# which can not be considered as being personal, informal and private

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 10/Admn
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1971-12-16
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 10/Admn
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/which-can-not-be-considered-as-being-personal-informal-and-private-161994
- **Pages:** 2

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(iii)
It would be a safe rule to abstain from participating in all entertainments
which can not be considered as being personal, informal and private,
(iv)
Farewell parties by the Bar Association to Judicial Officers on the eve of
their transfer or retirement are not substantially private or informal in
character and require previous permission of the Court, but the Officers
have an option to visit the Bar Association on such occasions to informally
meet the members of the Bar.
C.L. No. 10/Admn. (B) dated 16th December, 1971
Approaching the Members of the Legislature and other political workers in respect
of matters pertaining to their service conditions by Chief Judicial Magistrates and Judicial
Officers is highly objectionable and contravenes rule 27 of the U.P. Government Servants
Conduct Rules. The Court disapproves of this practice and serious notice will be taken of
such lapses on the part of the Officers in future.
(ii) Coordination amongst Officers
C.L. No. 56 dated 17th April, 1974
With a view to tone up relations amongst Judicial Officers they should associate
with brother Officers. It is obligatory for the Judicial Officers newly posted to the district
to call on and meet other Officers posted at the station.
C.L. No. 33/Ve-58 dated 4th May, 1965
District Judges will not allow the Officers subordinate to them to join Samyukta
Sadachar Samities.
(iii) Receptions
C.L. No. 46/Xf-30-49 dated 29th July, 1949
District Judges and other Judicial Officers are not required to be present at railway
stations or aerodromes to receive Ministers.
C.L. No. 43/Xf-30 dated 5th August, 1954
They should not go to the aerodrome or railway station to receive or see of the
Minister of Justice or any other Minister.
(iv) Meetings
D.O. No. 11255-A/lVh-15 dated 19th October, 1959 and
C.L. No. 97 dated 13th November, 1959
Judicial Officers should not attend meetings in which the political situation is
surveyed or press conferences convened by the Collectors.
Any statistical data or information with regard to matters which are not confidential
or sub-judice should be furnished to the Collector when required by him in connection
with a press conference.
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G.L. No. 26/4640-55 dated 28th July, 1931
On the occasion of a political conference held within his jurisdiction at which not
only a presidential address is to be delivered but resolutions are to be moved and
discussed involving criticism of the Government‟s policy, the presence of a Judicial
officer on the dais is likely to be misconstrued. It is in the best tradition of the judicial
service that Officers should not only keep themselves aloof from political activities but
that they should avoid creating an impression that they belong to any political camp.
(v) Functions in civil court
C.L. No. 95/16-S(b) dated 24th September, 1953
No member of the Government or of the Legislature should be invited to preside at
any function held in a court building or to perform an opening ceremony under the
auspices of District and Sessions Judges or Additional District Judges not at headquarters
of the judgeship, without the previous permission of the Court.
(vi) Use of car of lawyer
C.L. No. 74/IV-95/Admn. (A) dated 4th April, 1977
No officer should use the car of a lawyer or a public-man, except in case of an
emergency or under very exceptional circumstances, in which case he shall intimate the
fact to the District Judge.
(vii) Private work from peons
C.L. No. 14/VIC-10 Admn. (D) dated 30th January, 1980
Invites attention to rule 34 of the Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1956,
which generally prohibits taking of forced labour from class IV employees, but however
permits utilisation of services of class IV employees when it becomes unavoidable. To
avoid any chance of complaints from the class IV employees the Court would like that
private work from class IV employees should be taken only in unavoidable
circumstances.
C.L. No. 40/VIII/F/78 dated April, 1978
Impresses upon all Judicial Officers that it is highly improper to use abusive
language against class IV employees like peons, .orderlies etc. Cases of physical assault
are unpardonable even under gravest provocation. These employees should not be
subjected to any kind of ill treatment.
(viii) Issue of Character certificate
G.L.No. 4045/67 dated 9th December, 1912
No certificates of moral character should be given unless the certifier has direct
personal knowledge of some years‟ standing relating to the moral character of the person
certified. The act of certifying is a responsible work and proper notice will be taken if a
Judicial officer gives a certificate without knowledge of or reasonable ground for
believing the matter certified.