law: The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
  29. Transfer of Pending Cases. -
  (1) Every suit or other proceeding pending
  
  before any court or other authority immediately before the date of
  
  establishment of a Tribunal under this Act, being a suit or proceeding the
  
  cause of action whether on it is based is such that it would have been, if it
  
  has arisen after such establishment within the jurisdiction of such Tribunal
  
  shall stand transferred on that date to such Tribunal: 
  Provided  that nothing in this sub-section shall
  
  apply to any appeal pending as aforesaid before a High Court. 
  (2) Every suit or other proceeding pending
  
  before a court or other authority immediately before the date with effect from
  
  which jurisdiction is conferred on a Tribunal in relation to any local or other
  
  authority or corporation or society being a suit or proceeding the cause of
  
  action whereon it is based is such that it would have been, if it had arisen
  
  after the said date, within the jurisdiction of such Tribunal shall stand
  
  transferred on that date to such Tribunal: 
  Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall
  
  apply to any appeal pending as aforesaid before a High Court. 
  Explanation:
  
  For the purposes of
  
  this sub-section "date with effect from which jurisdiction is conferred on
  
  a Tribunal", in relation to any local or other authority or corporation or
  
  society, means the date with effect from which the provisions of sub-section
  
  (3) of section 14 or, as the case may be, sub-section (3) of section 15 are
  
  applied to such local or other authority or corporation or society. 
  (3) Where immediately before the date of
  
  establishment of a Joint Administrative Tribunal any one or more of the States
  
  for which it is established, has or have a State Tribunal or State Tribunals all
  
  cases pending before such State Tribunal or State Tribunals immediately before
  
  the said date together with the records thereof shall stand transferred on that
  
  date to such Joint Administrative Tribunal. 
  Explanation:
  
  For the purposes of
  
  this sub-section, "State Tribunal" means a Tribunal established under
  
  sub-section (2) of section 4. 
  (4) Where any suit, appeal or other proceeding
  
  stands transferred from any court or other authority to a Tribunal under
  
  sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), - 
  (a) the Court or other
  
  authority shall, as soon as may be after such transfer, forward the records of
  
  such suit, appeal or other proceeding to the Tribunal; and 
  (b) the Tribunal may,
  
  on receipt of such records, proceed to deal with such suit, appeal or other proceeding,
  
  so far as may be, in the same manner as in the case of an application under
  
  section 19 from the stage which was reached before such transfer or from any
  
  earlier stage or de novo as the Tribunal may deem fit. 
  (5) Where any case stands transferred to a
  
  Joint Administrative Tribunal under sub-section (3), the Joint Administrative
  
  Tribunal may proceed to deal with such case from the stage which was reached
  
  before it stood so transferred. 
  (6) Every case pending before a Tribunal
  
  immediately before the commencement of the Administrative Tribunals (Amendment)
  
  Act, 1987, being a case the cause of action whereon it is based is such that it
  
  would have been, if it had arisen after such commencement, within the
  
  jurisdiction of any Court, shall together with the records thereof, stand
  
  transferred on such commencement to such Court. 
  (7) Where any case stands transferred to a
  
  court under sub-section (6), that Court may proceed to deal with such case from
  
  the stage which was reached before it stood so transferred.