District Court - CIVIL SIDE REGISTER'S
REGISTERS ON CIVIL SIDE
I SHERISTHADAR
I. Administration of entire District
1) Register of
permanent Registers
2) Register of
Appointments (CR 222)
3) Register of G.Os
and circulars (year wise)
4) Annual gradation
list
5) Office order book
6) Run-on-Note file
7) Register of
recognized clerks of pleaders (CR 50)
8) Attendance
Register
II. Registers of Original Side
(To be maintained by
Section Clerks)
1) Register of
Original Suits Instituted (C.R 1) } in all Courts
2) Register of Original Petitions Instituted (C.R. 1A)
3) Register of Small Cause Suits Instituted (C.R.2) in
concerned Courts
4) Register of execution Petitions received (C.R 6) (in all
Courts)
5) Register of Insolvency Petitions Received (C.R.7) (in
concerned Courts)
6) Register of Proceedings in Insolvency subsequent to order
of
adjudication (C.R.
13A) (in concerned Courts)
7) Register of Discredited Registered Documents (C.R.24)
8) Register of Sale certificates (C.R.35)
9) Register of Commissions issued (C.R.49)
10) Register of
showing copies of decrees sent to Collector in pauper Suits
11) Register of
A.T.Cs. Instituted (land tenancy petitions)
12) Register of
R.C.Cs. Instituted (Rent control cases)
13) Register of
succession Ops
14) Appeal intimation
Register
15) Register of
Receivers
16) Register of
Decrees of other Courts received for
execution u/s 38
& 39 and Order 21Rule6 of CPC (CR 14)
17) Register of
Return of Documents (marked documents)
18) Register of
un-filed Documents (unmarked-documents)
19) Register of
Miscellaneous Cases Received (CR 5)
20) Register of
Guardians and their accounts (CR 14-A)
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III.Registers on Appellate side
1) Register of Appeal
suits received (CR 3)
2) Register of
miscellaneous Appeals received (CR 4)
3) Register of Land
Reforms Tribunal Appeals received
4) Register of Andhra
Tenancy Appeals received
5) Register of Rent Control Appeals received (CMAs)
IV Registers to be maintained by Bench Clerks
1) Register of Suits
Disposed of (CR 8)
2) Register of
Appeals Disposed of (CR 9)
3) Register of
Miscellaneous Appeals Disposed of (CR 10)
4) Register of
Miscellaneous Cases Disposed of (CR 11)
5) Register of
Execution Petition Disposed of (CR 12)
6) Register of
Insolvency Petition Disposed of (CR 13)
7) Hearing Book (CR
15)
8) Diary Register (CR
16)
9) Register of Land
Reforms Tribunal Appeals Disposed of
10) Register of Rent control appeals Disposed of (RCAs)
11) Register of
Tenancy Appeals Disposal of
12) Register of
Original Petitions Disposed of
13) Register of
Tribunal Ops Disposed of
14) Register of Small
Cause Suits Disposed of
15) Register of ATCs
Disposed of
16) Register of RCCs
Disposed of
17) Register of RCAs Disposed of
18) Free copies of orders /judgments
/awards-Dispatch/Receive register
(In matrimonial
tenancy & other matters where parties are entitled to
free copies).
Apart from that every bench clerk
I) Should maintain a
very neat docket.
II) Endorse
accurately the result of the previous step ordered for further
steps on a side
portion of the docket to facilitate the P.O.to pass
appropriate docket
orders for progress of the case on hand.
III) Put up seal of
exhibit mark immediately on marking of every exhibit
at the bench and take
signature of the P.O. then and there.
IV) Call the correct
name of party at least for three times
V) Study the Report
of P.S. on notices accurately and put up correct
endorsement on docket
for each Defendants/Respondents.
Red-ink Endorsement on Docket
1) Directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court/ High Court
2) Remand Orders
3) Identified matters
4) Part-heard matters
5) Title /Money matters
6) Nature of Suit / OP
7) Fold the docket and start from left side
8) Use thick paper for docket
9) Maintain the docket showing continuation of date
10)Leave some place on top and end of docket
11)Set the bundle in the following manner
Material papers
- Docket
- Plaint/Petition/Re-joiner
- Written statement/Counter/Counter-claims
- Depositions (to be kept in a very neat manner),
- Documents
- Index sheet by noting every days filing of papers, petitions,
- documents, Memos etc., in order & date wise to avoid many
- complications (after entry in CR 54,56)
Other papers
- Process to be stitched with notices date wise
- Vakalath of both parties
- GPAs with R.32 Petitions
- Other Miscellaneous papers
- Counter-claims and X-objections in Appeals should be maintained with
- independent docket because they are independent matters
Other registers to be maintained by one of the Clerks
1) Detailed Register of Document & Court fee (CR 17)
2) Daily Register of Court fee (CR 18)
3) Register of papers received (CR 55)
4) Register of papers dispatched (CR 56)
5) Account Book of Service postage Stamps (CR 57)
Guide lines for the Clerk
i) Before entering the plaints/petitions/Appeals etc., put
up a
date seal first.
ii) Punch the Court fee
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iii) Court fee should be punched as follows (see also the HC
circulars from time to time in this regard)
a) Punch the head of emblem
b) Remove the chip immediately of each head.
