Provision for pending proceedings

Provision for pending proceedings.—(1) Any proceeding (including an appeal or revision) pending before the Commissioner immediately before the appointed day shall, on the appointed day, stand transferred to the State Government or to such officer or authority as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, and shall be disposed of by the State Government or such officer or authority, as the case may be, as if it had been a proceeding pending before it or him under the relevant existing law.

1. (2) Any order passed by the Commissioner before the appointed day in any proceeding, which is liable to be reopened, reviewed or revised, may be reopened, reviewed or revised by the State Government, or by such officer or authority as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant existing law.