(2)If on the date of the application of this Act to any public trust any legal proceedings in respect of such trust are pending before any Civil Court of competent jurisdiction to which the Advocate-General or the Collector exercising the powers of the Advocate-General is a party, the Devasthan Commissioner shall be deemed to be substituted in those proceedings for the Advocate-General or the Collector, as the case may be, and such proceedings shall be disposed of by such Court.
