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Duties of aided person. — A person seeking legal service shall comply with any requisition or direction that may be made upon him by the Authority/Committee or any of its members from the date of application made for legal service till the completion or cessation of legal service or cancellation of eligibility. 27A32. Recovery of legal aid expenses from aided persons.— (1) A person seeking legal service shall execute an agreement in the form appended to these rules wherein he shall undertake for the refund/recovery, in suitable cases, of such portion of the costs/charges which may have been borne by the State Legal Services Authority/High Court Legal Services Committee/District Legal Services Authority/Sub-Divisional Legal Services Committee, as the case may be, in funding the litigation and which litigation may have ultimately resulted in award of costs/charges by any Court/Tribunal in favour of an ‘aided person’. The said form shall also provide for authorization by the aided person, to the Court/Tribunal awarding such costs/charges in the litigation resulting in his favour to order refund of such costs/charges directly to the 28 Substituted by Haryana Government vide notification No. 20/5/2001-4JJ(I) dated 2-8-2002. 29 Substituted by Haryana Government vide notification No. 20/5/2001-4JJ(I) dated 2-8-2002. 30 Substituted by Haryana Government vide notification No. 20/5/2001-4JJ(I) dated 2-8-2002. 31 Substituted by Haryana Government vide notification No. 20/5/2001-4JJ(I) dated 2-8-2002. 32 Substituted by Haryana Government vide notification No. 20/5/2001-4JJ(I) dated 2-8-2002. The Haryana State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1996 40 respective Legal Services Authority/Committee, which may have funded his litigation. The aforesaid agreement to be executed by the aided person shall also contain a clause in the shape of an irrevocable power of attorney authorizing the Member-Secretary, Secretary or Chairman of the respective Authority/Committee concerned to do all such acts and things as may be necessary for recovery/realization of the amount decreed or ordered awarded to him by any Court/Tribunal. Where due to inadvertence or otherwise, any such costs are ordered by such courts to be recoverable by an aided person and released in his favour, the aided person shall be under legal obligation to deposit such costs/charges to the concerned Authority/Committee within one month of the receipt of such amount and on his failure to deposit the same within the stipulated period, the said costs/charges shall be recovered from the aided person as arrears of land revenue by the Collector of the district in which the aided person may be residing or holding property and upon recovery in such manner, the Collector shall remit the same to the concerned Authority/Committee: Provided that where the amount of costs/charges awarded is less than Rs. 1000/- (One thousand rupees only) it shall be in the absolute discretion of the Member-Secretary, Secretary or Chairman of the respective Authority/Committee concerned whether or not to proceed for recovery of such amount. Form33 (See Rule 27A) I, ________________________________ son of/daughter of/wife of shri _________________________________________________________ resident of _____________________________________, hereby agree that in the event of the Court/Tribunal finally passing a decree or order in my favour awarding costs to me or other monetary benefit or advantage, the expenses of litigation borne by the Authority/Committee on my behalf shall remain the first charge on that monetary benefit/decree. I further bind myself that for releasing the said benefit/decree in my favour in order to recover the said expenses of litigation, Member-Secretary, Secretary or Chairman of the Authority/Committee, as the case may be, shall be legally entitled to act as my special attorney without any further legal document. I, hereby also declare that in case of any benefit under a decree or order granted in my favour the Court/Tribunal shall be at liberty to divert such amount to the Authority/Committee, as may have been incurred by the Authority/Committee in giving me legal service and I shall also supply true information to the Authority/Committee in this regard. I, hereby further declare that where due to inadvertence or otherwise, any such costs are ordered by such courts to be recoverable by me and released in my favour, I shall be under legal obligation to deposit such costs/charges to the concerned Authority/Committee within one month of the receipt of such amount and on my failures to deposit such amount within stipulated period, the said costs/charges shall be recoverable from me as arrears of land revenue by the Collector of district in which I reside or hold property. Place:________________ Dated:_______________ APPLICANT 33 Added by Haryana Government vide notification No. 20/5/2001-4JJ(I) dated 2-8-2002. The Haryana State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1996 41