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CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has written to the State government asking it not to give effect to a court decision permitting High Court and district court employees to apply for vacancies of Civil Judges for the ongoing selection by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. High Court Registrar (Administration), G. Chinniya Naidu, conveyed the decision of the Full Court to the Tamil Nadu Home Secretary at its meeting here on Wednesday. The earlier decision had evoked protest from advocates, who resorted to boycott of courts. Employees dejectedOur Madurai correspondent writes: The Madras High Court employees are dejected over the Full Court’s (all Judges) decision not to implement its earlier resolution permitting court staff, holding law degrees, to participate in the ongoing recruitment process for 201 District Munsif and Judicial Magistrate vacancies. “Volte-face a bolt from the blue”“It is a complete injustice done to us. I was preparing day and night for the written test. But, the Full Court’s volte-face following lawyers’ agitation has come as a bolt from the blue,” an employee, preferring anonymity, said. He said the recruitment notification issued on May 10 stated that there was no age limit for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Most Backward Classes and Backward Classes. “This concession was not given in the recruitment of Munsifs/Magistrates in 2003. It also did not find place in the February 7 recruitment notification, which was withdrawn following differences of opinion between the High Court and the government. Now, not prescribing any age limit for reserved category would summarily curtail the chances of general category candidates,” he added. Another court staff was of the view that their right to seek better placements had been curbed. P. Paramasivam, chairman, Federation of District and Subordinate Courts Bar Associations of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, said the court staff did not possess any experience in conducting cases and hence elevating them to the post of Munsifs and Magistrates would lead to miscarriage of justice. “It is mandatory for a lawyer to have seven years of Bar experience to become an Additional Public Prosecutor, five years for Government Pleader and four years for Assistant Public Prosecutor. When such is the case even for holding government briefs, just imagine what kind of calibre one requires to be a Magistrate or Munsif,” he said.
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