Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has accorded sanction to the extension in the ad-hoc appointment of 22 District Judges for a further period of six months or till the posts are filled up on regular basis.
The sanction has been accorded on the recommendation of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and in terms of Rule 20 of the Jammu and Kashmir Higher Judicial Service Rules, 2009.
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These judges are Amarjit Singh Langeh, Sandeep Kour, Amit Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Gandotra, Anoop Kumar, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Shabir Ahmad Malik, Arvind Sharma, Yash Pal Sharma, Amit Sharma, Khurshid-ul-Islam, Arti Mohan, Umi Kulsoom, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Iqbal Ahmad Masoodi, Renu Dogra, Sudesh Sharma, Spalzes Angmo, Adnan Syed, Khen Raj, Dinesh Gupta and Parvaiz Iqbal.
It has been mentioned in the order issued by Achal Sethi, Secretary to Government, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs that ad-hoc appointment shall not confer any right to claim seniority or any other superior right to the ad-hoc appointees viz-a-viz those who may be appointed pursuant to regular selection against direct quota.
Moreover, they shall be reverted to the cadre of Civil Judges (Senior Division)/Sub-Judges in case they are not found fit for promotion to the post of District Judge after regular selection process or in case sufficient posts are not available for their promotion on regular basis.
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