Allahabad HC faces shortage of staff in govt advocate office, asks UP govt about steps on recruitment

PRAYAGRAJ (UP): (Mar 14) The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government as well as the advocate general to apprise it of the steps taken to expedite the recruitment process in the office of government advocate in the high court, saying shortage of staff is creating difficulty in proper assistance to the court.

A two-judge bench of justices Ajit Kumar and Swarupama Chaturvedi in its order dated February 26 directed that a proper affidavit be filed in the matter by the secretary concerned of the state government by the next date fixed, failing which the court will be compelled to take serious view of the matter.

Hearing a writ petition filed by a man named Subedar Yadav, the court observed, "Be it government or advocate general, if for shortage of staff or for any other inconvenience the state law officer/additional advocate general fails in making proper arrangement of files and resultantly the court is not able to hear the matters for want of proper assistance, it amounts to interference in the administration of justice."