Punjab and Haryana High Court orders transfer and posting of about 180 judicial officials

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 26

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the transfer and postings of about 180 judicial officials in the states of 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 high court went into restrictive functioning mode in March last year following 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 Gurugram. Puneesh Jindia has been posted from Rohtak to Chandigarh as member secretary, state legal service authority, UT Aradhana Sawhney, Additional Legal Remembrancer, has been posted as District and Sessions Judge at Jind.

Yashvir Singh Rathore has been posted as District and Sessions Judge at Faridabad. UT Legal Remembrancer Phalit Sharma also has been posted as Additional District and Sessions Judge at Gurugram. The orders will come into force from April 1.