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Temporary vacancy of office of District Judge < In the event of the death of the District Judge or of his/her being prevented from performing his/her duties by illness or otherwise or of his/her absence on leave from the station in which his/her court is held, the Additional District Judge of the district and if there are more than one Additional District Judge, the senior most among them and if there are no Additional District Judge in the district, the senior most Civil Judge (Senior Division)) in the district, shall, without interruption to his/her ordinary duties assume charge of the office of the Court of District Judge and while so in charge , perform the duties of the District Judge with respect to the filing of suits and appeals, receiving pleadings, execution of processes, return of plaints and the like, and shall continue in charge of the said court until the same is resumed by a Judge duly posted thereto.