Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
The decree-holder is not entitled to receive back the copy of the decree until the application has been finally disposed of and the period of appeal has expired; thereafter the Court may return the copy, if it deems it fit to do so. The copy should be filed in the proceedings and numbered as an exhibit and costs in respect thereof should be included in the costs of the application. If the copy is not returned to the decree-holder it should be kept with the proceedings and eventually sent with them to the record-room.