New Delhi : The Chief Secretaries (CSs) and Finance Secretaries of 18 states and Union Territories appeared before the Supreme Court on Tuesday as part of the hearing related to a single case.
Among them are CSs and finance secretaries from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Odisha. Retired judicial officers were forced to appear on the Supreme Court’s orders against the state’s negligence in providing pension arrears and other benefits as per the recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SN JPC).
Senior Advocate K. Parameshwar told the court that Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi have followed the orders of the Supreme Court. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi revealed that West Bengal is also following. In this order, the court suggested that the financial departments of the respective states and Union Territories should try to provide all the benefits related to the judicial officers in the next four weeks.
On this occasion, we have no pleasure in calling the chief and finance secretaries of the states to the court. But the advocates for the states are constantly absent during the trial,” said a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra. A total of 18 states and Union Territories have expressed satisfaction over the implementation of the directives issued on January 4. The investigation was stopped. She commented that there is no need for any high officials to attend.