COURT NO.1

SECTION X

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

<pre>Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).643/2015</pre>

ALL INDIA JUDGES ASSOCIATION

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA. & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

(WITH IA No. 2/2017 - AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE, IA No. 96520/2020 -APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 70316/2020 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 168154/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 74821/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 205948/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 195313/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 66487/2021 $\mathcal{L} = \mathcal{L}$ APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 88733/2020 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA 70323/2020 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. No. 68481/2020 CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 100172/2020 CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 50728/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 66488/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 168155/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 119382/2023 -EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 90290/2023 - EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 50727/2020 - EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 14761/2023 - EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 185903/2022 - EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 181545/2022 -EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 121923/2023 - EXTENSION OF TIME, IA No. 68480/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 100166/2020 $\overline{a}$ INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 87335/2020 INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 70318/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA NO. 74820/2022 $\mathbf{L}$ 18284/2020 <pre>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT,</pre> $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ 10040/2022 No. INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. 169826/2019 $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. ${\bf 109809/2021}$ INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, $\mathbf{I}\mathbf{A}$ No. <pre>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT,</pre> 165066/2019 $\mathbf{L}$ <pre>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)</pre> WITH SLP(C) No. 6471-6473/2020 (IV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 711/2022 in W.P.(C) No. 643/2015 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 37/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 643/2015 (X)

Signature TReed ADMISSION) Digitally signed by $\mathcal{L}$ <br>Sanjay Kuman<br>Date: 2022 11 24

^12.21C NMT.PET.(C) No. 38/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 643/2015 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 39/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 643/2015 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 40/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 643/2015 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 36/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 643/2015 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 848/2023 in W.P.(C) No. 643/2015 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

SLP (C) No(s).29232/2018

(WITH IA No. 138436/2021 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 138438/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 144232/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 146956/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 144234/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 146955/2021 - VACATING STAY)

Date : 23-11-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

	Mr. K. Parameshwar, AOR (Amicus Curiae)<br>Ms. Arti Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Kanti, Adv.<br>Mr. M. V. Mukunda, Adv.
For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Gourab Banerjee, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR<br>Mr. Vyom Raghuvanshi, Adv.<br>Ms. Akanksha Rathore, Adv.<br>Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Vp Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Venkata Supreeth, Adv.<br>Mr. Subhro, Adv.<br>Mr. Shubro, Adv.
	Mr. Deepak Prakash, AOR
	Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
	Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Kavita Jha, AOR<br>Mr. Aditeya Bali, Adv.<br>Mr. Areeb Amanullah, Adv.<br>Ms. Vishakha Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Preetika Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Abhisek Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Ms. Kshitij Singh, Adv. Mr. Sohhom Sau, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Mohd Akhil, Adv. Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kuamr Chourasia, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Abhieshek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Swapnil Anil Walde, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Mr. P. I. Jose, AOR Mr. Maibam Nabaghanashyam Singh, AOR Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Goel, AOR Ms. Naveen Goel, Adv. Mr. Adithya Koshy Roy, Adv. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Aniket Patel, Adv. Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR

Mr. Sunando Raha, Adv. Ms. Osheen Bhat, Adv. Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR Mr. Raghavendra S. Srivatsa, AOR Mr. A. Hariprasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. Swathi H Prasad, Adv. Mr. A. Radhakrishnan, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv. Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Sahu, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, AOR Mr. Sovon Siddhanta, Adv. Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, AOR Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv. Ms. Mohini Giri, Adv. Mr. Santosh Krishnan, AOR Ms. Deepshikha Sansanwal, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv. Mr. S. C. Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Ms. Prachi Mishra, A.A.G. Mr. Dipesh Singhal, Adv. Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Wadhwa, Adv. Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. B.K. Satija, A.A.G. Dr. Hemant Gupta, A.A.G.

