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Preparing Defense Statement.- (1) The authorized Law Officer shall obtain from the Departmental Secretary, and where the case concerns more than one department from all the concerned Departmental Secretaries, details of the facts and circumstances leading to the institution of the case together with the para-wise remarks in respect of the averments made in the petition, plaint or any 14 interim application and prepare the Statement of Objections or as the case may be, the Written Statement to be filed into Court in appropriate time. (2) Where different departments are sued jointly or if the claim in a suit relates to the acts of two or more departments, the authorized Law Officer shall with least possible delay, communicate with each one of the Departmental Secretaries and/or other officers named in the plaint or petition and arrange to set up, if possible, a common line of defense and prepare a common Statement of Objections or as the case may be a common Written Statement.