As many as 21 vacancies in various councils and tribunals of Rajasthan continue to remain unfilled since past two years despite Rajasthan high court’s directions.

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Various departments had filled their vacancies after a sou moto cognisance was started by the court in 2015. However, certain political postings, including the post of the chairman of Rajasthan Public Servant Council has not been filled till now.

Rajasthan Kisan Ayog under the Agriculture Department as total nine positions sanctioned and all of them are vacant till now.

In addition to this, two out of three positions continue to remain empty in the waqf tribunal. In the latest hearing on Monday, the court verbally directed advocate general NM Lodha to provide an explanation regarding vacant posts and what steps are being taken by the government for the same.

“The court has asked the reason for these vacancies. It is of the view that the time taken to fill it could be around one or two months, and not years.

The Human Rights commission did not have a chairman for five years, and now two members are not there for years. Even Waqf tribunal doesn’t have members from years. You can’t say it is an ongoing process,” said Prateek Kasliwal, amicus curiae of the case.

“It was only after the court had taken the cognizance that most of these departments had started filling their posts,” Kasliwal added. While explained the reason behind the cognisance, Kasliwal said that the court has taken cognisance as these tribunals and commissions have been created to ease out the work, and for proper administration and adjudication of the dispute.

“However, if the vacancies remain unfilled, the burden is shifted to the courts.

There is no proper administration of the justice for which these tribunals were formed,” Kasliwal said. It is to be noted that Sharma was appointed for a short period of three months in July 2017.