Collector to be impleaded

(1) In every suit, appeal, application or other proceeding concerning sthanam properties, the management of which has been assumed by the Government under this Act, the Collector shall be named as the representative of the Government for the purpose of the suit, appeal application or other proceeding and in every pending suit, appeal, application or other proceeding concerning the said sthanam properties, the court may, upon application by the Collector, order that the planint memorandum of appeal or application be amended impleading the Collector as the representative of Government. (2) Any legal proceedings taken on behalf of or against the sthanam before the assumption of management of the sthanam properties by Government under this Act, may be continued by or against the Government after such assumption of management. (3)No suit shall be instituted against a sthanam, the manage of which has been assumed by Government under this Act, until the expiration of two months after a notice in writing has been delivered or left at the office of the Collector stating the cause of action, the relief sought and the name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff, and the plaintiff shall contain a statement that such notice has been so delivered or left.