Appeals from Subordinate Judges

(1) Save as aforesaid, an appeal from a decree or order of a Subordinate Judge shall lie— (a) to the District Judge,— (i) where the decree or order was made before the 28th day of June, 1963 and the value of the original suit in which the decree or order was made did not exceed five thousand rupees; or (ii) where the decree or order is made after the 28th day of June, 1963 and the value of the original suit in which the decree or order is made does not exceed ten thousand rupees; and (b) to the [High Court] in any other case. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2A), an appeal to the Court of the District Judge shall be heard by the District Judge or by an Additional District Judge. (2A) An Additional District Judge shall hear only such appeals as the High Court, by general or special order, may direct or as the District Judge of the District may make over to him. (3) The High Court may by notification direct that appeals lying to the District Court from all or any of the orders passed in an original suit by any Subordinate Judge shall be preferred to such other Subordinate Judge as may be mentioned in the notification and appeals shall thereupon be preferred accordingly and the Court of such other Subordinate Judge shall be deemed to be a District Court for the purposes of all appeals so preferred.