The Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972.
**THE ANDHRA PRADESH CIVIL COURTS ACT, 1972**


**ACT No. 19 OF 1972**


**ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS**


**SECTIONS**


PART I
PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions

PART II


Establishment and constitution of courts for the District of Hyderabad


3. Establishment of a City Civil Court
4. Appointment of Judges to the City Civil Court
5. Jurisdiction of the Judges of the City Civil Courts in original suits and

proceedings

6. Distribution of work in the City Civil Court
7. Omitted
8. Omitted
9. Forum for appeals

PART III

Establishment and constitution of Courts in districts other than the district of

Hyderabad.

10. Establishment of District Courts
11. Appointment of Additional District Judges
12. Establishment of Courts of Senior Civil Judges and Junior Civil Judges
13. Appointment of Principal and Additional Senior Civil Judges and Junior

Civil Judges

14. Existing District Courts, Senior Civil Judges Courts and Junior Civil

Judges Courts deemed to be established under this Act

15. Local limits of Jurisdiction of District Courts, Courts of Senior Civil Judge

and Junior Civil Judge

16. Jurisdiction of District Judge, Senior Civil Judge and Junior Civil Judge in

original suits and other proceedings

17. Appeals from the decrees and orders of Courts in the districts
18. Establishment of a Court of Senior Civil Judge for two or more districts
19. Exercise by Senior Civil Judge of Jurisdiction of District Judge in certain

proceedings


PART IV


Miscellaneous

20. Definition
21. Places for the sitting of the Courts
21-A. Special Provision regarding Jurisdiction of certain courts and validation

of certain Acts

22. Sittings of Courts
23. General Control of a District Judge over all courts in a district

24. Investiture of District Judge, Senior Civil Judge or Junior Civil Judge with

small causes jurisdiction

25. Seal of Court
26. Law to be administered by courts in deciding questions regarding

succession, inheritance, marriage, etc


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27. Judicial officers not to by suites in what they are interested not to try

appeals from decrees or orders passed by them in other capacities

28. Temporary discharge of duties of the District Judge or Chief Judge, City

Civil Court


29. Power to require witness or party to a suit to note oath or affirmation


30. Duties of ministerial officers of Courts


31. Vacation


32. Appointment of vacation Civil Judge


33. High Court to receive suits and appeals when no Vacation Civil Judge is

appointed


34. Repeals and savings


35. Validation of proceedings taken before the commencement of this Act


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**THE ANDHRA PRADESH CIVIL COURTS ACT, 1972**


**ACT No. 19 OF 1972**



[13[th] October, 1972]


**AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE**

**CIVIL COURTS, SUBORDINATE TO THE HIGH COURT IN THE STATE**
**OF ANDHRA PRADESH.**

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Twenty
Third Year of the Republic of India as follows:
**PART I**
**PRELIMINARY**

**1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the**
Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972.


(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.


(3) It shall come into force in such area and on such date as the

Government may, by notification, appoint; and they may appoint different
dates for different areas and for different provisions of this Act.


**2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,**

(a) "Court" means a civil court established or deemed to be

established under this Act;


(b) "Government" means the State Government;
(c) "High Court" means the High Court of Andhra Pradesh;


(d) "Notification" means a notification published in the Andhra


Pradesh Gazette; and the word "notified" shall be construed
accordingly.

**PART II**
**1[Establishment and constitution of courts for the District of Hyderabad]**

**3. Establishment of a City Civil Court - (1) The Government may, after**
consultation with the High Court, by notification, establish a court to be called
the City Civil Court with jurisdiction to receive, try and dispose of, subject to
the provisions of this Act, all suits and proceedings of a civil nature arising [2][in
the district of Hyderabad].

(2) The City Civil Court existing on the date of the commencement of this


Act shall be deemed to have been established under sub- section (1).

