Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court at Allahabad

(1) Except as hereinafter provided— (a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from the appointed day, extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Bihar to the State of Uttar Pradesh; and (b) the High Court at Patna shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territories. (2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court at Patna immediately before the appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, the High Court at Patna shall have, and the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court at Patna before the appointed day: Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court at Patna, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly. (4) Any order made by the High Court at Patna— (a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad by virtue of sub-section (2), or (b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court at Patna retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court at Patna, but also as an order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. (5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, any such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court at Patna as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Bihar to the State of Uttar Pradesh, shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. (1) Any Act passed by the Legislature of the State to meet any expenditure in respect of any part of the financial year in which the appointed day falls shall have effect also in relation to the territories transferred to that State by the provisions of Part II and it shall be lawful for the State Government to spend any amount in those territories out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for any service in that State. (2) The Governor of Bihar or of Uttar Pradesh may, after the appointed day, authorise such expenditure, from the Consolidated Fund of the State as he deems necessary for any purpose or service in the territories transferred to that State for a period of not more than six months beginning with the appointed day pending the sanction of such expenditure by the Legislature of the State. The boundary shall then run in straight lines within the high banks of the Ganga joining points (approximate Latitude 25° 43' 16", Longitude 84° 06' 25"), (approximate Latitude 25° 42' 48", Longitude 84° 05' 28"), (approximate Latitude 25° 41' 40", Longitude 84° 04' 37"), (approximate Latitude 25° 39' 06", Longitude 84° 05' 14"), (approximate Latitude 25° 38' 10", Longitude 84° 04' 59"), (approximate Latitude 25° 37' 33", Longitude 84° 02' 47") and (approximate Latitude 25° 36' 52", Longitude 84° 01' 10") consecutively, placing villages Maldepur, Parsi Patti or Chakia, Haibatpur or Begpur, Taranpur, Bansthana, Pandepur appg. to Ismaila, Hasanpur appg. to Takarsand, Anjorpur, Kot, Arazi Diara (appg. to Kot), Naubarar of Shahapur of 1873, Naubarar of Shahpur of 1880, Naubarar of Kulharia 1880, Naubarar of Palia 1881, Naubarar of Sarwanpur 1881, Naubarar of Rai Kishun Patti 1881, Naubarar of Belsipah 1881, Gangbarar of Sheopur and Gangbarar of Sital Patti completely in Uttar Pradesh and villages Parsanpah, Sultanhi, Dilia Estate No. 1 Taufir, Parnahi Kalan, Parnahi Khurd, Umarpur Diara, Sura tanr or Barkagaon, Nagpura, Padampur, Desar Buzurg, Misraulia, Umarpur Diara, Majharia and Arjunpur completely in Bihar. The boundary described above shall be a continuous line.