Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
(1) A return in the form at page 481 of Volume II made up to the previous 31st December and 30th June respectively, for the different Courts in the District should be submitted by District Judges to the High Court on or before the 15th of January and the 15th of July of each year, together with explanations regarding Civil Appeals, Civil Suits, Darknasts and Insolvency Applications pending for more than 3 years. (2) A Return in the same form together with explanations in respect of all appeals from orders and Miscellaneous Civil Applications pending for more than a year on 1st April and 1st October should be submitted on or before the 15th of April and 15th of October of each year. (3) If any of the proceedings shown in these returns are kept pending on decisions in a proceeding in the High Court, the number and nature of such proceeding should be stated correctly in the margin of the explanations.