To, Date;
30th January 2015
Registrar General,
High Court of Punjab and Haryana,
Chandigarh.
Sub; Prohibition of using Government peons for
private work.
Sir,
1. It has come
to my notice that there is rampant misuse of government peons for private work
by Judges at all levels leading to scandalizing the administration of Courts
and lowering its dignity amounting to Criminal Contempt of Court.
2. The judges
are using government peons at their official residences. Since this is done by
senior judges hence lower level judges also follow this practice sincerely. To
enable government peons to work at home, official records are manipulated. And
for such small favor the judges subvert their independence to those peons. In
this way the vicious cycle of corruption continues ending up at last level of
the hierarchy.
3. Home Peon permissible under Rule 7 would not include Private cook, Private
gardener, Private Servant, Private sweeper, Private utencil cleaner, private
washer man, Private toilet cleaner etc. Home peon would mean peon to look after
government files at homes of judges.
4. The
instructions issued by the government of Punjab NO 3420-SII(3)-73 Dt 12.7.1973
are very clear on the subject. These instructions be circulated to all Judges
to enhance dignity and respect of Judiciary. The circulation be carried with a
rider that taking private work from government peons would amount to violation
of law by judges, scandalizing the administration of Courts and lowering its
dignity amounting to Criminal Contempt of Court.
5. Lastly Judges
also use official vehicles for personal work e.g. for sending their wards to
schools, visiting home, friends, relatives, kitties parties and the like. Such a
conduct be treated as corruption and offense involving moral turpitude.
KD Aggarwal
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