# INSPECTION BY OFFICER-IN-CHARGE - **Citation:** C.L. NO. 15/H-150 - **Court:** Allahabad High Court - **Decided:** 1978-05-26 - **Case number:** C.L. NO. 15/H-150 - **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/inspection-by-officer-in-charge-162625 - **Pages:** 2 ## Text 321 C.L. NO. 15/H-150 DATED 27TH FEBRUARY, 1950 District Judges will be allowed credit for inspection work according to the actual time spent by them provided it is considered reasonable by the High Court. 5. INSPECTION BY OFFICER-IN-CHARGE C.L. NO. 61/VIIIB-82 DATED 20TH MAY, 1980 In all the judgeships the officer-in-charge, copying-section, should make frequent surprise visits to copying section in order to streamline its working and to remove the bottlenecks. C.L. NO. 107 DATED 17TH OCTOBER, 1952 An annual check of the go down by the officer-in-charge and an occasional check by the District and Sessions Judge are necessary and should be made. 6. INSPECTION BY CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATES (i) Of under trials in jail G.L. NO. 38/ADMN. (B) DATED 9TH DECEMBER, 1968 The Chief Judicial Magistrate (Now Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate vide C.L. No. 198/Admn. Dated 10.12.76) alone shall inspect the jail at least once in a month to ascertain the position of the under-trials and send a copy of his inspection note to the District Judge for necessary action in regard to his findings. He will be allowed half-day for this work. (ii) Of courts and offices G.L. NO. 1/ADMN. (B) DATED 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1974 The Chief Judicial Magistrates and Judicial Magistrates shall inspect their offices effectively in every branch once in every quarter as provided in rule 611 of General Rules (Civil), 1957. The Chief Judicial Magistrates shall also make quarterly inspections of the courts and offices of the Judicial Magistrates including Munsif Magistrates (in so far as their criminal work is concerned) and Special Judicial Magistrates and submit their inspection note to their District Judges, Such inspections will not ordinarily take more than a day for each court inspected by them. C.L. NO. 198/ADMN. (A) DATED 10TH DECEMBER, 1976 The Court has been pleased to allocate the Administrative work hitherto done by the Chief Judicial Magistrates as under: The Chief Judicial Magistrates will as far as possible, assign half the officers to be inspected by him and the rest by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates. The inspection notes of the District Judge/Chief Judicial Magistrates/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates will be sent to the successor-inspecting officer. Henceforth all the District Judges will also inspect the criminal work of the Judicial Magistrates and Munsif Magistrates in addition to civil work. Jail inspections will be made by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates only. 322 C.L. NO. 82/VIIIG-38 ADMN. G DATED 18TH DECEMBER, 1981 The Chief Judicial Magistrates should while inspecting the jails make a note from the jail records about the number of under trials confined in the jail, the offence under which a particular prisoner has been charged, the date from which he is confined in jail, reasons for his continued detention and other relevant materials. If he is released during the period after the date of the last inspection then the date of release and the cause of release, e.g., disposal of case, grant of bail etc., should also be noted. They shall also maintain proper record of these findings and send copy to District Judge. C.L. NO. 115/ADMN. (A) DATED 3RD OCTOBER, 1979 The Chief Judicial Magistrate/the District Judge of the place where the Railway Magistrate has his headquarter is alone entitled to inspect the work of the Railway Magistrate. C.L. NO. 58/H-ADMN. (D) DATED 26TH MAY, 1978 The Executive Magistrates and the Deputy Revenue Officers are also under the subordination of the Chief Judicial Magistrates under section 15 Cr.P.C. in so far as their judicial work is concerned, their courts should also be inspected by the Chief Judicial Magistrates like the courts of the Judicial Magistrates, Munsif Magistrates and the wholetime Special Judicial Magistrates. C.L. NO. 15 DATED : 1ST APRIL, 1997 Inspection of Courts and Offices of Executive Magistrates etc., by the Chief Judicial Magistrates I am directed to refer to the Court‟s Circular Letter No. 58/H-Admn.(D) dated May 26, 1978 on the above subject and to ascertain whether the instructions contained in the said Circular Letter are being followed now and the Chief Judicial Magistrates are inspecting the offices of the Court of Executive Magistrates and Deputy Revenue Officers, who have been appointed as Special Judicial Magistrates under Section13 Cr.P.C. I am, therefore, to request you to kindly inform the Court immediately whether the said Circular Letter issued by the Court is being followed or not. C.L. No. 12 dated 24th March, 2005 Inspection of the Courts of Sub Divisional Magistrates by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Upon a careful consideration of the matter regarding inspection of the Courts of Sub Divisional Magistrates by the Chief Judicial Magistrates, the Hon‟ble Court has been pleased to direct that the Chief Judicial Magistrates shall inspect the Court of Sub Divisional Magistrates performing duties of Judicial Magistrate in relation to offences punishable under Section 198-A of the U.P. Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950. Therefore, I am directed to request you kindly to bring the above to the notice of all concerned for their information and necessary compliance.