The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to inform it on the steps taken to fill vacancies in the State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA).
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M.S. Karnik was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by activist Medha Patkar seeking a direction to fill the vacant posts in the SPCA to provide adequate and timely release of funds, necessary facilities including website, to remove anomaly in the pay scale and allowance to its chairperson and members, and further provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for its smooth functioning, etc
The court noted, “In every public body we find there are vacancies … every week a fresh petition is filed saying there are vacancies.”
