S.Rule 109 Transmission of order by the Court Officer

(a) The Court Officer shall immediately on pronouncement, transmit the order with the case file to the Deputy Registrar (Judicial).

(b) On receipt of the order from the Court Officer, the Deputy Registrar shall, after due scrutiny, satisfy himself that the provisions of these Rules have been duly complied with and in token thereof affix his initials with date on the outer cover of the order. The Deputy Registrar shall thereafter cause to transmit the case file and the order to the Judicial Branch for taking expeditious steps to prepare copies and their communication to the parties.

S.Rule 110 Format of order

(a) The format of order of the Tribunal shall be in Form No.19.

(b) All orders shall be neatly and fairly typewritten in double space on one side only on durable foolscap folio paper of metric A-4 size (30.5 cms. long and 21.5 cms. wide) with left side margin of 5 cms. and right side margin of 2.5 cms. Corrections, if any, in the order shall be carried out neatly. Sufficient space may be left both at the bottom and at the top of each page of the order to make its appearance elegant.

(c) Members constituting the Bench shall affix their signatures in the order of their seniority from right to left.

S.Rule 111 Costs

(a) Unless otherwise quantified by the Tribunal, when costs are awarded in a case, the same shall be determined as follows:

S.Rule 112 Compliance of urgent orders

(a) Whenever the Bench passes an order, final or interlocutory, requiring immediate compliance, the Court Officer shall immediately transmit the case file and the Order to the Deputy Registrar (Judicial) who shall ensure prompt action on the same day.

(b) Files with by hand orders should be stapled with "Today" flags and superscribed with OA/TA/RA/CP/MA/PT No. with the signature of the Court Officer with date.

S.Rule 113 Placing copies/common orders

When more than one case is disposed of by a common order, the Judicial Branch shall keep the original order in the main case and a certified copy in the other connected case files. In the order sheet of the connected case(s), the Section Officer in-charge of the Judicial Branch shall note that the original order is kept in the main case file (giving its number).

S.Rule 114 Indexing of case files after disposal

After communication of the order to the parties/Legal Practitioners, the official concerned shall arrange the records with pagination and prepare the Index Sheet in Form No. 21. He shall affix initials and then transmit the records with the Index initials to the records room.

S.Rule 115 Transmission of files/records/orders

Transmission of Files/Records of the cases/orders shall be made only after obtaining acknowledgement in the Movement Register maintained at different sections as per the directions of the Registrar.

S.Rule 116 Copies of orders in Library

(a) The Section Officer of the Judicial Branch shall send copies of every final order to the Library.

(b) Copies of all orders received in each month shall be kept at the Library in a separate folder, arranged in the order of date of pronouncement, duly indexed and stitched.

(c) At the end of every year, a consolidated index shall also be prepared and kept in a separate file in the Library.

(d) The order folders and the indices may be made available for reference in the Library to the Legal Practitioners.

S.Rule 117 Form and fee of application

(a) Every application for grant of certified copy shall be in Form No. 22 and be affixed with Court Fee Rs.5 (Rupees five only) ¹[per copy of order/document] ²[x x x x] 

(b) If the certified copies applied for are for more that one document in the same case, only one copy application need be filed.

S.Rule 118 Right of party to obtain certified copy

A party to an application or his Legal Practitioner shall be entitled to obtain certified copy of the record, proceeding or original document filed in case on payment of prescribed fee.

S.Rule 119 Application for copies by stranger

(a) Applications for copies of documents (other than orders) by persons not parties to the proceedings shall be allowed only by order of the Registrar obtained on a duly verified petition in Form No. III of the Procedure Rules, setting forth the purpose for which the copy is required on payment of prescribed fee.

(b) Copies of orders can, however, be granted to any person on payment of prescribed fees.

S.Rule 120 Register of copy application and requisition register

(a) A Register of Copy Application shall be maintained in Register Form No.10 and a Requisition Register in Register Form No.11 in the Copying Branch.

(b) Entries in respect of urgent copy applications shall be underlined in red ink/pencil.

S.Rule 121 Copying fee

The copying fee payable for obtaining an ordinary copy shall be at the rate of Re.1 per page and for urgent copy at the rate or Rs. 2 per page irrespective of the number of words/lines in each page.

S.Rule 122 Scrutiny of copy application, requisitioning of case records and rectification of defects

(a) If the application is in order, necessary entries shall be made in the Register of Copy Applications and the Requisition Register and the same sent to the officer-in-charge of records. The officer in-charge of the records shall promptly transmit the records along with the application after making an entry in the application and initialling the same.

(b) If the application is found to be defective, the same shall be notified on the Notice Board of the Registry. If the defects are not rectified within three days from the date of such notification, the copy application shall be struck off. The application shall be deemed to have been made only on the date of rectification of all defects.

¹[(c) Officer in charge of the copying section shall determine the requisite amount of copying fee and publish the dates due for furnishing stamp for the amount in the Notice Board of the Registry. The stamp furnished shall accompany a memo signed by party/applicant/counsel containing number of stamps denomination and total value. In case stamp is not furnished in the manner indicated also within the time stipulated the copy application shall be struck off by the Registry]

S.Rule 123 Determination of additional copying fee

On receipt of the records, the officer-in-charge of copying section after satisfying that the records are complete, shall determine the additional copying fee payable over and above the copying fee already paid and make an entry thereof in the application with his initials. Additional fee payable shall be notified on the Notice Board of the Registry.

S.Rule 124 Remittance of additional copying fee

Additional copying fee shall be remitted by the applicant between 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. in the same manner as prescribed by Rule 117 at the place of the Bench within two days, in the case of urgent copy, and within seven days in the case of ordinary copy, from the date of notice. If the additional fee payable is not remitted within the time notified, the application shall be struck off.

S.Rule 125 Order of preparation of certified copy

Certified copies shall be prepared in the order in which the applications have become ready in all respects. Urgent applications shall take precedence over all ordinary applications.

S.Rule 126 Time-limit for issue of urgent/ordinary copy

Urgent copy shall be delivered to the applicant as far as possible within three days and ordinary copy within ten days from the date when the application is ready in all respects.

S.Rule 127 Notifying when copies are ready for delivery and consequence of not taking delivery

On each working day before 10.30 a.m. the officer-in-charge of the Copying Branch shall cause to prepare in duplicate in Form No. 23, a list of cases in which certified copies are ready for delivery and publish one coy of the same on the notice board of the Registry with his signature, and the other copy shall be retained in the office file.

S.Rule 128 Proper accounting of copying fee received

The Officer-in-charge shall ensure that the copying fee received in the Registry is promptly accounted in the IPO/DD /Court fee Register and transmitted to the Cash Section as the case may be, for crediting them to the Government account.

S.Rule 129 Preparation and comparison of certified copy

(a) Certified copy shall be made by photocopying process or by typing. When the copy is so made, it shall be compared by the officer-in-charge of preparing the copy with the document of which the copy is made, aided by another official in the Copying Branch. He shall, after satisfying himself that the copy is prepared faithfully and it legibly reproduces the documents desired, append a certificate as under and affix his initials.

