# on Attorney General himself, no other notices or summonses for effecting service on

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 6/VIII-h-28
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1953-01-13
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 6/VIII-h-28
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/on-attorney-general-himself-no-other-notices-or-summonses-for-effecting-service-163108
- **Pages:** 1

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on Attorney General himself, no other notices or summonses for effecting service on
Central Government officers or an officer serving in any Railway be sent to him.
Against State Government
C.L. No. 6/VIII-h-28 dated 13 January, 1953 and
C.L. No. 124 dated 6th December, 1969
Rule 4, Order XXVII of the Code of Civil Procedure and notification No.
721/VII-312, dated the 27th August, 1941, reproduced in Appendix C to the Legal
Remembrancer's Manual, Fourth Edition, require that the processes against State
Government be served on the authorized representatives of the Government and not on
the Chief Secretary or any other Secretary to the State Government. As laid down in rule
4, Order XXVII, Civil Procedure Code, Government Pleaders (Now designated in this
State as District Government Counsels) are the agents of the Government for the
purposes of receiving processes against the Government.
All the processes issued against the State Government should be served on the
District Government counsel instead of the Chief Secretary or any other Secretary to the
state Government.
Effective control
C.L. No. 78/Admn. (D) dated 1st August, 1978
The Court has accepted the following recommendation of the committee for
investigation of causes of corruption in subordinate courts U.P., regarding process
servers:-
(a)
Presiding Officers and the officer-in-charge of the Nazarat should exercise
strict supervision and control over the process-serving staff.
(b)
The efficiency and integrity of the process servers should be judged on the
basis of the amount of personal service affected by them.
(c)
Process-servers giving less than 75 per cent personal service without any
satisfactory explanation for the fall in their outturn should be suitably
punished by fine or even by reduction of their salary.
(d)
The percentage of successful service made by the process-servers should
be taken into consideration at the time of their confirmation and
promotion.
(e)
For a false or fictitious report the process-server should be severely
punished.
(f)
All the presiding officers and the officer-in-charge, Nazarat should
implement these instructions forthwith so that they may be able to keep
strict supervision and control over the working of the process-serving
staff. It is also impressed upon them that those process severs whose
personal service report is less than 75 per cent or who make false or
fictitious reports, should be suitable dealt with as contemplated in the said
recommendations.