(General) Rules, 1997-English - Panchyati Raj Department

Government or Semi-Government servant, the same shall be sent induplicate by registered post at the expenses of party concerned to the Head ofoffice under whom the person summoned is working, who shall return theoriginal after service to the Gram Panchayat issuing the summon or notice, asthe case may be.77. Method of Service outside jurisdiction.- (1) If the person to besummoned by Gram Panchayat in a suit, case or proceeding, as the case maybe, resides outside the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat in HimachalPradesh, the Gram Panchayat shall send the summons, by post or otherwiseto the Gram Panchayat or the court within whose jurisdiction the person onwhom it is to be served, resides and such Gram Panchayat or Court shallcause it to be served as if it were its own summons and shall return theduplicate to the Gram Panchayat concerned.(2) If the person to be summoned by the Gram Panchayat in a suit,case or proceedings resides outside Himachal Pradesh, the Gram Panchayatshall send the summons by post to the Civil Court within whose jurisdictionthe person on whom it is to be served, resides and such court shall cause it tobe served as if it were its own summons and shall return the duplicate to theGram Panchayat concerned. If the person summoned under this rule is awitness, the Gram Panchayat shall require the person at whose instance thesummon is to be issued to deposit diet money payable to the witness underthese rules before the summons are issued. The amount of the diet moneyshall be noted on the summon and shall be paid to the witness on hisappearance.78. Procedure of summon issued under rule 77.- A summon issuedby a Gram Panchayat under rule-77 shall be sent to the Gram Panchayat orthe Court concerned by post or otherwise and shall contain a note that it hasbeen issued by the Gram Panchayat on its own motion and that the dietmoney shall be paid by the Gram Panchayat to the witness on his appearance.79. Diet money from Sabha Fund .- When a Gram Panchayatsummons a witness on its own motion and such witness resides beyond itsjurisdiction, it shall pay diet money to the witness out of Sabha fund.80. Refusal to summon a witness.- Gram Panchayat may refuse tosummon a witness if, in its opinion his attendance cannot be procuredwithout any amount of delay, expense or inconvenience, which, in thecircumstances would be unreasonable.81. Definition of diet money.- Diet money includes(a) dailyallowance and (b) travelling expenses and is intended to be reimbursed to thewitnesses for the reasonable expenses incidental to their attendance beforethe Gram Panchayat.82. Rate of daily and travelling allowance.- Daily allowance andtravelling allowance shall be paid to the witnesses at the following rates bythe Pradhan or Up-Pradhan considering the status of the witness:-29