"Certified that this is a true and accurate copy of the document/order as in the case file (OA/RA/TA/CP/MA/PT No. ......200... .... ..) and that all the matters appearing therein have been legibly and faithfully copied with no modifications".

(b) He shall affix an endorsement on the last page of the copy as under and put his initials:-

(i) Serial No. of the copy application:

(ii) Name of the applicant.

(iii) Date of presentation of application:

(iv) No. of pages:

(v) Copying fee charged/urgent or ordinary:

(vi) Date of preparation of copy:

(vii) Date on which copy is ready:

(viii) Date for appearance to receive copy:

(ix) Date of delivery:

(c) The certificate and the endorsement shall be made with the help of a rubber stamp got prepared for that purpose. The entries, however, shall be made in ink.

(d) The officer authorized to issue the copy shall affix his signature below the endorsement and cause to affix the seal of the Tribunal on all pages of the copy and also initial wherever there are corrections.

S.Rule 130 Retransmission of case records

On completion of the preparation of the certified copy, the officer in charge of the copying section shall retransmit the records of the case to concerned branch, after making necessary entries in the Requisition Register and obtain acknowledgement of the official, who receives back the records, in the relevant column of the Register.

S.Rule 131 Mode of delivery of certified copy

At the time of the delivery of the certified copy, the official concerned shall obtain the signature of the applicant in the relevant column in the Register of Copy Applications, record the date of such delivery on the copy application and fill up relevant column regarding the date of delivery in the endorsement stamped on the certified copy.

S.Rule 132 Request for certified copy by post

(a) Where the applicant desires to have the certified copy sent to him by post, he shall send an additional sum of Rs.10 by way of IPO/DD drawn in favour of the Registrar and payable at the place of the Bench for defraying the postal charges, etc.

(b) If the amount sent is found to be inadequate, the applicant shall be intimated to remit the balance amount which will include the additional postal charges also within the time specified. On receipt of the intimation, the applicant shall remit the amount in the manner provided in sub-rule (a) above and within the time specified.

S.Rule 133 Intimation of rejection

If, for any reason, the copy application is rejected, due intimation be given to the applicant and the refundable amount, if any, returned to him. Publication of the notice of rejection in the Notice Board of the Tribunal shall be deemed due intimation for the purpose of this rule.

S.Rule 134 Supply of free copy only once

Once free copy of the order is sent as provided in Rule 20 of the Procedure Rules, the Tribunal shall not be required to furnish any more free copies.

S.Rule 135 Certifying on free copies

Every free copy issued to a party or his Legal Practitioner in accordance with the Procedure Rules shall be certified to be "True Copy" and shall be superscribed "FREE COPY U/R 20 OF KAT (PROCEDURE) RULES" with a rubber stamp and signed by the officer authorized in that behalf. He shall also cause to enter the date and other details of furnishing of such free copy in the Register of Free Copies in Register Form No.12.

S.Rule 136 Time for furnishing free copies

(a) Judicial Branch of the Registry shall issue free copies of the order to the parties or their Legal Practitioners as provided under Rule 20 of the Procedure Rules as far as possible within seven days from the date of pronouncement of the order.

(b) If the free copy of the order is delivered by hand to parties/their Legal Practitioner, the officer-in-charge shall obtain acknowledgement thereof in the relevant column in the Register of free copies.

S.Rule 137 Furnishing of free copy in a joint application

When joint application/petition is made, only one free copy of the order contemplated by Rule 20 of the Procedure Rule shall be issued, either to their Legal Practitioners or if they are appearing in person, to any one of the applicants.

S.Rule 138 Furnishing of corrected free copy of order

Whenever clerical or typographical errors/mistakes in an order are rectified subsequent to the issue of the free copy thereof, the Registrar shall cause to issue a corrected free copy of such order to the parties/their Legal Practitioners in the prescribed manner.

S.Rule 139 Register of Writ Petitions/SLPs

(a) A register in Form No. 13 shall be maintained regarding Writ Petitions against the orders of the Tribunal to High Court and SLPs to Supreme Court against orders of High Court and necessary entries therein be promptly made by the Judicial Branch.

(b) The Register shall be placed for scrutiny of the Chairman/Senior Member in the first week of every month.

S.Rule 140 Placing of High Court/Supreme Court orders before Chairman/Senior Members

Whenever an interim or final order passed by High Court or Supreme Court in a proceeding preferred against a decision of the Tribunal is received, the same shall forthwith be placed before the Chairman/Senior Member for information and kept in the relevant case file. Immediate attention of the Registrar shall be drawn to the directions requiring compliance.

S.Rule 141 Circulation of the orders of the High Court/Supreme Court

All orders of the High Court/Supreme Court including dismissal of writ petitions/SLPs shall be circulated to the Members of the Bench whose decision was challenged and kept in the relevant case file.

S.Rule 142 Registrar to ensure compliance of orders of High Court/Supreme Court

It shall be the duty of the Registrar to take expedient steps to comply with the directions of High Court and Supreme Court.

S.Rule 143 Procedure regarding retention, preservation and destruction of records

Retention, preservation and destruction of records shall be done in accordance with the instructions issued by the Chairman.

S.Rule 144 Receipt, scrutiny and custody of records

The Record Keeper shall be the custodian and responsible for the records lodged in the Record Room. He shall receive the records sent to the record room and scrutinize the records within three days of the date of receipt of records in the Record Room.

S.Rule 145 Rectification of defects/securing of missing records

If, on such scrutiny, any defect or missing of documents is found in the records, the Record-Keeper shall intimate the same and remit the records back to the Branch/Section from which the records were received.

Thereupon, the Section Officer in-charge of the concerned Branch/Section shall cause to take steps to rectify the defects/omissions so pointed out, and after such rectification re-transmit the records to the record room within three days of its receipt from the record room.

S.Rule 146 Maintenance of register of records received in the Record Room

The Record-Keeper shall maintain a Register in Register Form No.14 of records received in the Record Room.

S.Rule 147 Entry regarding destruction

Entry regarding destruction shall be made in the relevant columns of Register Form No. 14.

S.Rule 148 Preservation of records requiring permanent retention

Records required to be preserved permanently shall be stacked in bundles of convenient size, arranging them in chronological order. The bundle shall be wrapped in "Kora Cloth" on which shall be attached labels indicating in chronological order register numbers of the cases included in each bundle. Such bundles shall be arranged serially and kept in the Record Room. 

S.Rule 149 Retention of records beyond prescribed period

The Registrar may, for reasons to be recorded, in writing and with prior permission of the Chairman order that record of any particular case be preserved beyond the prescribed period provided instructions governing the same.

S.Rule 150 Use of computers

(a) The Chairman may issue such orders or directions as may be necessary for complying with the provisions for the relevant Rules of Practice with the aid of the computer and for effective use of the computer facility as and when introduced.

(b) Compliance with such orders or directions issued by the Chairman from time to time shall be deemed to be due compliance of the provisions of the relevant Rules of Practice.

