Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
Each Sessions Judge should report confidentially on the Judicial Magistrates, Civil Judges and Judicial Magistrates and Special Judicial Magistrates and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate should report confidentially on the Metropolitan Magistrates, as follows:— (1) On December 31st each year on all Judicial Magistrates then serving under him. (2) On December 31st each year on Civil Judges and Judicial Magistrates along with the reports on the Civil Judges then serving under him. (3) On his own transfer from a District on all Judicial Magistrates, Civil Judges and the Judicial Magistrates and Special Judicial Magistrates then serving in that district. (4) On transfer of any Judicial Magistrates, Civil Judge and the Judicial Magistrate or Special Judicial Magistrate serving under him on that individual Officer : Provided that the report need not be sent on December 31st in respect of any Magistrate upon whom the Sessions Judge has already reported within the previous six months. (5) Such confidential report shall also contain the information in form No. 98.