Haryana Government has taken stringent steps to recover the amount of penalty imposed by the State Information Commission under the Right To Information Act. All the controlling authorities have been directed to recover the penalty amount from the State Public Information Officers.
 
In an order issued by Haryana Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal, it has been stated that controlling authorities will not issue Last Pay Certificate/No Dues Certificate to such State Public Information Officers till they deposit the amount of outstanding penalty and send a compliance report to the Registrar of State Information Commission of Haryana.