Head Clerks
1) Register of permanent Registers
2) Register of Cases sent to High Court/ District Courts for
perusal in
Appeal revisions reference or writ petition etc.,
3) Register of check slips
4) Increment Register
5) Office Order Book
6) Register of caveats
7) Register of wills filed in applications for grant of
Probate or Letters of
Administration (District Courts) (CR 78)
8) Register of instruments impounded (CR 21)
9) Service Registers
10) Casual Leave/ OH Register
11)Furniture Register
12)Register of G.O’s and Circulars
13) Staff Movement Watch Register
Apart from that he should maintain separate PR file for each
employee.
Accounts Branch
1) Cash Book (CF 119)
2) Ledger (CR 37)
3) Register of Receipts and Deposits (CR 38)
4) Register of payments of Deposits (CR 39)
5) Register of Jewels or other valuable deposited (CR 61)
6) Register of investment(CR 74)
7) Register regarding control of expenditure (CMP s 97 &
98)
8) Cheque Book (CMPs 14 & 15)
9) Pay bill Register for PO & Staff (Separately)
10)Salary Acquittance Register (T & B 11B)
11)Daily Cash Balance Register (TR 11, SR2 of ATC Vol.I)
12)Head Clerk’s Receipt Book (CR 51 A)
13)Contingent Register
14)Register of undisbursed pay
15)Register of T.A Advance
16)Permanent Advance Account Register
17)Register of TA Bills
18)Register of Audit Objections
19)Challans Book
20)Register of securities
21)GPF pass book
22)Increment watch Register
23)Log Book
24)Budget allotment & expenditure register
25)Audit Answers pending Register
26)Register of expenditure on telephones
27)Advances to employees watch Register
28)Register of Deposits or Disbursement to local bodies
29)Treasury Build Register
Central Record Room/ Record Rooms
1) Record issue Register (CR 62)
2) Records receiving Register
(In this register consigned files should be entered as and
when
received date wise and after checking said records, the same
shall be
entered in concerned record destruction register)
3) Destruction Register of Original Suits (CR 63)
4) Destruction Register of Small Cause Suits (CR 64)
5) Destruction Register of CMPs (CR 65)
6) Destruction Register of EPs (CR 66)
7) Destruction Register of Appeals Suits
8) Destruction Register of CMAs
9) Destruction Register of RCC
10) Register of Applications for return of documents(CR 23)
After checking of records as per index, Record Keeper should invariably
mention on top of docket in Red-Ink the specific date of
destruction of
each part i.e.,
- Part I - Date of destruction
- Part II - Date of destruction
- Part III - Date of destruction
and to keep the record part wise separately and cover with
big tag.
Central Nazarath/ Dy. Nazirs
1) Register of Refunds of Process Fee & Poundage Fee (CR
22)
2) Curator’s Register of attached movables & Livestock
(CR 30)
3) Nazir’s Register of Movables Attached (CR 31)
4) Nazir’s Register of Immovable property Attached or
Sold(CR 32)
5) Nazir’s Receipt Book (CR 51)
6) Nazir’s Register (A,B,C) (CR 53)
7) Nazir’s Register (A,B,C) (CR 53-A)
8) Nazir’s Register(Cash) (CR 53B)
9) Register of Receipt of Process Memos by the Chief
Ministerial
Officer (CR 53 D)
10)Nominal Register of Process peons & Amins (CR 54)
11) Diary of the Amins & Process Peons (CR 75)
12) Diary of the Amins & Process peons (CR 76)
13)Fixed T.A. Register
Central Copyists Establishment
1) A -Register of
Copyist Establishment (CR 25)
2) B – Register of Copyist Establishment (separately for
each Court)
(CR 26)
3) Copyist Register (CR 59)
4) Examiners Register (CR 60)
5) Xerox machine Register
6) A separate Register showing Xerox papers used for each CR
and
un-used papers (Meter of the Xerox machine should tally with
the
Register)
7) A Register for copies being granted from computer print outs.
8) Register of Central Copyist Establishment (CR 58)
LIBRARIAN & STATIONERY REGISTERS
1) Register of Library Books (CR 45)
2) Register of Gazettes and periodicals (CR 444)
3) Stationery Register (C.F. 345 & 346)
STENO/FAIR COPY BRANCH
1) Register of Fair
Copying Work (CR 19)