Cuttack/New Delhi: In an unusual move, an
additional judge of the Orissa High Court has been relegated
as a judge of a lower court.
The full bench of the Orissa High Court has decided to
send L K Mishra back to his parent cadre and appoint him as
Kalahandi district judge at the end of his two-year tenure
as an additional judge of the High Court.
"Since no recommendation for his (Mishra's)
appointment as permanent judge of the High Court or any
communique for extension of his tenure as additional judge was
received after completion of his tenure (which ended on
January 16), the full bench decided to send him back to his
original cadre," Acting Chief Justice of Orissa Justice I M
Quddusi said.
He, however, refused to comment on why Mishra's name
was not recommended for appointment as a permanent judge of
the High Court.
Justice Quddusi said that Mishra could be again
elevated to the bench as an additional judge if his name
is recommended for the post.
Sources in the Union Law Ministry in Delhi said an
additional judge can be reverted back to the state judicial
service cadre if his or her services are not confirmed.
Mishra, along with Justice B K Patel, was appointed as
additional judge of the High Court on January 17, 2008 for a
tenure of two years.
On January 14, Justice Patel was sworn-in as a
permanent judge of the High Court after his warrant of
appointment was received from the President of India.
However, no communique of appointment or extension was
received with regard to Mishra.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 18:52