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Classes of Civil Judges and their jurisdiction.— (1) The Civil Judges shall be of two classes, namely Senior Civil Judges and Junior Civil Judges. (2) The jurisdiction of a Senior Civil Judge extends to all original suits and proceedings of a Civil nature. 24(3) The jurisdiction of a Junior Civil Judge extends to all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature wherein the subject matter does not exceed in amount or value 25[twenty Lakhs rupees]. 26[―20A.— Transfer of pending appeals before the High Court. — All appeals which are valued upto Rupees Twenty lakhs or below and pending before the High Court immediately before the commencement of the Goa Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2009, shall, on such commencement stand transferred to the concerned District Court and such District Court may proceed to deal with such appeals from the stage which was reached before such transfer or from any earlier stage or de-novo as such District Court may deem fit: Provided that this section will not apply to any appeals which are pending before the High Court and which are statutorily provided under the relevant Act before the High Court.”.] 21.Local limits of jurisdiction.— (1) The local limits of the jurisdiction of every Civil Judge Senior or Junior, shall be such as may from time to time be fixed by the 27 [Government] in consultation with the High Court by notification in the Official Gazette. (2)A Senior Civil Judge in addition to his ordinary jurisdiction, shall have and exercise jurisdiction in respect of such suits and proceedings of a civil nature as may arise within the local jurisdiction of such Courts presided over by a Junior Civil Judge as may be specified by the 17[Government] in consultation with the High Court by notification in the Official Gazette, and wherein the subject matter exceeds the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Junior Civil Judge as defined in the preceding section.