Major rejig: High Court shifts 180 judicial officers in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, March 26

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the transfer and postings of 180 judicial officials in Punjab and Haryana. The transferred officers include district and sessions judges.

In all, 79 judicial officers of the Haryana Superior Judicial Services, including six district and session judges, and 73 additional district and sessions judge-rank officers have been transferred in Haryana. In Punjab, 97 judges have been transferred. This is the first major administrative reshuffle ever since the HC went into restrictive functioning mode in March last year following the Covid outbreak. The major transfers include District and Sessions Judges Gurbir Singh from Ludhiana to Chandigarh, Munish Singal from Moga to Ludhiana, Harpreet Kaur Randhawa from Tarn Taran to Amritsar and Kanwaljit Singh Bajwa from Pathankot to Nawanshahr. In Haryana, District and Sessions Judge Deepak Gupta has been transferred from Faridabad to Panchkula; Surya Partap Singh from Chandigarh has been transferred as District and Sessions Judge at Gurgaon. Puneesh Jindia has been posted from Rohtak to Chandigarh as member-secretary, State Legal Service Authority, UT. — TNS