Subs. by sec. 61 of U. P. Act no. 09 of 1994. — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

2 . Subs. by sec. 61 of U. P. Act no. 09 of 1994. (2) All proceedings pending before any authority of the said 1 [Zila Panchayat] or the 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] on the said date, which, under the provisions of this Act, are required to be instituted before or undertaken by the Zila Panchayat or the Kshettra Panchayat, shall be transferred to and continued by the Zila Panchayat or the Kshettra Panchayat, as the case may be, and all other such proceedings shall, so for as may be, be transferred to and continued by such authority before or by whom they have to be instituted or undertaken under the provisions of this Act. (3) All appeals pending before any authority or the said 1 [Zila Panchayat] or the 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] on the said date shall so for as may be practicable, be disposed of, as if there was a Zila Panchayat or the Kshettra Panchayat, as the case may be, when they were filed. (4) All prosecutions instituted by or on behalf of the said 1 [Zila Panchayat] or the 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] and all suits and other legal proceeding instituted by or against the said 1 [Zila Panchayat] or the 1 [Kshettra Panchayat], or any officer of the said 1 [Zila Panchayat] of the 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] pending on the said date, shall be continued by or against the Zila Panchayat or the Kshettra Panchayat or the officer, as the case may be, as if there was a 1 [Zila Panchayat or the Kshettra Panchayat] constituted when such prosecution, suit or proceeding was instituted. ] 2

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