EVERY DEPARTMENT AND THE SECTION OFFICER IS RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THE PRECEDENT REGISTER AND CERTIFY THE CORRECT IMPORTANT DECISIONS SO TAKEN BY THE OFFICE AND AUTHORITIY

PRECEDENT REGISTER OF THE DEPARTMENT :-- A precedent Register of the department should be maintained in every section and a note of the all important decisions and rulings made  by the department should be entered in the Register The said register would be a guide for future to find out the important decisions taken in the past by the department, especially where the decision is not issued as a formal communication and therefore does not found in a Guard file. A Decision Which is not recorded in the precedent Register can also be quoted as precedent. The register will be maintained by the branch officer or the section officer of the department and the said register is an absolute must in all advisory and regulatory sections to ensure continuity and the consistency of decision making process of the department concerned and the Section officer of the department will ensure that an entry in the precedent Register is made correctly soon after an important decision is taken and the register should not be relegated to the position of a file Register by entering each and every case , nor should it be made a compendium of decisions by entering the decisions made in the other sections/ branches / departments .