**4. Appointment of Judges to the City Civil Court - (1) The number of**
Judges to be appointed to the City Civil Court shall be one Chief Judge of the
rank of a District Judge and such number of Additional Chief Judges of the
rank of District Judge and such number of *[Senior Civil Judges] [3][XXXX] and
such number of *[Junior Civil Judges] [3][XXXX] as the Government may, after
consultation with the High Court from time to time, by notification, fix.

(2) The Chief Judge, any Additional Chief Judge, any *[Senior Civil

Judge] and any *[Junior Civil Judge] appointed to the City Civil Court existing
on the date of the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been
appointed under sub-section (1).

4[5. Jurisdiction of the Judges of the City Civil Courts in original suits
**and proceedings – (1) The pecuniary jurisdiction of the Chief Judge and an**
Additional Chief Judge shall, subject to the provisions of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 and the other provisions of this Act, extend to all original suits

1. Substituted by the Act No.1 of 1980, S.2.
2. Substituted by the Act No.1 of 1980, S.3.
3. Omitted by the Act No. 29 of 1997, S.2.
4. Substituted by the Act No. 29 of 1997, S.2.


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and proceedings of a civil nature including land acquisition original petitions,
the amount or value of the subject matter of [1][which exceeds rupees ten lakhs].

(2) The pecuniary jurisdiction of a Senior Civil Judge shall extend to all


like suits and proceedings of a Civil nature including land acquisition original
petitions not otherwise exempted from his cognizance under any other law for
the time being in force, the amount or value of the subject matter of which
exceeds rupees one lakh [2][but does not exceed rupees ten lakhs].

(3) The pecuniary jurisdiction of a Junior Civil Judge shall extend to all


like suits and proceedings not otherwise exempted from his cognizance under
any other law for the time being in force, the amount or value of the subject
matter of which does not exceed rupees one lakh.]

**6. Distribution of work in the City Civil Court - (1) The Chief Judge may,**
from time to time, make such arrangements as he may think fit, for the proper
distribution of the business of the City Civil Court among the various Judges
thereof.

(2) An Additional Chief Judge shall, subject to the general or special

orders of the High Court, perform all or any of the functions of the Chief Judge
which the Chief Judge may assign to him and in the performance of those
functions, the Additional Chief Judge shall exercise the same powers as the
Chief Judge.


3[7. [XXXX].


**8. [XXXX].]**


**9. Forum for appeals - (1) An appeal shall, when it is allowed by law, lie from**
any decree or order in a civil suit or proceeding –

(i) of the Chief Judge or the Additional Chief Judge of the
City Civil Court, to the High Court;


(ii) of the *[Senior Civil Judge] of the City Civil Court –


(a) to the Court of the Chief Judge, when the amount
or value of the subject matter of the suit or proceeding
4[is not more than rupees 5[five lakhs]];


(b) to the High Court in other cases; and


(iii) [6][of the *[Junior Civil Judge] of the City Civil Court, to
the Court of the Chief Judge.]


(2) The Chief Judge may, subject to the orders of the High Court, transfer

for disposal any appeal filed in the City Civil Court to any Additional Chief
Judge or any *[Senior Civil Judge].

**PART III**

**Establishment and constitution of Courts in districts other than the**

**district of Hyderabad.**

**10. Establishment of District Courts - (1) The Government may, after**
consultation with the High Court, by notification, establish such number of
District Courts as they may deem necessary and appoint a District Judge for
each District Court.

1. Substituted by the Act No. 28 of 2000, S.2.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 28 of 2000, S.2.
3. Sections 7 and 8 omitted by the Act No.1 of 1980, S.4.
4. Substituted by the Act No. 28 of 2000, S.3.
5. Substituted by the Act No. 16 of 2005, S.2.
6. Substituted by the Act No.1 of 1980, S.5.


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(2) The Government may, from time to time, likewise abolish any District

Court established under this section.

**11.  Appointment of Additional District Judges - (1) Where, in the opinion**
of the High Court, the state of business pending in a District Court, so
requires, the Government may, after consultation with the High Court, appoint
one or more Additional District Judges to the District Court for such period as
they may deem necessary.

