Hon’ble Mr. Justice Baldev Singh  retired as Judge from the Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh on 14.2.2007.  He joined as Member in the Punjab State Human Rights Commission at Chandigarh on 4.11.2008.  His appointment is for five years.  He will retire on 3.11.2013.

He was born at Barnala on 15.2.1945.  He graduated from S.D.College, Barnala, in the year 1963.  Then he passed his LL.B. Examination in 1965 from Law College in the Punjab University, Chandigarh.   He was below 21 years and had to wait for obtaining licence from the Bar Council of Punjab for starting practice, as the licence could not be granted before the age of 21 years.  After obtaining the licence in 1966, he practised in the Muffasil courts at Barnala for about 3 years.

He was recruited as Judicial Magistrate in the year 1970.  He had topped in the P.C.S. (Judicial) Examination and his first place of posting was Patiala.  Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harbans Singh was the then Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court.  He acquired the virtues of humility and simplicity from His Lordship,  which paid him rich dividends in his career.   Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhan(Judge of the apex Court) and Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.K.Sud (now Lok Ayukta, Haryana)  were his class fellows, who have left an indelible impression of their capabilities on his life.

He had a long tenure of service of more than 36 years.  He remained as Member of the Superior Judicial Service from 1992 onwards.  He worked as District & Sessions Judge from 1999 to 2004 in the Sessions Divisions at Kapurthala, Chandigarh (District & Sessions Judge, Vigilance (Punjab),  in the Punjab &  Haryana High Court), and at Ludhiana.  He was elevated as Judge of the High Court on 5.11.2004.

His father S. Balwant Singh was an Advocate who died after doing practice for more than 50 years.  He had obtained his M.A. and LL.B. Degrees from  Aligarh Muslim University.  He was famous for his deep knowledge for Urdu and Persian literature.

He has an aptitude for English literature.  According to him, happiness comes in the life of every one sooner or later.  He admires the poet, who said  “happiness often sneaks through a door, you did’nt know was left open.”

He enjoys life which is full of contentment.

Sh.L.R. Roojam, Member

After obtaining degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1966 and Master of Arts in Political Science in 1968 from Punjab University, Chandigarh, on selection by the Punjab Public Service Commission, he joined as a Lecturer in Political Science in Government College, Gurdaspur in October 1969. In 1970, he appeared in PCS (Judicial) Examination and was successful in the first attempt itself. He joined in Judicial Department in August 1972. In 1973, he appeared in IAS & Allied Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission and was successful in the written examination for the mains and after interview he was offered Gazetted Class-I post in the Indian Ordinance & Factory Services. During the long tenure in the Judicial Service, he worked as Judicial Magistrate, Rent Controller, Guardian Judge, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Senior Sub Judge. In August 1992 he was promoted to Superior Judicial Service, and thereafter, he worked as Member Secretary with the Punjab Legal Services Authority, Presiding Officer of Labour Court, Jalandhar and Legal Advisor with the Punjab State Electricity Board. For over a year he remained posted as Additional District & Sessions Judge as Incharge of the Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib. In October 1999, he was designated as District & Session Judge and posted at Hoshiarpur where In worked for over three years. During this tenure, as per the directions, he has a proud privilege to organize National level Lot Adalat and Seminar which was presided over by His Lordship Mr.Justice B.N. Kirapl, the then Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and Hon’ble Justice Mr. Ashok Bhan, Judge of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. This occasion was graced by the Hon’ble Chief Judtice, Punjab & Haryana High court and almost all Judges of Punjab & Haryana High court, District & Sessions Judges, Civil Judges (Senior Divisions), Chief Judicial Magistrates and legal luminaries which created history of the sorts in the region. Thereafter, he also worked as District & Sessions Judge, Rupnagar, District & Sessions Judge (Vigilance), Punjab, High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh and after superannuation on 31.3.2004 he worked as President, District Consumer Disputed Redressal Forum, Bathinda, President, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ropar and at the time of joining the present assignment he was working as President, District Consumer Disputes Forum- II, Chandigarh. He joined as Member, Punjab State Human Rights Commission on 04-11-2008 for the full term of five years.

Date of Birth :   19^th June 1947 in Rajasthan.

Started his primary education in the then dusty backward town of Kota.Stood 5^th in the country in the All India Merit Scholarship Test for entry to the 17 recognized Public Schools of India.Entered Daly Collage, Indore, a leading Public School of Central India in 1957. He was an all round, outstanding student in academics, sports and cultural activities.  After studying  for 6 years, he passed Senior Cambridge in December 1962, in 1^st division with distinction in mathematics. Studied 1^st year B.Sc in Government College, Kota. Passed out in March 1964 with 1^st division and distinction in Mathematics. Entered IIT Delhi in Chemical Engineering discipline in July 1964 for a 5 year course. Took the Degree of B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering in 1^st division from IIT Delhi in June 1969.Worked in two companies as Chemical Engineer while preparing for appearing in the Indian Administrative Service Examination.

 Entered India Administrative Service in July 1970.

 Principal Postings include:

(a)     Sub Divisional Magistrate, Additional District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner (Collector) in Punjab. As collector in 1984-85, he kept militancy in check.

(b)         Managing Director of four Public Sector Undertakings of Govt. of Punjab. All four were in profits continuously during his tenures.

(c)      Director and later Joint Secretary, in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. Initiated & piloted the ‘Open skies, policy.

(d)      Worked as Management Adviser t o the International Civil Aviation Organisation ( an important arm of the United Nations) for four months.

(e)         Has visited about 40 countries of the world, and has taken part in at least 100 inter-government international negotiations as member or leader of delegation.

(f)            Recipient of the “Hind Gaurav” Award.

(g)          Has worked as Secretary to Government of Punjab in the Departments of Transport, Public Relations, Medical Education and Research, Science, Technology and Environment, School Education, Technical Education & Industrial Training. He has also worked as Financial Commissioner, Revenue in Punjab.

 Cultural Affairs:

A voracious reader; has read at least 10,000 books so far. As an active member and former secretary, Indian National Theatre, Chandigarh, he has organized annual 3- day classical music festivals in Chandigarh since 1978. He wrote an 18 page booklet in Chaupai & Chhand, titled Shiv–Ram Milan in 1992. Has produced two Audio Cassettes of devotional songs written by him, in 1994 & 1996. Written a book of poetry in Hindi named “Utsav” in 2000. Written a Novel on Banda Bahadur (in Hindi and Punjabi) in November 2002. A Novel in English and Punjabi on militancy in Punjab named Bajira has been released. Another novel in Hindi named Samundergupt Mahaan has also being released.

Hobbies:

A great enthusiast of natural healing including Reiki, Maginified Healing, EFT. Has treated many difficult cases through distance Reiki in which he has reached the rank of Grandmaster. Is married with a daughter who is Masters in Human Resource Development from Delhi School of Economics, at present working with M/s Info media at Mumbai.His wife, Nirupama is an active healer in Reiki, Magnified Healing, EFT and is also a trained expert in Fend-Shui.