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महसूल व वन विभाग शासन स्तरावर दाखल होणाऱ्या अर्धन्यायिक प्रकरणे हाताळण्यासंदर्भात अनुसरावयाची कार्यपध्दती 01-07-2016
https://maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201607011120501719.pdf
- मा. मुंबई उच्च न्यायालय, मुंबई येथे दाखल झालेल्या रिट याचिका क्र. ४१०१/२००७ मध्ये मा. उच्च न्यायालयाने विहीत केलेल्या मार्गदर्शक तत्वांची काटेकोर अंमलबजावणी करावी.
- सुनावणीची नोटीस व सुनावणीचा दिनांक यामध्ये पुरेसा कालावधी असावा. जर प्रकरणातील कोणत्याही संबंधितांस योग्य कारणाच्या अनुषंगाने सुनावणीस उपस्थित राहणे शक्य झाले नाही तर त्याला नैसर्गिक न्याय तत्वानुसार सुनावणीची संधी देण्यात यावी.
- सुनावणीचा तपशील स्वतंत्र रोजनाम्यामध्ये नमूद करावा. प्रकरणांची तसेच स्थगिती आदेशांची स्वतंत्र नोंदवही ठेवावी. तसेच प्रकरणांचे गोषवारे ठेवावेत.
- संबंधित प्रकरणी सुनावणी झालेल्या प्राधिकाऱ्याने शक्य तेवढ्या लवकर म्हणजेच चार ते आठ आठवडयात कागदपत्रांच्या आधारे पुरेशी कारणमीमांसा देऊन बोलके आदेश पारीत करावेत.
- अशा प्रकरणी अर्धन्यायिक प्राधिकरणाने पारीत केलेले आदेश सर्व संबधितांना रजिस्टर ए.डी.ने त्वरीत पाठवावेत.
- अर्धन्यायिक प्रकरणाच्या कार्यपध्दतीमध्ये राजकीय पक्षाशी संबंधित कार्यकर्ता, विधानसभा सदस्य, संसद सदस्य किया कोणीही त्रयस्थ व्यक्तीस हस्तक्षेप करता येणार नाही.
- कनिष्ट प्राधिकरणाचे निर्णयाविरुद्ध स्थगितीसाठी सादर होणाऱ्या प्रकरणांमध्ये प्रकरणाचे गांभीर्य व गुणवत्तेच्या आधारे साधकबाधक चर्चेअंती सार्वजनिक हित विचारात घेऊन निर्णय घेणे आवश्यक आहे.
- अर्जदाराने पुनरीक्षण / पुनर्विलोकन किंवा कोणत्याही प्रकारचा अपील अर्ज सादर करताना त्यामध्ये सदरचा अर्ज कोणत्या कायद्याअंतर्गत / कायदेशीर तरतुदी अंतर्गत करत आहे याचा उल्लेख करावा.
- अर्जामध्ये संपूर्ण घटनाक्रम तारखेनुसार घटनेनुसार द्यावा.
- अर्जदाराने विहीत कालावधीत अपील / पुनरीक्षण अर्ज करणे आवश्यक आहे. अर्ज सादर करण्यास विलंब झाल्यास विलंब क्षमापित करण्यासाठी अर्ज सादर केल्यानंतरच त्याबाबत विचार करावा.
- अर्जदाराने प्रतिवादी किंवा प्रकरणाशी संबंधित अन्य व्यक्तीला त्याच्या अपीलाच्या पुरेशा प्रती द्याव्यात. तसेच दोन जादा प्रती संबंधित प्राधिकान्यास देण्याची व्यवस्था करावी.
- पुनरीक्षण / पुनर्विलोकन अर्ज दाखल करताना रुपये २५/- इतक्या रकमेचे मुद्रांक शुल्क अर्जासोबत जोडणे आवश्यक आहे.
- अर्जदार पुनरीक्षण / पुनर्विलोकन अर्ज नोंदणीकृत डाकेने पाठवू शकतो..
- या अनुषंगाने शासनाने वेळोवेळी पारीत केलेली परिपत्रके, पत्रे यामधील सूचनांचे देखील पालन करावे.
मा.मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयाच्या आदेशा WRIT PETITION NO. 4101 OF 2007 आदेशा
Procedural Guidelines for Quasi-Judicial Authority:
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17. This Court in exercise of powers conferred under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India prescribes the following procedure to be adopted by quasi-judicial authorities including the Ministers, Secretaries, officials and litigants while hearing and determining appeals, revisions, review applications and interim applications etc.:
(1) Memo of appeal or revision, review and or any application shall specifically mention under which enactment and/or under what provisions of law the said appeal/ review/ revision or application is filed.