S.Rule 151 Classification of cases subjectwise/departmentwise

(a) The Scrutiny Branch of the Registry shall, at the time of scrutiny make classification of the cases as follows:

(i) Departmentwise;

(ii) Subjectwise; and

(iii) Cases which can be heard by a single Member Bench.

(b) The classification under sub-rule (a)(i) and (ii) shall be made in accordance with Orders of Chairman issued from time to time and that under sub-rule (a)(iii) shall be made in accordance with Appendix-I.

(c) The classification as above shall be entered in the relevant columns in the report of scrutiny in Form No. 2/Form No. 3, Order Sheet in Form No. 4 and Facing Sheet of the final cover in Form No. 5, referred to in Rules 11 to 13 of these Rules.

S.Rule 152 Weekly and monthly statements--furnishing of

(a) The Registrar of each Bench shall prepare a weekly progress report in Form No. 24 and circulate among all the Members of the Bench concerned.

(b) The Senior Member of the Bench concerned shall forward a consolidated monthly progress report in Form No. 24 to the Chairman before the 7th of the each month.

(c) The Registrar of the concerned Bench shall prepare a monthly statement in two parts as in Form No.25 regarding filing, disposal and pendency of cases and forward the same to the Registrar of the Principal Bench before the 7th of each month.

S.Rule 153 Inspection of Registry

(a) The Registrar or the Deputy Registrar designated by him shall conduct inspection of all the Sections twice in a year, viz., for the period from 1st January to 30th June and 1st July to 31st December, on such dates as may be found convenient.

(b) The report of inspection of the Judicial Branch, Library, Administrative Branch and Record Room shall be in the Forms to be prescribed by the Chairman.

(c) The Section Officer concerned shall promptly comply with the directions of the Registrar and submit a report about due compliance to the Registrar within such time as the Registrar may grant.

(d) The Registrar shall submit a report to the Chairman/Senior Member containing brief summary of his inspection of the Registry, directions given by him to the sections and the steps taken for due compliance with such directions.

S.Rule 154 Due compliance with the Act, Rules of Procedure and the Rules of Practice

The Registrar or any officer authorized by him may, for the purpose of satisfying himself that the provisions of the Act, the Rules of Procedure and the Rules of Practice are duly complied with, make such enquiry as he deems fit and call upon such party, as he deems necessary to appear before him and pass such orders as he deem proper.

S.Rule 155 Removal of doubt/difficulty

If in the matter of implementation of these rules, any doubt or difficulty arises, the same shall be placed before the Chairman and his decision thereon shall be final.

S.Rule 156 Repeal

Kerala Administrative Tribunal Rules of Practice, 2011 notified on 20/08/2011 as number 106/2011/KAT are hereby repealed.

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S.Rule 1 Short title

These rules may be called "The Kerala Administrative Tribunal Rules of Practice, 2011".

S.Rule 2 Commencement

These rules shall, on their publication in the Official Gazette, come into force at once.

S.Rule 3 Definitions

In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or context--

(i) "Address for service" shall mean the address furnished by a party or his authorized agent, or his Legal Practitioner at which service of summons, notices or other processes may be effected and includes mobile phone No. and E-mail ID.

(ii) "Application" means and includes Original Application ('OA'), Review Application ('RA'), Transferred Application (TA), Miscellaneous Application (MA) Contempt Petition (CP) and Petition for Transfer (PT);

(iii) "Act" shall mean the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 [Central Act 13 of 1985].

(iv) "Procedure Rules" shall mean the Kerala Administrative (Procedure) Rules, 2010, as amended from time to time.

(v) "Code" means the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, as amended from time to time;

(vi) "Full Bench" means a Bench duly constituted consisting of three or more Members;

(vii) "Legal Practitioner" includes a standing counsel authorized to accept the service for any department or organization of the State Government or any authority, a Corporation, a body owned or controlled by the State Government;

(viii) "Pleadings" shall include original applications, reply statement, rejoinders and additional statements supplementing the original applications and the reply statements, as may be permitted by the Tribunal;

(ix) "Vacation Bench" means a Bench duly constituted for discharging the functions of the Tribunal during the vacation;

(x) Words not defined in these Rules shall have the same meaning as assigned in the Act and the Procedure Rules.

S.Rule 4 Preparation of pleadings and other papers

(a) All pleadings, affidavits, memoranda and such other papers filed in the Tribunal shall be fairly and legibly typewritten or printed in English on durable white foolscap folio paper of Metric A-4 size [30.5 cm long and 21.5 cm wide] on the one side only in double space with a left margin of 5 cm and right margin of 2.5 cm duly paginated, indexed and stitched together in the paper-book form. The index shall be in Form No. 1.

(b) All main petitions such as OA, RA, TA, PT, CP etc. shall be presented to court covered with white thick wrapping sheets of durable quality paper bearing perfected holes at the middle close to left margin and also tagged together with other papers. ¹[The Applicant/s in OA shall furnish official address if any in the cause title and residential address either in the cause title or in the verification column. In the address column of parties, the correct pincode shall be stated]

(c) Applications shall be presented in triplicate sets in Paper Book Forms along with sufficient number of ¹[copies in] empty file size envelop/envelopes describing full address of respondent/respondents conforming to the actual number of respondent/respondents. ²[The additional copies intended for service to the respondents are to be produced only after the Bench admitting applications to file or ordering notices. If copies corresponding to the number of respondents are not furnished within 5 days or such extended period since the date of admission/ordering of notices, the default will be immediately reported by the Registry to the Bench for appropriate action]

(d) Respondent(s) intending to contest the applications shall also file reply(ies) thereto and documents, if any, in triplicate and in Paper Book Form as provided for by Procedure Rule 11(1).

(e) English translation of documents shall be duly authenticated by any Legal Practitioner.

(f) Document or application filed before Tribunal shall be chargeable with same court fee as prescribed by Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959 unless the Act 13 of 1985 and Rules framed there under provide otherwise.

S.Rule 5 Date and signature

A party required to a affix his signature shall also state his name in capitals near his signature and initial or sign at the bottom of each page.
Explanation.-- The expression 'signature' or 'initial' includes thumb mark.

S.Rule 6 Attestation

(a) The attestation contemplated in Rule 8(2) of the Procedure Rules shall be made at the end of the document in the Form given below:

S.Rule 7 Production of authorization for and on behalf of an Association

Where an application/pleading or other proceeding is purported to be filed is by an Association, the person or persons who sign(s)/verify(ies) the same shall produce along with such application etc., for verification by the Registry, a true copy of the resolution of the Association empowering such person(s) to do so:

Provided the Registrar may at any time call upon the party to produce such further materials as he deems fit for satisfying himself about due authorization.

S.Rule 8 Procedure on production of defaced, torn or damaged documents

When a document produced along with any pleading appears to be defaced, torn, or in any way damaged or otherwise its condition or appearance requires special notice, a mention regarding its condition and appearance shall be made by the party producing the same in the Index of such a pleading and the same shall be verified and initialled by the officer authorized to receive the same.

