High Courts Flooded With Service Matters: Madhya Pradesh HC Suggests State To Create In-House Employee Dispute Resolution System
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (January 28), suggested the State Government to set up a Dispute Resolution System to internally resolve the complaints of its employees.The bench of Justice Vinay Saraf observed that the High Courts are flooded with service matters which could be resolved at the initial stage itself.The bench observed;"I deemed it proper to suggest the State...
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (January 28), suggested the State Government to set up a Dispute Resolution System to internally resolve the complaints of its employees.
The bench of Justice Vinay Saraf observed that the High Courts are flooded with service matters which could be resolved at the initial stage itself.
The bench observed;
"I deemed it proper to suggest the State Government to formulate a policy to decide the disputes or grievances of the employees of the State Government at the initial stage itself to avoid the multiplicity of the cases and for that purpose, the State Government may empower one officer of every Department at every level of office to hear and decide the grievances of the employees".
The petition was filed seeking directions for grant of seniority to petitioners from September 1, 2010 with different pay.
The counsel for the petitioners relief on Nand Kishore Patel v State of MP of April 16, 2024 wherein the Coordinate Bench allowed the petition on similar circumstances and directed State to grant seniority and difference of pay.
The present petition was disposed of with liberty to represent before Competent Officer of the Department within 30 days.
The court noted that several State Government employees are compelled to approach the High Court, flooding them with service matters which could be avoided.
These cases including transfer, pay scale, increment, promotion, seniority, regularization, classification, suspension, termination could be decided at the initial stage itself.
The bench further noted that the State Government spends a lot of money in defending these cases.
Therefore, the Court suggested the State Government to set up a Dispute Resolution System per the rules of, policies, circulars and schemes.
This system would allow the State to settle issued with more flexibility by having direct discussion between employee and authorized officer.
Case Title: Chaukhi Lal Yadav v State of MP (WP 1733/2026)