2[Government] 3*** in suits in which it is concerned.—Whenever any suit is brought in any District Court 4[against the 2[Government]] 3*** or against any Revenue officer, 5[and the 2[Government] 3*** undertakes] the defence thereof, it shall be lawful 6[for the 7[State] Government], by certificate signed by a Secretary thereto, to require—
(a)that such suit shall be tried by the District Judge himself, and shall not be transferred for trial to an Assistant Judge; and
(b)that the trial of any such suit shall have precedence over the trial of any other suit or other civil proceeding then pending in such Court;
and the Court shall give effect to every such requirement.
The privilege conferred 8[on Government] by the clause (b) of this section shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to any appeal or special appeal against any decree in any such suit as is described in this section.