Posts in State Human Rights Commission will be filled in 2 months, Maha Govt. tells Bombay High Court
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Only 26 of the sanctioned 51 posts are filled, says Maharashtra authorities.
The Maharashtra authorities on Monday knowledgeable the Bombay High Court that it plans to fill the vacant posts in the State Human Rights Commission inside two months.
The assertion was made earlier than a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni in a public curiosity litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Vaishnavi Gholave, 23, by advocate Vinod Sangvikar. The PIL mentions the Commission was constituted on March 6, 2001 and it consists of chairman, a judicial member, an professional member, one secretary and one particular IGP.
“There have been no regular appointments made from July 2018 onwards. On April 27, 2021, the acting chairperson, the only adjudicating member retired,” it says. On May 25, 2021, Ms. Gholave filed a Right to Information question searching for particulars on the vacant posts.
On May 28, she obtained responses that (*2*).
The PIL says, “The Commission has 21,545 pending cases till March 2021 which is the highest in a decade and the inaction of the State government is only to be blamed for this sorry state of affairs. As per the information gathered, only 433 cases have been disposed of in this year due to non-availability of regular chairperson and expert member which led to the entire load being handled by a single Judicial member in addition to discharging administrative and other functions.”
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