The Andhra Pradesh reorganization Act, 2014
105. Transfer of pending proceedings.
1. Every
proceeding pending immediately before the appointed day before a court (other
than High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any area which on that day
falls within the State of Andhra Pradesh shall, if it is a proceeding relating
exclusively to the territory, which as from that day are the territories of the
State of Telangana, stand transferred to the corresponding court, tribunal,
authority or officer of that State.
2. If any
question arises as to whether any proceeding should stand transferred under
sub-section ( 1 ) it shall be referred to the High Court at Hyderabad and
the decision of that High Court shall be final.
3. In this
section--
a.
"proceeding" includes any suit, case or appeal; and
b.
"corresponding court, tribunal authority or officer" in the
State of Telangana means--
i.
the court, tribunal, authority or officer in which, or before
whom, the proceeding would have laid if it had been instituted after the
appointed day; or
ii.
in case of doubt, such court, tribunal, authority, or officer in
that State, as may be determined after the appointed day by the Government of
that State or the Central Government, as the case may be, or before the
appointed day by the Government of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh to be
the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer.