 bill no  90  of  2011 the constitution  (amendment)  bill,  2011by shri satpal maharaj, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution  (amendment) act, 201152 in part iii of the constitution, after article 24, the following sub-heading and article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 24a"right to time-bound delivery of service24a (1) all persons shall have the right to time-bound delivery of citizen  related servicesright to timebound delivery of citizen related services10 (2) the state shall, within six months of the coming into force of the constitution(amendment) act, 2011, by law, ensure the implementation of the right to time-bound delivery of citizen related services(3) in making any law providing for effective implementation of the right to timebound delivery of citizen related services, the state shall ensure that—5(a) every organization providing citizen related services compulsorily draws citizen's charter giving such information as details of business transacted by the organization, statement of services inlcuding standards, quality and timeframe, the procedure regarding availing the services, the details of grievance redressal mechanism, the procedure for accessing the mechanism and the compensation in the event of failure of delivery of service;(b) every person who is responsible for providing delivery of service is held liable in the event of failure to deliver service within the stipulated timeframe;10(c) as far as possible, the delivery of services, is also provided in a stipulated time period through e-governance; and(d) the law applies to all organizations, whether governmental or nongovernmental providing services on behalf of  state, which provide citizen related services" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsas india attained independence in 1947, the citizens were quite optimistic that the social evils afflicting the great ancient indian culture would fade away and that independence would usher in a new era of "ram rajya"—the dream of mahatma gandhi, the father of the nation many social evils like female infanticide, dowry, sati, etc are being checked by enacting laws, however, unfortunately, the evil of corruption has assumed gigantic proportions in the absence of any effective law to contain itpeople have to offer bribes to get their works done like works relating to land records, issue of birth and death certificates, registration of properties, issue of driving licences, registration of vehicles, sanction of loans, issue of scheduled castes/scheduled tribes certificates, grant of scholarships to scheduled castes/scheduled tribes, issue of passports, electricity and water connections, settlement of issues relating to income tax and other taxes, issue of ration cards and host of other works even foreigners and non-resident indians visiting india have to face the ignominy of paying bribes for their genuine works such instances of corruption damage the image of our country internationally it is also wellknown that the people are made to come again and again for getting their work done on one pretext or otherthe country-wide support that the social activist shri anna hazare garnered recently in his efforts to ensure enactment of a strong and effective  jan lokpal bill must be seen as an outburst of  the anger of masses against the wide-spread corruption prevailing at each and every level of administration the situation needs to be controlled through political and administrative efforts unless it becomes explosivetherefore, it is high time that the right to time-bound delivery of citizen related services be made a fundamental right at the same time, it is also necessary to make it obligatory on the central government and the state governments to enact appropriate laws for effective implementation of this righthence this billnew delhi;satpal maharajseptember 1, 2011 lok  sabha————— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india—————(shri satpal maharaj, mp)gmgipmrnd—2435ls(s3)—18-11-2011