Suits in which the Government is a party

(1) No Court other than the District Court shall receive or register any suit in which the Central Government or the Government of the Government of Goa or any officer of Government in his official capacity, is a party: Provided that the Government may by general or special order notified in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any suit or class or category of suits of the nature referred to therein. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to a suit against the administration of a Government Railway. (b)all appeals from any decree made by any Court of a Senior Civil Judge in any suit where the Central Government or the Government of Goa or any officer of the Government in his official capacity, is a party to the proceedings, pending before any District Court as on the date of commencement of the Goa Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2004 (Act 5 of 2004), shall stand transferred to the High Court having jurisdiction over the State of Goa.].