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Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Payal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shivang Jain, Adv. Ms. Nitikaa Guptha, Adv. Ms. Monica Anand Kumar, Adv. Ms. Rashika Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Varun Prasad, Adv. Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. Ravi Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Rana, Adv. Mr. V.puneedhan, Adv. Mr. Rushab Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Jioshi, Adv. Ms. Riddhima J Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv. Mr. Japnish Singh Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Aashish Chojar, Adv. Ms. Alka Chojar, Adv. Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, A.A.G. Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Md. Apzal Ansari, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Ms. Samridhi S. Jain, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam, Adv.

Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumaridivyasana, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Gurminder Singh, Adv Gen Punjab Mr. Karan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Mr. Naman Jain, Adv. Ms. Zinnea Mehta, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara, Adv. Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv. Ms. Pallavi, Adv. Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Tomar, Adv. Mr. Kameshwar Nath Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Kuldeep Parihar, D.A.G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Saakshi Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. S Sunil, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Urmila Kar Purkayastha, Adv. Ms. Srija Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, Adv. Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Annirudh Sharma-(ii), Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr.verma, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Karthik S.D., AOR Mr. C. Govind Venugopal, Adv. Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. K. Sudhakar Reddy, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Ankur Kashyap, AOR Mr. Deepak Prakash, AOR Mr. Pawan Kr. Dabas, Adv. Mr. Kamal Singh Bisht, Adv. Mr. Raneev Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Vajpayee, Adv. Ms. Divyangna Malik, Adv. Ms. J. Merlyn Rachel, Adv. Ms. Vishnu Priya, Adv. Mr. Shyam Nair, Adv. Mr. Vardaan Kapoor, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Lakhera, Adv. Mr. Aviral Saxena, AOR Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Joydip Roy, Adv. Mr. Umesh Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv. Mr. Harshit Goel, Adv. Mr. Sujay Jain, Adv. Mr. Ahantham Henry, Adv. Mr. Ahantham Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Mr. Uday B. Dube, AOR Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumaridivyasana, Adv. Mr. Shivansh Saxena, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Veer Vikrant Singh, Adv. Mr. Umesh Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Anish R Shah, Adv. Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Compliance on behalf of States/UTs

• 1 On 19 May 2023, directions were issued by this Court stipulating that:

  • (i) Compliance affidavits of all States and Union Territories for the payment of the arrears of pay to all judicial officers be filed by 30 July 2023 stating that the arrears of pay have been positively credited into the accounts of the concerned officers; and

• (ii) The revised rates of pension approved by the Court shall be payable from 1 July 2023 and the arrears of pension, additional pension, gratuity and other retiral benefits shall be paid in instalments – 25% by 31 August 2023, 25% by 31 October 2023 and the remaining 50% by 31 December 2023.

• 2 Mr K Parameshwar, amicus curiae, has placed on the record a tabulated statement indicating the status of compliance by the States and Union Territories on the above directions of this Court.

• 3 For convenience of reference, the tabulated statement is set out below:

SL.	State	Revised<br>Pay<br>(Recommendat<br>ion No. 44 and<br>Direction<br>in<br>Para No. 113<br>of<br>Judgment<br>dated<br>19.05.2023)	Arrears<br>of<br>Pay<br>(Recommendation<br>No.<br>44.13<br>and<br>Direction in Para<br>No.<br>113<br>of<br>Judgment<br>dated<br>19.05.2023)	Revised<br>Pension<br>(Recommendat<br>ion No. 39, 4,<br>21, 8, 9, 11<br>and Direction<br>in Para No. 114<br>of<br>Judgment<br>dated<br>19.05.2023)	Arrears<br>of<br>Pension<br>(Direction in<br>Para No. 114<br>of Judgment<br>dated<br>19.05.2023)
1.	Andhra<br>Pradesh<br>(10.08.2023<br>and<br>17.11.2023)	Issued GOMs No.<br>58<br>dated<br>22.10.2022<br>revising the pay<br>scales<br>w.e.f.<br>01.01.2016 (Pg.<br>3).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid (Pg. 3).	GOMs No. 89&90<br>dated<br>01.11.2023 have<br>been<br>issued<br>revising pension<br>and gratuity (Pg.<br>7)	Instructions<br>have<br>been<br>issued<br>for<br>preparation<br>and<br>submission of<br>bills<br>for<br>clearing<br>payments.<br>Therefore,<br>seeking<br>extension<br>(Pg. 7).
2.	Arunachal<br>Pradesh<br>(09.08.2023)	Issued GO dated<br>20.10.2022<br>revising the pay<br>scale<br>w.e.f.<br>01.01.2016 (Pg.<br>24).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid (Pg. 22)	No response	No response
3.	Assam<br>(31.07.2023)	Issued<br>notification dt.<br>12.12.2022<br>revising the pay<br>scale (Pg. 42).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid to Chief<br>Judicial Magistrate.<br>Further, finance have<br>been approved on<br>30.07.2023 for Judicial<br>Officers under the<br>District<br>Judge<br>Establishment, MACT<br>Courts, Special Courts	No response	No response

