A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the recruitment be conducted by a committee consisting of three judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court nominated by the chief justice there, the state's chief secretary, the Advocate General of Haryana and the chairperson of the Haryana Public Service Commission. "There is an urgent need to ensure that the existing 275 vacancies in the post of junior civil judges are filled up at the earliest," said the bench, also comprising justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.