryana. After putting 14 years of practice in Law, he joined Haryana Superior Judicial Service and remained District and Sessions Judge of various districts. In the year 2002, he was posted as Registrar General and then elevated as permanent Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. On his superannuation, he was appointed as President, State Consumer Redressal Commission, UT, Chandigarh. Thereafter he was appointed Lokayukta, Haryana. He recommended action in many high-profile matters involving Ministers, MLAs, Builders, Promoters and senior officers for committing acts of corruption. In his reports to the Governor, for eradication of corruption, he recommended and suggested for introducing compulsory moral education at school level. He also headed the Monitoring Committee of National Green Tribunal constituted for the State of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and UT, Chandigarh.[1] Presently, he is Vice-President of DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi.

Education

Law career

Pritam Pal practiced as a lawyer for 14 years at District Courts of Karnal and Kurukshetra. This period of legal practice was mainly devoted to the social service, Arya Samaj, and for improving the educational facilities in the area.

Judge in Haryana Superior Judicial Service

In March 1986 he was selected as a member to the Judiciary. Later 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.[2] June 2009: Retired after attaining age of superannuation.

President, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh

Appointed and worked as such till 17 January 2011.

Lokayukta Haryana (INDIA)

Major cases handled

Social Justice Front

Justice Pritam Pal has launched a non-political, but social outfit under the name of “Social Justice front”. Aim of this front would be to fight prevailing corruption, injustice with any individual or any section of society, drug abuse, female foeticide, character building, promote education, and work against various other prevailing social evils weakening the social set up.

Membership for this organisation has been launched.[15]

Languages

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

Writer

Pritam Pal has 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 a strict disciple of Arya Samaj, He is running Aarshvidya Gurukul at Yagya shala situated on Ladwa-Indri road, Kurukshetra, with the main objective of imparting value and character based education for poor children, affiliated with Haryana Shiksha Board. He is regularly holding character building camps for the last ten years along with other social activities including organizing free medical camps, blood donation camps and mass marriages of poor girls. He has written three books; ‘’Power of Thought” in English, “Vichar Shakti Ka Chamatkar’’ in Hindi and ‘’Mukti Prapti Ki Vidhi” in Sanskrit. He was in the news when he donated antique articles to the Kurukshetra University which are now kept in a cultural museum.[16]

Presently, he has undertaken to create an awareness qua the issues of environment protection and social justice in the State of Haryana. He firmly believes that air, water and land are three main components of the ‘Nature’ which have been described in our scriptures i.e in Vedas and Gurubani, water as father ‘Pita’, air as guru ‘Teacher’ and land as mother ‘Mata’. His slogan “Development is must but environment and health is first” epitomize the values by which we all should live.

Ideology

For him value of life is the greatest asset of mankind. He lays much emphasis on the character of a person which according to him is the reason and source 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:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haryana officials told to ensure compliance of NGT orders. 18 March 2022. Hindustan Times.
  2. Web site: Pritam Pal doctypes: punjab. Indiankanoon.org. 2015-12-09.
  3. Web site: Public Relations Department, Chandigarth Administration : Press Release . Admser.chd.nic.in . 2015-12-09.
  4. Web site: Recommendations to Eradicate Corruption / Crimes . Justice Pritam Pal . Hrlokayukta.gov.in . 2015-12-09.
  5. Web site: Feel helpless while dealing with graft complaints, says Haryana Lokayukta. 28 August 2013. The Indian Express.
  6. Web site: Not me but state's Lokayukta act is dummy, says Haryana's Lokayukta. Merinnews.com. 2015-12-09.
  7. Web site: Lokayukta orders probe into plot allotment scam in Panipat. The Times of India.
  8. Web site: Authorities sit over Lokayukta's order to raze illegal structures. Tribune India. 2015-12-09. 28 April 2015.
  9. Web site: Lokayukta tells CS to reply by Sept 24. Tribune India. 2015-12-09. 14 August 2015.
  10. Web site: Ambala MNREGS scam: Govt to seek explanation from Chandigarh DC Shayin, four others. https://web.archive.org/web/20150416084140/http://www.hindustantimes.com/haryana/ambala-mnregs-scam-govt-to-seek-explanation-from-chandigarh-dc-shayin-four-others/article1-1337291.aspx. dead. 16 April 2015. Hindustan Times. 14 April 2015.
  11. Web site: Action against Fauji first such case at instance of lokayukta. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715032006/http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/action-against-fauji-first-such-case-at-instance-of-lokayukta/article1-1293026.aspx. dead. 15 July 2015. Hindustan Times. 4 December 2014.
  12. Web site: SIT detects tax evasion in Haryana . 19 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150121174333/http://www.ptinews.com/news/5581922_SIT-detects-tax-evasion-in-Haryana.html . 21 January 2015 .
  13. Web site: Lokayukta for criminal action against officers. Tribune India. 2015-12-09. 19 March 2015.
  14. Web site: Former Sohna MLA under lokayukta scanner for realty fraud . Hindustan Times . 2 January 2016. 2016-09-23.
  15. Web site: Former HC judge announces non-political, social 'Indian Justice front' to serve society . Uniindia.com . 2016-07-17 . 2016-09-23.
  16. Web site: Justice Pritam Pal submitted to the Heritage Museum . Navbharat Times. 2015-12-09. 28 December 2014 .
  17. Power of Thoughts,, p. 1, Bharat Parkashan Publishers
  18. Power of Thoughts,, p. 113, Bharat Parkashan Publishers

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