# Telephone Expenses of Presiding Officers

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 382/B-II
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1991-01-30
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 382/B-II
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/telephone-expenses-of-presiding-officers-162163
- **Pages:** 1

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[18] TELEPHONE
C.L. No. 382/B-II. dated 30th January, 1991
Telephone Expenses of Presiding Officers
In continuation of this court‟s letters Nos. 1415/B-II, dated 28.3.90, 2902/B-II,
dated 23.8.90 and3945/B-II, dated 15.11.90. I am directed to inform you that Hon‟ble the
Chief Justice has been pleased to order that the telephone expenses of the Officers be
economised to the maximum and cut down to the bills substantially. His Lordship has
further ordered that the bi-monthly bill for each phone on official calls should not
ordinarily exceed Rs.2,500/-.
I am, therefore, to request you to circulate this order of Hon‟ble the Chief Justice
amongst the Officers for strict compliance.
C.L. No. 755/Admn.(B-II), dated 9th March,1994
Facility of S.T.D. and free local calls on official telephones installed at the residence of
Judicial Officers or in office and economy on telephone expenditure
I am directed to invite your attention to GO.No. 712/VII-U.Nyay-37/90 dated May
2,1990 and Court‟s Circular Letter No. 3945/Budget-II dated Nov. 15,1990, on the above
subject, and to say that it has been noticed by the Court that the directions contained in
above mentioned G.O. dated 2.5.90 are not being strictly followed with the result that
telephone bills of huge amount are being received in respect of official telephones in the
Judgeships and frequent demand is being made by the District Judges for allotment of
more and more fund to meet the telephone expenses, whereas according to the directions
issued by the Government and the Court from time to time, utmost economy is to be
observed about expenditure on telephones.
I am, therefore, to request you kindly to ensure that no S.T.D. facility should be
allowed on the official telephone of any Judicial Officer (including Civil Judges, Chief
Judicial Magistrates, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates and Munsif/Judicial
Magistrates) who is not entitled to the same in terms of para 2 of GO. dated 2.5.90,
referred to above.
I am further to invite your attention to para 3 of aforesaid GO. and to ask you
kindly to ensure that telephone bills in excess of 700 free local calls bi-monthly should
be paid by the Judicial Officers and not from the Government account, unless and until
the officers certify that the excess calls were made in the interest of Government work
but while making any such payment from Government fund, the directions contained in
Court‟s C.L. No. 382/ B-II dated 30.1.91 should be followed. It may also kindly be
ensured that all the Judicial Officers having telephone facility must maintain a register
about trunk-calls and S.T.D, calls as provided in para 4 of the above mentioned G.O.
I am to add that any non-compliance of the aforesaid directions will be taken
seriously by the Court.
C.L. No. 3 Admn. (D-1I) Section, dated 16th June,1995
Realisation of outstanding telephone dues from the Judicial Officers before
proceedings to the new place of posting