Section 355B(3)(k) in Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964
(k)all prosecutions instituted by or on behalf of the Grama Panchayat and all suits or other legal proceedings instituted by or against Grama Panchayat or any officer of the Grama Panchayat pending on the said date shall be continued by or against the Town Panchayat as if such area had been included in the transitional area of the Town Panchayat when such prosecutions, suits or proceedings were instituted.