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Haryana Constitutes Boards of Visitors for all 20 jails; names 40 non-official members

Panchkula, Nov 2 (UNI) The Haryana Government has constituted district-level Boards of Visitors for all 20 jails in the state, appointing 40 non-official visitors to strengthen prison oversight and promote inmate welfare.
According to a notification issued by the Haryana Government's Jails Department on October 30, 2026, each Board will be headed by the Principal District Judge as Chairman. The Boards will include official and non-official members, such as district administration officials, police representatives, medical officers, social workers, and public representatives.
The notification names Rajesh Batora and Sunita Kapur for Central Jail, Ambala; Saroj Sihag and Sanjay Sehra for Central Jail-I, Hisar; Dr Sandeep Kalyana and Anupma Aggarwal for Central Jail-II, Hisar; Ajay Garg and Tamanna Sethi for District Jail, Panipat; and Advocate Satish Khattana and Neelam Kathuria Nagar for District Jail, Gurugram.
For District Jail, Bhiwani, Nand Ram Dhania and Anita Malik have been nominated, while Saroj Yadav and Abhishek Bhardwaj will serve as non-official visitors to District Jail, Rewari. Advocate Prakash Vir Nagar and Anita Sharma have been named for District Jail, Faridabad, while Rani and Jaswant Singh Saini have been nominated for District Jail, Jhajjar.
Dr Pushpa Tayal and Suresh Panchal have been named for District Jail, Jind, while Ashok Arya and Rajni Gupta will serve at District Jail, Kaithal. Shyama Batra and Advocate Reena Devi have been nominated for District Jail, Karnal, and Advocate Manju Kaushik and Vineet Bajaj for District Jail, Kurukshetra.
For District Jail, Narnaul, the nominated visitors are Advocate Surender Dhillon and Saroj Kashyap. Geeta Rani and Advocate Lija Ram Rawat have been named for District Jail, Palwal, while Subhash Gupta and Seema Batra will serve at District Jail, Rohtak.
Advocate Khushboo and Advocate Jai Bhagwan Sharma have been nominated for District Jail, Sonipat. Nitasha Sihag and Sham Bajaj will serve at District Jail, Sirsa, while Prabha Sagar and Dr Harshvardhan Sharma have been named for District Jail, Yamunanagar. Hema Bansal and Gagan Nagpal have been nominated for District Jail, Nuh.
The notification provides for two social workers from each district, including at least one woman, who are interested in prison administration and the welfare of prisoners. The tenure of non-official members will be two years from the date of the Gazette notification.
Each Board will be required to visit the respective jail at least once every quarter. The quorum for a visit will comprise the Chairman and three members, in accordance with Rule 737(2), Chapter 34 of the Haryana Prisons Rules, 2022.
The notification states that non-official visitors will not receive any travel allowance, daily allowance, emoluments or honorarium for visiting the respective jails.
The Boards have been constituted in compliance with the Supreme Court's directions concerning prison administration and discrimination inside prisons, including the judgment dated October 3, 2024, in Sukanya Shantha vs union of India and orders dated July 30 and September 10, 2026, in In Re: Discrimination Inside Prisons in India.
The notification was issued by Sudhir Rajpal, Additional Chief Secretary, Jails Department.
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