# litigant public in the working of the courts

- **Citation:** C. L. No. 129/Admn.(B)
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1995-02-18
- **Case number:** C. L. No. 129/Admn.(B)
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/litigant-public-in-the-working-of-the-courts-162883
- **Pages:** 3

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5.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
C. L. No. 129/Admn.(B), dated 8th October, 1975

District Judges should call a meeting of all the presiding officers of civil and
criminal courts subordinate to them once each month after 4 p.m. In such meetings
problems of subordinate courts as also discovering work load in different courts and
redistribution of case work may be taken up for consideration. Discussion may also take
place regarding prevention of corruption and solution of any difficulties felt by the
litigant public in the working of the courts.
C. L. No. 4, dated 3rd February, 1976
The District Judges should hold a meeting of all officers by the 10th of each month
(outside court hours). At such meetings the officers should show him their digest. Matters
of interest and law should be discussed. The District Judge should enquire from them as
to the compliance of the various suggestions made above.
C. L. No. 86, dated 31st May, 1976
The District Judges should maintain a Minute Book in which the proceedings of
all monthly meetings should be recorded and the Minute Book so maintained may be
placed before the Hon'ble the Administrative Judge or any other Hon'ble Judge at the
time of his inspection.
6.
MONITORING CELL MEETINGS
(i)
(ii)
Monitoring Cell Meeting-member to attend the meeting Compulsorily.
C.L.No. 11/ivf-93/Admn. ̳G' dated February 18, 1995
In continuation of Court's Circular Letters No. 55/IVf-93/Admn. ̳G' dated
4.9.1991 and No. 15/IVf-93/Admn. (G-2) dated 22.3.1993. I am directed to send
herewith a copy of Government letter No. 3986/7-Nya-2-64G/94, dated 26.11.1994 with
its enclosure on the above subject and to say that meeting of Monitoring Cell shall be
held regularly.
(iii)
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C.L.No.62/IVf-93/Admin. (G):Dated: 8 November, 1996.
(iv) Monthly meeting of District monitoring cell.
 It has came to the notice of the High Court that the meeting of the Monitoring
cell in compliance of the C.L. Nos.55/IV/D-3/-admin (G) dated 4.9.1991, 15/IVf-93/-
admin.(G) dated 22.3.93 and 11/IVf-93/Admin.(G)dated 18.2.1995, issued by the Court
are not being held in the districts. The Court has taken a serious view of it and has
reiterated the District Judges should hold the meetings of the Monitoring-cell regularly
every month. The District Judges are directed to send reports every month of the
meetings held and the results achieved where of.
I am therefore, to request you to comply with the orders of the Court.
 C.L.No. 24/J.R.(I) Dated: July 25,2001
Kindly refer to Court's endorsement No.114/DR (S)/2001 dated 15.5.2001 on
the notification making the appointments of the officers against the fast Track Court. In
that endorsement some of the guidelines for ensuring the expeditious disposal of the
cases and also for keeping these courts certified to the disposal of the sessions triable
cases, criminal revisions and criminal appeals were given. It was also made clear in that
endorsement that sufficient work should be transferred to these courts including the cases
of under trial prisoners who are languishing in jail. Statistics furnished from the district
courts reveal that the fast track Court the purpose for which they were established is not
being achieved for the reasons (i) non- available of the retired civil court employees, (ii)
those retired employees who were employed are not in a position to cope with the work
(iii) they are not prepared to own the responsibility of the record and also some other
such difficulties were posed.
On consideration of such difficulties Hon'ble court has been pleased to give the
following directions:
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1.
Fast Track court should be manned by the senior experienced Additional
Sessions Judge so as fulfill the object for which these courts have been
established.
2.
Where it is not manned by the senior experienced Additional district
Judge, District Judge will make over the case to respective court keeping
in view the object of the Fast track court and also to ensure proper
administration of justice.
3.
Where the retired employees are not available or they are otherwise
incapable to perform the duties assigned to them, District Judge may
proceed to make ad hoc appointments for specified period and may make
internal arrangement by providing experienced personnel to these fast
Track Court and these ad hoc appointees may be posted in other courts so
as to make these courts more effective and functional.
4.
The District Judges should also provide additional hands to fast Track
Court from out of the existing strength where numbers of courts are
already lying vacant in the district.
5.
Necessary infrastructure facilities should be provided to these courts from
the existing stock.
(v)
To provide information regarding establishment of monitoring committee
C.L.No. 30/ 2001:dated:August 31, 2001
It has come to the notice of the court that in some districts the States Government
has established Monitoring committee for looking after the civic amenities.
 In this regard, I am directed to request you kindly to furnish the following
information to the court:-
1.
When and on what grounds the Monitoring committee has been
established in your district?
2.
Whether it is true that in the year 2001 some complaint made by the
corporations of Municipal corporations, chairman of cooperative Bank
regarding Monitoring Committee have been received by you?
The above informations may kindly be furnished to the court immediately by
FAX.
(vi)
Monthly Meeting of the district Monitoring Cell.
C.L.No.34 dated: October 4/2001
 It has come into the notice of the Hon'ble court that Monitoring Cell Meeting is
not held in the district regularly every month in pursuance of the marginally noted
Circular Letters. The importance of the District Monitoring Cell Meeting was discussed
in the Joint Meeting of the Divisional commissions and District Magistrates held at
Lucknow on 13.3.2001. Thrust was also laid for holding Monitoring cell Meeting
regularly and to take up such matters
which are helpful in the expeditious
disposal of the case, In that regard G.O.
1.
C.L.No.55/IVf-93/Admin/ ̳G'dated 4.9.1991.
2.
C.L.No.15/IVf-93/ Admin'G'dated 3.1993
3.
C.L.No.11/IVf-93Admin. ̳G' dated 18.2.1995