THE JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE'S COURTI, CHENGANNUR
SUO MOTU DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 4(1)(b) OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005
1. ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:
The main function of the Judicial First Class Magistrate's CourtI, Chengannur is the trial and disposal of all cases received by it, in accordance with law. It is vested with the powers of trying cases as shown in the schedule 1 and II to the Code of Criminal Procedure . The Court exercise its jurisdiction in the local limits as defined by the Hon'ble Chief Judicial Magstrate, Alappuzha, from time to time, subject to the control of the Hon'ble High Court of Kerala. At present, the Court have jurisdiction over the following Police Stations and Excise Ranges. 1. Chengannur Police Station 2. Mannar Police Station 3. Venmony Police Station 4. Chengannur Excise Range 5. Mavelikara Excise Range 6. Railway Protection Force, Chengannur
2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICER AND STAFF:
The Court is presided by the Judicial First Class Magistrate. The Court ordinally sit from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm with an interval not exceeding one hour. The duty of the Court is the trial and disposal of all cases received by it.
The subordinate staff of the Court consist of a Junior Superintendent, 1 Head Clerk, 1 Confidential Assistant, 7 Clerks, 2 Typists, 4 Office Attendants and 1 Part Time Sweeper. The Junior Superintendent is the Chief Ministerial Officer of the establishment and he is responsible for the overall supervision of the staff. The clerks/Typists of the Court are assigned separate sections and they are accountable for all the works in their respective section. The duties of the staff are governed by the relevant acts, rules and circulars issued by the Hon'ble High Court of Kerala.
3. THE PROCEDURE FOLLOWED IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS, INCLUDING CHANNELS OF SUPERVISION AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
The First Information Report, Occurrence Report, other reports and Final Reports filed by the Station House Officers concerned and other tapals are received by the Chief Ministerial Officer of the Court and are submitted before the Presiding Officer. Thereafter the records will be distributed to the respective sections for necessary action as ordered by the Presiding Officer.
The channel of supervision in the court is as follows:
Presiding Officer > Junior Superintendent >Clerks/Typists
4. THE NORMS SET BY THE COURT TO DISCHARGE ITS FUNCTION The functions of this Court are discharged in accordance with the Acts, Rules and Regulations constituted for the purpose. All the functions are discharged under the direct supervision of the Presiding Officer on the priority basis, taking into account the directions and instructions received from the superior courts.
5. THE RULES, REGULATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS, MANUALS AND RECORDS HELD OR UNDER THE CONTROL OR USED BY THE EMPLOYEES FOR DISCHARGING ITS FUNCTION .
The following Acts and rules are used for dischaging the functions of the Court.
Judicial Functions : Code of Criminal Procedure Criminal Rules of Practice in Kerala Indian Evidence Act Other Acts enacted by the Central and State Government
Administrative Functions : Manual of Office Procedure Kerala Service Rules Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules Kerala Civil Services( Classification, Control and Appeal Rules). Kerala Government Servant's Conduct Rules Kerala Judicial Ministerial Subordinate Service Rules Kerala Treasury Code Kerala Financial Code Kerala Account Code. Circulars.
6. CATEGORIES OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE HELD BY THE COURT OR UNDER ITS CONTROL
The following documents and records are held by this court:
Documents and records in all pending cases
Documents in disposed cases where period of retention has not been not expired.
Documents and records in Long Pending cases.
Circulars, Official memorandums and other administrative communications.
7. PARTICULARS OF ANY ARRANGEMENT THAT EXISTS FOR CONSULTATION WITH, OR REPRESENTATION BY, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE FORMULATION OF POLICY OR IMPLEMENTATION THERE OF.
No arrangement exists in this court for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of policy or implementation there of.
8. STATEMENT OF BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMITTEES AND OTHER BODIES CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE PERSONS CONSTITUTED AS ITS PART OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF ITS ADVICE.
A Committee viz Internal Complaints Committee constituted as per the mandate in Section 4 Sub section (2) of The Sexual Harassment of Women at work Place( Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013. The Committee consist of a Presiding Officer and 4 members.
