Section 604(ii) in Civil Court Rules of the High Court of Judicature at Patna
(ii)"District Judge" means the officer whose accounts are rendered to the Accountant-General, either for his own Court only or for his own and Subordinate Courts and includes any officer who may be vested with the powers of a District Judge for the purpose of these rules and in any district in which a District Judge is not for the time being resident, the principal Civil Judicial Officer at headquarters.