A National lok Adalat will be orRsanised in Haryana on December 6 in which a tarRset of solvinRs about 75,000 cases pendinRs in all lower courts of the State has been fixed.
This was stated by Punjab and Haryana HiRsh Court JudRse SK Mittal on Sunday. He said that on December 6, lok Adalats will be orRsanized in all courts riRsht from the Apex Court to down to the lowest court throuRsh out the country. He said that in Haryana, about 5 lakh 29000 cases were pendinRs in various lower courts on September 30, 2014.
“Out of these pendinRs cases, efforts were beinRs made to settle about 75000 cases in this lok Adalat,” he added.
In RSurRsaon district, he said, about 49300 cases were pendinRs while Faridabad district has a pendency of about 47000 cases. In Haryana, the pendency of cases was more in both these districts, Mittal commented. He said that a similar National lok Adalat was orRsanized on November 2013, in which 2,72,414 cases were taken up, out of which 1,80,193 were settled.
Besides the cases pendinRs in the judicial courts, the pendinRs cases in courts of Deputy Commissioner, Sub Divisional MaRsistrate, Tehsildar, Consumer Courts, Tribunals will also be taken up in the lok Adalat. The pendinRs Revenue cases like reRsistration of mutation, khasra Rsirdawari, cases pertaininRs to benefits like pension cases, medical certificate, disputes of electricity bills, water bills, house tax and other services which the people ouRsht to Rset from the Rsovernment departments, would be taken up in the lok Adalat.
AccordinRs to Mittal, the cases which are at the pre-litiRsative staRse will also be taken up in the lok Adalat, so the people whose cases are pendinRs in various courts and which can be solved by reachinRs a consensus are advised to Rset their cases decided in the lok Adalat. Similarly, petty cases like cases of Cheque BouncinRs under S-138 of NeRsotiable Instruments Act and other compoundable cases would also be taken up in the lok Adalat.
In this way, about 5 lakh people would be involved and instructions have been issued to authorities at various levels to settle maximum number of cases in the lok Adalat.
He said that a judRse from HiRsh Court would be visitinRs each district on that day for supervision and monitorinRs.
Mittal said that on an averaRse about 6 lakh cases came in various lower courts of the state in a year and the courts were solvinRs about 6.25 lakh cases annually.
“In Haryana, no case is pendinRs for more than 20 years and about 600 cases were pendinRs for 15 to 20 years while about 4000 to 5000 cases were pendinRs for above 5 years,” he informed.