S.Rule 9 Receipt of papers

(a) All pleadings and papers shall be received in the Registry on the working days only till 3.00 p. m. provided they are presented or sent in the manner provided in Rule 4(1) of the Procedure Rules.

(b) All admission matters received before 1.00 p.m. in which urgent interim orders are sought, shall ordinarily be processed immediately for being listed before the Bench on the next working day and all other matters, wherein urgent motion for posting is made, shall be listed on the day, after the next working day.

S.Rule 10 Date-stamping of papers and maintenance of Inward Register

(a) The Receiving Branch of the Registry shall immediately, on receipt of an application/petition or other pleadings or papers, affix the date-stamp of the Tribunal in the following manner--

(i) Date-stamp shall be affixed on all pages on the main/first copy and on the first page of each other copy.

(ii) Receiving Officer shall affix his initials on the stamp affixed on the first page of the main/first copy and on the first page of all other copies.

(b) Receiving Branch of the Registry shall, on affixing the date-stamp, enter the details thereof in the Inward Register, Register No.1 and assign a Diary Number. The same Diary Number shall be entered immediately below the date-stamp on the first page of the main/first copy and all other copies.

S.Rule 11 Scrutiny of application/petition/other pleadings and papers

(a) (1) The Scrutiny Branch of the Registry shall, subject to clause (2), on receipt of the application/petition/pleadings from the Receiving Branch, scrutinize the same as expeditiously as possible but not beyond two days from the date of receipt:

Provided for any reason, the scrutiny is not completed within the above period, the same shall be immediately reported to the Registrar, who shall take prompt steps to complete the scrutiny.

(2) Matters provided for by Rule 9(b) shall be scrutinised on the same day itself and listed for hearing before the Bench, next working day or the day after next working day, as the case may be.

(b) The report of the scrutiny of the application under Section 19 of the Act shall be in Form No.2 and of Contempt Petition (CP) (Civil/Criminal) in Form No.3 and the scrutiny report shall be annexed to the application/petition.

(c) Report of scrutiny of all other pleadings and papers shall be recorded on the reverse side of the last page of such pleadings/papers.

S.Rule 12 Maintenance of Order Sheet

The Scrutiny Branch shall attach to every OA/RA/TA/PT/CP an orders sheet in duplicate in Form No. 4. The column "Notes of the Registry" in the order sheet shall be for the notings by the Registry and the column "Orders of the Tribunal" is meant for the use of the Bench.

 Note 1.-- The entries in the order sheet shall be in writing and removal of the order sheet for typing be avoided.

 Note 2.-- Continuous page number should be given to the order sheet.

 Note 3.-- Before any entry is made in the order sheet for the day, the date, month and year shall first be entered and underlined in the middle of the column.

 Note 4.-- Brief order may be written on the order sheet itself and initialled by the Members of the Bench.

 Note 5.-- In the case of lengthy order, only the operative portion of the order need be entered in the column "Orders of the Tribunal" and initialled by the Court Officer. The orders shall be annexed to the order sheet giving them continuous paging. Reference to the order shall be made by mentioning only page number of the order annexed.

 Note 6.-- The presence of the Legal Practitioner/party be indicated by their initials.

 Note 7.-- No gaps shall be left between two entries in the order sheet. Gaps, if any, shall be covered by drawing a line across.

S.Rule 13 Classification of papers

(a) The papers received in the Registry in all applications and CPs except Miscellaneous Application, shall be classified and placed in files 'A', 'B' and 'C' as provided in Form No.5.

(b) "A" File shall consist two separate parts. Part-I shall contain the order sheet and orders annexed thereto. Part-II shall contain the application with annexures, reply with annexures and rejoinder with annexures and arranged as far as possible consecutively in the order of the parties.

(c) "B" File shall contain the duplicate copy of the papers as in "A" File.

(d) "C" File shall contain the remaining papers including Vakalathnama, notices and postal acknowledgments, Miscellaneous Applications, Replies and Rejoinders thereto and High Court/Supreme Court orders, etc., if any.

S.Rule 14 Submission of case files to Registrar

On completion of the scrutiny, the Scrutiny Branch shall place the case file duly classified as "A", "B" and "C" along with the report of scrutiny and the order sheet before the Registrar for his orders.

S.Rule 15 Registration and Numbering

(a) The Registrar on examining the application/pleadings and the scrutiny report shall, if they are in order, direct registration/acceptance.

(b) Application under Section 19 of the Act ordered to be registered shall be numbered as OA No. ...........20.........

(c) Cases received on transfer under Section 29 of the Act shall be numbered as TA No. ............./20..............

(d) Application for review of any order of the Tribunal ordered to be registered shall be numbered as RA No. ................20............

(e) Petitions under the Contempt of Courts Act ordered to be registered, shall be numbered as CP (Civil/Criminal) No. ............/20..........

(f) Applications under Section 25 of the Act ordered to be registered shall be numbered as PT No. ............./20............

(g) Other applications of Miscellaneous nature not covered by sub-rules (b) to (f) above, ordered to be registered shall be numbered as MA No. .........../20..........

(h) Applications/Petitions referred to in this rule shall be entered in Register No.2. Separate registers shall be used for each category of applications/petition referred to in this rule. The Registers shall be maintained from 1st January to 31st December of each calendar year.

S.Rule 16 Maintenance of IPOs/DDs/Court Fee Register

(a) IPOs/DDs received in the Registry shall be entered immediately on their receipt in the Judicial Branch in Register No. 3.

(b) On every first working day of the week, the IPOs/DDs received by the Judicial Branch during the previous week shall be transmitted along with the IPOs/DDs Register to the Section Officer in-charge of Judicial Branch, who, after scrutiny shall affix his initials in the relevant column in the Register and transmit the same to the Cash Section. The official in-charge of Cash Section shall, after verifying the entries in the Register alongwith the IPOs/DDs put his initials in the relevant column in the Register in token of acknowledgment.

(c) Court Fee stamp affixed shall be cancelled by punching out the insignia of the State in the stamp in such manner as to leave the amount designated in the stamp untouched. Registry will maintain a Register in Form No.15, noting the value collected by stamp and other related particulars.

S.Rule 17 Rectification of defects

(a) If on scrutiny, any application or pleading filed in the Tribunal is found to be defective, the Registrar shall notify it in Form No. 6 on the Notice Board of the Tribunal fixing the time for rectifying the same. ¹[For the purpose of this clause, defect includes

(i) failure to attach to the main petition synopsis of facts in the OA

(ii) failure to indicate by annexure numbers in the Relief/Prayer column of main and miscellaneous petitions, the impugned orders of official respondents in respect of which relief is sought

(iii) failure to paginate the Annexures in serial order in continuation of Original Application without altering the original page numbers of Annexure

(iv) failure to attach affidavit along with miscellaneous application for any relief

(v) failure to attach additional paper sheets as part pf the order sheet and

(vi) failure to produce certified copy of impugned order accompanying review/contempt petition]

(b) The papers shall be returned to the party or his Legal Practitioner only after obtaining acknowledgment thereof in the Inward Register.

