The Himachal Pradesh cabinet, in its meeting, approved the Governor’s address, to be delivered in the budget session in the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha starting from February 14.
The meeting was held here on Friday, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
The cabinet gave its approval to frame Rules of Business and Procedure in respect of Himachal Pradesh Rajya Chayan Aayog.
It gave its nod to constitute a cabinet sub-committee under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri to examine the legal aspects of the results held up on account of a police inquiry of the disbanded Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission, Hamirpur.
Industries Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan, Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi, PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh and Ayush Minister Yadvinder Goma will be the members of this cabinet sub-committee.
It also constituted a cabinet sub-committee under the chairmanship of Jagat Singh Negi to review the revenue land allotted to different departments along with the land which has been leased out and is unutilised since long.
Rural Development Minister Anirudh Singh, PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh, and Town and Country Planning Minister Rajesh Dharmani will be the members of this cabinet sub-committee.
It also decided to constitute a cabinet sub-committee under the chairmanship of Rural Development Minister Anirudh Singh to review the unutilised vacant buildings of various departments.
Furthermore, Town and Country Planning Minister Rajesh Dharmani and Ayush Minister Yadvinder Goma will be its members.
The cabinet also accorded approval to open a Sub Divisional Office (Civil) at Baddi in Solan district, to open Block Development Offices at Patta in the Solan district and at Palampur in the Kangra district.
Approval was given by the cabinet to fill up five posts of Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services by direct recruitment on the basis of HPAS Combined Competitive Examination.