Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered construction of court buildings with state-of-the-art facilities in 10 districts of the state, including Agra, Auraiya, Hapur, Kaushambi, Mahoba, Bahraich, Chandauli, and Hathras, among others.
The Public Works and Planning departments have been ordered to submit a detailed presentation for the construction of new court buildings within 15 days.
The chief minister said that the court buildings should be aesthetically pleasing and vertically oriented in order to save land. Additionally, these buildings should be built keeping the requirements in the next 25 to 30 years in mind, he added.
Directions have been issued that the new court buildings should have clean and airy rooms for judges, good chambers for advocates, a sizable library, a canteen, parking area and a seminar hall. The new court buildings would be developed as a model for the state and the nation as a whole, by making them fully equipped.
Moreover, the chief minister has also directed the officials to construct residential colonies for judges and other judicial officers and employees. All courts and registrar offices should be upgraded to 'e-offices', the chief minister said.
He also gave orders to complete the land acquisition process as soon as possible, adding that the newly acquired land should be free of any encumbrances or other issues.
The chief minister advised the officials to incorporate any attractive architectural feature found in any corner of the country into the design of the court buildings. “Visit the courts in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh in particular in this regard,” he directed them.
The design of the new court buildings can be divided into three categories: districts with a population of less than 25 lakh, 25-40 lakh, and districts with a population between 40 and 70 lakh. The chief minister asked the officials to complete all these works in mission mode and submit the action plan and the design within 15 days.
The chief minister also gave instructions for strict security arrangements at all the courts. Additionally, he directed the district magistrates and district police chiefs to hold meetings with the district judges on a regular basis.
These meetings will be held under the district judge and the presence of the district magistrate and superintendent of police/senior superintendent of police is mandatory.