Women employees have outnumbered men in Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service. Out of the sanctioned strength of 25,001 employees, the working strength across all 32 judicial districts in the State was only 20,118 and among them 10,411 (51.74%) were women and only 9,707 (48.26%) were men as on December 31, 2021.
Data released by the Madras High Court reveals there were more women employees in Group B, C and D posts though men continue to dominate in top level Group A posts. While the sanctioned strength of Group A posts was 67, the working strength was 59 (40 male and 19 female) and the rest of eight posts were lying vacant.
The situation was completely different in Group B posts where out of 2,303 sanctioned posts, 1,923 (1,056 female and 867 male) were occupied and the rest of 380 were vacant. Similarly, out of 15,989 sanctioned posts in Group C, 12,369 (6,314 female and 6,055 male) were occupied and the rest of 3,620 posts were lying vacant.
