Lok Sabha Question No. 2163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Vacancy in Lower Judiciary
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2163 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2025

## VACANCY IN LOWER JUDICIARY

## 2163.   SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

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

- (a)  the  total  number of sanctioned posts for judicial officers in District
- and Sub-ordinate Courts across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the total number of vacancies of judges in District and Sub-ordinate Courts, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the total number of sanctioned posts for grade three and grade four employees separately in District & Sub-ordinate Courts and High courts, respectively, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the total number of vacancies of said employees separately in District
- & Sub-ordinate Courts and High courts, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the total number of pending cases in District Courts during the last
- five years, State/UT-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a) to (d): The details of sanctioned strength, working strength and vacancy position  of  judicial  officers  in  District  and  Subordinate  Courts,  as  on 28.07.2025 are at Annexure-I .

As  regards  details  of  sanctioned  strength  and  vacancies  against  the posts of grade three and grade four employees in District  and Sub-ordinate Courts and High courts, this data is not maintained centrally.

(e): The  detail  of  cases  pending  in  District  Courts  across  the  country during the last five years, State/UT-wise and year-wise are at Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE-I

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2163 FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2025 REGARDING 'VACANCY IN LOWER JUDICIARY.

## Posts of Judicial Officer in District and Subordinate Courts as on 28.07.2025

| Sl. NO.         | State/UTs                 | Sanctioned Strength   | Working Strength   | Total Vacancy   |
|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| 1.              | Andhra Pradesh            | 639                   | 574                | 65              |
| 2.              | Arunachal Pradesh         | 44                    | 39                 | 5               |
| 3.              | Assam                     | 485                   | 461                | 24              |
| 4.              | Bihar                     | 2022                  | 1679               | 343             |
| 5.              | Chandigarh                | 30                    | 30                 | 0               |
| 6.              | Chhattisgarh              | 663                   | 465                | 198             |
| 7.              | D &NHaveli and Daman &Diu | 7                     | 6                  | 1               |
| 8.              | Delhi                     | 897                   | 788                | 109             |
| 9.              | Goa                       | 50                    | 40                 | 10              |
| 10.             | Gujarat                   | 1720                  | 1185               | 535             |
| 11.             | Haryana                   | 781                   | 661                | 120             |
| 12.             | Himachal Pradesh          | 179                   | 160                | 19              |
| 13.             | Jammu and Kashmir         | 322                   | 272                | 50              |
| 14.             | Jharkhand                 | 707                   | 501                | 206             |
| 15.             | Karnataka                 | 1394                  | 1167               | 227             |
| 16.             | Kerala                    | 614                   | 579                | 35              |
| 17.             | Ladakh                    | 17                    | 10                 | 7               |
| 18.             | Lakshadweep               | 4                     | 4                  | 0               |
| 19.             | Madhya Pradesh            | 2028                  | 1669               | 359             |
| 20.             | Maharashtra               | 2190                  | 1940               | 250             |
| 21.             | Manipur                   | 62                    | 49                 | 13              |
| 22.             | Meghalaya                 | 99                    | 57                 | 42              |
| 23.             | Mizoram                   | 74                    | 45                 | 29              |
| 24.             | Nagaland                  | 34                    | 24                 | 10              |
| 25.             | Odisha                    | 1043                  | 835                | 208             |
| 26.             | Puducherry                | 38                    | 26                 | 12              |
| 27.             | Punjab                    | 811                   | 716                | 95              |
| 28.             | Rajasthan                 | 1683                  | 1506               | 177             |
| 29.             | Sikkim                    | 35                    | 23                 | 12              |
| 30.             | Tamil Nadu                | 1375                  | 1240               | 135             |
| 31.             | Telangana                 | 560                   | 445                | 115             |
| 32.             | Tripura                   | 133                   | 106                | 27              |
| 33.             | Uttar Pradesh             | 3700                  | 2675               | 1025            |
| 34.             | Uttarakhand               | 298                   | 270                | 28              |
| 35.             | West Bengal               | 1105                  | 875                | 230             |
| 36. Andaman and | Nicobar                   |                       |                    |                 |
| TOTAL           | TOTAL                     | 25,843 21,122         | 25,843 21,122      | 4,721           |

Source: MIS portal of Department of Justice (DoJ)

## ANNEXURE-II

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2163 FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2025 REGARDING 'VACANCY IN LOWER JUDICIARY.

