Works in various courts here were fully disrupted on Saturday as the Baleswar Bar Association members began a cease-work agitation to press for their demands.
The demands include establishment of a High Court Bench at Baleswar for north Odisha region, filling of vacant judicial posts and setting up of a State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), a Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) and office of the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) in Balasore .
“People from Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Bhadrak and Keonjhar are spending a lot of money and time in moving to the High Court in Cuttack. We have been demanding establishment of a HC Bench for more than 10 years. We will also continue holding cease-work on Monday. Then Bar will take a decision for next course of action,” said president Niranjan Panda.
Similarly, secretary Sambit Nandi lamented that as many as six judicial posts are lying vacant against strength of nine. These posts need to be filled up at the earliest.