Petition regarding dearth of staff in courts
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 23: In a petition filed by Joginder Singh, Bench Secretary of the High Court regarding dearth of staff at various level in the High Court and District Courts, Pay Anomaly in respect of officers and staff and promotional avenues to Law Graduate Readers of the High Court, Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Puneet Gupta today directed the Secretary, Department of Law to ensure that a decision be taken by the Administrative Council pursuant to the order passed by the court on 27.05.2019, if the said decision is not already taken.
The DB also directed him to furnish an updated status report with regard to the various directions passed by this court within a period of four weeks.
During the course of hearing Senior Advocate Sunil Sethi informed the court that in terms of order dated 27.05.2019, no decision appears to have been taken by the Administrative Council in regard to the issues which arise in the present case.
It was suggested that some time be given to the Administrative Council to take a decision, if not already taken within a period of four weeks. The petitioner Joginder Singh also supported the suggestion so made.
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