"STATUS OF COMPLIANCE BY STATES TO THE JUDGMENT DATED 19.05.2023

4.	Bihar<br>(28.07.2023)	Issued<br>Resolution dated	etc.<br>For secretaries, DLSA<br>Finance has not been<br>sanctioned yet<br>(Pg.<br>43).<br>For judges under some<br>districts,<br>payments	No response	No response
		28.09.2022<br>revising the pay<br>scale (As per<br>Affidavit filed in<br>compliance<br>of<br>order<br>dated<br>27.07.2022).	have been made. For<br>few judicial officers in<br>Buxar,<br>Gaya,<br>Kishanganj, Nalanda,<br>Patna, Samastipur and<br>West<br>Champaran<br>payment is pending.<br>Also pending for some<br>officers<br>under<br>Revenue and Land<br>Reforms Department<br>(Pg. 49).
5.	Chhattisgarh<br>(29.-07.2023<br>and<br>15.09.2023)	Released<br>notification dt.<br>29.09.2022<br>revising the pay<br>w.e.f.<br>01.01.2016 (Pg.<br>No. 57)<br>and<br>Chhattisgarh<br>Lower<br>and<br>Higher<br>Judicial<br>Service<br>(Pay<br>Revision,<br>Pension<br>and<br>other<br>Retirement<br>Benefit) Rules,<br>2023 are also<br>framed.<br>(Pg. 64 @66).	Except 7, arrears of all<br>the judges have been<br>paid (Pg. No. 57)	Chhattisgarh<br>Lower<br>and<br>Higher<br>Judicial<br>Service<br>(Pay<br>Revision, Pension<br>and<br>other<br>Retirement<br>Benefit)<br>Rules,<br>2023 are framed<br>(Pg. 64@66).	No response
6.	Goa<br>(03.07.2023)	No response	Arrears have been paid.	No response	No response
7.	Gujarat<br>(20.11.2023)	Gujarat<br>Subordinate<br>Judicial Services<br>(Revision of Pay)<br>Rules,<br>2022<br>have<br>been<br>notified revising<br>the pay.	First instalment is paid<br>(As per Affidavit filed<br>in compliance of order<br>dated 27.07.2022).	Vide Resolution<br>dated<br>21.09.2023,<br>pension<br>has<br>been revised.	No response
8.	Haryana<br>(27.07.2023)	Haryana<br>Civil<br>Service (Judicial<br>Branch) and the<br>Haryana<br>Superior Judicial<br>Service Revised<br>Pay Rules, 2023<br>has<br>been<br>notified revising<br>pay<br>on<br>12.05.2023 (Pg.<br>151 @161).	Direction has been<br>issued for payment of<br>arrears of pay vide<br>Letter<br>dated<br>02.06.2023<br>(Pg.<br>168).	No response	No response
9.	Himachal<br>Pradesh	No response	No response	No response	No response
	10. Jammu<br>and<br>Kashmir	No response	No response	No response	No response
	11. Jharkhand	No response	No response	No response	No response

