Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 6: 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, Division Bench of the State High Court comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Tabstan has expressed displeasure over the affidavit filed by the State.
DB further observed, “the respondents shall take a holistic view of the nature of duties which are performed by the court officials and file a response in terms of the order dated 22th October, 2018 as well as order dated 20th November, 2018”, adding “the respondents have filed the affidavit without bothering to undertake any examination of the pay and benefits which are being drawn by court staff in other States”.
DB directed respondents to place a comparative chart of pay scales and benefits which are being drawn by court staff in all positions all over the country including Punjab & Haryana High Court, Delhi High Court, Maharashtra High Court as well as Himachal Pradesh High Court within a period of two weeks.
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