It has been the utmost priority of the Provincial Government to emphasis on welfare legislation and social reforms. The Provincial Litigation Policy is aimed to transform all government departments and attached formations into efficient and responsible litigants. This policy adheres to the responsibility of the government to protect the rights of citizens while strictly adhering to the laws, rules and regulations in vogue. The primary objective of this policy is to reduce unnecessary litigation workload of the departments in courts so as to avoid wastage of valuable time of the courts and government. This Policy will also enable the officers heading the litigation sections of the departments to work more efficiently and objective oriented.
To ensure that litigation section/cell of a department is as important as other sections. However, all other sections (internal or external if related to the case) are equally responsible to cooperate while filing/contesting cases
It guides to place correct facts, all relevant documents before the court/tribunal and not to mislead them
It guides about progress review of departments both internally and externally via notified departmental committees
It sensitizes the government departments in important cases for efficient and timely disposal
To put in place an external monitoring mechanism to review progress of the line departments in terms of success/failure and determine responsibilities
To lay down a model for departmental litigation sections.
To lay down incentives based litigation model
Despite significant role in safeguarding the public interest, the litigation sections of the departments/attached formations have always been marginalized. The Sections mostly suffer from issues like lack of qualified and experienced staff, necessary equipment, and transportation facility. Due to cumbersome and unattractive nature of work, the officers/officials avoid postings and resultantly either unwilling workers are posted or the positions are filled on additional charge basis. To address this ignored area for better service delivery, model of a strengthened and efficient litigation sections is laid down for implementation by the departments. The Administrative Heads are required to ensure the following
A litigation section shall have all required equipment as per need. The following dedicated equipment shall be made available to each litigation section in the requisite quantity.
For timely attendance in outstation courts, submission of comments/replies, hearings, and meetings with line formations and other regulatory departments, every litigation section shall be provided with a good condition dedicated pool vehicle (to be authorized by administration department) with provision of necessary POL
For instant and handy use as reference in other similar cases, the court decisions in different cases whether in favour or against the department shall be listed and preserved/scanned in the system. The record of cases shall be categorized and maintained on the given sample format
For in time submission of para-wise replies in court cases and other requisite preparation/consultation, timely coordination with concerned sections is imperative. Thus, section officer litigation/in-charge of the section in the departments shall on regular basis share their monthly schedule of cases/hearings with all concerned sections
