Hyderabad: District judges and the High Court on Thursday suspended nine employees working in subordinate courts in the state for participating in the protests by judicial employees and T-advocates.
Among those suspended are Judicial Employees National Association secretary B. Lakshma Reddy, Telangana State Judicial Employees Association president Jagannatham and general secretary Rajasekhar Reddy and four office bearers of Ranga Reddy district judicial employees association, along with two other employees of the lower judiciary in the state.
The judicial employees association has earlier given a call for strike from July 1.
It is learnt that protesting the suspensions of employees and the judicial officers 48 judicial employees from Kukatpalli court and 12 from Ibrahimpatnam court have submitted their resignation letters to their district association president.
Meanwhile the T advocates and judicial officers continued their agitation on Thursday and plan to hold a maha dharna at Indira Park on Friday.
Telangana advocates get the nod for dharna
Hyderabad police has granted permission to the maha dharna proposed by T-advocates at the Dharna Chowk, Indira Park, on Friday. DCP, Central Zone, issued orders with conditions to be followed during the dharna.
The T-advocates represented by the K. Sriranga Rao, had submitted an application to the DCP, Central Zone, on Monday, requesting permission for the dharna demanding recall of the provisional list of subordinate judges and bifurcation of the High Court between TS and AP.
Around 1,000 advocates from across the state are expected to participate in the dharna on Friday from 10 am to 5pm. The police told the organisers that they would be held responsible for any damage to public or private properties. The participants should not raise slogans or come in rally while entering or leaving the dharna premises.
“Participants shall not make any provocative speeches and ensure the participants do not move beyond the dharna limits,” an official release said.
Earlier, Telangana High Court Advocates JAC president Gandra Mohan Rao had revealed that police has given permission for the maha dharna.