9. DIRECTORY OF OFFICER AND EMPLOYEES.
NAME DESIGNATION PHONE NUMBER Reshma Sasidharan Judicial First Class Magistrate 0479 2451566 K.Sasidharan Pillai Junior Superintendent 0479 2451566 Suchithradevi.G Head Clerk 0479 2451566 Aji.O.R Senior Clerk 0479 2451566 Sivaprasad.G Senior Clerk 0479 2451566 Rajesh. A.J Clerk 0479 2451566 Sumiya.S Clerk 0479 2451566 Praveen A.G Clerk 0479 2451566 Susan Joseph Clerk 0479 2451566 Shiji.S Clerk 0479 2451566 Rahiyanath.H Confidential Assistant 0479 2451566 Valsamma.A Senior Grade Typist 0479 2451566 Lekshmi.R.S.Nair Typist 0479 2451566 Bindu.K.G Office Attendant 0479 2451566 Seena Joseph Office Attendant 0479 2451566 N.Binukumar Office Attendant 0479 2451566 Ramesh.K.K Office Attendant 0479 2451566 Omana.T.K Part Time Sweeper 0479 2451566
10.MONTHLY REMUNERATION RECEIVED BY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
The monthly remuneration received by the officer and employees are given below:
DESIGNATION Pay Scale Net salary* Judicial First Class Magistrate 2770044770 56622/ Junior Superintendent 3070065400 29963/ Head Clerk 2780059400 16539/ Senior Clerk (2) 2520054000 37883 Clerks (5) 1900043600 84903/ Confidential Assistant 2520054000 21150/ Senior Grade Typist 2780059400 18458/ Typist 1900043600 16086/ Office Attendants(4) 1650035700 68455/ Part Time Sweeper 934014800 11469/
• The net salary may change due to the variation in Dearness allowance rates and grant of increments, deductions etc.
11.BUDGETS ALLOCATED TO THE AGENCY, INDICATING THE PARTICULARS OF ALL PLANS, PROPOSED EXPENDITURES AND DISBURSEMENT MADE
Budget allocation and Expenditure of this court for the financial year 201819 is given below:
Sl.No Description Expenditure 1. Pay 4913721 2. Dearness Allowance 1142753 3. HRA 232322 4. Other allowances 380088 5. Wages 188529 6. Tour TA 10160 7. Transfer TA 32010 8. Water Charges 955 9. Electricity Charges 27605 10. Telephone Charges 16511 11. Other Items 74895 12. Rent rates and taxes 58198 13. Other charges 960 14. Total 70,78,707/
12.MANNER OF EXECUTION OF SUBSIDY PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING THE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED AND DETAILS OF BENEFICIARIES OF SUCH PROGRAMMES
No subsidy programmes were executed by this court and no amount has been allocated for the same.
13. PARTICULARS OF RECIPIENTS OF CONCESSIONS, PERMITS OR AUTHORISATIONS GRANTED BY THIS COURT
Not Applicable.
14.DETAILS OF INFORMATION, AVAILABLE/HELD BY, REDUCED IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM
The details of cases on the files of this court have been reduced to electronic form (Case Information System developed by the NIC) and are available in the official website of Hon'ble District Court, Alappuzha. The judgments are also uploaded in the Official website.
15.THE PARTICULARS OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION INCLUDING THE WORKING HOURS OF A LIBRARY OR READING ROOM, IF MAINTAINED FOR PUBLIC USE
Public can access the search facility in the Official website of the Hon'ble District Court, Alappuzha. Information can also be obtained from the Public Information Officer subject to the provisions of The Right to Information Act 2005 and rules framed in this regard.
No library is maintained for public use.
16.THE NAMES, DESIGNATIONS AND OTHER PARTICULARS OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS.
Public Information Officer Assistant Public Information Officer Sri.K.Sasidharan Pillai, Sri. Aji.O.R. Junior Superintendent, Senior Clerk Judicial First Class Magistrate's CourtI, Judicial First Class Magistrate's CourtI, Chengannur. Chengannur. PIN 689121 PIN 689121 Phone: 0479 2451566 Phone: 0479 2451566 email: [email protected] email: [email protected]
Appellate Authority Sheristadar, Hon'ble Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court Alappuzha.