Article 60 — Procedure in suics againsc public servant

(1) Where the Government undertakes the defence of a suit against a public servant, the government pleader, upon being furnished with authority to appear and answer the statement of claim shaD apply to the court, and upon such application the court shall cause a note of his authority to be entered in the record. (2) Where no application under sub-art. (1) is made by the govern- ment pleader on or before the day fixed in the notice for the de- fendant to appear and answer, the case shaH proceed as in a suit bctween pnvate parties.