# (iii) Register of confidential reports

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 9
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1933-02-24
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 9
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/iii-register-of-confidential-reports-161968
- **Pages:** 1

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(iii) Register of confidential reports
G.L. No. 14/2(a) dated 24th February, 1933
District Judges should maintain a confidential register in which they should record
their opinion, as opportunity occurs, about the work of Judicial Officers posted in the
judgeship. When they are transferred from the judgeship they should record therein for
the use of the successor, their impressions about each officer in the judgeship.
When a District Judge is not in a position to give his own opinion about an officer,
he should obtain the opinion of the District Judge under whom the officer served last.
G.L. No. 51 dated 4th September, 1934 read with
C.L. No. 9 dated 17th January, 1958
Each District and Sessions Judge shall maintain a confidential register in which
separate leaves will be given to each Magistrate 1st Class and Assistant Collectors, in his
jurisdiction. Every criminal case that comes before him in appeal or on committal should
be noted in that register with his remarks on the quality of the criminal work of the
Magistrate as shown in each particular case. These individual notes will then be summed
up in a general confidential note either on the Judge‟s transfer or at the end of the year.
The register will remain with the District and Sessions Judge‟s successor after his
transfer. District and Sessions Judges should also maintain a note of revenue cases which
call for special approbation and disapprobation.
Each District and Sessions Judge should submit annually his confidential report on
the work of each magistrate in his jurisdiction to the Commissioner direct sending a copy
to the Court.
C.L. No. 461/lVf-44 dated 16th May, 1956, read with
C.L. No. 9 dated 17th January, 1958
Similar registers should also be maintained by Additional District and Sessions
Judges for recording their opinion on the work of presiding Officers against whose
decisions, appeals or revisions are heard by them.
The remarks should not be very brief consisting of only a single word or phrase like
"good", "average", "below average" or "bad" etc. In order that the registers serve the
object of containing a full record of the quality of Judicial work done by the Subordinate
Officers, the remarks should be more informative and comprehensive. They should deal
with different aspects of the Judicial work; it is not necessary that in every case
something should be said about various aspects of the work but whatever noteworthy
comes to light about any aspect of the work, it should be mentioned in the remarks. For
example, the remarks should deal with anything noteworthy about delay of a case or trial,
adjournments being granted unjustifiably or frequently, discussions of questions of fact
and law in the judgment, legality and soundness of finding on the questions of fact and
law, and of interlocutory and final orders passed, correctness of the procedure and the
charge, adequacy of the examinations of the accused and the sentence imposed, etc.
Remarks should be made not only on the disposal of an appeal but also on receipt
of a case on commitment.