(1) If an appeal or an application for revision or for review of judgement is preferred by the opposite party in any suit, the officer or an employee of the Panchayat receiving the notice thereof shall at once submit a copy of the notice to the Pradhan, Gram Panchayat or Chairman, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, as the case may be, who shall thereupon take such measures, as may be necessary in consultation with the concerned legal expert, for defending the case in the appellate or other courts.
(2) The provisions of rules 115 and 116 shall be applicable to appeals, second appeal, application for revision or review of the Judgement.
(3) No fresh sanction for the defence of the case shall be necessary in the case of an appeal or an application for a revision or for review of the Judgement preferred by or against the Panchayat.