# sitting or retired Chief Justice or Judge of the Court or a sitting or retired

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 27/Admin
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1983-07-21
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 27/Admin
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/sitting-or-retired-chief-justice-or-judge-of-the-court-or-a-sitting-or-retired-162866
- **Pages:** 1

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death/funeral of a Gazetted Officer, Advocate or other prominent person in the district
and an official of such courts, I am directed to say that henceforth the District Judges may
close the courts under their administrative control, only for half a day and only in the
following circumstances:-
(i)
When a sitting or retired Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court or
sitting or retired Chief Justice or Judge of the Court or a sitting or retired
Judicial Officer or a senior or prominent member of the Bar dies; and
(ii)
When the death or funeral or cremation of such person takes place in the
district.
I am to add that if the death or cremation or funeral of such a person has taken
place earlier or in a different district, the courts shall not be closed at all.
C.L. No. 27/Admin ̳G-I' Section Dated: Allahabad: 12.12.2008
Upon consideration of the matter of the loss of valuable time on account of the
closure of Courts and offices in the event of death/funeral of a Hon'ble Chief Justice or
Hon'ble Judge of the Supreme Court sitting or retired, a Hon'ble Chief Justice or Hon'ble
Judge of the High Court sitting or retired, an Officer of the Subordinate Court sitting or
retired or a senior or prominent member of the Bar, the Hon'ble Court has resolved that
instead of closing the Courts on such happening, the judicial work should only be
suspended after 3.30 p.m. on the concerned date and the offices should continue to work
throughout the day.
Therefore, in supersession of the Circular Letter (C.L. No. 10/IXg-11 dated
29.1.1973), I am directed to say that in the event of death/funeral of a person of any of
the above enumerated categories, only the judicial work shall be suspended after 3.30
p.m. on the concerned date while the offices shall continue to work till the regular hours.
I am to request you to kindly bring the contents of this Circular Letter to the
notice of all the Judicial Officers under your administrative control for information and
strict compliance.
4.
SURPRISE VISIT
C. L. No. 47/VIIId-20-Admn. (G)(B), dated 21st July, 1983
District Judges should see that officers and officials working under them attend the office
and court in time strictly in accordance with rule 10 of General Rules (Civil).
C. L. No. 62/VIII-b-4, dated 7th June, 1951 as modified by
C. L. No. 8/VIII-b-4, dated 11th January, 1952
All District Judges and Additional District Judges not at the headquarters should
themselves make surprise rounds in their Judgeship/ district at least once a month
between 10.30 and 11 a.m. so as to ensure the observance of punctuality in courts and
offices. This duty should in no case be delegated to the Munsarim, a peon or any other
subordinate.