	12. Karnataka<br>(04.09.2023)	Issued GO dated<br>29.10.2022<br>revising the pay<br>(Pg. 218).	No response	GO<br>dated<br>24.08.2023 has<br>been<br>issued<br>revising pension<br>(Pg. 219).	Will be paid<br>after<br>adjusting the<br>interim<br>amount paid<br>to<br>officers<br>(Pg. 223).
	13. Kerala<br>(01.11.2023)	Pay has been<br>revised<br>vide<br>GOMS<br>No.<br>265/2022 dated<br>22.12.2022,<br>GOMs<br>No.<br>1575/2023<br>dt.<br>14.06.2023 and<br>GOMS<br>No.<br>1068/2023<br>dt.<br>24.04.2023 (Pg.<br>228).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid (Pg. 229).	GOMs<br>No.<br>109/2023<br>dt.<br>16.07.2023 has<br>been<br>issued<br>revising pension<br>(Pg. 222).	Majority of the<br>officers<br>have<br>been paid (Pg.<br>223).
	14. Madhya<br>Pradesh<br>(28.08.2023)	Madhya Pradesh<br>Judicial Services<br>(Revision of Pay,<br>Pension<br>and<br>other<br>Retirement<br>Benefits) Rules,<br>2022<br>have<br>issued revising<br>the pay w.e.f.<br>01.01.2016 (Pg.<br>287 @328).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid to the 1647<br>judicial officers out of<br>1945 judicial officers<br>(Pg. 287).	Rules<br>also<br>includes revised<br>pension<br>(Pg.<br>287 @328).	No response
	15. Maharashtra<br>(01.07.2023)	Issued<br>Govt.<br>Resolution dated<br>27.09.2022<br>revising the pay.<br>(As per Affidavit<br>filed<br>in<br>compliance<br>of<br>order<br>dated<br>27.07.2022).	50% payment has<br>been made. Funds<br>have<br>been<br>made<br>available by the State<br>Government for the<br>rest 50% (Pg. 356).	No response	No response
	16. Manipur<br>(17.11.2023)	Proposal<br>to<br>revise pay has<br>been approved<br>by<br>State<br>on<br>26.09.2023 (Pg.<br>359)	Payment of arrears<br>have been deferred<br>due to lack of financial<br>services (Pg. 360).	No response	No response
	17. Meghalaya	No response	No response	No response	No response
	18. Mizoram<br>(14.07.2023)	Govt.<br>issued<br>Notification<br>dt.<br>21.09.2022 to pay<br>revised pay w.e.f.<br>01.01.2016<br>(Pg.<br>365).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid (Pg. 365).	No response	No response
	19. Nagaland<br>(10.07.2023)	Notification dated<br>05.12.2022<br>is<br>issued revising pay<br>w.e.f. 01.01.2016<br>(Pg. 370).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid (Pg. 370).	Notification<br>dated<br>05.12.2022 also<br>includes revision<br>of pension (Pg.<br>370).	No response
	20. Odisha	No response	No response	No response	No response
21.	Punjab<br>(28.07.2023)	Notification dated<br>08.02.2023<br>has<br>been<br>issue<br>revising the pay.	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid.	No response	No response

