RAS question
Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act was passed in:
Correct answer: (D) 2012.
The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act was passed as Act No. 22 of 2012.
Explanation
The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act belongs to 2012, not to an earlier or later year. India Code identifies it as "The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012" and Act No. 22 of 2012, and records that it received the Governor's assent on 21 May 2012. Its purpose was to give people the right to be heard within stipulated time limits, with a Public Hearing Officer required to provide an opportunity of hearing on a complaint and communicate a decision within the prescribed limit. It also records 22 May 2012 as the enactment date and 1 August 2012 as the enforcement date, so the year asked in the MCQ is 2012.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2015 is too late, because the Act is formally titled the Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012 and is Act No. 22 of 2012.
- (B) 2010 is too early; the India Code text places the Act in 2012 and records Governor's assent in May 2012.
- (C) 2008 is also too early, as the Act's official short title and Act number both tie it to 2012.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's rights-based administrative reform framework, especially citizen grievance redressal through statutory time limits. It recurs in RAS because governance Acts such as this link polity, public administration, and state-specific institutional reforms.