Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena on Monday advised OJS probationers to work with truth, integrity and justice and maintain quality in judgment.
One-day training programme (exposure visit) for 51 Odisha Judicial Service (OJS) Probationers was held today at the Convention Centre, Lok Seva Bhawan.
The Chief Secretary attended the event as the chief guest in the training programme and focused upon the role of Judiciary in smooth discharge of the administrative system of the State .
Addressing the OJS probationers, Shri Jena shared about his long years of experience with the judiciary working in different districts as well as holding various important positions in the State’s Administration.
He also discussed the various challenges faced during the work and how those were resolved with the support of the judiciary. Jena also said that the role of the Judiciary is important as regards to implementation of various welfare schemes and policies of the Government. The trainees need to understand the importance of the judiciary philosophy, he pointed out.
“The poor and vulnerable people shall not be able to get proper justice if officers are influenced by power and money,” the Chief Secretary said.
He said that the OJS probationers going to join and shoulder responsibilities need to make decisions based on available records and data without being influenced by money & power. He advised the newly appointed Judicial Officers to maintain honesty and impartiality in their work.
At the outset, Dhaneshwar Mallik, Principal Secretary, Law, briefed about the Role of Law Department in the State Administration and the aim and objective of the training programme.
Special Secretary, GA&PG Department Himanshu Bhushan Panda proposed the vote of thanks and coordinated the programme in all the sessions.
In different sessions of this one-day exposure visit programme, OJS probationers were imparted training on Over view Rules of Business, Service Condition matters of Lok Seva Bhawan, Role and responsibility of Police functionaries in the legal process and steps in the filing of investigations and charge sheets, major public welfare programmes of the Government & work of Panchayati Raj institutions in the State, IT based programmes, 5T, Mo Sarkar, ‘management of Court cases, interface of Law department between State Government, etc.
Senior officials of the State Administration, Police Administration and Law Department imparted training in different sessions.
