Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Draft Counter Statement.- (1) Upon receipt of notice or information about filing of a case and/or the copy of the authorisation the Departmental Secretary shall ensure that the Law Officer is posted with the necessary facts and particulars in the form of parawise remarks and the relevant files and records are furnished to him for preparing the statement of objections and other necessary pleadings. Copy of the parawise remarks shall also be sent to the Law Secretary for his information and further action. The Litigation Conducting Officer shall with the assistance of such Officers as he may deem necessary give instructions to and assist the Law Officer and the Law Secretary, in the preparation of the draft counter statement. (2) On receipt of the parawise remarks and the connected records, the Law Officer concerned shall prepare the draft of the counter statement and other pleadings in the case send it along with the relevant files and records to the Law Department for scrutiny and approval of the draft.