The Executive committee of the JK High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) Srinagar on Thursday held a teleconferencing meeting and took note of issuance of notification by the central government providing for exercise of jurisdiction over the service matters by Chandigarh bench of the administrative tribunal.
According to a statement issued to news agency, The association said that it would inconsequence result in filing of the fresh service matters before the service tribunal located at Chandigarh and transfer of all pending service matters in the HC of Jammu and Kashmir to tribunal constituted at Chandigarh.
“The issuance of notification will result in multiple hardships of the employees who seek dispensation of justice. The location of the tribunal at Chandigarh would generally deprive all classes of employees from getting their grievances redressed at Chandigarh due to incurring of heavy expenses in proceeding to Chandigarh and hiring legal services would be beyond their means outside J&K, which would result in complete denial of the right to approach the court for ventilation of their grievances,” the statement said.
The members in their meeting impressed upon the authorities to provide circuit benches for dealing with service matters at J&K Srinagar so as to mitigate the sufferings of service class. It is accordingly impressed upon the concerned authorities to take appropriate remedial measures providing for constitution of circuit benches for UT of J&K and Ladakh .(KNO)
