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Rule 151

            (1) If an appellant or an applicant dies while the appeal or application is pending and it cannot be proceeded with unless his legal representative is brought on record, the Appellate Authority or the Appellate Tribunal shall adjourn further proceedings to enable his legal representative to appear and apply for being made a party and, if the legal representative fails to do so within ninety days from the date on which the appellant or applicant died, the appeal or the application shall abate as regards the deceased.

(2) If a respondent dies while an application for review by the Appellate Tribunal is pending and it cannot be proceeded with unless his legal representative is brought on record, the applicant shall apply to the Appellate Tribunal for making the legal representative of such respondent a party to the application for review within ninety days from the date on which the respondent died and, if the applicant fails to do so, the application shall abate as regards the deceased.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (1) and (2), there shall be no abatement by reason of the death of any party between the conclusion of the hearing and passing of the order but the order may, in such case be passed notwithstanding the death, and shall have the same force and effect as if it had been passed before the death took place.

(4) If a question arises in any appeal, revision or review, whether a person is or is not the legal representative of a deceased appellant, applicant or respondent, such question may be determined by the Appellate Authority or the Appellate Tribunal as the case may be, in a summary way, if necessary, after taking evidence.