Section 373(i) in Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920
(i)all appeals pending immediately before the specified date before the township committee shall, so far as may be practicable, be disposed of as if such local area had been included in the municipality or [Third Grade Municipality] [Substituted for the words 'town Panchayats' by the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act 2004 (Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 2004).] when they were filed;-