Hon’ble Speaker, Haryana Legislative Assembly, Chandigarh (INDIA)

Name Harmohinder Singh Chattha  

Father’s Name

Late Sardar Amar Singh

Date & Place of Birth

01.04.1935;   Chak No 2, Tehsil Phalia, District Gujarat, (Pakistan)

Education & Place of Education

B.A., LL.B

Dayal Singh College, Karnal and Law College, Jalandhar

Constituency Pehowa
Party affiliation I.N.C.

Marital Status

Married (Wife – Smt. Nirmal Deep)

Children

One son

 

Languages known

Hindi, English, Punjabi and Urdu

 

Present profession

Advocate  

Social activities

Helping the down trodden and the poor
Hobbies Dairying, Farming and Reading
Sports and Clubs Volley-ball and Foot-ball
Favourite pastime and Recreation Sports and Agriculture

Foreign Travels

U.K., U.S.A., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Singapore, New Zealand, Netherlands, U.A.E., Kenya, Zimbabwe, Japan, Denmark, Switzerland, Hong Kong, China, Israel, Spain, Italy, Holland and England.

Office, if any, held in

Remained Minister of State for Irrigation & Power, various organizations Haryana during 1972-77; Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha during 1987-1991 and March, 05 to January, 2006; Chairman, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Haryana during 1991-96; Member, All India Presiding Officer's Conference-Committee to go into different aspects of the future pattern including funding of the Conference, constituted by Speaker, Lok Sabha in 2005, Cabinet Minister holding the portfolios of Agriculture, Horticulture, Co-operation, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Fisheries Department from 14.01.2006 to 24.10.2009. Presently Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha since 28.10.2009.

Conferences attended

(i)  33rd C.P.A. Conference held at Kualalumpur (Malaysia) ;

(ii) 34th C.P.A. Conference held at Canberra (Australia);

(iii)  35th C.P.A. Conference held at Bridgetown (Barbados);

(iv) 36th C.P.A. Conference held at Harare (Zimbabwe);

(v) All India Presiding Conferences during 1987-1990;

(vi) All India Presiding Conference in 2005.

(vii)  51st C.P.A. Conference held at NAdi (Fiji Islands);

Number of times elected MLA

Four

Favourite Subject

Agriculture and Law

Vegetarian/Non-vegetarian

Non-vegetarian

Any other information

Became M.L.A. from Naggal (Ambala) in 1972 & 1987 and from Pehowa (Kurukshetra) in 2005.

Permanent Address

Pipli Road, Kurukshetra (Haryana).

Present Address K.No. 32, Sector 3, Chandigarh.

E-mail Address

speaker@hry.nic.in

Telephone Numbers & Fax

00-91-172-2740030 (O)             
00-91-172-2740534 (R)                                   
00-91-172-2747075 (Fax) (O)                          
00-91-172-2747395 (Fax) (R)