sec.30Rule or order substituted for writ of mandamus to a judge or officer

### sec.30 Rule or order substituted for writ of mandamus to a judge or officer A writ of mandamus shall not be issued to a judge or an officer of the District Court requiring the judge or officer to do any act relating to the duties of his or her office, but a party requiring the act to be done may apply to the Supreme Court, upon an affidavit of the facts, for a rule or summons calling upon the judge or officer of the District Court, and also the party to be affected by the act, to show cause why the act should not be done, and if after the service of the rule or summons good cause is not shown, the Supreme Court may, by rule or order, direct the act to be done, and the judge or officer of the District Court shall, upon being served with the rule or order, obey it under pain of attachment, and in any event the court may make such order with respect to costs as to the court seems fit. s 30 amd 2002 No. 34 s 10 sch 1 hdg prec s 31 om 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 2