Guidelines - Entry of Government Officials in the Court premises - issued by Tamilnadu Government

Personnel and Administrative Reforms (A) Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009. 

Letter (Ms) No.1511A1/2012, Dated: 25.10.2012 

From 

Thiru. Debendranath Sarangi, LAS., 

Chief Secretary to Government. 

To 

All Additional Chief Secretaries /Principal Secretaries/Secretaries to 

Government,  Chennai - 600 009. 

All Departments of Secretariat,  Chennai - 600 009. 

All Head of the Departments including District Collectors, 

District Judges and Chief Judicial Magistrates. 

The Director General of Police,  State of Tamil Nadu, Chennai-4. 

The Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, High Court, Chennai- 104. 

The Registrar General, High Court, Chennai -104. 

The Registrar, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 

The Government Pleader, High Court, Chennai- 104. 

Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai-104. 

The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Chennai —3. 

Sir, 

Sub: Guidelines - Entry of Government Officials in the Court premises — issued. 

Ref:1. Direction of High Court of Madras in Writ Petition No. 27632/2012 filed by Thiru V. Arun, Advocate in the High Court of Madras. 

2. From Thiru S. Venkatesh, Government Pleader, High Court, Chennai — 104, letter dated 19.10.2012. 

As per the direction of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in the above Writ Petition, the following guidelines are issued to the Government Officials while attending the Court Proceedings: 

a) No Government Official should enter into Court Halls for attending the 

Court Proceedings without the specific direction of the authority concerned and the 

specific permission of the Learned Advocate General of Tamil Nadu / Learned 

Additional Advocate General! Government Pleader/Public Prosecutor! Special 

Government Pleader /Additional Government Pleader/Additional Public Prosecutor I 

Government Advocates/Government Advocates(Criminal side). The direction of the 

Government official superior shall ordinarily be in writing. Oral direction to the 

Subordinates shall be avoided to those who attending the Court Proceedings. 

  (b) During the Court hours, in the emergency, the Government Officials should get permission from the Manager of the Advocate General/ Additional Advocate General /Government Pleader /Public Prosecutor before entering in the Court halls. 

 (c) The Government Officials should not enter into Court Hall with Cell phone “sr any other Digital or Electronic Devices/Gadgets having audio! video recording capability in any mode and should not take Court proceedings by audio/video/photo or any other means. 

(d) As and when the Government records are required by the Law Officers concerned for perusal, the Government Officials should produce the same as per the instructions in force. 

(e) The Government Officials should possess identity Card with them while attending the Court proceedings. 

2. If any Government Official fails to follow the above instructions, severe disciplinary action will be taken against them by the authority concerned for violation of respective Conduct Rules. 

Yours faithfully, 

s/d

for Chief Secretary to Government.