Privileges of the Government in suits defended by it

Whenever any suit is brought in any Court of a subordinate judge of the first class against the Government or against any Revenue Officer, and the Government undertakes the defence thereof, it shall be lawful for the 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 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.