Nearly 400 judicial officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh
The Allahabad High Court has transferred around 400 judicial officers, almost half of them of the ranks of Additional District Judge and Sessions Judge. All the officials have been asked to be ready to hand over the charge at their present place of posting on May 8. The most comprehensive reshuffle has been done in Jhansi, Banda, Moradabad and Sitapur.
Allahabad, Apr 29 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has transferred close to 400 judicial officers, nearly half of them of the Additional District and Sessions Judge rank, in a major reshuffle in the lower judiciary in Uttar Pradesh. According to the notifications issued yesterday by the High Courts Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Singh, the transferred judicial officers include 199 ADJs posted in regular courts and another eight of the same rank posted at fast track courts in various districts. All the judicial officers have been directed to "keep themselves ready to hand over charge at their present place of posting on May 8". The reshuffle has been markedly comprehensive in the districts like Jhansi, Banda, Moradabad and Sitapur - each of them having six ADJs to have been shifted elsewhere. Lucknow, Meerut, Mainpuri, Bijnor and Hamirpur have five transferred ADJs each. 