The powers and duties of the Judge or Magistrate of the Court shall always be in operative with his successor taking over the office from the predecessor. The Successor in Office of any Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge is in doubt and which shall be determined by the Sessions Judge by an Order in writing and who shall be the Successor in Office of that Court. Similarly the Chief Judicial / Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District Magistrate shall determine the person to be a Successor in Office of the Magistrate in writing.