	22. Rajasthan	No response	No response	No response	No response
23.	Sikkim<br>(17.11.2023)	Sikkim<br>Judicial<br>Service<br>(Amendment)<br>Rules, 2022 have<br>been<br>notified<br>revising the pay.<br>(As per Affidavit<br>filed in compliance<br>of order dated<br>27.07.2022).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid.	Sikkim<br>Judicial<br>Officers Pension<br>Rules, 2023 have<br>been<br>notified<br>revising<br>the<br>pension.	No response
	24. Tamil Nadu<br>(10.08.2023)	GOMs. 384 dt.<br>20.07.2023<br>has<br>been<br>issued<br>revising pay w.e.f.<br>01.01.2016<br>(Pg.<br>382@385).	Review<br>Petition<br>(Diary<br>No.<br>8247/2023)<br>is<br>pending against the<br>order<br>dt.<br>27.07.2022.<br>However,<br>directions<br>have been issued to<br>release arrears<br>(Pg.<br>382).	GOMs. 385 dt.<br>20.07.2023 has<br>been<br>issued<br>revising pension<br>for<br>officers<br>retiring on or<br>after<br>01.01.2016<br>(Pg. 393).	No response
	25. Telangana<br>(09.08.2023<br>and<br>22.11.2023)	Issued GO No. 111<br>dt. 22.10.2022 for<br>revision of pay (As<br>per Affidavit filed<br>in compliance of<br>order<br>dated<br>27.07.2022).	No response	GO 38 and 39<br>dt. 24.07.2023<br>has been issued<br>revising pension<br>and<br>gratuity<br>(Pg. 404@406<br>and 409).	No response
	26. Tripura<br>(21.09.2023)	Pay<br>has<br>been<br>revised<br>by<br>notification<br>dt.<br>30.09.2022 (As per<br>Affidavit filed in<br>compliance<br>of<br>order<br>dated<br>27.07.2022).	Arrears of pay have<br>been paid (Pg. 414).	Memo<br>dated<br>09.08.2023 and<br>14.08.2023<br>have<br>been<br>issued revising<br>pension<br>(Pg.<br>414@420 and<br>425).	Directions<br>have<br>been<br>issued<br>for<br>payment<br>of<br>arrears<br>(Pg.<br>415).
	27. Uttar Pradesh<br>(31.10.2023)	GO<br>dated<br>30.06.2023<br>and<br>07.07.2023 have<br>been<br>issued<br>revising the pay<br>(Pg. 432@438).	Arrears of 1505 Judicial<br>Officers out of 2723<br>Judicial Officers have<br>been paid. Remaining<br>1218 officers are not<br>paid for want of details<br>(Pg. 433).	Pension<br>has<br>been<br>revised<br>vide Office Memo<br>dated<br>11.09.2023 (Pg.<br>434@467).	No response
	28. Uttarakhand	No response	No response	Office<br>Memo<br>dated<br>08.09.2023 has<br>been<br>issued<br>revising pension<br>(Pg.<br>476@479).	No response
	29. West<br>Bengal<br>(02.08.2023)	Revised Pay is<br>being paid to the<br>serving<br>Judicial<br>Officers<br>(Pg.<br>493).	Arrears<br>hadditional<br>incrementave<br>been<br>paid to broadly all the<br>Judicial Officers (Pg.<br>493).	Revised pension<br>w.e.f.<br>01.07.2023 will<br>be implemented<br>within August,<br>2023 vide GOs<br>dt. 31.07.2023<br>(Pg.<br>494@500).	Steps<br>have<br>been taken by<br>the<br>State<br>Government<br>for payment<br>of arrears of<br>pension<br>(Pg.<br>495).

STATUS OF COMPLIANCE BY UNION TERRITORIES TO THE JUDGMENT DATED 19.05.2023

SL.	UT Name	Revised Pay	Arrears of Pay	Revised Pension	Arrears of<br>Pension
	Union of India<br>(08.2023)	Has granted sanction<br>to the UTs of J&K,	-	Has<br>granted<br>sanction to the UTs	-

		Delhi and Puducherry<br>on<br>08.08.2023.<br>Remaining UTs have<br>no cadres of their<br>own (Pg. 525).		of J&K, Delhi and<br>Puducherry<br>on<br>08.08.2023.<br>Remaining<br>UTs<br>have no cadres of<br>their own<br>(Pg.<br>525).
1.	Andaman and<br>Nicobar Islands	No response	Arrears have been paid.	No response	No response
2.	Chandigarh	No response	No response	No response	No response
3.	Dadra & Nagar<br>Haveli	No response	No response	No response	No response
4.	Daman & Diu	No response	No response	No response	No response
5.	Delhi<br>(09.10.2023)	Pay has been revised<br>(Pg. 94 @131).	Arrears have been paid<br>except those who are on<br>deputation (Pg. 95).	Under process (Pg.<br>95).	Arrears bill have<br>been<br>prepared<br>and<br>sent<br>for<br>release<br>of<br>payment<br>(Pg.<br>95).
6.	Lakshwadeep	No response	No response	No response	No response
7.	Puducherry<br>(13.10.2023)	Pay has been revised<br>as per GOMs No.<br>21/2022<br>dated<br>10.10.2022<br>except<br>the<br>Officers<br>on<br>deputation from the<br>Tamil Nadu State<br>Judicial Service (Pg.<br>179).	Arrears have been paid<br>to all Judicial Officers<br>except 3 Judicial Officers<br>who are on deputation<br>from the Tamil Nadu<br>State Judicial Service<br>(Pg. 177).	GO dt. 21.07.2023<br>have been issued<br>for payment of<br>revised<br>pension<br>w.e.f.<br>01.07.203<br>(Pg. 176).	Action is being<br>taken to disburse<br>the arrears of<br>pension<br>(Pg.<br>177)."

