14 Districts, 415 Judicial Officers and 29 Deputations

High Court of Kerala
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By Nebil Nizar/myidnebil@gmail.com

Thiruvananthapuram: The High Court of Kerala answering a query under Right to Information Act informed this blogger that, out of 415 Judicial Officers in the State of Kerala, 23 District Judges, 5 Sub Judges and 1 Munsiff Magistrate, are on Deputation.

The total number of District Judges (including Additional District Judges, Fast Track DJs, Wakf Tribunals, Motor Accident Claim Tribunals and Special Judges) is 134, Sub Judge/ Chief Judicial Magistrate is 71 and Munsiff/ Magistrate are 210.

Out of the 23 District Judges on Deputation, four amongst them are serving in New Delhi, one at Bhopal and one at Chennai. Out of 5 Sub Judges/Chief Judicial Magistrate on Deputation, one is serving at Jabalpur.

Given below is the list of officers belonging to Kerala Subordinate Judiciary on deputation


District Judges on Deputation

1.       Sri. B Kemal Pasha- Registrar General, High Court of Kerala.

2.       Sri. S Jagadees- Registrar (Subordinate Judiciary), High Court of Kerala.

3.       Sri. Venu Karunakaran- Registrar (Recruitment and Computerization), High Court of Kerala.

4.       Sri. K Abraham Mathew- Registrar (Vigilance), High Court of Kerala.

5.       Sri. A.M Babu- Director, Kerala Judicial Academy.

6.       Sri. B.G Hareendranath- Additional Director, Kerala Judicial Academy.

7.       Sri. C.P Ramaraja Prema Prasad- Law Secretary, Government of Kerala.

8.       Sri. N Anilkumar- Legal Advisor and Disciplinary Enquiry Officer, Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), Thiruvananthapuram.

9.       Sri. George Oomen- Chairman, Agricultural Income Tax and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ernakulam.

10.   Sri. M K Kuttikrishnan- Judicial Member, Agricultural Income Tax and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Palakad

11.   Sri. K.M Balachandran- Tribunal for Local Self Government Institutions, Thiruvananthapuram.

12.   Sri. George Mathews (Sr.)- Kerala Co-operative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram.

13.   Sri. K Balasubramaniyan- Chairman, Munnar Special Tribunal, Munnar.

14.   Sri. S S Vassan- Registrar, Kerala Lok Ayukta.

15.   Sri. K Sathyan- Director, ADR Center, High Court of Kerala.

16.   Sri. P Mohandas- Member Secretary, Kerala Legal Service Authority (KELSA), Ernakulam.

17.   Sri. T.V Anil Kumar- Registrar, Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram.

18.   Sri. K Raveendra Babu- Presiding Officer, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Chennai.

19.   Sri. K Ashokan- Presiding Officer, Debt Recovery Tribunal, New Delhi.

20.   Sri. U Sarathchandran- Member Secretary, National Legal Service Authority (NALSA), New Delhi.

21.   Sri. K Sasidharan- Registrar (Academic Programmes), National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.

22.   Sri. Ashok Menon- Registrar, Competition Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi.

23.   Sri. Sunil Thomas- Registrar, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.

Sub Judge/ Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) on Deputation

1.       Sri. S.V Unnikrishnan Nair- Joint Secretary (Suits), Law Department, Government of Kerala.

2.       Sri. K Ananthakrishna Navada-Deputy Director, Kerala Judicial Academy.

3.       Smt. M.G Padmini- Presiding Officer, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Jabalpur

4.       Sri. K.S Sarathchandran- Deputy Registrar, Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, Thiruvananthapuram.

5.       Sri. K.J Arby- Deputy Registrar, Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench.

Munsiff/ Magistrate on Deputation

1.       Sri. P.K Mohandas- Assistant Director, Kerala Judicial Academy.