State Act

The Maharashtra Revenue Jurisdiction Act

7[16. Whenever any suit is brought in any Court of a subordinate judge of the first class 8[against the 9[Government]10 * * *] or against any Revenue Officer, 11[and the [Government] 10* * * undertakes] the defence thereof, it shall be lawful 12[for the 3[State] Government]], by certificate signed by a Secretary thereto, to require that the trial of any such suit shall have precedence over the trial of any other suit or other civil proceeding then pending in the Court of the first class subordinate judge, or, if the suit is transferred, in the Court of the District Judge; and the Court shall give effect to every such requirement. The privilege conferred 1[on the Provincial Government] by this section shall mutatis mutandis, apply to any appeal or special appeal against any decree in any such suit as is described in this section.