4 Despite the peremptory directions of this Court, it is apparent that the above States and Union Territories have not complied with the directions of this Court. Where arrears of pay have been paid, there has been no compliance in respect of pension. We, prima facie, are of the view that there has been a default and breach in compliance with the order of this Court warranting the initiation of contempt action against the State governments and Union Territories in default. However, in order to grant one last opportunity for compliance, we direct that compliance with the directions contained in the judgment dated 19 May 2023 shall be positively effected before 6 December 2023, failing which the Chief Secretaries of all the defaulting States or, as the case may be, the Union Territories shall remain personally present before this Court on the next date of listing, that is, 8 December 2023. In the event that compliance has been effected, compliance affidavits shall be filed on or before 6 December 2023 through the Standing Counsel. A copy each of the compliance affidavits shall also be forwarded to the amicus curiae who shall collate them in the form of a compilation.

• 5 We clarify that the direction for compliance before 6 December 2023 shall mean the actual crediting of the amounts payable to each judicial officer and, in the case of family pension to the surviving spouses, into their accounts.
• 6 A copy of the above order shall be served by the Registry forthwith on the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories as well as on the Standing Counsel for compliance.
• 7 List the proceedings on 8 December 2023.

Compliance on behalf of the High Courts

• 8 As regards the High Courts, three directions were issued by this Court, in its judgment dated 19 May 2023:

  • (i) The States/High Courts to take steps to re-designate the officers in conformity with the All India pattern;
  • (ii) The High Courts to revise norms regarding the grant of the first ACP of the Civil Judge (Junior Division) and if the delay in grant of ACP is beyond one year, one additional increment for every year of delay shall be granted; and
  • (iii) The posts of District Judge (Selection Grade) shall be increased to 30% of the cadre strength as against the existing 25%, and the District Judge (Super Time Scale) shall be increased to 15% of the cadre strength as against the existing 10% with effect from 1 January 2020.

• 9 Mr K Parameshwar, amicus curiae, has placed on the record a tabulated statement indicating the status of compliance. While most of the High Courts have taken necessary steps, it appears that the State governments are in the process of completing the process of notifying the rules as proposed by the High Courts. In certain cases, the High Courts are yet to complete the compliance at their end.

• 10 Based on the outer limit of 31 January 2024, we issue the following directions:

  • (i) All High Courts shall ensure compliance with the directions contained in the judgment dated 19 May 2023, as noted above by 31 December 2023;
  • (ii) The High Courts shall, within the aforesaid time frame, communicate the proposed amendments to the rules to the State governments/UTs; and
  • (iii) The State governments/UTs shall notify the rules by 31 January 2024.

