Solicitor’s Department is an attached department of Law Department and is
headed by District & Sessions Judge (BS-20) drawn from Judiciary. The main
functions of department are to protect the interest of Provincial Government
and its functionaries before Judicial and quasi Judicial forums whether civil or
criminal viz Courts of Senior Civil Judges /Assistant Sessions Judges, District
& Sessions Judges, High Court, Supreme Court and Sindh Service Tribunal etc.
It tenders legal advices whether the suit be defended or instituted at public
expenses or otherwise, It supervises the working of Law Officers.
OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE
The post of the Official Assignee is created under the Act known as the
Insolvency Karachi Division Act and operates within the limits of Karachi.
Under this Act the Administration of Insolvency Jurisdiction within the limits
of the Karachi is to be exercised by the Official Assignee under the
Superintendence of the high Court. It is the duty of the Official Assignee to
investigate the cases of every person or the firm who is adjudicated insolvent
in order to find out the causes of insolvency, the property, if any which
insolvent owns, the property if any which the insolvent may have transferred
by sale, mortgage prior to thein solvency and the reason for such transfer and
if the transfer appears to be bogus or malaise to take appropriate steps to
have the said transfer said aside so that the property may be available for
satisfying the claims of the Insolvent’s creditors, to examine the insolvent’s
account book if any, so as to find out if there has been any leakage of
assets and if the book have been properly maintained, to recover the property
of the insolvent, which may consist on the actionable claims such as debts
due to the insolven to invite creditors to file their claims and to examine such
claims when filed, to distribute the assets of the insolvent amongst creditors,
and to finally report to the Court on the entire case when an insolvent
applies to be discharged as insolvent
