Transfers should norms not patronage : Himachal HC raps state for arbitrary use of power
Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed a transfer order of the state horticulture department, calling it arbitrary and unconstitutional.
The Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal has settled 8,882 cases which comprise 7,853 fresh cases and 1,029 cases received from Himachal Pradesh High Court since February, 2015.
A spokesman of the Administrative Tribunal said here on Wednesday that as many as 21,004 cases were filed during last two years, which included 14,606 fresh cases and 6,398 that were transferred from Himachal Pradesh High Court.
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He said 167 Contempt Petitions, 12 Review Petitions, nine ex-petitions and 4,160 miscellaneous applications were also disposed off.
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Tribunal had decided to take up the oldest matters pre-2009 on priority basis by the Division Benches on every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to clear the pendency, he added.
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