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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Special Correspondent
The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, having a word with the High Court Chief Justice, Devender Gupta, at the conference of A. P. Judicial Officers in Hyderabad on Saturday. At right is Justice Motilal B. Naik. — Photo: P. V. Sivakumar
Speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day `Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Officers Conference' here on Saturday, Mr. Naidu said although the Government had approved the pay scales and issued a GO, a majority of judicial officers apparently could not draw salaries and pay scales owing to the percentage of DA that is to be merged with the basic pay in the fitment formula. The Government took a decision yesterday to allow 96 per cent and 111 per cent as the fitment formula subject to the clarification to be issued by the Accountant-General of Andhra Pradesh. " I am happy to announce that the necessary clarifications have already been issued in this regard and all the judicial officers in the State can now draw the new scales as desired by them,'' he added. Mr. Naidu listed measures being taken by his Government to improve the facilities of the judiciary and help reduce workload, including the construction of court buildings and computerisation. The State Government on the recommendation of the High Court issued orders for establishment of 86 Fast Track Courts at different places and 55 were functioning at present. He said 22, 340 cases were transferred to Fast Track Courts from June 2001 to May 2003 and of them, 13, 112 cases were disposed of by them. He said that about 20 acres of land near Shamirpet in Ranga Reddy would be allotted for the AP Judicial Academy. The Chief Minister stressed the need for the Judiciary, Executive and Legislature to work together to eradicate poverty and improve the living standards of the people. Referring to the request made earlier by AP Judicial Officers Association president, K. Rajagopala Reddy, for providing house sites to retired and serving judges, he said an appropriate decision would be taken after discussing the matter with the Chief Justice of the High Court. The Chief Justice of the High Court, Devender Gupta, called upon Judges to strive to ensure that the independence of the judiciary was well preserved. " A capable, strong and impartial judiciary is the greatest need and an asset of a State. Men can do without every branch of administration, but there can be no civil society without adequate provision for impartial justice,'' he emphasised. He said: "Members of the lower judiciary are the torchbearers of our society. They are specially charged with the responsibility to uphold moral values and to display a life of restraint and rectitude at all times tempered with feelings of sympathy and consideration for the poor and the downtrodden." Motilal B Naik, a Judge of the High Court, in his presidential address, said that denial of justice to the needy would amount to violating Article 21 of the Constitution which guarantees the right to life and liberty. Recalling that the Constitution was amended paving the way for legal services act enactment to take care of the poorer sections, he expressed the confidence that judicial officers would not leave any stone unturned in disposing justice as quickly as possible.
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