State to fill up vacancies in Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Committees

 

 

Finally, Maharashtra Government is filling up vacancies in Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) and Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) in various districts. The Government has invited applications for filling up total four vacancies of members of JJBs including two posts at Nagpur, and for filling up three positions of Chairpersons and 17 vacancies of members in CWCs. As per the official information, total eight posts of JJB members are there, including two each at Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Mumbai Suburban, and Sindhudurg. Of these eight, four -- one each at the above-mentioned places -- are to be filled up. The appointment to these posts will be for a period of three years.

 

There are total three posts of Chairperson of CWC vacant at Mumbai City-1, Mumbai City-2, and Kolhapur. Besides, 17 posts of CWC member are vacant including four each in Mumbai City-1 and Mumbai City-2, and one each at Amravati, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Gadchiroli, Sangli, Solapur, Kolhapur, Thane, and Dhule. Thus, total 20 posts in CWCs are to be filled up. The applicants should not hold any position in any political party’s office, and should have a clean character. Woman and Child Development Department has invited applications from eligible candidates for filling up these posts. For the past few years, the vacancies had resulted in delays in hearings of juveniles in conflict with law. In March 2020, Bombay High Court bench of the then acting Chief Justice Bhushan P Dharmadhikari and Justice Nitin R Borkar had passed direction while hearing a public interest litigation which claimed that the hearings of juveniles in conflict with law were getting delayed as the posts were vacant.