While the performance of all tiers of courts has dwindled in the lack of adequate judges, the Pokhara High Court is likely to meet cent percent target set for the current fiscal year.

Against the target of clearing 1,721 backlog cases by the end of the fiscal, it has passed verdict in 1,384 cases which is over 80 percent. As two months still remain before the end of the ongoing fiscal year, the court is likely to clear all the remaining cases.

“It will attain a 100 percent target by the end of the fiscal year,” said a statement from the court. “There is not a single case, which is two years or older, pending.”

Acting chief judge Dilli Raj Acharya tops the chart by passing verdict on 789 cases, according to the statement. Judges Ujjwal Shukla cleared 567 cases, Rishi Rajbhandari 511, Dhara Kumari Pudasaini 534 and Ramesh Prasad Rajbhandari 367.

As per the court’s report for the fiscal year 2021-22, the Supreme Court, which also has the responsibility of supervising subordinate courts, was the worst performer among the three tiers of courts.

The high courts performed the best, with a 59.33 percent case clearance rate. The district courts came second (54.56 percent) while the apex court was last (17 percent).