The acting Chief Justice and judges of the High Court here today appealed to the judicial officers and employees to withdraw their "illegal" protest immediately in the larger interest of litigating public.
"If that does not happen, the High Court, may have to consider other options to ensure that the litigant public do not suffer," a press release from the Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad said.
"The acting Chief Justice (Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale) and companion Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad, once again, make an appeal to all judicial officers and employees to withdraw their illegal agitation/strike and start functioning immediately in the larger interest of litigating public, more particularly in the State of Telangana," the release said.
The High Court also made an appeal to "advocates at large to withdraw their strike and start attending courts leaving it to the High Court to deal with all issues/demands in accordance with law and as per due procedure," it said.
The appeal came in the wake of agitation by advocates and also judges of lower courts for bifurcation of the common High Court here, and against the provisional allocation of judicial officers between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Pledging solidarity with the agitating judges in Telangana, around 8,000 employees working in various courts and other judicial departments across the state today went on an indefinite strike, paralysing the functioning of courts.
The employees are seeking withdrawal of the list of provisional allocation of judicial officers between AP and Telangana and High Court bifurcation, among other demands.
The High Court had also suspended 11 judicial officers earlier on disciplinary grounds during the past four days.
Also, around 200 judges from Telangana are on a mass leave in protest against suspension of the 11 judicial officers amid the ongoing stir over the provisional allocation of judicial officers from Andhra Pradesh to Telangana courts.
