Lok Sabha Question No. 230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-17
Subject: Vacancies in Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 230 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.07.2017

## VACANCIES IN LABOUR COURTS

## 230. SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  numerous  posts  are vacant in Labour courts/tribunals in the country;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether majority of these posts are in the backward areas;
- (d)if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)whether  the  Government  has  made  any  roadmap/timeline  in  this
- regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) to (d):   As  per  provisions  of  Industrial  Disputes  Act,  1947,  the Central  Government  has  set  up  22  Central  Government  Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) in various states for resolution of industrial disputes arising in Central Sphere. The details of vacancies in the CGIT-cum-LCs/NITs is given at Annexure-I.

- (e): Government has already initiated the process to fill up the vacancies.

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ANNEXURE - I Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 230 to be answered on 17.07.2017.

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

|         |                      |                | Vacancy Position   | Vacancy Position       | Vacancy Position   | Vacancy Position   | Vacancy Position   | Vacancy Position   |
|---------|----------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No. | Name of CGIT- cum-LC | State/U.T.     | Presiding Officer  | Secretary to the Court | P.A.               | UDC                | LDC                | MTS                |
| 1       | Mumbai I             | Maharashtra    | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  | 1                  |
| 2       | Mumbai II            | Maharashtra    | 0                  | 1                      | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 3       | Dhanbad I            | Jharkhand      | 0                  | 0                      | 1                  | 0                  | 1                  | 1                  |
| 4       | Dhanbad II           | Jharkhand      | 1                  | 0                      | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  | 3                  |
| 5       | Asansol              | West Bengal    | 0                  | 0                      | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 6       | Kolkata              | West Bengal    | 1                  | 1                      | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 7       | Chandigarh I         | Chandigarh     | 1                  | 1                      | 1                  | 0                  | 1                  | 3                  |
| 8       | New Delhi I          | Delhi          | 0                  | 0                      | 1                  | 1                  | 0                  | 2                  |
| 9       | Kanpur               | Uttar Pradesh  | 0                  | 0                      | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 10      | Jabalpur             | Madhya Pradesh | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 0                  | 2                  | 3                  |
| 11      | Chennai              | Tamil Nadu     | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  | 1                  |
| 12      | Bangalore            | Karnataka      | 0                  | 0                      | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 13      | Hyderabad            | Telangana      | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 0                  | 2                  | 1                  |
| 14      | Nagpur               | Maharashtra    | 1                  | 1                      | 1                  | 0                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| 15      | Bhubaneswar          | Odisha         | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  | 1                  |
| 16      | Lucknow              | Uttar Pradesh  | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 1                  | 1                  | 1                  |
| 17      | Jaipur               | Rajasthan      | 0                  | 0                      | 1                  | 1                  | 1                  | 1                  |
| 18      | New Delhi II         | Delhi          | 1                  | 1                      | 1                  | 1                  | 0                  | *                  |
| 19      | Guwahati             | Assam          | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | *                  |
| 20      | Ernakulam            | Kerala         | 0                  | 0                      | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | *                  |
| 21      | Ahmedabad            | Gujarat        | 0                  | 1                      | 1                  | 1                  | 0                  | *                  |
| 22      | Chandigarh II        | Chandigarh     | 0                  | 1                      | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  | *                  |
|         |                      | Total          | 5                  | 7                      | 13                 | 5                  | 12                 | 19                 |

| Mumbai I   | National Industrial Tribunal   |
|------------|--------------------------------|
| Kolkata    | National Industrial Tribunal   |

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