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Supreme Court summons chief secretaries for non-payment of dues to judicial officers | India News – Times of India
New Delhi: Angry over non-compliance of orders pay out overdue payments of payment and allowances to judicial officers despite seven chances, SC gave orders on Thursday chief secretaries and the finance ministers of 20 states remain in court on August 23, warning: “If dues are not paid by August 20, orders to vacate will be issued.”
The Supreme Court order came after amicus curiae K Parameshwar filed detailed state-by-state information on non-compliance with the Supreme Court’s January 18 order last year, which directed states/UTs to pay all arrears due to judicial officers by June 30, 2023.
Parameshwar said the Supreme Court had subsequently acceded to the state’s plea six times seeking more time to pay arrears as laid down by the Second National Judicial Pay Commission. The recommendations of this commission were similar to the pay scales fixed by the 7th Pay Commission in 2016 for government employees.
Noting that states treat judicial officers differently from their own employees, the bench headed by CJI Chandrachud said, “We are generally reluctant to ask for personal presence of administrative officers, who have been receiving higher salaries and allowances since 2016. But we are constrained to ask for personal presence of chief secretaries and finance ministers as repeated opportunities to clear the arrears have fallen on deaf ears.”
The Supreme Court order came after amicus curiae K Parameshwar filed detailed state-by-state information on non-compliance with the Supreme Court’s January 18 order last year, which directed states/UTs to pay all arrears due to judicial officers by June 30, 2023.
Parameshwar said the Supreme Court had subsequently acceded to the state’s plea six times seeking more time to pay arrears as laid down by the Second National Judicial Pay Commission. The recommendations of this commission were similar to the pay scales fixed by the 7th Pay Commission in 2016 for government employees.
Noting that states treat judicial officers differently from their own employees, the bench headed by CJI Chandrachud said, “We are generally reluctant to ask for personal presence of administrative officers, who have been receiving higher salaries and allowances since 2016. But we are constrained to ask for personal presence of chief secretaries and finance ministers as repeated opportunities to clear the arrears have fallen on deaf ears.”