(c) The Registrar may, for good and sufficient reasons, extend the time for rectifying the defects, provided the total period for rectification including the extended period does not exceed thirty days.

(d) If the party or his Legal Practitioner contends that objection raised by the office is not tenable and the Registrar is not satisfied, the matter shall be placed before the Bench for appropriate orders.

(e) If the party/Legal Practitioner rectifies the defects and re-presents the application/pleading within the time granted, the Registrar on being satisfied may order for its registration/acceptance and numbering as provided in Rule 15.

S.Rule 18 Posting of cases for admission/orders before the Bench

(a) Subject to the orders of the Chairman/Senior Member of the concerned Bench, all registered applications/petitions requiring admission shall be posted for admission/orders before the appropriate Bench on the next working day. Other matters shall be posted the day after next working day. The notice of posting shall be given by publishing in the Daily cause List for the day.

(b) Before placing the records of the case for admission/order, the Registry shall state in brief in the column "Notes of the Registry" of the Order Sheet, the date of presentation and registration, the subject-matter of the application and the date of posting before the Bench and fill up the columns in the File Covers "A" and "B".

(c) The category of cases specified in Appendix-I to these Rules, as may be amended by the Chairman from time to time, may as far as possible be posted before the Single Member Bench and dealt with in accordance with the procedure prescribed therein.

(d) The constitution of Benches and distribution of work shall be as per the orders/directions given in Appendix-II to these Rules, as may be modified by the Chairman from time to time.

S.Rule 19 Posting of urgent cases

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 18, the Chairman, and in his absence the senior-most Member of the Bench may order any case not included in the Daily cause List to be listed on urgent basis for admission/orders. Such directions shall be promptly carried out by the Registry after completing all the formalities. ¹[Cases for today motion shall be filed before 12 noon without defects and only on the day preceding and succeeding holidays unless the motion is permitted by Bench on urgent basis. If defects are cured after 12 noon, the case will be listed only the next working day]

(b) When a Division Bench is not available, urgent cases for admission and interim orders may be posted before a Single Member Bench who shall deal with the same in accordance with the order of the Chairman as in Appendix-III as may be amended from time to time.

S.Rule 20 Matters to be attended to prior to commencement of sitting

(a) Unless otherwise directed by the Members constituting the Bench, the Court Officer shall ensure that records of the cases listed for admission/orders before the Bench on the next working day are sent to the residence of the Members before the evening of the day on which the Cause List is published.

(b) The Court Officer shall ensure that the case records so sent to the residence of the Members are brought back to the concerned Court Hall before the commencement of the sitting of Tribunal. The Court Officer shall verify the case records listed for the day and arrange them in the serial order as given in the Cause List before the commencement of the sitting.

(c) The Court Officer of the Bench concerned shall ensure that the Court Hall is ready for commencement of the sitting at the prescribed time for such sitting.

(d) If, for any reason, the Bench cannot sit or the sitting is delayed, the Registrar shall promptly obtain the orders of the Chairman/Senior Member and notify the same on the Notice Board and in the Court Hall through the Court Officer.

S.Rule 21 Maintenance of Court Diary

(a) The Court Officer of the Bench concerned shall maintain legibly a Court Diary in Register No. 4, wherein he shall record the proceedings of the Tribunal for each sitting day with respect to the applications/petitions listed in the daily Cause List.

(b) The matters to be recorded in the Court Diary shall include details as to whether the case is adjourned, or part-heard or heard and disposed of or head and orders reserved, as the case may be.

S.Rule 22 Statutes/Citations for reference

(a) The parties/Legal Practitioners shall, before the commencement of the proceedings for the day, furnish to the Court Officer a list of law journals, reports, statutes and other citations, which may be needed for reference. Copy of the list shall be furnished to the opposite side also.

(b) If an unreported decision of any court is proposed to be cited, photo copies of the same shall be furnished to the Court Officer and counsel for the opposite side. This sub-rule shall apply when the journal cited is not subscribed by the Registry also.

S.Rule 23 Calling of cases in Court

Subject to the orders of the Bench, the Court Officer shall call the cases listed in the Cause List in the serial order.

S.Rule 24 Regulation of Tribunal Work

(a) When the Tribunal is sitting, the Court Officer shall ensure--

(i) that no inconvenience or wastage of time is caused to the Bench in making available the services of Private Secretary/Personal Assistant/Stenographer/Peon;

(ii) that perfect silence is maintained in and around the Court Hall and no disturbance whatsoever is caused to the functioning of the Bench;

(iii) that proper care is taken to maintain dignity and decorum of the Tribunal.

(b) When the Bench passes order/directions, the Court Officer shall ensure that the records of the case along with proceedings/orders of the Bench are transmitted immediately to the Judicial Branch. The Judicial Branch shall verify the case records received from the Court Officer with reference to the Cause List and take immediate steps to communicate the directions/orders of the Bench.

S.Rule 25 Issue of Notice

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Tribunal, when notice is ordered, the applicant shall, in cases governed by Rule 10(6) of the Procedure Rules, pay the prescribed fee for service of notice accompanied by a memo in Form No.7 within seven days from the date of order or within such extended time as Registrar may permit. In default, no notice shall be issued to any of the respondents and the matter shall be placed immediately before the Bench for appropriate orders. Where service is ordered to be effected by the speed post, postal envelope with requisite amount of postal stamp shall be produced by applicant in lieu of the sum as determined by the Tribunal under Rule 10(6)(ii). ¹[Interim orders pronounced by the Bench shall not be handed
over to the applicant/counsel when there is failure to take steps for issue of notice to respondents]

(b) Where the notice is returned to the Tribunal with an endorsement of the Postman regarding non-service owing to refusal of the same by the party concerned, the Registrar shall declare that the notice has been duly served on the respondent.

(c) Where the notice was properly addressed, pre-paid and duly sent by registered post, acknowledgment due, the declaration referred to in sub-rule (b) shall be made when, for any reason the acknowledgement is not received by the Tribunal within thirty days from the date of the issue of the notice.

S.Rule 26 Steps for issue of fresh notice

If any notice is returned unserved in the circumstances not specified in sub-rules (b) and (c) of Rule 25, that fact and the reason therefore shall be notified immediately on the notice board of the Registry. The applicant/petitioner or his Legal Practitioner shall within seven days from the date of such notification take steps for service of fresh notice.

S.Rule 27 Consequence of failure to take steps for issue of fresh notice

If the applicant/petitioner fails to take necessary steps in time for service of notice on the respondent(s) and consequently, the service remains incomplete, the Registrar shall post the case before the Bench for further directions.

S.Rule 28 Service of notice, etc., on Legal Practitioners

A Legal Practitioner representing a party in any proceeding or any person authorized to accept notices on behalf of a party, shall receive notices, orders, directions, pleadings, etc., required to be served on such party in connection with such proceedings. Such service shall be deemed to be proper service on the party.

S.Rule 29 Form of Notice

Notice to show cause regarding admission shall be in Form No. 8. Notice ordered after admission shall be in Form No.9.

