Summon is a legal document issued by the Court on a person who is involved in the legal proceeding either when a legal action is taken against him or when he is required to appear before court as a witness. Section 66 of Criminal Procedure Code states how summon is served to the government servants.
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Section 66 of Crpc: Service on Government Servant
The section states that when a person who is summoned by the Court is in active service of Governement, then the Court issuing shall ordarily send its duplicate to the head of the office in which that person is employed. And the head shall cause the summon to be served in the manner provided by Section 62. He shall then return it to the Court with his signature. Such signature then becomes the evidence of due service.
According to Section 62, A summon is served by the police officer or by an officer of a Court issuing it or by other public servant. The summon, if it is possible shall be delivered personally by tendering him one of the duplicates of the summon. The Section 66 states how a summon is served to the government official whereas Section 62 states the general way of serving a summon.
