J&K HC orders appointment of candidate as Munsiff

SRINAGAR, FEB 23 : J&K High Court has directed the government to appoint a candidate, Mudasir Bashir as Munsiff against a post that had fallen vacant after another candidate who had figured in the select list of Public Service Commission did not join.
A bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar directed J&K’s Law Department to write within two weeks a formal communication to PSC for forwarding the name of Mudasir Bashir and with its recommendation appoint him against the post that had fallen vacant.
The court asked PSC to conduct medical test of the petitioner and recommend his appointment as Munsif to the department of Law, if found fit.
“The Government shall issue the formal order of appointment of the petitioner as Munsiff within four weeks from the date of receipt of recommendations from the High Court,” the court said.
The petitioner had applied in terms of a notification dated 30 5 2018 issued by the PSC for the selection of 42 posts of Civil Judge /Munsiff.