The Secretary of theHigh Court Legal Services Committee or District Authority or Chairman of the Taluk Legal Services Committee, as the case may be, shall inform the State Authority about the proposal to organize the Lok Adalat, well before the date on which Ihe Lok Adalat is proposed to be organised, and furnish the following information to the State Authority, namely:- 1
(i) The place and the date on which the Lok Adalat is proposed to be organised;
(ii) whether any of the organisation as referred to in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 3 above have agreed to associate themselves with Lok Adalat;
(iii) categories and nature of cases, viz. pending cases or pre-litigation disputes proposed to be placed before the Lok Adalat;
(iy) number of cases proposed to be brought before the Lok Adalat in each category;
(v) any other information relevant to the convening and organizing of Lok Adalat Notice to parties concerned :-The Member-Secretary or Secretary of the High Court Legal Services Committee or District Authority or, as the case may be. the Chairman of the Taluk Legal Services Committee convening and organising the Lok Adalat shall inform every party concerned whose case is referred to the Adalat. well in time so as to afford him an opportunity to prepare himself for the Lok Adalat:
Provided that such notice may be dispensed with, if the court while referring the case to the Lok Adalat fixes or informs the date and time of the Lok Adalat in the presence of the parties or their advocates:
Provided further that if a party is not willing to refer their case to Lok Adalat, the case may be considered on its merits by the court concerned.
Composition of Lok Adalat. - At State Authority Level.-The Member-Secretary organising the Lok Adalat shall constitute benches of the Lok Adalats, each bench comprising of a sitting or retired Judge of the High Court or a serving or retired judicial officer and any one or both of the following:
(!) a m em be r f rom th e lega I profess io n; an d
(ii) a social worker of repute who is engaged in the upliftment of the weaker sections of the people, including the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, women, children, rural and urban labour and interested in the implementation of legal services schemes or programmes.
At High Court level,- The Secretary of the High Court LegaJ Services Committee organising the Lok Adalat shall constitute benches of the Lok Adalats, each bench comprising of a sitting or retired Judge of the High Court or a serving or retired judicial officer and any one or both of the following:
(i) a member from the legal profession;
(ii) a social worker belonging to the category as mentioned in item (ii) of sub-para (a) above.
(c) At District Level,- The Secretary of the District Authority organising the Lok Adalats shall constitute benches of the Lok Adalats, each bench comprising of a sitting or retired judicial officer and any one or both of the following:
0) a member from the legal profession;
(ti) a social worker belonging to the category as mentioned in item (ii) of sub-para (a) above or a person engaged in para-legal activities of the area, preferably a woman,
(d) At Taluk Level.- The Chairman of the Taiuk Legal Services Committee organising the Lok Adalat shall constitute benches of the Lok Adalat, each bench comprising of a sitting or retired judicial officer and any one or both of the following:
(i) a member from the legal profession; and
(ii) a social worker belonging to the category as mentioned in item (ii) of sub-para (a) above or a person engaged in para-legal activities of the area, preferably a woman,