## Pending Cases in District and Subordinate Courts

| Sl. No   | States                             | Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2020   |   Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2021 |   Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2022 |   Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2023 |   Pendency of Cases as on 31.12.2024 | *Pendency of Cases as on 28.07.2025   |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 649157                               |                               785379 |                               841998 |                               876689 |                               893993 | 899526                                |
| 2        | Telangana                          | 691646                               |                               790360 |                               841405 |                               873848 |                               907392 | 954794                                |
| 3        | Andaman &Nicobar                   | 9839                                 |                                 9321 |                                 9234 |                                 9950 |                                10407 | 8299                                  |
| 4        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 12651                                |                                14318 |                                15923 |                                16556 |                                15335 | 10263                                 |
| 5        | Assam                              | 360753                               |                               415024 |                               485455 |                               445759 |                               491720 | 546047                                |
| 6        | Bihar                              | 3016743                              |                              3276696 |                              3464725 |                              3609527 |                              3716100 | 3658281                               |
| 7        | Chandigarh                         | 70633                                |                                72384 |                                89254 |                               104116 |                               120210 | 103495                                |
| 8        | Chhattisgarh                       | 331849                               |                               381984 |                               414839 |                               414463 |                               417325 | 433967                                |
| 9        | Delhi                              | 1018642                              |                              1231373 |                              1440549 |                              1359103 |                              1527969 | 1558494                               |
| 10       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 6281                                 |                                 6523 |                                 6733 |                                 7305 |                                 7740 | 8298                                  |
| 11       | Goa                                | 58967                                |                                59414 |                                56319 |                                57195 |                                59190 | 59962                                 |
| 12       | Gujarat                            | 1917992                              |                              1952262 |                              1725939 |                              1547276 |                              1528794 | 1648509                               |
| 13       | Haryana                            | 1101330                              |                              1313881 |                              1496883 |                              1533521 |                              1489585 | 1506784                               |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 420891                               |                               464892 |                               483642 |                               578246 |                               631442 | 673692                                |
| 15       | Jammu& Kashmir                     | 198771                               |                               216245 |                               272543 |                               247244 |                               266146 | 335513                                |
| 16 17    | Ladakh Jharkhand                   | 427130                               |                               490905 |                               504697 |                               524241 |                               521274 | 1417 554553                           |
| 18       | Karnataka                          | 1709220                              |                              1780802 |                              1864827 |                              1925330 |                              2060206 | 2210048                               |
| 19       | Kerala                             | 2089289                              |                              2089147 |                              1991193 |                              1851414 |                              1750373 | 1745154                               |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 1727293                              |                              1920613 |                              2008566 |                              2023950 |                              2052363 | 2037995                               |
| 21       | Maharashtra                        | 4504573                              |                              4800895 |                              4953521 |                              5131895 |                              5510544 | 5803555                               |
| 22       | Manipur                            |                                      |                                 8183 |                                 7590 |                                 8125 |                                 7615 | 13785                                 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                          | 6957 15830                           |                                16010 |                                15014 |                                14136 |                                13227 | 15632                                 |
| 24       | Mizoram                            | 6338                                 |                                 6304 |                                 5620 |                                 6113 |                                 6480 | 6645                                  |
| 25       | Nagaland                           | 4206                                 |                                 4569 |                                 4443 |                                 3923 |                                 3881 | 3583                                  |
| 26       | Orissa                             | 1592250                              |                              1789677 |                              1826100 |                              1873312 |                              1920825 | 1693114                               |
| 27       | Puducherry                         | 33470                                |                                32998 |                                31868 |                                32086 |                                33352 | 35406                                 |
| 28       | Punjab                             | 843791                               |                               945609 |                               923581 |                               875009 |                               863867 | 891601                                |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          | 1947688                              |                              2162774 |                              2272463 |                              2422125 |                              2455623 | 2324222                               |
| 30       | Sikkim                             | 1455                                 |                                 1616 |                                 1696 |                                 1523 |                                 1659 | 1797                                  |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                         | 1263758                              |                              1331944 |                              1387919 |                              1375098 |                              1386582 | 1573944                               |
| 32       | Tripura                            | 44654                                |                                43096 |                                40661 |                                43526 |                                43098 | 55999                                 |
| 33       | U.T of Lakshadweep                 | 453                                  |                                  470 |                                  540 |                                  512 |                                  535 | 521                                   |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 8781104                              |                              9966606 |                             10986875 |                             11147755 |                             11486655 | 11394105                              |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                        | 249350                               |                               287204 |                               308694 |                               331002 |                               328911 | 324441                                |
| 36       | West Bengal                        | 2170788                              |                              2384020 |                              2512418 |                              2698188 |                              2923585 | 3576183                               |
|          | Total                              | 37285742                             |                             41053498 |                             43293727 |                             43970061 |                             45454003 | 66669624                              |

*National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)