SC’s HR cell disposes of 15740 applications in six months
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Thursday reviewed the performance of last six months of Human Right Cell of the Supreme Court (SC) and directed the director general of the cell to ensure proper and timely compliance of the court directions.
The chief justice was informed that HR cell working under the direct supervision of his lordship, receives on average 2,500 applications per month. The backlog of applications in the HR Cell of apex court on 1 December, 2015 was 10,750 applications. As 14,893 new applications were instituted during the period from 1 December, 2015 to 31 May, 2016, the progressive total of pending applications came to 25,343 applications. Out of these, 15,740 applications were disposed of during the above mentioned period. The backlog on 31 May, 2016 remained 9,903 applications.
These applications included complaints from overseas Pakistanis regarding the delay in issuance of CNOP machine readable passports, illegal dispossession of properties, usurpation of inherited properties, lack of qualified professional legal advice and fraud etc. Moreover, action was also taken on individual complaints carrying public issues like flaws in public health care system, cases from police despotism, administrative anomalies, threats to minorities and their places of worship, cases of Karo Kari and Wani, and matters of non-payment of pension of retired employees. Overall, relief was provided to 62 per cent of the applications and frivolous applications were discouraged.
Showing his satisfaction, the chief justice directed the DG of the cell to ensure proper and timely compliance of the court directions by the public functionaries. He made a reference to the position that despite specific directions by the court, there are still frequent complaints of delay in the release of pension. He also directed the DG HR Cell to put up a draft proposal to check slackness by departments in such matters.
