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Section 72: Standing counsel and other lawyers

Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 8 of 2012

72. (1) The State Government may, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as may be prescribed appoint

(a) [ one or more Standing Counsel (Revenue)] each at Allahabad High Court and Lucknow Bench thereof ;

(b) [one or more Standing Counsel (Revenue)] each for Board of Revenue Allahabad and Lucknow ;

[ (c) one or more Divisional Government Counsel (Revenue) for the divisional head-quarters who shall also look after the work related to Circuit Courts of the Board, (wherever Circuit Courts exist at division level) and ]

(d) [one District Government Counsel (Revenue) and one or more Additional District Government Counsel (Revenue) for the district head-quarters].

(2) The Collector may, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as may be prescribed, appoint not more than two Panel Lawyers (Revenue) for every tahsil.

(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 62, the legal practitioners appointed under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) may place or act, without any written authority, on behalf of any 1Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat or Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti in any court or authority for which he is so appointed.

(4) No[Gram Sabha], Gram Panchayat or Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti] shall engage any legal practitioner other than one appointed under this section without prior permission of the Collector.

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Court Fees Act, 1870, (Act no. 7 of 1870) no court fee shall be payable on any Vakalatnama or memo of appearance filed by any legal practitioner appointed under this section.

(6) The legal practitioners appointed under this section shall not be competent to plead or act against any [ Gram Sabha], Gram Panchayat or Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti before any court for which he is so appointed.

[ (7) The State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, issue any direction, for monitoring of cases filed by or against Gram Panchayat, 1Gram Sabha or Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti and for performance based annual appraisal of Panel Advocates appointed under this Code or the enactments repealed by it, and also for appointing any law officer for the aforesaid purpose. ]

Where this provision sits

ActUttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006
Section72
Marginal noteStanding counsel and other lawyers
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • inserted. Ins. by sec. 57(b) Prov. of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.
  • substituted. Subs. by sec. 58(a)(ii) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.
  • substituted. Subs. by sec. 58(a)(iii) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.
  • substituted. Subs. by sec. 58(a)(iv) of U. P. Act no. 7 of 2019.
  • substituted. Subs. by sec. 58(a)(v) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.

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