(2) An Additional District Judge so appointed shall perform all or any of


the functions of the District Judge under this Act or any other law for the time
being in force which the District Judge may assign to him, and in the
performance of those functions, he shall exercise the same powers as the
District Judge.

**12. Establishment of Courts of *[Senior Civil Judges] and *[Junior Civil**
**Judges] - (1) The Government may, after consultation with the High Court,**
by notification, establish such number of courts of *[Senior Civil Judges] and
*[Junior Civil Judges] as they may deem necessary for each district in the State
other than the district of Hyderabad.

(2) The Government may, from time to time, likewise abolish any such

court established under this section.

**13. Appointment of Principal and *[Additional Senior Civil Judges] and**
***[Junior Civil Judges] - (1) Where, in the opinion of the High Court, the state**
of business pending in *[the court of Senior Civil Judge] or *[Junior Civil Judge]
so requires, the Government may, after consultation with the High Court,
appoint one or more *[Additional Senior Civil Judges] to the Court of *[Senior
Civil Judge] or one or more *[Additional Junior Civil Judges] to *[the Court of
Junior Civil Judge] for such period as they may deem necessary.

(2) Where more than one *[Senior Civil Judge] is appointed to a *[Court of


Senior Civil Judge] or more than one *[Junior Civil Judge] is appointed to a
*[Court of Junior Civil Judge], one of the *[Senior Civil Judges] or *[Junior Civil
Judges] shall be designated by the High Court as the Principal *[Senior Civil
Judge] or the Principal *[Junior Civil Judge] and the others as *[Additional
Senior Civil Judges] or as *[Additional Junior Civil Judges], as the case may be.

(3) Each of the *[Senior Civil Judges] or *[Junior Civil Judges] appointed


to a *[Court of Senior Civil Judge] or to a *[Court of the Junior Civil Judge], as
the case may be, may exercise all or any of the powers conferred on such Court
by this Act or any other law for the time being in force.

(4) Subject to the general or special orders of the District Judge, the

*[Principal Senior Civil Judge] or the *[Principal Junior Civil Judge] may, from
time to time, make such arrangements as he thinks fit for the proper
distribution of the business of the Court among the *[Senior Civil Judges] or
*[Junior Civil Judges], as the case may be.

**14. Existing District Courts, Subordinate Judges, Courts and District**
**Munsifs, Courts deemed to be established under this Act - The District**
Courts, the Courts of Subordinate Judge and the courts of District Munsif
existing on the date of the commencement of this Act and the District Judges,
Subordinate Judges and the District Munsifs appointed to such courts prior to
the said date shall be deemed to have been established or appointed, as the
case may be, under this Act.

**_Explanation - The courts of Munsifs established and the Munsifs appointed_**
under the 1[Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Civil Courts Act, 1954, (Act

XXXVI of 1954)] shall be deemed to be and always to have been respectively the
Courts of District Munsifs established and the District Munsifs appointed
under this Act.

1. Repealed by this Act.


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**15. Local limits of Jurisdiction of District Courts, *[Courts of Senior Civil**
**Judge] and *[Junior Civil Judge] - (1) The Government shall, after**
consultation with the High Court, by notification, fix and may from time to
time, likewise alter, the local limits of the jurisdiction of any District Court or
*[Court of Senior Civil Judge]; and the High Court shall, by notification, fix and
may from time to time, likewise alter the local limits of the jurisdiction of any
*[Court of Junior Civil Judge].

(2) The local limits of the jurisdiction of every District Court, *[Court of


Senior Civil Judge] or *[Court of Junior Civil Judge] existing on the date of the
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been fixed under this
section and shall continue as such until altered.

1[16. Jurisdiction of District Judge, Senior Civil Judge and Junior Civil
**Judge in original suits and other proceedings – (1) The pecuniary**
jurisdiction of a District Judge, shall subject to the provisions of the Code of
Civil Procedure, 1908 and the other provisions of this Act, extend to all original
suits and proceedings of a Civil nature including Land Acquisition original
petitions, the amount or value of the subject matter of [2][which exceeds rupees
fifty lakhs].

