Report No. 114

5.14. Selection of the Presiding Judge.-

The mode of selection of the Panchayati Raj Judge should not present any difficulty. As he is to be drawn from the cadre of Munsif Magistrate/Civil Judge (Jr. Division), Judicial Magistrate, First Class, for the time being the same method of selection will apply which the Commission is informed, is that the selection is done by the State Public Service Commission in which a Judge nominated by the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court participated. For the time being, the same method may be adopted. As the proposed forum requires to be established in such manner as to generate confidence in the litigants coming before it, it is desirable that a Member of the State Judicial Service at the lowest level with three years experience should be selected for this cadre. The selection must be made by the High Court.