S.Rule 30 Entries regarding service of notice/process

The Judicial Branch of the Registry shall record in the column in the order sheet "Notes of the Registry", the details regarding completion of service of notice on the respondents, such as date of issue of notice, date of service, date of return of notice, if unreserved, steps taken for issuing fresh notice and date of completion of service, etc.

S.Rule 31 Case deemed to be ready on failure of file reply in time

When all or any of the respondent(s) fail(s) to file reply statement in the form and in the manner provided under Rule 11 of the Procedure Rules within the time granted, the case shall be deemed to be ready for hearing and included in the list of cases ready for final hearing.

S.Rule 32 Filing of rejoinder

(a) The applicant(s) intending to file rejoinder to the reply statement filed by all or any of the respondent(s) shall do so, with the leave of the Bench/Registrar within the time granted. The rejoinder shall be filed within the time granted, duly signed and verified in the manner prescribed for filing reply statement under Rule 11(2) of the Procedure Rules.

(b) After the expiry of the time granted for filing the rejoinder, the case shall be deemed to be ready for hearing and included in the list of cases ready for final hearing.

S.Rule 33 Papers not to form part of the records

(a) Except with the leave of the Tribunal, the following shall not form part of the records of the case :-

(i) Reply statement filed after the expiry of the time granted for the purpose.

(ii) Rejoinder filed without the leave of the Tribunal or filed after the expiry of the time granted.

(iii) Additional pleadings filed without the leave of the Tribunal or filed after the expiry of the time granted.

(b) The above papers treated as not forming part of the record shall be notified on the Notice Board of the Registry requiring the party to take them back within four weeks from the date of the Notification, failing which the Registry shall take steps to destroy the same.

S.Rule 34 Incorporation of amendments, filing of additional reply, etc.

When the Tribunal allows a prayer for amendment of the pleadings or for addition of parties, the same shall be carried out in red ink indicating the date of the order and duly signed by the party/Legal Practitioner, who has obtained the order, within the time granted for the purpose by the order or if no time limit is specified within 14 days from the date of the order. If, however, the Bench or the Tribunal has directed furnishing of a fresh copy incorporating the amendments/addition of parties, the same shall be filed in triplicate and after serving a copy of the amended pleading on the opposite party within the time granted by the Tribunal or if not time is granted, within 14 days from the date of the order. In default, the Registry shall place the matter before the bench for orders. ¹[In the case of addition/deletion of parties, it shall be the duty of Registry to carry out the addition/deletion of names and addresses of parties in the cause title]

S.Rule 35 Matters to be listed before the Registrars Court

Once an application/petition is admitted and notice ordered, the same shall be posted before the Registrar for completion of pleadings.

S.Rule 36 Cause List for Registrars Court

Cases required to be dealt with by the Registrar shall be notified in a separate List entitled as "Daily Cause List for Registrar's Court". The cases so notified shall be taken up in the Registrar's Court in the serial order as indicated in the Cause List.

S.Rule 37 Recording of proceedings

On hearing the parties/their Legal Practitioners and on perusing the records, the Registrar may record his decisions in the column "Notes of the Registry" in the order sheet and put his initials with date.

S.Rule 38 Inclusion of cases in the list of cases ready for final hearing when pleadings are complete

If the pleadings are complete or if the case is deemed to be ready for hearing, the Registrar shall record the same in the order sheet and order for inclusion in the list of cases ready for final hearing. 

S.Rule 39 PREPARATION OF LIST OF CASES READY FOR HEARING, WEEKLY LIST, DAILY CAUSE LIST AND POSTING OF CASES

The Judicial Branch of the Registry shall maintain separate Registers in Register Form No.5 for each category of cases which are ready for hearing. The registers shall contain separate sections for each year. Inclusion of cases in the Register shall be year wise and in the order in which they become ready for hearing.

S.Rule 40 Preparation of Weekly List

(a) From the List of cases maintained under Rule 39, the Registry shall prepare a separate list called "Weekly List" consisting of such number of cases as may be sufficient in the opinion of the Registrar, for being posted for hearing for a period of one week.

(b) Subject to any general or special orders of the Chairman, cases in the Weekly List shall be arranged according to the year and number of registration and not on the basis of their serial number in the list under Rule 39. Oldest among the cases shall be included first followed by the next oldest and so on. This shall not affect the powers of the Bench to take up for hearing any case out of turn.

S.Rule 41 Publication of Weekly List

(a) The Judicial Branch of the Registry shall ordinarily publish in advance the Weekly List for next week on the Notice Board of the Registry on Friday of every week.

(b) In case there is likelihood of Weekly List being exhausted, the Registrar shall publish a supplementary Weekly List as and when found necessary.

S.Rule 42 Preparation and publication of Daily Cause List

(a) The Judicial Branch of the Registry shall ordinarily prepare and publish on the Notice Board of the Registry before 5.00 p.m. on each working day the Daily Cause List for the next working day. Subject to the directions of the Chairman/Senior Member of the Bench, listing of cases in the Daily Cause List shall be in the following order:

(i) Cases for "Pronouncement of Orders".

(ii) Cases "For being spoken to".

(iii) Cases for "Admission".

(iv) Cases for "Orders/Directions".

(v) Contempt Petitions.

(vi) Cases posted as per directions of the Tribunal.

(b) The title of the Daily/Weekly List shall consist of the name of the Bench, the day, date and time of the Court sitting, Court Hall number and the Coram indicating the names of the Chairman/Senior Member constituting the Bench with abbreviations in brackets (J) for Judicial and (A) for Administrative.

(c) Against the number of each case listed in the Weekly List and in the Daily Cause List, the following shall be shown:

(i) Names of Legal Practitioners appearing on both sides, giving in brackets the rank of the parties whom they represent.

(ii) Names of the parties, if unrepresented with their ranks in brackets.

(d) Objections of the office and special directions, if any, shall be briefly indicated in the Daily/Weekly Cause List below the case number.

S.Rule 43 Carry forward of Cause List and adjournment of cases on account of non-sitting of a Bench

(a) If, by reason of declaration of holiday or for any other reason, the Bench does not function for the day, the Daily Cause List for that day shall, unless otherwise directed, be treated as the Daily Cause List for the next working day in addition to the cases already posted for that day.

(b) When the sitting of a particular Bench is cancelled for the reason of absence of Member(s) of the Bench, the Registrar shall, unless otherwise directed, adjourn the cases posted before the Bench to a convenient date. The adjournment/posting/directions shall be notified on the Notice Board.

S.Rule 44 Supply of Cause List

(a) Two copies of Weekly Cause List and Daily Cause List shall be furnished to the Advocate's Association of Kerala Administrative Tribunal for publication on their Notice Board.

(b) Copies of the Cause List may be furnished to the Legal Practitioners on payment of fees at the rate specified below:-

I. Daily Cause List :

Per Bench -- Rs.500 per annum.

II. Weekly Cause List :

Per Bench -- Rs.400 per annum.

