Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
Commissions issued by Mofussil Courts to the Court of Small Causes at Bombay for the examination of witnesses resident in Bombay, should be sent direct to that Court by post. In all cases sufficient time should be allowed for their execution and return. On receipt of such a commission, the Court of Small Causes should write to the Court issuing it, acknowledging its receipt and stating the date fixed by it for taking the evidence. This date should be communicated to the parties concerned, for enabling them to make arrangements to be present in Bombay a few days before that date in order to enable the Judge to cause the necessary service of subpoenas to the witnesses to be examined on commission. This provision also applies mutatis mutandis to all the Courts to which commissions are issued.