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826 Cases Pending against JKPSC in High Court
Jammu, 05/Dec/2020: In a shocking revelations it has come to fore that Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission(JKPSC) the premier recruitment body of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory that is responsible for recruitment of gazetted posts in all the departments of the U.T including that of subordinate judicial officers is facing 830 cases in Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Supreme Court of India.
The Reply provided by JKPSC
vide their office letter no PSC/Lit/46/2020 dated 23/11/2020 to RTI Activists
Raman Sharma in response to his RTI application discloses that as on date there are 826 cases
pending against it in Jammu and Kashmir High Court and the JKPSC is also party
in another four cases before the Supreme Court of India.
The Commission has also informed
in its reply that it has filed 2 cases in the Supreme Court and 8 appeals
before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
With regard to Legal expenses
borne by the JKPSC in defending and pursuing these cases in Supreme Court and
High Court, the RTI reply states that during the Financial Year 2018-19 and
2019-20 the commission have paid Rs
35,14367.00 ( Rupees Thirty Five Lac,
fourteen thousand, three hundred and sixty seven) as Lawyers’ fees including over
Rs 22 Lac as retainership fee.
Interestingly , the amount
paid by the Commission in defending
these court cases in year 2018 and 2019 exceeded its own legal budget by Rs. 5
Lac. The RTI reply shows zero legal
expenses borne by the recruitment body during the current financial year
2020-21 though Rs. 9.00 Lac has been kept as legal budget.
It is pertinent to mention
here that in October 2017, the JKPSC in another RTI Reply to activist Raman
Sharma had informed that there were 500 cases pending against it in the J &
K High Court.
The number of cases risen
from 500 to 826 in a span of three years which means that every third days a
new Court case is filed by the aggrieved party against the recruitment panel
It is pertinent to mention
here that after the extension of
jurisdiction of Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) in Jammu and Kashmir Union
Territory, most of the cases pending against the Public Service Commission
before the J & K High Court are about to be transferred to the CAT soon.
The total legal expenses
borne by the Commission in last 5 financial years is approximately rupees seventy Lac.
HINDUSTAN TIMES 06/12/2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/826-cases-pending-against-jkpsc-in-high-court-reveals-rti/story-59rekZffLMdOfzPHzDpthL.html
AMAR UJALA 06/12/2020
https://www.amarujala.com/jammu/826-cases-in-high-court-against-jammu-and-kashmir-public-service-commission