Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
While hearing appeals and revision applications, the District Judge or the Assistant Judge, as the case may be, gets a good idea about the ability and methods of work of the Civil Judge and the manner in which the evidence is marshalled and the judgment written. Each District and Assistant Judge should keep a note-book and whenever he considers that any matter heard by him calls for a special note being made either in favour of or adverse to a Civil Judge, he should make the appropriate remarks in that note-book. He should also make a note in this note-book of any serious defects noticed by him. This note-book will also be useful at the time of submitting the annual reports on the work of Civil Judges. On or before 15th February each year, each Assistant Judge should submit a report to the District Judge about the defects, etc., which he has noticed in the work of any Civil Judge, while hearing appeals and revision applications.