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A sheristadar was the chief officer in Indian court entrusted with the tasking of receiving and checking court pleas. The word has been derived from the Persian word sarishta-dār meaning "Administrative Officer of the court"who do supervise all the activities including record keeping.

References

  • Yule, Sir Henry; Burnell, Arthur Coke (1903). "Sheristadar". Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases. J. Murray. p. 826.

A sherishtadar was the chief administrative officer in Principal District & Sessions Court. who is responsible of entire district judicial administration . word is derived from Persian language. sherishtadar is separated as two category they are ;-

sherishtadar-Category-I [Principal District court]senior.

sherishtadar-Category-II [sub- court]Junior.

In High Court sherishtadar is named as Registrar General.