# inspection note as possible

- **Citation:** C.L. NO. 49
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1948-02-14
- **Case number:** C.L. NO. 49
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/inspection-note-as-possible-162646
- **Pages:** 2

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forwarded to the Court as soon as after the submission of a copy of the
inspection note as possible.
(d)
Full particulars of cases pending in this Court or any other court on
account of which proceedings are held up in the subordinate court
inspected are not always found in the inspection notes and this entails
much avoidable correspondence. In future, full particulars of such cases
should be given in the notes.
While inspecting a subordinate court, special care should be taken to see if the
instructions issued by the Court, in the matter of arrangement of cause list, fixation of
dates, examination of parties, clearance of pleadings, proper maintenance of diary and
order-sheet, settlement of issues, early preparation of decrees, issue of commissions and
expeditious disposal of execution and miscellaneous cases, etc. are followed by the
presiding officers.
C.L. NO. 49 DATED 22ND APRIL, 1970

In view of the fact that the annual remarks are recorded for the period April 1 to
March 31 and the work of inspection by the District Judges has increased greatly, the
instructions contained in Courts‟ General letter no. 12/1, dated February 14, 1948 and
Circular Letter no. 11/H-2-51, dated January 31, 1957 in so far as they relate to the period
for making inspections have been modified to the effect that a District Judge shall inspect
his vernacular office and other offices under him during the period April 1 to June 30,
and all courts subordinate to him during the period October 1 to March 31. In case the
number of courts subordinate to him is very large, he shall inspect them during the period
July 1 to March 31. The time schedule for inspections as given in the Court‟s Circular
Letter No. 12, dated February 27, 1965 shall be strictly adhered to.
G.L. NO. 1010/H-1 DATED 22ND FEBRUARY, 1928

It sometimes occurs that the inspection notes of a court made by a District Judge
or Additional District Judge do not reach the court concerned until the officer who was
presiding at the time of the inspection has been transferred. District Judges should see
that whenever this occurs, a copy of the note is sent to the officer concerned, wherever he
may be.
C.L. NO. 49/H-ADMN. (D) DATED 25TH APRIL, 1979

The District Judges and the Chief Judicial Magistrates should personally ensure
that compliance reports are invariably sent alongwith the inspection notes, to the Court.
Henceforth, the inspection notes shall be submitted to the Court within one month of the
date of inspection, accompanied with compliance report.
C.L. NO. 33-H DATED 26TH MARCH, 1953

A guard file of inspection notes may be maintained for each court. All inspection
notes should be pasted to these guard files and a fresh guard file should not be started
until the current one has been completely used up. These guard files will enable a
continuous record of inspections to be maintained in each court in the judgeship.
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C.L. NO. 36/98 DATED 20TH AUGUST, 1998

Inspection of various courts and offices by the Officers and District Judges
It has come to the notice of the Hon‟ble Court that the inspections made by the
District Judges and the Presiding Officers are not searching. They are stereotype. The
Officers are directed to make searching inspections and may seek other informations in
addition to what have been set in the proforma issued by the Hon‟ble Court for the
inspection of the courts. A duty is cast upon the District Judges that in the inspections
they should give special attention to the disposal of the old cases. The District Judges are
further directed to take care that as for as possible new cases are transferred to the courts
of Civil Judge (Junior Division) initially by the parent courts. While inspecting the
offices and Nazarat the District Judges must ensure that sufficient infrastructure has been
provided to the court.
I am, therefore, directed that the directions contained above may be strictly
complied with.
9.
INSPECTION OF RECORDS
(i) Central Inspection Room
C.L. NO. 27/BUDGET DATED 15TH FEBRUARY, 1977

Each judgeship should have a centralized place for inspection and making
enquiries.
At least three or four clerks must have become surplus in the copying department as a
result of the provision for typewriters in that department. The District Judges should
utilize the services of such surplus clerks in providing for central inspection room and
enquiry office. One or two peons or orderlies may also be provided to the inspection and
enquiry room. They have to inform the relevant office of the court from where records
have to be obtained and the peon or orderly attached to that court may be required to take
the record to the inspection room and bring it back to the relevant office.
Once a centralized inspection room and enquiry office have been established and
got going, entry of everyone, namely, lawyers or their clerks or the litigants must be
strictly banned from offices of the courts. All inspections, as well as enquiry work, must
be done through the central rooms.
This system, however, will not apply to courts situate in outlying places.
(ii) Inspection by Government
C.L. NO. 113 DATED 5TH DECEMBER, 1958.

Rule 229, General Rules (Civil), 1957, is not meant to help an officer or
representative of the Government conducting a case to which Government is a party. The
proper discretion for Presiding Officers to exercise in such cases will be to decline the
request for inspection of the record without payment of the requisite fee.
In case where the Government for some administrative reason want to inspect a
record, the Presiding Officer should exercise his discretion under the above rules in
favour of the Government.