Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

) Procedure
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Any matter which requires our filing a petition in the
High Court shall first be approved by the GM.
All papers concerning the matter shall then be
forwarded to the Attorneys under a covering letter by
the CLA.
The Attorneys may call a conference of the
concerned persons for preparing the case and
clarifications. The CLA or LA shall notify all such
conferences and ensure that they are attended. The
case as prepared by the Attorneys/Counsels is finally
approved by the CLA/LA and sent back to the Attorneys
for engrossment and filing. The CLA shall attend the
High Court alongwith the officer of the parent
department, if necessary, to assist our counsel and to
make available the latest position of the matter.
Further action in respect of such cases shall be
taken by the Attorneys, who, after disposal of the case
shall inform the Legal Department of the outcome and
shall return all papers to CLA, together with copies of
orders/judgements.
On receipt of notices from the High Court in regard
to any case filed against the Undertaking, the Legal
Adviser shall refer to matter to the concerned
department to furnish all facts and connected papers.
AGM(L)/CLA/LA shall scrutinize the law points involved
and recommend the case to be defended by the
Attorneys. On receipt of GM’s approval to the
recommendations, the CLA shall prepare the notes for