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Writ Petitions filed against the Government.- (1) Writ petitions are normally instituted against the state as represented by the Chief Secretary or the Departmental Secretary, the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district or any officer connected with the subject matter of the claim, in his official capacity. (2) Where the Court notice is addressed to the Chief Secretary it shall be received by the Head of the Legal Cell of the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms and forwarded to the Departmental Secretary. (3) In other cases the notice shall be received by the officer named in the petition. Where the notice is served or a subordinate officer, he shall immediately forward the notice along with five sets of the copies of the writ petition and the annexure to the Departmental Secretary. (4) Where such notice is served on the Departmental Secretary or is received by him from the Solicitor in the Law Department or is sent by the subordinate officer under sub section (3) the Departmental Secretary shall thereupon immediately forward the same along with five copies of the writ petition and its enclosures to the Law Secretary indicating the names of officers who.- (i) is conversant with the facts of the case; (ii) shall be the Litigation Conducting Officer in the case; and (iii) shall verify and sign the pleadings.