Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) A summons to a Government servant other than a member of the Armed Forces of the union or the employee of a local authority shall ordinarily be served through the head of the office in which he is employed. Service summons on Public servants (2) Where the person to be summoned is an Officer of the armed Forces of the union the Court shall send the summons direct to him and where such persons is a soldier, sailor or airman the summons shall be sent for service to his Commanding Officer. (3) Where the Court considers it necessary to issue a summons direct to a public servant other than a soldier, sailor or airman, it shall, simultaneously with the issue of the summons, send a notice to the head of the office in which the person summoned is employed. (4) In all these cases sufficient time shall always be given to admit or arrangement being made for the relief of the person summoned.