The matter relates to a PIL filed by the Tamil Nadu Judicial Ministerial Officers Association, seeking a direction to the state government to pay compensatory allowance to the staff attending Lok Adalats on holidays.
On another issue in the petition on allotting government houses to judicial staff, the Housing and Urban Development department had also filed a separate affidavit on the matter.
The Additional Advocate General had clarified that the scheme, earmarked only to accommodate government servants, implied that it will also include the judicial staff and thus 15 per cent of the accommodation would be reserved for them.
The affidavit further read that necessary orders shall be passed before the end of the calendar year.
The bench had then directed that priority be given to judicial staff in the matter of allotting government houses.
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