<p>Pointing at several vacant posts of high court judges and tribunal chairpersons, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged the government is not able to fill these vacancies as it is looking for people who sympathise with its "retrograde" philosophy and ideology.</p>.<p>"Out of 1,080 sanctioned posts of HC judges, 416 are vacant. There is a huge number of vacancies in Tribunals. Posts of Chairperson of several Tribunals are vacant! They include DRT, NCLAT, TDSAT etc " the former Union minister said.</p>.<p>He questioned why the Modi government which is ensconced in office for seven years is not able or willing to fill these vacancies.</p>.<p>Chidambaram asserted that the country is not short of lawyers and judges qualified to fill these posts.</p>.<p>"The REAL reason is the government is looking for persons who will sympathise with its retrograde philosophy and ideology," he said in a series of tweets. </p>
<p>Pointing at several vacant posts of high court judges and tribunal chairpersons, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged the government is not able to fill these vacancies as it is looking for people who sympathise with its "retrograde" philosophy and ideology.</p>.<p>"Out of 1,080 sanctioned posts of HC judges, 416 are vacant. There is a huge number of vacancies in Tribunals. Posts of Chairperson of several Tribunals are vacant! They include DRT, NCLAT, TDSAT etc " the former Union minister said.</p>.<p>He questioned why the Modi government which is ensconced in office for seven years is not able or willing to fill these vacancies.</p>.<p>Chidambaram asserted that the country is not short of lawyers and judges qualified to fill these posts.</p>.<p>"The REAL reason is the government is looking for persons who will sympathise with its retrograde philosophy and ideology," he said in a series of tweets. </p>