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The papers in a case will be arranged in the following orderfrom top, downwards:(i)reference books;(ii)notes portion of the current file ending with the note forconsideration;(iii)running summary of facts;(iv) (iv) draft for approval, if any;(v)Correspondence portion of the current file ending with thelatest receipt or issue, as the case may be;(vi)appendix to notes and correspondence;(vii)standing guard file, standing note or reference folder, if any;(viii)other papers, if any, referred to e.g. extracts of notes orcorrespondence from other files, copies of orders, resolutions,gazettes, arranged in chronological order, the latest beingplaced on the top;(ix)recorded files, if any, arranged in chronological order, the latestbeing placed on the top; and(x)routine notes and papers arranged in chronological order andplaced in a separate cover.40.20 Referencing(i)Every page in each part of the file (viz. notes, correspondence,appendix to notes, and appendix to correspondence) will beconsecutively numbered in separate series, in pencil, blankintervening pages, if any, will not be numbered.(ii)Each item of correspondence in a file, whether receipt or issue,will be assigned a serial number which will be displayedprominently in red ink on the right top corner of its first page.(iii)The paper under consideration on a file will be flagged “PUC”and the latest fresh receipt noted upon, as “FR”. In nocircumstances, will a slip other than “PUC” and (FR), beattached to any paper in a current file. If there are more thanPage 264 of 264