The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday set a deadline of six weeks for holding the main examination to fill 205 posts of assistant public prosecutor (APP)-cum-assistant government pleader (AGP), and announcement of the exam results.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Ashok S. Kinagi issued the direction while hearing a PIL petition, which was initiated suo motu by the court in September 2019, on the issue of delay in the conduct of the trial in criminal cases due to a large number of vacancies in various posts of prosecutor. The court had found that 40% of the posts of prosecutor was lying vacant in 2019.
The Bench noted that the process of selection of candidates for the 205 posts, initiated way back in 2019, is yet to be completed, and declined to grant more time to the government to complete the examination.
