AJK Law Department Manual, 2016

— rule 2(h) — the Legal Advisor of the department does not fall within the definition of law officer. Finance Department & another versus Raja Maqeet-ur-Rehman & 04 others 2023 SCR 676 (A) Azad Govt. & others vs. Bashir Ahmed Awan & others (Civil Review No. 47/2023 decided on 25.07.2023) rel.
—Rule 2(h)—law officers, defined— Rule 2(h) of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Law Department Manual, 2016, depicts that the Advocate-General, Additional Advocate-General and Assistant Advocate-General are included in the definition of Law Officers. The State vs Khalid Hussain Rathore & 10 others 2024 SCR 313(C)
— Rule 29—sanction for filing appeals, review etc. before Court—appeal filed without proper sanction, which is the requirement of law—for filing the appeal no sanction was brought on record within the stipulated period of time—appeal incompetently filed. Commissioner Division Poonch & others v. Mushtaq Sadiq & others 2019 SCR 97 (A)
— rule 29 — sanction of the Government for filing appeal before the District Judge — is the requirement of law. Secretary E & S Education & another v. Muhammad Shoukat Khan & others 2023 SCR 296 (B) 2019 SCR 97, 2015 SCR 1501 Ref.
—Distribution of cases amongst law officers—Supreme Court observed that in a number of cases, the Advocate-General has shown his inability to argue the case on the ground that he has not been directed by the Law Department—such practice is highly deprecated— held: Advocate-General holding the constitutional post is not supposed to be subordinate to Secretary Law—it is the Advocate-General who is a fit person to decide the matter of distribution of the cases amongst the Law Officers— in future the Advocate-General is authorized to appear and defend each and every case in the Supreme Court and High Court without any direction by the Secretary Law—cases filed against the Govt., shall be distributed amongst Law Officers by the Advocate General, however, sanction to file the appeal shall be issued by the Law Department in the name of the Advocate-General who shall distribute the cases amongst Law Officers as he deems appropriate. AJ&K Government & 3 others Versus Muhammad Ishaq & 19 others 2021 SCR 23 (S)