(2) The pecuniary jurisdiction of a Senior Civil Judge shall extend to all


like suits and proceedings of a Civil nature including Land Acquisition original
petitions not otherwise exempted from his cognizance under any other law for
the time being in force, the amount or value of the subject matter of [3][which
exceeds rupees twenty lakhs but does not exceed rupees fifty lakhs].

(3) The pecuniary jurisdiction of Junior Civil Judge shall extend to all
like suits and proceedings, not otherwise exempted from his cognizance under
any other law for the time being in force, the amount or value of the subject
matter of [4][which does not exceed rupees twenty lakhs].]

**17. Appeals from the decrees and Orders of courts in the districts - (1) An**
appeal shall, when it is allowed by law, lie from any decree or order in a civil
suit or proceeding –


(i) of the District Court, to the High Court;


(ii) of *[the court of Senior Civil Judge],

(a) to the District Court, when the amount or value of the subject
matter of the suit or proceeding 5[is 6[not more than rupees fifty

lakhs]];


(b) to the High Court, in other cases ; and


(iii) of *[the Court of Junior Civil Judge], to the District Court.


(2) The District Judge may, subject to the orders of the High Court,

transfer for disposal any appeal from the decree or order of a *[Court of Junior
Civil Judge] preferred in the District Court, to any *[Court of Senior Civil Judge]
within the district.

(3) Where a *[Court of Senior Civil Judge] is established in any district at

a place remote from the seat of the District Court, the High Court, may, with
the previous sanction of the Government, direct that an appeal from the decree
or order of any *[Court of Junior Civil Judge] within the local limits of the

1. Substituted by the Act No. 29 of 1997, S.2.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 26 of 2018, S.2.
3. Substituted by the Act No. 26 of 2018, S.2.
4. Substituted by the Act No. 26 of 2018, S.2.
5. Substituted by the Act No. 28 of 2000, S.5.
6. Substituted by the Act No. 26 of 2018, S.3.


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jurisdiction of such *[Court of Senior Civil Judge] shall be preferred in the said
*[Court of Senior Civil Judge];

Provided that the District Judge may, from time to time, transfer to his


own Court, any appeal so preferred, and dispose it of himself.

**18. Establishment of a *[Court of Senior Civil Judge] for two or more**
**districts - (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Government may, after**
consultation with the High Court, by notification, establish a *[Court of a
Senior Civil Judge] for such area comprised within the limits of the jurisdiction
of two or more District Courts as may be specified in the notification.

(2) A *[Senior Civil Judge] appointed for the Court established under sub

section (1) shall hold the Court at such place within the jurisdiction of each of
the said District Courts and for such period as the High Court may, from time
to time, appoint.

(3) The local limits of the jurisdiction of *[the Court of Senior Civil Judge],


when it is sitting at any such place, shall be the same as those of the District
Court concerned, but *[the Court of Senior Civil Judge] shall not entertain any
original suit, appeal or proceedings but shall try or dispose of only such suit,
appeal or other proceeding, as may be transferred to it by the District Court
concerned by or under this Act or any other law.

(4) An appeal from the decree or order of *[the Court of Senior Civil


Judge] in a suit or proceeding so transferred shall, where it lies to a District
Court, lie to the District Court which transferred the suit or proceeding.

**19. Exercise by *[Senior Civil Judge] of Jurisdiction of District Judge in**
**certain proceedings - (1) The High Court may, by general or special order,**
authorise any *[Senior Civil Judge] to take cognizance of or any District Judge
to transfer to any *[Senior Civil Judge] under his control, any proceedings
under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (Central Act 39 of 1925), which cannot
be disposed of by District Delegates.

