Information with respect to the Munsiff's Court, Pala under Section 4(1)(b) of the Right to information Act, 2005
1. Organisation, functions and duties
Munsiff’s Court, Pala is subordinate court of District Court, Kottayam. This establishment consists of one court.
The functions and duties of the Munsiff Court is primarily based on administration of Justice in its territorial jurisdiction. The territorial jurisdiction of the Munsiff's Court, Pala is available in Appendix A.
Subordinate staff of this establishment consists of one Junior Superintendent, one Head Clerk, two Senior Clerks, seven Clerks(including one Bench Clerk), one Confidential Assistants, three L.D Typists, one Attender, one Court Keeper, two Office Attendants and one Part Time Sweeper.
2. The powers and duties of officers and employees
The Munsiff's Court exercise jurisdiction on original side. On judicial side its duty is to receive and dispose the case and matters pertaining to the administration of justice and in the administrative side, that are as prescribed in the manual of office Procedure, various Rules of Practices, Service Rules etc.
3. The procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability
In the judicial side, proceedings are channeled through Junior Superintendent−> Court Fees/Inward Section Clerk → Bench Clerk → Judicial Officer. In the administrative side, files are channeled through Clerks/Junior Superintendents → Judicial Officer.
4. The norms set for the discharge of functions
The functions of these Courts are discharged in accordance with the various rules and regulations constituted for the purpose. Issues are dealt with on priority basis, expeditiously taking in to account, the various instructions issued from superior courts from time to time.
5. The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records held or under the control or used by the employees for discharging the functions.
In Judicial functions of the Courts: Various Central and State Acts and Rules in Civil and Criminal matters. In Administrative functions of the Courts:
Manual of Office procedure Kerala Service Rules Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules Kerala Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules Special Rules for Kerala Last Grade Servants Kerala Government Servants' Conduct Rules 6. Categories of documents that are held or under the control
Documents and records pertaining to cases, pending and disposed Records send by Appellate courts Documents and records of administrative matters 7. Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of the policy or implementation there of. There is no arrangement to solicit the views of the members of the public in relation to the formulation of policies or implementation there of.
8. Statement of Boards, Councils, Committees and other bodies Not applicable in this Court
9. Directory of Officers and Employees Munsiff's Court, Pala : 0482-2216665
10. Monthly remuneration received by Officers and employees The monthly remuneration is likely to change depending on the grant of increments and variation in the dearness allowance sanctioned by the Government from time to time. The sanctioned strength and pay scales of the officers and employees of this establishment are furnished at Annexure-B.
11. Budget allocated to the Agencies, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and disbursement made Statement of Budget allocated for the financial year 2018-2019 to this establishment is available in Annexure-C.
12. Manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including amounts allocated and details of beneficiaries of such programmes.
No subsidy programmes are executed by this establishment and no amount has been allocated for the same.
13. Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorisations granted Not applicable
14. Information held by/available reduced in an electronic formulation
The history of cases from the date of filing till disposal have been reduced to electronic from and are available at the website. 15. Facilities available to citizens for obtaining information including the working hours of a library or reading room, in maintained for public use
Public can directly access the Touch-Screen (E-Kiosk) facility or enquiry can be made at the counter for information on status of cases filed. Public can access the search facility in the District Court website to avail information in cases pending/disposed Information on other matters can be obtained from the public Information Officer as per provisions of the RTI Act, 2005. No library is maintained for public use.
16. Name, Designation and other particulars of the appellate authority and public information officer
State Public Information Officer Appellate Authority Girishkumar R P. Venugopalan Junior Superintendent, Sheristadar, Munsiff's Court, Pala District Court, Kottayam Phone: 04822-216665 Phone: 0481-2563496 Assistant Public Information Officer Sumadevi M, Head Clerk, Munsiff's court,Pala Phone-048220216665 Annexure-A Territorial Jurisdiction of the Munsiff's Court, Pala
Villages of Meenachil Taluk
Kuravilangadu Kidangoor Elakkadu Kurichithanam Uzhavoor Veliyannoor Ramapuram Vellilappally Vallichira Puliyannoor Meenachil Lalam Kadanadu Poovarany Monippally Kanakkary Part (Kalathoor Kara) Annexure-B Staff strength and scale of pay of the Judicial Officer and employees of the Munsiff's Court, Pala
Sl. Name of Post Strength Scale of Pay Spl. Comp. No. Allow. Allow. 1 Munsiff 1 27700-44770 2750 1000 2 Junior Superintendent 1 30700-65400 3 Head Clerk 1 27800-59400 4 Confidential Assistant 1 25200-54000 400 5 Senior Clerk 4 25200-54000 6 Clerk Bench Clerk 200 Record Keeper 7 19000-43600 250
7 L.D Typist 3 19000-43600 8 Attender 1 17000-37500 100 9 Court Keeper 1 17000-37500 100 10 Office Attendant 2 16500-37500 120 100 11 Part Time Sweeper 1 9340-14800 Annexure-C Statement showing budget grant under various heads of account in respect of Munsiff's Court, Pala
Head of Account Description Detailed Head Budget Amount 2014-00-105-99-00-01-01-N-V Salaries Pay 11550000 2014-00-105-99-00-01-02-N-V Salaries DA 2425500 2014-00-105-99-00-01-03-N-V Salaries HRA 425000 2014-00-105-99-00-01-04-N-V Salaries Medical 400000 Reimbursement 2014-00-105-99-00-01-05-N-V Salaries Other Allowance 350000 2014-00-105-99-00-02-01-N-V Wages Pay 170000 2014-00-105-99-00-02-02-N-V Wages DA 30000 2014-00-105-99-00-04-01-N-V Travel Expense Tour TA 30000 2014-00-105-99-00-04-02-N-V Travel Expense Transfer TA 60000 2014-00-105-99-00-04-04-N-V Travel Expense LTC 90000 2014-00-105-99-00-05-01-N-V Office Expense Water Charges 1500 2014-00-105-99-00-05-02-N-V Office Expense Electricity 20000 2014-00-105-99-00-05-03-N-V Office Expense Telephone 35000 2014-00-105-99-00-05-04-N-V Office Expense Other Items 76000 2014-00-800-93-00-06-00-N-C Rent, Rate, Tax 120000 2014-00-800-99-00-06-00-N-C Rent, Rate, Tax 53977