The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to inform it on the steps taken to fill vacancies in the State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA).
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M.S. Karnik was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by activist Medha Patkar seeking a direction to fill the vacant posts in the SPCA to provide adequate and timely release of funds, necessary facilities including website, to remove anomaly in the pay scale and allowance to its chairperson and members, and further provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for its smooth functioning, etc
The court noted, “In every public body we find there are vacancies … every week a fresh petition is filed saying there are vacancies.”
To reply in 3 weeks
The Bench directed the SPCA and the State government to file a reply in three weeks on what steps were taken to recruit people for the vacant posts in the Authority.
The PIL mentions, “The SPCA was set up in June 2014, and out of the 25 posts, the posts of only chairman and the member-secretary were filled by regular appointment. The posts of the remaining members are yet to be filled by the government.”