(2) The appellant/ applicant shall give a synopsis of concise dates and events along with the memo of appeal or revision.
(3) The appeal, revision and/or application shall be filed within a period stipulated under the law governing the subject from the receipt of the order/ decision which is impugned in the above matter. In the event of delay, it should only be entertained along with application for condonation of delay.
(4) At the time of presentation of the appeal, review or revision, the applicant shall, if filed in person, establish his identity by necessary documents or he shall file proceedings through authorised agent, and/or advocate.
(5) The application shall be accompanied by sufficient copies for every opponents/respondents and also supply 2 extra copies for the authorities.
(6) For issuance of summons to the opponents/respondents, court fees/ postal stamps of sufficient amount shall be affixed on the application form/ memo of appeal or revision as the case may be.
(7) In addition to service through the authority, appellant/ applicant may separately send the additional copies to each of the opponents/ respondents by registered post acknowledgement due and may file an affidavit of service along with evidence of despatch. The postal and acknowledgment alone should be treated as evidence of service in the event of service through postal authority.
(8) In the event of an urgency of obtaining an interim relief like stay, injunction/ other interim order or direction or status-quo etc, a specific case of urgency should be made out in the application, which the authority may entertain subject to the brief reasons recorded. The said order shall also be communicated immediately to all the affected persons. The proof of timely dispatch of the Registered A.D.s and all the acknowledgments shall be separately maintained.
(9) If there is real urgency, the concerned authority may grant ex party interim/ ad-interim relief for the reasons to be recorded for a particular period only within which time the service on the concerned opponents/ respondents shall be effected. Appellant/ applicant should file an affidavit of service, if such party requires early hearing or continuation for interim relief or of an appeal, revision or review.
(10) The competent authority shall also communicate the next date of hearing to all the parties along with time and place and shall, as far as possible, adhere to the said date and time of hearing.
(11) The concerned official in every department should be asked to remain present at the time of hearing and assist the concerned authority in the matter.
(12) Reasonable sufficient time be provided between the date of receipt of notice and the actual date of hearing. If any party is unable to remain present at the time of hearing for a sufficient cause, one further opportunity should be given to such party for hearing.
(13) The authority hearing quasi-judicial matters shall duly fix a date, time and venue for such hearing. Such authority shall refrain from interacting with third parties during the course of hearing either in person or on phone and shall not do any act which would tend to affect or prejudice fair hearing.
(14) A speaking order shall be passed by the authority hearing the matter as early as possible after the hearing is concluded and, as far as possible, within a period of four to eight weeks from the conclusion of the hearing, on the basis of the record before it as well as the submissions made at the hearing. The order must contain reasons in support of the order.
(15) The authority shall not receive information or documents after the hearing is concluded and/or shall not pass the speaking on the basis of such documents and/or information unless such material is brought to the notice of the parties to the proceedings following rules of natural justice.
(16) The order passed by the quasi-judicial authority on the hearing shall be forthwith communicated to all the parties by Registered A.D.
(17) No application or request or prayer from the political worker, Member of Legislative Assembly, Member of Parliament or third party shall be entertained in the quasi-judicial proceedings unless such person is a party respondent or intervener in the proceedings.
(18) The order pronounced shall be communicated to the parties immediately.
(19) Record of hearing shall be meticulously maintained in a separate Roznama.
(20) The notings of concerned officials/ law assistants to assist the authority shall include only content of facts and legal provisions along with case laws, if any.
(21) The notings made by the law officials/concerned officials shall not be in the form of order.
18. In addition to the above guidelines, the quasi-judicial authorities shall also follow the parameters laid down by this Court in the case of Lokmanya Nagar Priyadarshini v. State of Maharashtra, 2007 (1) Bom.C.R. 929, which read as under:
PARAMETERS
"(a) While considering the stay application, the authority concerned should at least briefly set out case of the applicant/ appellant, as the
case may be.
(b) While granting the ex parte order, it should be granted for a shorted duration with short notice to the opponent(s).
(c) If ex parte stay is to be granted, then the authority passing the order should specify the reasons in short for grant of ex parte order.
(d) The Authority passing the order should,
(i) record its findings as to whether or not a prima facie case is made out with short reasons in support of the finding;
(ii) record its finding as to in whose favour balance of convenience lies, and
(iii) record its finding whether non-grant of interim relief would cause any prejudice to the person seeking interim relief.
(e) The ingredients at (d) (i) to (iii) should be discussed and positive findings should be recorded while granting or refusing to grant interim relief."
21. The Chief Secretary, State of Maharashtra is directed to circulate this judgment to all concerned along with his letter emphasising the need to follow
it, so as to exhibit transparency in the decision-making process. The compliance report submitted to this Court will be highly appreciated.
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