[1] Right to Service legislation are meant to reduce corruption among the government officials and to increase transparency and public accountability.
[3] Several other states like Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand Maharashtra, West Bengal and Mizoram have introduced similar legislation for effectuating the right to service to the citizen.
The public services which are to be granted as a right under the legislations are generally notified separately through Gazette notification.
Some of the common public services which are to be provided within the fixed time frame as a right under the Acts, includes issuing caste, birth, marriage and domicile certificates, electric connections, voter's card, ration cards, copies of land records, etc.
The appellate authorities has been granted certain powers of a Civil Court while trying a suit under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, like production of documents and issuance of summon to the Designated officers and appellants.