First Schedule — Order XXVII: Suits by or Against the Government or Public Officers in Their Official Capacity

Order 27 Rule 5A — Government to be joined as a party in a suit against a public officer

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Free to read

Where a suit is instituted against a public officer for damages or other relief in respect of any act alleged to have been done by him in his official capacity, the Government shall be joined as a party to the suit.