(2) The District Judge may withdraw any such proceedings taken


cognizance of by, or transferred to a *[Senior Civil Judge] and may either by
himself dispose them of or transfer them to a Court under his control,
competent to dispose them of.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in section 17, the proceedings taken


cognizance of by, or transferred to a *[Senior Civil Judge] under the provisions
of this section shall be disposed by him subject to the law applicable to like
proceedings when disposed of by the District Judge.

(4) The provisions of this section shall apply in relation to the Chief


Judge, City Civil Court and *[Senior Civil Judges] thereof as they apply in
relation to the District Judge and the *[Senior Civil Judges] with the
substitution of references to the Chief Judge and *[Senior Civil Judges] for
references to the District Judge and the *[Senior Civil Judges].

**PART IV**

**Miscellaneous**

**20. Definition - In this Part, the terms "District Judge", "Additional District**
Judge" “*[Senior Civil Judge]” and “*[Junior Civil Judge]", and the "District
Court", "*[Court of Senior Civil Judge]” and the “*[Court of Junior Civil Judge],
shall, in relation to the district of Hyderabad 1[XXXX] respectively mean the

Chief Judge, Additional Chief Judge, *[Senior Civil Judge] and *[Junior Civil
Judge] of the City Civil Court, and the Courts of the Chief Judge or Additional
Chief Judge, *[Senior Civil Judge] and *[Junior Civil Judge] thereof.

**21. Places for the sitting of the Courts - (1) The Government may, after**
consultation with the High Court, from time to time, by notification, appoint
the 2[place or places at which] any District Court or *[Court of Senior Civil

1. Omitted by the Act No. 1 of 1980, S.6.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 19 of 1984, S.6.


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Judge] established under this Act shall sit; and the High Court may, from time
to time, by notification appoint the [1][place or places at which] any *[Court of
Junior Civil Judge] established under this Act shall sit.

(2) The place at which any court specified in this Act is sitting on the

date of the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed
under this section and shall continue as such until it is altered.

(3) [2][The place or places appointed], or deemed to have been appointed,


for the sitting of any court under this section shall be within the local limits of
the jurisdiction of that court [3][unless the Government otherwise direct].
4[21-A. Special Provision regarding Jurisdiction of certain courts and
**validation of certain Acts -** (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act,

whenever a new district is formed under the provisions of section 3 of the
Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974, (Act of 1974) whether before
or after the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 1980, until a separate District Court is established for such district, the
District Court, *[the court of Senior Civil Judge] or *[the Court of Junior Civil
Judge] exercising jurisdiction over the respective area immediately prior to the
formation of such new district, shall continue to exercise the jurisdiction over
the area included in such district as if the new district has not been formed.

(2) Any jurisdiction exercised, any judgment, decree or order passed or


made, and any other act or proceeding done or taken, until the establishment
of a new District Court for the new district on or after the formation of a new
district shall be deemed always to have been validly exercised or passed or
made and done or taken in accordance with law.]

**22. Sittings of Courts - The courts under the control of the High Court shall**
sit from day to day, except on Sundays and on such other days as may be
declared as holidays by the High Court for all or any of the districts.

**23. General Control of a District Judge over all courts in a district -**

Subject to the other provisions of this Act and to such orders as the High

Court may, from time to time, issue in this behalf, the general control over all
the courts under this Act in a district shall be vested in the District Judge.

**24. Investiture of District Judge, *[Senior Civil Judge] or *[Junior Civil**
**Judge]** **with small causes jurisdiction - (1) The High Court may, by**

notification, invest, within such local limits as it shall, from time to time fix,
(i) any District Judge or *[Senior Civil Judge], with the
jurisdiction of a Judge of a Court of Small Causes for the
trials of suits cognizable by such Courts up to the amount of
5[ten thousand rupees];

(ii) any *[Junior Civil Judge], with like jurisdiction up to the
amount of [6][four thousand rupees].


(2) The High Court may, likewise, withdraw the jurisdiction from the

District Judge, *[Senior Civil Judge] or *[Junior Civil Judge] so invested.

**25. Seal of Court - Every Court under this Act shall use a seal of such form**
and dimensions as may, from time to time, be specified by an order of the High
Court with the approval of the Government.

