Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed off an appeal filed by the Telangana Judges Association against the Centre saying that all judicial officers belonging to Telangana state had opted for and were allocated to the state, and it did not find any error in the operation of guidelines finalised by the High Court.
The court directed the respondents to finalise options of all the judicial officers as per the guidelines and complete the process of allocation within two months.
A division bench comprising Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said, "We are of the view that modified guidelines as submitted by the High Court which has been accepted by DoPT does not suffer from any illegality or error. The above guidelines are to be accepted and approved.”
The AP Judicial Service Rules, 2007 as adopted by Telangana state, which was quashed by the High Court. is now substituted by the Telangana State Judicial Service Rules, 2017.
The bench said all issues raised in the Appeals arising out of special leave petitions had become academic and needed no consideration. “The civil appeals having become virtually infructuous are dismissed accordingly. The parties shall bear their own costs,” the judges said.
