P . Radha and Others vs . State of Tamilnadu , rep . by Secretary to Government , Home ( Courts ) Department , Chennai and Others ( 20 . 07 . 2012 - MADHC ) Service - Discontinuation from service - Fourth Respondent discontinued Petitioners and relieved them from their services - Hence, this writ Petition - Whether Petitioners services were discontinued and relieved without order of Governor was justified and Whether they could demand regularization and absorption as Additional District Judges as matter of right - Held, Petitioner were not entitled to continue as Fast Track Courts Judges even after conversion of Courts as Additional District and Sessions Courts without going through process of selection - Further Fast Track Courts had been converted as regular Additional Sessions Courts Petitioners could not continue to function as Fast Track Courts Judges and High Court was justified in discontinuing and relieving Petitioners by passing order - Moreover extension/continuation of services of Petitioners granted by order was prior to re-designation of Fast Track Courts as Additional District and Sessions Courts - More so re-designation order having been passed and given effect to from 11th April, 2012 and consequential order passed by 4th Respondent discontinuing and relieving Petitioners were perfectly in order - Therefore order of 4th Respondent was justified and no direction was issued to regularize and absorption of Petitioners as Additional District and Sessions Judges - Writ Petitions dismissed. Ratio-Decidendi : "High Court alone is sole Authority competent to initiate disciplinary proceedings against subordinate judicial officers and to impose various punishments."
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:21:12 +0000
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