Fill Vacant Posts In Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal Or DoP Principal Secretary Must Appear: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel (DoP) to remain personally present before it if appointments to the vacant posts in the Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur, are not made before the next date of hearing.

A division bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Sandeep Taneja passed the direction after recording the statement of the Advocate General that two Members of the Tribunal would be appointed within one week.

The writ petition, filed by a practicing advocate, highlighted that the posts of the Chairman, Judicial Members and Administrative Members in the Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal were lying vacant, rendering the Tribunal non-functional. It was submitted that, as a result, a large number of government employees were unable to avail the statutory remedy of appeal and pending matters remained unattended.

The petitioner further pointed out that the issue had assumed greater significance as the State Government had recently issued transfer orders for thousands of employees, leaving them without an effective forum to challenge their transfers or seek redressal of their grievances before the Tribunal.

During the hearing, the Advocate General informed the Court that two Members of the Tribunal would be appointed within a period of one week.

Taking the statement on record, the bench posted the matter for August 11, 2026, while making it clear that if the appointments were not made before the next date of hearing, the Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel, shall remain present before the Court.

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