Lok Sabha Question No. 3088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Vacancies in Labour Courts and Tribunals
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3088

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018

## VACANCIES IN LABOUR COURTS AND TRIBUNALS

3088. 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, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)the time by which these posts are likely to be filled up along with the steps taken/being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): 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 of Presiding Officers in the CGIT-cum-LCs/NITs is given at Annexure-I.
- (c): The  process  for  filling  up  the  vacant  posts  of  Presiding Officers has already been initiated.

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Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3088 to be answered on 31.12.2018.

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

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