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Duties of Legal Practitioners on the Panel.— (1) Legal practitioners appointed for rendering legal service to the aided person under these rules:-- (a) If the case is not concerning any proceeding in a court of law, tribunal or administrative tribunal shall hear the aided person, or any other person representing him, and shall examine the papers and documents relating to the case and shall give his advice in writing to the aided person and also send a copy of the advice so recorded to the Member-Secretary, Secretary or Chairman of the Authority/Committee; as the case may be and29 (b) If the case relates to any legal proceedings, he shall represent the aided person and act and plead for him in the legal proceedings and shall forth-with make a report to Member-Secretary, Secretary or Chairman of the Authority/Committee as the case may be” on the action taken by him and also make monthly report to the Member Secretary in regard to the progress of the legal proceedings.30 (2) The legal practitioner so long as he remains on the panel shall act in accordance with such instructions as may be given to him from time to time, by the Member-Secretary, Secretary or Chairman of the Authority/Committee as the case may be.31