Lok Sabha Question No. 5050 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Vacancies in Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5050 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

VACANCIES IN LABOUR COURTS

## 5050. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether  some  posts  of  presiding  officers  and  judges  are  lying vacant  in  various  Labour  Courts  and  Tribunals  in  the  country including North Eastern States;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c)the time by which these posts are likely to be filled up?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) to (c): As per the provisions of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Central  Government  has  set  up  twenty-two  (22)  Central  Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) in various states  for  resolution  of  industrial  disputes  arising  in  Central  Sphere. Out  of  these,  two  CGIT-cum-LCs  one  at  Mumbai  and  the  second  at Kolkata also function as National Industrial Tribunals (NITs). A list of vacancy position of Presiding Officer in CGIT-cum-LCs, is at Annexure.

As  per  prescribed  procedure,  the  Ministry  has  already initiated the process for filling up the post Presiding Officers at CGITcum-Labour Courts.

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## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha USQ No. 5050 to be answered on 26.3.2018.

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## List of Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) and National Industrial Tribunals (NITs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of CGIT-cum-LC   | Vacancy Position of Presiding Officer   | Remarks                                                                                                              |
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Mumbai I              | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 17.7.2017 due to resignation of Presiding Officer                                                       |
|         2 | Mumbai II             | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|         3 | Dhanbad I             | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 22.1.2018 on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer                                                  |
|         4 | Dhanbad II            | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 1.10.2015 on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer                                                  |
|         5 | Asansol               | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|         6 | Kolkata               | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|         7 | Chandigarh I          | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 1.9.2017 on resignation of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, CGIT, Delhi-I              |
|         8 | New Delhi I           | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|         9 | Kanpur                | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|        10 | Jabalpur              | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 15.8.2017 on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, Bhubaneswar      |
|        11 | Chennai               | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 11.09.2017 on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, CGIT, Mumbai-II |
|        12 | Bangalore             | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 5.12.2017 on resignation of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, CGIT, Hyderabad           |
|        13 | Hyderabad             | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|        14 | Nagpur                | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|        15 | Bhubaneswar           | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|        16 | Lucknow               | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|        17 | Jaipur                | Vacant                                  | 1.1.2018 on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, Ahmedabad                      |
|        18 | New Delhi II          | Vacant                                  | Vacant from 27.06.2017 on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, CGIT,Delhi-I     |
|        19 | Guwahati              | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|        20 | Ernakulam             | Vacant                                  | Vacant since 17.12.2017on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, CGIT, Mumbai-II  |
|        21 | Ahmedabad             | Filled                                  |                                                                                                                      |
|        22 | Chandigarh II         | Vacant                                  | Vacant from 05.11.2017 on completion of tenure of Presiding Officer. Additional charge given to PO, CGIT, Delhi-I    |

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