RAS question
The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act was enacted in:
Correct answer: (C) 2012.
The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act was enacted in 2012.
Explanation
The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012 is the statute named in the official India Code record and in the Act's own short title. The official PDF identifies it as Act No. 22 of 2012 and states that it provides the right of hearing to people within stipulated time limits. Its definition of "right to hearing" covers an opportunity of hearing for citizens on a complaint within the stipulated time limit, along with the right to receive information about the decision made in that hearing. This matches the question's focus: the Act is not merely a grievance-redress phrase, but a 2012 Rajasthan law creating a time-bound hearing mechanism for complaints before notified public hearing officers.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2010 is wrong because the official India Code record and the Act's short title identify the law as the Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012.
- (B) 2016 is wrong because the cited official source records the Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act as a 2012 Act, not a later enactment.
- (D) 2014 is wrong because the Act is officially listed and titled as the Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's administrative accountability and grievance-redress framework. It recurs in RAS because such state-level rights-based service and hearing laws are central to Rajasthan polity and public administration questions.