(c) Application for supply of Weekly/Daily Cause Lists shall be made in writing to the Registrar accompanied by one year's subscription by way of Demand Draft or Indian Postal Orders drawn in favour of the Registrar of the concerned Bench not less than a week before the date from which supply is to commence.

(d) The rates specified above shall be subject to such modifications as may be made by the Chairman from time to time.

S.Rule 45 Request for Adjournments

Unless the Bench otherwise permits, requests for adjournments of the cases listed in the Cause Lists shall be entertained only at the time when the cases are taken up by the Bench for hearing.

S.Rule 46 Maintenance of Stage Register and Posting Register

(a) The Judicial Branch of the Registry shall maintain a Stage Register in Form Register No.6 for each category of applications/petitions from the stage of first posting till disposal.

(b) Posting Register shall be maintained in Form Register No.7.

(c) All orders regarding clubbing of cases shall be entered in the order sheets of all the cases required to be clubbed together and posted accordingly.

(d) The Section Officer concerned shall ensure that the aforesaid Registers are promptly and properly maintained and the directions of the Bench faithfully carried out.

S.Rule 47 Early hearing of cases

If early hearing of any case out of turn is required, the party/Legal Practitioner shall, make an application stating the reasons thereof in Form No. III of the Procedure Rules, after serving copy thereof to the other parties. The application shall, if in order, be listed before the Bench presided by the Chairman or in his absence the Senior Member nominated by him in the case of the Principal Bench and before the Bench presided by the Senior Member available in the case of additional Benches.

S.Rule 48 Vacation Bench Sittings and Posting of cases

(a) When the Tribunal is closed for vacation, the Vacation Bench shall sit on such days as the Chairman may specify.

(b) During the vacation only matters which are required to be immediately or promptly dealt with, shall be received in the Registry. The Registrar, on being satisfied about the urgency, shall order registration and posting of such cases. ¹[When an OA
is filed during vacation the applicant counsel shall file a memo explaining the urgency for moving the OA during vacation. In pending matters, the applicant/counsel shall file a miscellaneous application explaining the urgency for moving it during vacation. Today motion during vacation shall be only with the sanction of the Bench concerned. Sanction for Today motion shall be sought when the Bench commences sitting.]

(c) During the vacation, the Registrar may accept replies, rejoinders to OAs, RAs, etc., provided a copy of the same has been served on all the other parties/Legal Practitioners.

(d) Inspection, of records may be permitted during the vacation according to the Rules.

(e) Certified copies may also be supplied during the vacation according to the Rules.

S.Rule 49 Posting of Review Applications

Posting of Review Applications shall be governed by the order made by the Chairman as contained in Appendix-IV subject to such modifications as may be made by the Chairman from time to time.

S.Rule 50 Preparation and filing of paper books on reference to the Full Bench

When a Division Bench of the Tribunal makes an order referring the case/issues to a Full Bench, the applicant or such other party, as the Bench directs shall furnish in Paper Book Form duly indexed and continuously paginated three/five sets (depending upon the number of members of the Full Bench) for the use of the Bench and one set to each of the parties/or their Legal Practitioner on the other side, within two weeks or such other time as the Bench may direct, arranging the papers in the following orders:--

(i) Index.

(ii) Written chronology of events/orders relevant to the case.

(iii) Order of Reference.

(iv) Memo of Parties

(v) Application/Petition.

(vi) Annexures to the Application/Petition.

(vii) Reply by each respondent in the order of their ranking.

(viii) Annexures at the end of reply of each respondent.

(ix) Rejoinder, if any.

(x) Annexures to Rejoinder, if any.

(xi) Other relevant papers with description and date:

Provided that if the same Legal Practitioner appears for more than one party, only one set of Paper Book need be furnished to him.

S.Rule 51 Circulation of Order of Reference to other Benches

The referring Bench shall through the Registrar send a copy of the order of reference to all the other Benches of the Tribunal for information.

S.Rule 52 Seeking orders of Chairman for constitution of Full Bench and fixing date of hearing

If reference is by an Additional Bench, Registrar/Officer discharging the functions of Registrar of that Bench shall forward a copy of order of reference to the Registrar of the Principal Bench for securing orders of the Chairman for constitution of the Full Bench and fixing the date of hearing.

S.Rule 53 Conveyance of the orders of the Chairman

The Registrar of the Principal Bench shall, on receipt of the request as aforesaid obtain the orders of the Chairman and convey the same to the Registrar or the officer discharging the functions of Registrar of the Referring Bench.

S.Rule 54 Notification regarding Full Bench hearing

The Registrar of the Referring Bench shall, immediately on receipt of orders of the Chairman notify to the parties/Legal Practitioners the date of hearing of the case by the Full Bench.

S.Rule 55 Circulation of Full Bench decision/opinion

The Registrar of the Referring Bench shall circulate the opinion/decision rendered by the Full Bench to all other Benches of the Tribunal.

S.Rule 56 Grant of Inspection

Inspection by a party or an affected person of records of a pending or decided case before the Tribunal shall be allowed only under the orders of the Registrar.

S.Rule 57 Application for grant of inspection

(a) Application for inspection of records shall be in Form No.10 and presented at the filing counter of the Registry between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on any working day, two days before the date on which inspection is sought, unless otherwise permitted by the Registrar.

(b) The Judicial Branch of the Registry shall submit the application with its remarks before the Registrar, who shall on consideration of the same pass appropriate orders.

(c) Inspection of records of a pending case shall not ordinarily be permitted on the date fixed for hearing of the case or on the preceding day.

S.Rule 58 Fee payable for Inspection

(a) No fee shall be charged for inspection of records of a pending case by a party to the case or his Legal Practitioner.

(b) A fee of Rs.5 shall be payable by way of affixture of Court fee stamp or DD/IPO drawn in favour of the Registrar on any application for inspection of records of a decided case by a party to the case or his Legal Practitioner.

(c) A fee of Rs.5 shall be payable by way of affixture of Court fee stamp or DD/IPO drawn in favour of the Registrar on any application for inspection of records of a pending or decided case, by an affected person other than a party to the case.

S.Rule 59 Mode of Inspection

(a) On grant of application for inspection of the records, the Section Officer in-charge of the Judicial Branch shall arrange to procure the records of the case and allow inspection of such records on the date and time fixed by the Registrar between 10 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. and between 2.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. in the presence of an officer authorized in that behalf.

(b) The person inspecting the records shall not in any manner cause dislocation, mutilation, tampering or damage to the records in the course of inspection.

(c) The person inspecting the records shall not make any marking on any record or paper so inspected. Copying, if any, of the documents/records inspected may be done only in pencil.

(d) The officer supervising the inspection, may at any time prohibit further inspection, if in his opinion any of the records are likely to be damaged in the process of inspection or the person inspecting the records has violated or attempted to violate the provisions of these Rules and shall immediately make a report about the matter to the Registrar and seek further orders of the Registrar. Note about the same shall be made in Column (8) of the Inspection Register.

