# newly created Districts and the old circular letter No 42/1D/Admin A-3 dated 25.09.1997 - **Citation:** circular letter No 42/1D/Admin - **Court:** Allahabad High Court - **Decided:** 1975-01-10 - **Case number:** circular letter No 42/1D/Admin - **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/newly-created-districts-and-the-old-circular-letter-no-42-1d-admin-a-3-dated-25-163702 - **Pages:** 2 ## Text 422 districts, the other pending cases relating to newly created districts be transferred to newly created Districts and the old circular letter No 42/1D/Admin A-3 dated 25.09.1997 In this respect has been recalled Necessary steps in the matter be taken accordingly. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF WORK BY C.J.Ms. (i) Amongst Judicial Magistrates C.L. No. 3/Admn.(B) dated 18th March, 1971 Under section 190* Criminal Procedure Code distribution of work among the Judicial Magistrates should be done by the Chief Judicial Magistrate who may, in his turn, consult the Sessions Judge in this behalf. C.L. No. 124/Admn.(B) dated 30th September, 1975 The Chief Judicial Magistrates are required to act under the general supervision of the District and Sessions Judges even for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 15 of Criminal Procedure Code. C.L. No. 73/Admn. (A) dated 19th May, 1976 The Chief Judicial Magistrates should take necessary steps for transferring cases under special and local Acts to the Executive Magistrates, if not already done. C.L. No. 4/Admn. (A) dated 21st January, 1987 The District Judges are requested to issue suitable directions to the Chief Judicial Magistrates with regard to distribution of work under local and special Acts amongst Executive Magistrates conferred with powers of Special Judicial Magistrates Ist Class, by the Court. (ii) Distribution between C.J.M. and A.C.J.M. C.L. No. 198/Admn. (A) dated 10th December, 1976 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 Judges/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. Correspondence work, compliance of High Court orders etc. and collection of statements will remain with the Chief Judicial Magistrates. Any distribution of work among the Judicial Magistrates and the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates or any change made therein by the Chief Judicial Magistrates will have the prior approval of the District Judge. * NOTE: It should be Section ̳15'. 423 (iii) Conferment of powers C.L. No. 17/Admn. (B) dated 28th January, 1975 read with C.L. No. 44 dated 9th April, 1975 The Court has conferred powers of Judicial Magistrate second class on the Executive Magistrate mentioned in the Court's notification No. 1/Admn.(B) dated January 10, 1975, in addition to their own duties subject to the following conditions :- They shall work under the supervision of the Sessions Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate and shall do such work as may be assigned to them. They shall comply with the instructions issued by the High Court and if work is not done properly by them, the High Court will withdraw the powers so conferred. They shall fix certain days in the week for judicial work and on those days, they shall sit in court throughout the day and dispose of the criminal work. Absence from duty on such day may be condoned only in case of maintaining law and order situation and for no other reasons. C.L. No. 52/Admn. (A) dated 23rd April, 1976 The aforesaid directions shall be applicable to all the Executive Magistrates who have so far been appointed as Special Judicial Magistrates u/s. 13 Criminal Procedure Code or who may be appointed as such subsequently. C.L. No. 102/VIb-11 dated 9th June, 1976 The Executive Magistrates who have been conferred powers of Magistrates First Class will be given cases under special and local Acts. While doing this work they will be under the judicial control of the District Judge although the administrative control on them will be of the District Magistrates. A list of cases under special and local Acts, which would normally merit a sentence of fine, only may, therefore, be prepared and kept ready so that as soon as appropriate arrangements are made the selected cases may immediately be transferred to the Executive Magistrates. (iv) Administrative control over Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates/ Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates C.L. No. 51/Xa-9/Admn. (A) Dated August 1, 1991 I am directed to refer to Court's C.L.No. 124/Admn. (D), dated 30.9.1975 and C.L. No. 198/Admn. (A), dated 10.12.1976, on the above subject, and to say that on a consideration of the matter, the Court has further decided that Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates and the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates are subordinate to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate/Chief Judicial Magistrate subject to the general supervision and overall administrative control of the Sessions Judge. I am, therefore, to request you kindly to bring in the notice of all Magistrates working under your supervision, the content of this letter for their information and future guidance.