This is double the number of Lok Adalats functioning in the court at present.

All the courts in the High Court have been directed to dispose of the cases or appeals pending prior to 1988 on priority, said the Chief Justice while adding that a blue print of Samadhan 2009 is being chalked out.

“We are trying to find out as to which category of cases were among the maximum solved during Samadhan 2008. A state-level conference with all the judges will be held in order to prepare the format of Samadhan 2009,” said Justice Thakur.

In Samadhan 2008, conducted in December last year, more than two lakh cases in all the districts of Punjab and Haryana were disposed of by the judges.

Justice Thakur added that court rooms for six session judges, whose names have been recommended for elevation to the post of High Court judges, are being constructed.

The Chief Justice also made it clear that no more names will be sent for elevation of posts till adequate infrastructure (court rooms) is made available for more High Court judges.

On the controversy of declaration of assets by judges, the Chief Justice said the Judiciary should be “forthcoming” towards the issue. He added that the declaration should be made when one is elevated to the position of a High Court judge.

He further said that Parliament should come out with a law if the issue assumes high significance.

Thakur also added that a decision has been taken to fill all the vacancies in the Fast Track Courts of Punjab and Haryana.

The Chief Justice said that all the district courts of Punjab and Haryana have been directed to make a list of 200 of the oldest cases pending in their respective courts.

All the courts in a district court will prepare the list and dispose of the oldest cases on priority basis, added Thakur.