**26. Law to be administered by courts in deciding questions regarding**
**succession, inheritance, marriage, etc – Where, in any suit or proceeding, it**
is necessary for any court under this Act to decide any question regarding
succession, inheritance, marriage or any religious usage or institution
(i) (a) the Muslim law in cases where parties are Muslims, and the
Hindu law in cases where the parties are Hindus, or

1. Substituted by the Act No. 19 of 1984, S.6.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 19 of 1984, S.6.
3. Inserted by the Act No.1 of 1980, S.7.
4. Inserted by the Act No.1 of 1980, S.8.
5. Substituted by the Act No. 30 of 1989, S.6.
6. Substituted by the Act No. 30 of 1989, S.6.


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(b) any custom, if such there be, having the force of law and


governing the parties or property concerned, shall form the rule of
decision, unless such law or custom has been altered or abolished
by legislative enactment, and

(ii) in a case where no specific rule exists the court shall act
according to justice, equity and good conscience.

**27. Judicial officers not to by suites in what they are interested not to try**
**Appeals from decrees or orders passed by them in other capacities - (1) No**
judicial officer shall try any suit to which he is a party or in which he is
personally interested, nor he shall adjudicate upon any proceeding connected
with, or arising out of, such suit.

(2) No such officer shall try any appeal against a judgment, decree or


order passed by him in another capacity.

(3) Where any such suit, proceeding or appeal comes before any such


officer, he shall report the circumstances to the court to which he is
immediately subordinate.

(4) The superior court shall thereupon dispose of the case in the manner


provided by Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of
1908).

(5) Nothing in sub-section (4) shall be deemed to affect the extraordinary

original civil Jurisdiction of the High Court.

**Explanation - In this section, the expression 'Judicial Officer', includes any**
Judge of the City Civil Court, any District Judge, any *[Senior Civil Judge] and
any *[Junior Civil Judge].

**28. Temporary discharge of duties of the District Judge or Chief Judge,**
**City Civil Court - In the event of the death of the District Judge or of his being**
incapacitated by illness or otherwise for the performance of his duties, or of his
absence from the station at which his court is sitting, the Senior Additional
District Judge at such station, or if there is no Additional District Judge there,
the [1][the Principal Senior Civil Judge] at such station, or if there is no such
Additional District Judge or *[Senior Civil Judge] at the station, such other
*[Senior Civil Judge] in the District, or any other District Judge of a

neighboring district as the High Court may specify in this behalf shall, without
interruption to his ordinary duties, assume charge of the office of the District
Judge and shall discharge such of the current duties thereof as are connected
with the filing of suits and appeals, the execution of process and the like, and
shall continue in charge of the office until it is resumed or assumed by a
person duly appointed to that office.

Provided that where an Additional District Judge or a District Judge of a


neighboring district assumes charge under this section, it shall be competent
for him to perform any of the functions of District Judge under this Act or any
other law for the time being in force.

**29. Power to require witness or party to a suit to note oath or**
**affirmation - Every Court under this Act may require a witness or party to any**
suit or other proceeding pending in such court to make such oath or
affirmation as is prescribed by law for the time being in force.

**30. Duties of ministerial officers of Courts - A Ministerial Officer of a court**
shall perform such duties as may, from time to time, be imposed upon him by
the presiding officer of the Court.

**31. Vacation - The Courts under the control of the High Court may adjourn,**
from time to time, for such periods not exceeding in the aggregate two months
in each year, as may be notified by the High Court.

**32. Appointment of vacation Civil Judge - (1) Notwithstanding anything in**
this Act or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908), the

1. Substituted by the Act No. 29 of 1997, S.2.


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High Court may for the duration of the adjournment of any District Court in
summer, appoint for such District Court a Vacation Civil Judge not below the
rank of a District Judge or the Government may, after consultation with the
High Court, so appoint a Vacation Civil Judge not below the rank of a *[Senior
Civil Judge].