IA 193331 of 2023

• 11 The IA has been filed by the High Court of Delhi.
• 12 In the judgment of this Court dated 19 May 2023, there was a direction that the posts of District Judges (Selection Grade) shall be increased to 35% of the cadre strength as against the existing 25% and the posts of District Judges (Super Time Scale) shall be increased to 15% of the existing strength as against the existing 10% with effect from 1 January 2020.
• 13 Mr K Parameshwar, amicus curiae, and Mr Rajshekhar Rao, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the High Court of Delhi, have drawn attention to the

observations in the Minutes of 8 August 2023 of the Committee constituted by the Full Court of the High Court of Delhi. The Committee has observed thus:

"... As would be evident from the orders issued in connection with the creation of the aforenoted posts, the pay scale has clearly been prescribed. It is in that backdrop that the number of posts in the Selection Grade and Super Time Scale may exceed the number of posts otherwise worked out in terms of the judgment in All India Judges Association. However, since those posts already stand created and included in the overall cadre, there would be no justification to either reduce or downgrade those posts for the following reasons.

We are of the considered view that the judgment in All India Judges Association did not intend to prescribe a maximum limit or cap when it entered the observations appearing in paragraphs 74 and 75. The clear intent of AII India Judges Association is to ensure that the benefit of Selection Grade and Super Time Scale actually reaches the maximum number of officers of the District Judiciary before they attain the age of superannuation and exit service. The intent of the directions embodied in that decision are clearly aimed at the extension of benefits as opposed to existing holders being deprived of the same..."

• 14 The Committee of the High Court has, with respect, correctly interpreted the frame of the directions issued by this Court on 19 May 2023. The object of the directions is not to impose a cap, but to ensure that at least a threshold for extension of benefits of the Selection Grade and Super Time Scale in the cadre of District Judges is given to prevent stagnation. The High Court is, therefore, permitted to take necessary steps accordingly by seeking the amendment of the Schedule appended to the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules 1970.
• 15 The IA is accordingly disposed of.

IA No 170936 of 2023

superannuation of judicial officers working in the State of Telangana so as to bring it in line with Section 3 (1A) of the Telangana Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act 1984.

• 17 Mr Anish R Shah, counsel appearing on behalf of the High Court of Telangana, submits that since the State government has increased the age of retirement of government officials from 60 to 61 years, the High Court may be permitted to make suitable amendments to the Telangana Stage Judicial Service Rules.
• 18 Permission as sought by the High Court of Telangana is granted and the IA is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (I).
• 19 We clarify that the IA which has been moved by the High Court of Telangana is being allowed since the increase in the age of retirement would be beneficial to the judicial officers.
• 20 The IA is disposed of.

Recommendations of Second National Judicial Pay Commission

• 21 The Second National Judicial Pay Commission has, inter alia, made recommendations in Part II titled as 'permanent mechanism', on the need to set up a permanent mechanism for reviewing the pay scales and conditions of service of judicial officers, Part III which is titled 'supplemental report' and Part IV which deals with 'work methods and work environment'.
• 22 The response of the High Courts, the State Governments and the Union of India on Parts II, III and IV would be necessary. We accordingly issue notice to the High

Courts, the State Governments and the Union of India, returnable on 19 January 2024.

• 23 The submissions which are sought to he made in respect of the above three parts of the report of the SNJPC shall be filed on or before 31 December 2023 in the electronic form with copies to Mr K Parameshwar, amicus curiae.
• 24 Service of notice shall be effected in addition on the Standing Counsel for the State Governments, the Central Agency and the Standing Counsel for the High Courts, where available.
• 25 Mr K Parameshwar, amicus curiae is permitted to circulate a questionnaire on continuing judicial education. The Registrars General of the High Court shall submit their responses to the questionnaire independently to the Amicus Curiae, which shall be duly tabulated.

Payment of Pension

• 26 The issue whether the payment of pension to judicial officers purely on the basis of Contributory Pension Scheme would be consistent with the norms of financial dignity and independence of judicial officers would merit consideration.
• 27 Notice has already been issued to all the State Governments/Union Territories and the Union of India.
• 28 Mr K Parameshwar, amicus curiae states that the responses have been filed and he would be preparing a tabulated statement indicating in brief the nature of responses.
• 29 The proceeding in respect of payment of pension shall be listed on 19 January 2024 at 2 pm for considering the above aspect, whereas the proceeding in

respect of allowances shall be listed on 29 November 2023.

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) DEPUTY REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR