Judicial Officers' Promotion : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing | All India Judges Association Case

Counsel : what I suggest is that the roaster operation has to be yearly, it cannot extend beyond the calender, whatever recruitment takes place as per the categories it has to be fitted within the roaster

Counsel : the only way to adjust the roaster is that we have to run the roaster year wise

Counsel: in certain states like Bihar and UP the roaster application on seniority has created quite a problem

Intervenors make their submissions

Counsel for promotees from the State of Bihar makes brief submissions

J Chandran : with the LDCE category - Limited Departmental Competitive Exam category also, at 35 they get a chance to go to district judge level, the entire data would change

J Chandran : the data that you have relied upon, all of them were recruited as junior division judge in the age of 27 - 28 years , because at that time there was a prescription of practise, now for the last one decade, the things have drastically changed, they get into service at 23, we cannot rely on this data alone

Bhatnagar : Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal, Jharkhand, MP, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Uttrakhand, West Bengal, Delhi , J&K - they are saying in their states, there are suffient number , if not more, promotees

J Baghchi: we can definately consider the suggestion of quota but if we take the cadre as groups it may be not uniform but a stratified cadre

J Baghchi : your second suggestion will infact create a cadre within a cadre. If there are 10 candidates eligible for supertime or selection grade, it would be 5 from promotees and 5 direct recruits. So what will happen is, at the district judge, entry level, its a common cadre, if second suggestion is adopted, then we are creating a cadre within a cadre

Bhatnagar : my second suggestion is - that most HCs consider 3 times the post, so for 30 considerations, 15 should be from the promotees and 15 from direct recruits , this is the zone of consideration argument so atleast somebody comes in the zone consideration