JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) A question of general importance, viz. whether "appellate authority" named in S. 20 of the Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction ) Control Act, 1960 (Act No. XV of 1960) (hereinafter referred to as the Act") is intended to act as a persona designata or as a Court and whether the High Court exercising its power under Art. 227 of the Constitution of India, can transfer the appeals from the Court of the "appellate authority" to any other Court, has arisen in these cases.

( 2 ) THE facts that give rise to these questions may be stated.

( 3 ) IN most of these cases the petitioners are either tenants or landlords. An eviction petition was filed in the Court of the Rent Controller under Sec. 10 of the Act, in one case and it was dismissed and the landlord filed an appeal in the Court of the Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court, Hyderabad, under S. 20 of the Act. The Chief Judge, however, transferred the batch of such appeals to the Court of the Addl. Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court, exercising his administrative power. The validity of the said order is questioned in these Civil Revision Petitions. The High Court by its proceedings ROC No. 843

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