(2) (a) The local limit of the jurisdiction of the vacation Civil Judge shall

be the same as those of the District Court concerned.


(b) The jurisdiction of the Vacation Civil Judge shall extend to all


suits, appeals and other proceedings pending in, or cognizable by, any court
(whether a District Court, a *[Court of Senior Civil Judge] or a *[Court of Junior
Civil Judge]) in the district concerned when such court is adjourned for
summer vacation.

(3) The place, at which the court of the Vacation Civil Judge shall be


held, shall be the same as the place at which the District Court concerned may
be held. The Vacation Civil Judge shall have such administrative control over
the staff of the Courts in the District as the High Court may, by general or
special order determine.

(4) Notwithstanding the appointment of the Vacation Civil Judge, every

court in the district shall, during the period it is adjourned for summer
vacation, be deemed to be closed for the purposes of section 4 of the Limitation
Act, 1963 (Central Act 33 of 1963).

(5) On the reopening of the District Court, a *[Court of Senior Civil Judge]


or a *[Court of Junior Civil Judge] after the summer vacation, all suits,
appeals, and other proceedings pending in the Court the Vacation Civil Judge,
which, but for this section would have been instituted or pending in such
District Court, *[Court of Senior Civil Judge] or *[Court of Junior Civil Judge]
as the case may be, shall stand transferred to the Court concerned and any
judgment, decree, order or proceeding passed by the Vacation Civil Judge shall,
after such transfer, be deemed to be a judgment, decree, order or proceeding
passed by the Court concerned.

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (5), any appeal from the


judgment, decree or order of the court of the Vacation Civil Judge, shall, when
such appeal is allowed by law, lie to the High Court.

**33. High Court to receive suits and appeals when no Vacation Civil Judge**
**is appointed - When the District Court or *[the Court of Senior Civil Judge] or**
1[the Court of Junior Civil Judge] to which a suit, an appeal or other
proceeding lies is adjourned under Section 31 and when no Vacation Civil
Judge is appointed under sub-section (1) of section 32, the High Court shall
have the power to receive such suits, appeals and other proceedings.

**34. Repeals and savings - (1) The Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Civil Courts**
Act, 1873 (Central Act III of 1873), the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Civil
Courts Act, 1954 (Act XXXVI of 1954) and section 17 of the Andhra Pradesh

1. Substituted by the Act No. 29 of 1997, S.2.

- Throughout the Act (except section 14)
For               Substituted
1. Additional Judge - Senior Civil Judge
2. Additional Judges - Senior Civil Judges
3. Assistant Judge - Junior Civil Judge
4. Assistant Judges - Junior Civil Judges
5. District Munsif - Junior Civil Judge
6. District Munsifs - Junior Civil Judges
7. Additional Subordinate Judge - Additional Senior Civil Judge
8. Additional Subordinate Judges - Additional Senior Civil Judges
9. Additional District Munsifs - Additional Junior Civil Judges
10. the Court of Subordinate Judge - the Court of Senior Civil Judge
11. the Court of District Munsif - the Court of Junior Civil Judge
12. the Court of Principal Subordinate Judge - the Court of Principal Senior Civil Judge
13. the Court of Principal District Munsif - the Court of Principal Junior Civil Judge
14. the Court of Additional Subordinate Judge - the Court of Additional Senior Civil Judge
15. the Court of Additional District Munsif - the Court of Additional Junior Civil Judge
Substituted by Act No.29 of 1997.


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(Telangana Area) Small Causes Courts Act, 1330 (Act VI of 1330F) Fasli are
hereby repealed.

(2) The provisions of sections 8 and 18 of the Andhra Pradesh General


Clauses Act, 1891(Act 1 of 1891) shall apply upon such repeal.

**35. Validation of proceedings taken before the commencement of this**
**Act - All proceedings taken or orders judgments and decrees passed by any**
court before the date of the commencement of this Act shall be deemed always
to have been validly taken or passed in accordance with law.


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