Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
The following Rules should be observed in regard to commissions to be executed in and transmission of letters of request to the United Kingdom:— (1) For the execution of a commission costs have to be incurred amounting to about £25, if it is non-contentious. (2) In cases in which the Central Government or a State Government is interested, the High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom will pay the expenses and debit the same to the Central Government or the State Government concerned. (3) When the commission or letter of request is at the instance of a private party and routed through the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs, the party interested will have to bear the expenses. Arrangements in such cases will be made for execution of the documents only if the sum of £25 sterling is deposited by the party in favour of the High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom and the draft in question is sent to the Ministry of External Affairs along with the documents. The party interested should also undertake to pay any excess over £25 if the expenses exceed £25. The commission or letter of request and interrogatories for both for the purposes of examination and cross-examination should be prepared neatly and on good paper. All these documents should be sent to the Ministry of External Affairs in duplicate in a sealed cover.