Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
(i) Except in cases where an order of remand is made under rule 23, or where it has been made under section 151 in the exercise of Court's inherent power in the interests of justice, the appeal shall be retained on the file of the Court. Where, in appeal, the appellate Court has framed an issue or issues and referred the same for trial or has directed the subordinate Court to take additional evidence, the appellate Court shall retain the appeal on its file but send the record to the subordinate Court concerned for the purpose of compliance. (ii) When an issue or issues is or are remitted to the trial Court for trial, or for recording additional evidence, and the appeal is kept pending on the file of appellate Court and any of the parties dies after the receipt of the record by trial Court, it is not necessary to re-transmit the record and proceedings to the appellate Court. The trial Court should, in such a case, on receipt of the intimation of the death of the party concerned, merely inform the appellate Court about the factum of death.