The Government of Haryana, on December 17, 2025, issued the Haryana Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 to amend certain enactments for decriminalizing and rationalizing offences to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and the ease of doing business.
The following have been stated:
• The enactments mentioned in column (4) of the Schedule are hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned in column (5) thereof.
• The penalties provided under various provisions in the enactments mentioned in the Schedule shall be increased by ten per cent of the minimum amount of penalty provided thereof, after the expiry of every three years from the date of commencement of this Ordinance.
• No penalty shall be imposed by the competent authority in contravention of any provision of the relevant enactment mentioned in the Schedule without following the principles of natural justice of hearing. Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section “competent authority” means such authority as provided in the relevant enactment to be amended under this Ordinance or in case the competent authority is not provided in the enactment then an authority, as may be specified by the Government/State Government, as the case may be.
• Any person aggrieved by an order of the competent authority may, within such period, as may be specified from the date of the order, prefer an appeal to the appellate authority, in such manner, as may be specified: Provided that the appellate authority may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said specified period, if he is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal within the stipulated period.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section “appellate authority” means such authority as may be specified by the Government/State Government, as the case may be.
• The amount of penalty as imposed if not deposited, shall be liable to be recovered as an arrears of land revenue.
• The Haryana Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Ordinance, 2025, is hereby repealed.
Kindly find the schedule attached to the document below.
[Notification No. 36-HLA of 2025/77/28915]
