Lok Sabha Question No. 1564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Vacant Posts of Judges in District Courts in UP
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1564 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 10 TH FEBRUARY, 2023

## VACANT POSTS OF JUDGES IN DISTRICT COURTS IN UP

## †1564. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  appointments  made  in  the  district  courts  in  Uttar  Pradesh  (UP) during the last five years, district-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  posts  of  judges  lying  vacant in  the  said  courts  of  UP  at  present, district-wise; and
- (c) the time since when these posts are lying vacant?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a): The information regarding details of appointments made in the District Courts of Uttar Pradesh of judicial officers, cadre-wise, in last five years, as provided by the High Court of Allahabad, is at Annexure-I .
- (b): As  per  information  provided  by  Allahabad  High  Court,  the  details  of  posts  of judges lying vacant, district-wise, in the District Courts of Uttar Pradesh at present is at Annexure-II .
- (c): As per information provided by Allahabad High Court, presently, there are 1124 Courts/Posts of Judicial  Officers  lying  vacant  in  the  District  Courts  of  Uttar  Pradesh. These  Courts/Posts  became  vacant  on  different  dates  due  to  various  reasons  such  as retirement, transfer, death etc. of the respective officer(s).

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Annexure-I

## Cadre-wise appointment  made  in  the  Uttar  Pradesh  Judicial  Services  in  last  five years.

| Appointments made in the year   | Cadre                    | Cadre                    | Cadre                                     | Cadre                                              | Total   |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------|
| Appointments made in the year   | Higher Judicial Services | Higher Judicial Services | Civil Judge (Senior Division) (Promotion) | Civil Judge (Junior Division) (Direct Recruitment) | Total   |
| Appointments made in the year   | Direct Recruitment       | Promotion                | Civil Judge (Senior Division) (Promotion) | Civil Judge (Junior Division) (Direct Recruitment) | Total   |
| 2018                            | 28                       | 186                      | 0                                         | 30                                                 | 244     |
| 2019                            | 70                       | 289                      | 175                                       | 580                                                | 1114    |
| 2020                            | 45                       | 67                       | 37                                        | 47                                                 | 196     |
| 2021                            | 28                       | 6                        | 8                                         | 140                                                | 182     |
| 2022                            | 0                        | 1                        | 4                                         | 0                                                  | 5       |

## Annexure-II District-wise detail consisting number of vacant Courts/Posts of Judicial Officers of Uttar Pradesh as on 06.02.2023

|   Sl. No. | Name of the District   |   No. of Vacant Courts/Posts |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | Agra                   |                           32 |
|         2 | Aligarh                |                           17 |
|         3 | Allahabad              |                           26 |
|         4 | Ambedkar Nagar         |                           12 |
|         5 | Amethi                 |                            6 |
|         6 | Amroha                 |                            6 |
|         7 | Auraiya                |                            8 |
|         8 | Azamgarh               |                           26 |
|         9 | Baghpat                |                            2 |
|        10 | Bahraich               |                           18 |
|        11 | Ballia                 |                           17 |
|        12 | BalramPur              |                           12 |
|        13 | Banda                  |                           12 |
|        14 | Barabanki              |                           12 |
|        15 | Bareilly               |                           18 |
|        16 | Basti                  |                           20 |
|        17 | Bhadohiat Gyanpur      |                           13 |
|        18 | Bijnor                 |                           10 |
|        19 | Badaun                 |                           20 |
|        20 | Bulandshahr            |                           18 |
|        21 | Chandouli              |                           11 |
|        22 | Chitrakoot             |                            8 |
|        23 | Deoria                 |                           20 |
|        24 | Etah                   |                           17 |
|        25 | Etawah                 |                           10 |
|        26 | Faizabad               |                           17 |
|        27 | Farrukhabad            |                           21 |
|        28 | Fatehpur               |                            9 |
|        29 | Firozabad              |                           11 |
|        30 | Gautam Buddha Nagar    |                           53 |
|        31 | Ghaziabad              |                           14 |
|        32 | Ghazipur               |                           26 |
|        33 | Gonda                  |                           20 |
|        34 | Gorakhpur              |                           19 |
|        35 | Hamirpur               |                           14 |
|        36 | Hapur                  |                            8 |

|   37. | Hardoi                 |   20 |
|-------|------------------------|------|
|    38 | Hathras                |   11 |
|    39 | Jalaun at orai         |   11 |
|    40 | Jaunpur                |   30 |
|    41 | Jhansi                 |   12 |
|    42 | Kannauj                |    9 |
|    43 | Kanpur Nagar           |   18 |
|    44 | Kasganj                |    2 |
|    45 | Kaushambi              |   10 |
|    46 | Kushinagar at padrauna |   20 |
|    47 | Lakhimpurkheri         |   17 |
|    48 | Lalitpur               |    7 |
|    49 | Lucknow                |   16 |
|    50 | Maharajganj            |   16 |
|    51 | Mahoba                 |    5 |
|    52 | Mainpuri               |   13 |
|    53 | Mathura                |   13 |
|    54 | Mau                    |   14 |
|    55 | Meerut                 |   21 |
|    56 | Mirzapur               |   14 |
|    57 | Moradabad              |   12 |
|    58 | Muzaffarnagar          |   17 |
|    59 | Pilibhit               |    8 |
|    60 | Pratapgarh             |   17 |
|    61 | Raebareli              |   14 |
|    62 | Ramabai Nagar          |   18 |
|    63 | Rampur                 |   12 |
|    64 | Saharanpur             |   14 |
|    65 | Sambhal                |    8 |
|    66 | Santkabir Nagar        |    9 |
|    67 | Shahjahanpur           |   13 |
|    68 | Shamli                 |    7 |
|    69 | Shravasti at Bhinga    |    3 |
|    70 | Siddharthnagar         |   12 |
|    71 | Sitapur                |   21 |
|    72 | Sonbhadra              |   15 |
|    73 | Sultanpur              |   16 |
|    74 | Unnao                  |   16 |
|    75 | Varanasi               |   30 |
|    76 | Total                  | 1124 |