# (b) Utilization of court staff in absence of presiding officer

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 1/Ve-55
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1914-03-06
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 1/Ve-55
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/b-utilization-of-court-staff-in-absence-of-presiding-officer-162387
- **Pages:** 1

## Text

235
(b) Utilization of court staff in absence of presiding officer
G.L. No. 973/67-3 dated 6th March, 1914
When owing to the temporary transfer of or the grant of short leave to the presiding
officer of the court the ministerial staff is left without work, it should, in the absence of
any orders from the High Court, be utilized in clearing off arrears, if any, in the court left
vacant or in other courts in the judgeship. At the end of the period a report should be
submitted to the High Court indicating how the staff was employed.
(c) Checking of Amin‟s proceedings register by Munsarim
G.L. No.1500/67-3 dated 7th March, 1927
The Munsarim when checking the proceedings of an Amin should enter in the
column of remarks his initials together with the date on which such check was made.
(d) Standard of work for Assistant Record Keeper
G.L. No. 66/A-20 dated 3rd December, 1935
Under paragraph 117, page 77 of the Dupernex Scheme the standard fixed for one
Assistant Record Keeper is 3,000 records a year. In the case of small cause court records,
however, an Assistant Record Keeper is expected to deal with 9,000 records a year.
(e) Maintenance of Karguzari Register of Deputy and Assistant Record Keeper
C.L. No. 1/Ve-55 dated 7th January, 1955
Each Deputy and Assistant Record Keeper shall maintain a diary of daily work in a
form prescribed by the District Judge and enter therein, besides the daily work done by
him, all such other informations as may be directed by the District Judge.
The District Judge, if he considers it more convenient to prescribe a form other than
the specimen forms forwarded with the Circular Letter noted in the margin, shall
communicate the form so prescribed by him to the Court.
(f) Supervision over process-servers
G.L. No. 2702/A-l dated 3rd July, 1915
The main work of peons allotted to serve processes is the service of processes.
When necessary they may also be employed to-
(1) attend on arbitrators; or
(2) to keep custody of a judgment-debtor; or
(3) to bring records, forms or stationery from an outlying court or vice-versa;
or
(4) to take back forms and stationery from the district court to the outlying
courts.
They should not be employed to performa duties which are ordinarily performed by
orderlies, office peons and bastabardars.