S.Rule 60 Maintenance of Register of Inspection

The Section Officer in-charge of the Judicial Branch shall cause to maintain a Register in Form No. 8 for the purpose of inspection of documents/records and shall obtain therein the signature of the person making such inspection.

S.Rule 61 Appearance of Legal Practitioners

Subject as hereinafter provided, no Legal Practitioner shall be entitled to appear and act, in any proceedings before the Tribunal unless he files a Vakalatnama in the prescribed Form duly executed by or on behalf of the party for whom he appeared.

S.Rule 62 Appearance on behalf of Government, etc.

(a) Any Legal Practitioner appearing on behalf of State Government or any Government servant sued or suing in his official capacity or any Authority/Corporation/Society notified under Section 14 of the Act shall not be required to file a vakalatnama but he shall file a Memo of Appearance in Form No. 11 duly signed by him.

(b) Practitioner representing any of the parties referred to in sub-rule (a) shall also file a memo of appearance in Form No. 11.

S.Rule 63 Nomination or engagement of another Legal Practitioner

Where a Legal Practitioner who has filed the vakalatnama engages or nominates another Legal Practitioner to appear and argue his client's case but not to act for the client, the Tribunal may permit such other Legal Practitioner to appear and argue.

S.Rule 64 Consent for engaging another Legal Practitioner

A Legal Practitioner proposing to file a vakalatnama for a party in any case or proceeding before the Tribunal in which there is already a Legal Practitioner on record for the said party, shall do so only with the written consent of Legal Practitioner on record or when such consent is refused, with the permission of the Tribunal.

S.Rule 65 Restrictions on appearance

A Legal Practitioner who has tendered advice in connection with the institution of any case or other proceeding before the Tribunal or has drawn pleadings in connection with any such matter or has during the progress of any such matter acted for a party, shall not, appear in any case or proceeding or other matter arising therefrom or in any matter connected therewith for any person whose interest is opposed to that of his former client, except with the prior permission of the Tribunal.

S.Rule 66 Access to information

A Legal Practitioner appearing for the party in any matter before the Tribunal shall be entitled to communicate personally with or receive any information regarding the said matter from any officer of the Tribunal subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by Tribunal.

S.Rule 67 Form and execution of vakalatnama

(a) Every vakalatnama authorizing a Legal Practitioner to plead and act shall be in Form No.12. The name of the Legal Practitioner so appointed shall be inserted in the vakalatnama before it is executed. It shall be dated at the time of its execution and of its acceptance. Its execution shall be attested by a Judicial Officer, Gazetted Officer serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or of any State in India or a Legal Practitioner other than the Legal Practitioner accepting the vakalatnama.

(b) The authority attesting the vakalatnama under sub-rule (a) shall certify that it has been duly executed in his presence and subscribe his signature giving his name and designation. Attestation shall be made only after the name of the Legal Practitioner is inserted in the vakalatnama before its execution. When a vakalatnama is executed by a party who appears to be illiterate, blind or unacquainted with the language of the vakalatnama, the attestor shall certify that the vakalatnama was read, translated and explained in his presence to the executant, that he seemed to understand, it and that he signed or affixed his thumb mark in the attestor's presence.

(c) Every vakalatnama shall contain an endorsement of acceptance by the Legal Practitioner in whose favour it is executed and shall also bear his address for service. If the vakalatnama is in favour of more than one Legal Practitioner, it shall be signed and accepted by all of them, giving the address for service of any one of them.

S.Rule 68 Restriction on partys right to be heard

The party who has engaged a Legal Practitioner to appear for him before the Tribunal shall not be entitled to be heard in person unless he withdraws the vakalatnama with the leave of the Tribunal.

S.Rule 69 Professional dress for the Advocate

While appearing before the Tribunal, the Advocate shall wear the same professional dress as prescribed for appearance before the High Court.

S.Rule 70 Prohibition of Employment of tout

No Legal Practitioner shall employ as his clerk any person who is a tout.

Explanation.-- "Tout" means a person who procures or attempts to procure for any consideration from any Practitioner or from any person acting on his behalf, the employment of such Legal Practitioner in any legal business or who, for purposes of such procurement, frequents the precincts of the Tribunal.

S.Rule 71 Disqualification for registration of clerks

No person who is or has been declared a tout or is an undischarged insolvent or has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude or has been dismissed from the service of the Government for corruption or dishonesty or is otherwise unfit to be a clerk shall be registered as Legal Practitioner's clerk as provided in Rule 25(1) of the Procedure Rules.

S.Rule 72 Registration of Legal Practitioners clerks

(a) When an application in Form No. IV of the Procedure Rules is made by the Legal Practitioner for registration of his clerk and the same is allowed by the Registrar, the name of the clerk shall be entered in the Register of Clerks in Register No.9.

(b) The Registrar may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, decline to Register any clerk, who in his opinion suffers from any disqualification specified in Rule 71 or is otherwise unsuitable to be registered as such.

(c) An appeal may be filed within thirty days from the date of the order of the Registrar under sub-rule (b) to the Chairman/Senior Member.

S.Rule 73 Cancellation of registration

(a) The Registrar may, for reasons to be, recorded in writing, cancel the registration of any clerk after giving him and his employer an opportunity to show cause against such cancellation.

(b) An appeal may be filed against the order of the Registrar made under clause (a) to the Chairman within thirty days from the date of the order.

S.Rule 74 Notifying registration and cancellation

Orders registering a clerk or canceling the registration shall be notified on the Notice Board of the Tribunal and a copy sent to the Advocates' Association.

S.Rule 75 Issue of Identity Card

(a) ¹[An identity card as referred to in sub-rule (3) of Rule 25 of the Procedure Rules shall be issued in Form No. 13 to every registered clerk of the legal practitioner on his remitting a fee as fixed by Chainnan by way of chalan in
Government Treasury under the head of account -0070-01-800-92-KAT- Receipts on behalf of Registrar of Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram]

(b) The registered clerk shall wear the Identity Card in the body in such a manner as to display his/her Identity and be bound to produce the same for inspection on demand by officials authorised by Registrar.

(c) An Identity Card once issued shall be in force for a period of three years unless cancelled earlier.

S.Rule 76 Access to information by registered clerks

The registered clerks, may communicate personally with any sectional or Departmental Head not below the rank of a Section Officer for information regarding their employers' matters pending in the Tribunal.

S.Rule 77 Carrying out corrections

The Section Officer in-charge of Scrutiny Branch may permit a registered clerk to correct any clerical or typographical mistake found out during scrutiny under Rule 11 in any pleadings or other proceedings. The correction shall be made in the presence of the Section Officer and duly initialled by the maker as well as the Section Officer.

S.Rule 78 Discharge of duties of an absentee clerk

In case of illness or absence on leave of a registered clerk, the Registrar may, on the requisition of the Legal Practitioner under whom such registered clerk is engaged, permit the registered clerk of another Legal Practitioner to discharge the absentee's duties for a specified period.

S.Rule 79 Presentation and return of papers

Registered clerk may present or take returned papers on behalf of the Legal Practitioner whom he represents.

S.Rule 80 Title of affidavits