# The legal assistants or any other official recommended by his Head of the

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 121/Budget/VIId-27
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1956-05-07
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 121/Budget/VIId-27
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/the-legal-assistants-or-any-other-official-recommended-by-his-head-of-the-163029
- **Pages:** 2

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(2)
 The Commissioners of Oaths appointed by this order shall not be entitled to any
fee.
C.L. No. 121/Budget/VIId-27, dated 13th July, 1977
The legal assistants or any other official recommended by his Head of the
Department, working in the Collectorate be appointed as an Oath Commissioner, by
designation under section 139 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
The Commissioners of Oath so appointed shall not be entitled to any fee.
C.L. No 183/Budget dated 9th December, 1977
In making appointments of Oath Commissioners in districts, reservation should be
made as far as possible for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward
classes in accordance with the Government orders enforced from time to time providing
such reservation.
C.L. No. 5/VIId-27(Budget), dated 12th January, 1978
The Court has approved a form of application for appointment of Oath
Commissioners and Amicus-curiae in the subordinate court. Henceforth applications for
the aforesaid posts should be invited on the prescribed form.
C.L. No. 7/VIId-27 dated 24th January, 1964 and
C.L. No. 162/VIId-27 dated 23rd December, 1971
In supersession of Courts' C.L. No 45/VIId-27 dated May 7, 1956 the Hon'ble the
Chief Justice is pleased to direct that persons appointed Oath Commissioners in District
Courts under section 130 Cr. P. C. for a particular term shall ipso-facto be deemed
appointed Oath Commissioners under section 297 Cr.P.C., for that term. The fee
chargeable for each such affidavit is Re. 1/-.
C.L. No. 19/VIId-27, dated 15th February, 1974
With a view to avoid non-presence of the deponent before the Oath Commissioners and a
fake person identifying the deponent, they must, at the time of verification of affidavits,
invariably obtain on the register of affidavits the signature or clear thumb impression of
the deponent as also of the person identifying him. District Judges should have a
periodical checking made of the register to ensure strict compliance of these directions.
(ii)
Affixation of coupons
C.L. No. 8/VII-d-27 dated 2nd February, 1974,
C.E. No. 29/VIId-26 dated 25th February, 1974,
C.L. No. 38/VII-d-27 dated 13th March, 1974 and
C.L. No. 106/VII-d-27 dated 10th September. 1979
The Oath Commissioners of the subordinate courts should be directed to make
entries about the affidavits verified by them in the common register to be maintained by
the Oath Commissioners. The Oath Commissioners should also be asked to maintain
individual registers .as well to indicate the number of affidavits verified by them and the
number of coupons utilised by them.
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The District Judge should submit quarterly report regarding issue of coupons to
the various Oath Commissioners during the years, with a certificate that the Oath
Commissioners have accounted for the coupons received by them as also to the fact that
the sale proceeds of coupons have been credited to the Government in accordance with
the above directions.
The affidavit coupons, which remain unused at the close of the year 1979, should
be returned to the Court along with the statement in the following proforma :-
1
2
3
4
Kind of
coupon
Number of
coupons received
during the year
Number of coupons issued
to the subordinate Courts/
Oath Commissioners
Balance at the close of the year,
which are being surrendered to the
Court after the close of the year.
The Oath Commissioner should give an undertaking to account for the coupons
received by them from the District Judge and to return the unused coupons at the end of
his term of appointment as Oath Commissioner. If any coupon is lost or the Oath
Commissioner is not able to account for that he should further undertake to render
account as if such coupon has been utilized in verifying affidavit, i.e., to account for such
coupons also at the prescribed rate of Rs. 2/- or Rs. 1/- per coupon as the case may be, to
the pool of income of Oath Commissioners.
This procedure should be continued in future also and quarterly reports should be
submitted to the Court regularly.
The indent for approximate quantity of affidavit coupons for the next year should
henceforth be sent to the Court (in duplicate) in the first week of October each year, so as
to reach the Court positively by the 9th of October.
C.L. No. 46/Admn. (B. II) dated 16th September, 1985
In future the unused affidavit coupons meant for a particular year should be
surrendered to the Court regularly after the close of the year every year, so as to ensure
that the unused coupons reach the office of the Court latest by 10th April every year.
(iii)
Affixation of Coupons of Affidavits meant to the filed in High Court &
Subordinate Courts
G.L.NO. 3056/Budget-M dated September 7, 1990

I am directed to invite your attention to the last paragraph of Court's Letter No.
106/VII-d-27 dated September 10, 1979 and the Court's letter No. 2188/B-II dated Sept.
August 27, 1984, 1741/B-II dated 26, 1985, 2781/B-II dated September 1, 1986, No.
2334/B-II dated July 22, 1987 No. 2246/B(M) dated September 7, 1988 and
no.4447/B(M) dated September 1, 1989, on the above subject, and to request you kindly
to sent your demand for approximate quantity to affidavit coupons required for the year
1991, latest by the last week of October 1990.

I am to add that the mater may please be treated as ̳Most Urgent' and your
demand may be sent to the Court within the prescribed date so as to enable the court to
place order for Printing of New Coupons well in advance.