Procedural clarifications in respect of the issues relating to the “authorization” of the Commissioners to represent the Union of India and Others in matters before the High Court

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..... dated 19-6-2015 Subject : Procedural clarifications in respect of the issues relating to the "authorization" of the Commissioners to represent the Union of India and Others in matters before the High Court. It has been noticed that there is no uniformity and clarity in respect of the procedure to be adopted by the field formations in matters relating to representation of the cases before the Hi .....

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..... t UOI or any of these officers of the Ministry/Board. In fact, Commissioners do not have the authority to authorize anybody else. Accordingly, Commissioner should himself sign the vakalatnama and counter affidavit in all such cases. b Procedure in respect of the petitions before the High Court where more than one Ministry/Department are jointly made respondents. In case where more than one Mini .....

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..... /Board after obtaining comments from them on the petition. d Procedure for obtaining comments on policy issues from the policy wing or the concerned sections in the Ministry/Board for drafting the counter. In case where the comments of policy wings or the concerned section in the Board/Ministry are needed, the Commissioner in whose name the authorization is issued should obtain comments directl .....

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