Appoint judicial officers for speedy disposal of revenue

The Allahabad High Court today directed Uttar Pradesh government to appoint judicial officers for speedy adjudication disposal of revenue cases pendency of which had assumed alarming proportions in the state.
The order was passed by a division bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Yashwant Varma while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation filed by Yashpal Singh, a resident of Bijnore district in western UP.
While delivering its judgement, the court noted with concern that the Chairman of the Board of Revenue of UP had stated in his affidavit there were "as many as 6.03,916 revenue cases pending before revenue courts" across the state.

The court also observed that in his report, the District Judge of Bijnore had said presiding officers of revenue courts tended to "give priority to executive work due to which judicial work suffers" and hence "a separate cadre for revenue courts must be created in UP, appointees of which should be from judicial background only".
The court said that the state government should appoint "within six months" judicial officers to the posts of Additional Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner and Assistant Collector for "speedy adjudication and disposal of revenue cases in the state".