is no right of filing cross-objections, same not having been created by any statute and hence it not being in existence. It shall, however, be open to the State Government to consider effectively the desirability of suitably amending 1999 Rules to incorporate appropriately in these Rules, for example, in Rule 233 by way of its own amendment, or otherwise by introducing a new rule, that Order 41 of the Civil Procedure Code shall apply to the appeals filed under the Act, as it applies to appeals filed under the Civil Procedure Code. We accordingly direct the State Government to consider this issue, in its true perspective and in best public interest and, if it at all decides to carry out the above indicated amendment in 1999 Rules, to do the needful in that direction within two months from today. The decision has to be of the State Government in the exercise of its rule making power and we have no intention of issuing any direction, much less a binding direction as to how and in what manner this decision should be taken. Only that the decision, one way or the other, has to be taken in a time bound manner. We, therefore, direct Law Secretary, Government of Himachal Pradesh to inform the Registrar General of this court about the action taken, one way or the other, before 31.12.2004. A copy of this judgment shall accordingly be sent to the Law Secretary, Government of Himachal Pradesh for his information and compliance.
