Wherever any suit is brought in any Court of a subordlllate judge of Privileges of

the first clai:;s ll[against the 3[Govemment] '* * * or against any Revenue the l fGovern- Officer, "Land, the 3[Government]

• • * * un<lt•rtakes] the defence thereof, it ~en~J • •

shall be lawful 6[for the S[State] Government]. by certificate signed by a Secre· in suite

tary thereto, to require that the trial of any such suit shall have precedence ~eknded by over the trial of any other suit or other civil proceeding then pending in the •t. Court of the first class subordinate judge, or, if t.l.ie suit is transferred, in the Oo1trt of the District Judge; and the Court i;hull give effect to every such re- quirement. The privilege uonferred 7[on the B[StateJ Government] by this section shall, mutatis tm1tandis, apply t.o any appeal or special appeal against any decree in any such suit a8 is described in this section. 17. [First clause. Revit-al of section 13 of Bom. Rig. XVII of 1827.] Repealed by Act XV ovf 1880; but the repeal does net operate in any scheduled district unle.~s <md until the Bombay Lerna Ret•tmue Code (Booi. V of 1879) ha~ ~'1£ emnded to such district. [Second clczuse. Opration of Bom. Reg. XVII of 1827 in site& of tJt·lla~8 and towns.] R"P· Act, XV of 1880. [Third clause. Recovery of certain ad1xmces made by Local Government.] Rep. ACI. Z V of 1880.

l S. 10 w~ substituted for the original h~· eeetion 2 uf Born. 21 of 1929.

:l Th•l w.:>r<h "agaU1.11~ the Ccown or the Federal Railway Authority" were aubstituk·d for tlae w.)rds "ag-.1n1t Governmenf' by the Adapn.tion uJ lndian Lawe Order in Council. 3 r!Ue worq was sub~titutcd for the word "Crown" by tho Adaptation of La,.·11 Oeder, 19GO,

4 Tiiu wor<la "or tho Federal Railway Authority" wero omitted by the Indian Indl'pendcnoe

( • .\ hptati?n of Central Act.; and Ordinances) Order. 1948. 6 l'h~ ""rJs "11m.I the Orown or tho Federal Railway Autb.otlty IUldertakM" were aubetiwMd f 1r tb.11 w11r1ls ''aud the GJvemment undertakes" by tho Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. 6 The words "for tho Provintil Government" were aub~titutcd for tlle words "for the Govern• llUlllt", tbia. 7 The words "on tho Provino.ia.1 Govcrnnl!'nt" wcro 111batit11tt-d for the worde "on Government" , by the Ad"pta.tion of lnJian. Laws Order in Co1inoiL 8 r~;, wore.I W<l¥ ub.Ut.uted fort.be word ••&o.ill61&1" l>y t'be MlllpW.tion of Law1 Order , 1989,

, 1~8 'IJombay Bcwn .. Jwmdicti<m ~d, 1'87~