POSH ACT - 2013 AND CONSTITUTION OF INTERNAL COMMITTEE-SHW FOR CONSIDERING COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES AT SAINIK SCHOOL BHUBANESWAR, PO SAINIK SCHOOL, DIST KHURDA, ODISHA 751005.

In compliance with the instructions of National Commission for Women and guidelines issued with regard to implementation of the directives of Hon'ble Supreme Court Judgment dated 13 Aug 1997 in the case of Visakha and others vs. State of Rajasthan and Others on the subject of sexual harassment of women in the workplace, this Institution had duly constituted a Internal Committee (IC) for considering complaints of sexual harassment of women working in Sainik School, Bhubaneswar (Odisha). The details with regard to the Act & rules, role, functions etc. of IC/POSH Act-2013 are as given below:-

Ser	Title	Download/ View
(a)	Details of 'Internal Committee'
(b)	Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act-2023 (POSH Act-2013) - English
(c)	Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act-2023 (POSH Act-2013) - Hindi
(d)	2016_Amendment_Repealing and Amending Act, 2016 (Gazette Notification No 26 dated 09 May 2016)
(e)	Hand Book on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act-2023 (POSH Act-2013)
(f)	User Manual for registering Online Complaint related to Sexual Harassment at Workplace
(g)	DoP&T OM dated 01st November, 2017 regarding Online Complaint Management system titled “Sexual Harassment electronic box (SHe-box)”
(h)	Prevention of sexual harassment of working women at workplace (DoPT OM dated 04 Nov 2022)

Complaint Procedure:-

                        Complaint regarding Sexual Harassment against women can be made either in paper form or by sending e-mail to: ssbhubaneswar@sainikschoolsociety.in. The Act stipulates that aggrieved woman can make a written complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the IC or to the LC (in case a complaint is against the employer), within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident. As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013, in case the aggrieved woman is unable to make a complaint on account of her physical incapacity, a complaint may be filed inter alia by her relative or friend or her co-worker or an officer of the National Commission for Woman or State Women's Commission or any person who has knowledge of the incident, with the written consent of the aggrieved woman.

Ministry of Women & Child Development launched an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box) on 24 Jul 2017 for registering complaints related to Sexual Harassment at workplace. The She-Box is an initiative to provide a platform to the women working or visiting any office of Central Government (Central Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and Institutions, etc.) to file complaints related to Sexual Harassment at workplace under the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

Once a complaint is submitted to SHe-Box, it will be directly sent to the Internal Committee (IC) of the concerned Ministry/ Department/ PSU/ Autonomous Body etc. having jurisdiction to inquire into the complaint. The SHe-Box also provides an opportunity to both the complainant and nodal administrative authority to monitor the progress of inquiry conducted by the ICs.

CLICK HERE - SHe-Box Online Complaint Management System (https://shebox.wcd.gov.in/)

COMPOSITION OF INTERNAL COMMITTEE (IC) UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT 2013