Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
The law as regards paupers is contained in Order XXXIII. Applications for permission to file a suit in forma pauperis are to be presented to the Court by the applicant in person, unless he is exempted from appearing in Court, in which case it may be presented by an authorised agent. Such application should contain the particulars mentioned in rule 2 of Order XXXIII. The application must bear the requisite Court-fee-stamp, and the applicant must pay the process fee required for issuing notice under rule 6 of Order XXXIII. After the application is granted it should be registered as a suit. The plaintiff is exempted from payment of Court-fee on the plaint, vakalatname, petition or proceeding connected with the suit, but is not exempted from payment of process fees.