22.03.2010 Present: Mr. Pawan Gautam, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General, for the respondents. This case pertains to pension claimed by the petitioner, who had served in the Indian Army. It is not disputed by the parties that with the coming into force of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007; the Tribunal under that Act has the exclusive jurisdiction to try this case. Section 34 opf the Act supra provides:- “34. Transfer of pending Cases:- (1) Every suit, or other proceedings pending before any court including a High Court or other authority immediately before the date of establishment of the Tribunal under this Act, being a suit or proceedings the cause of action whereon it is based, is such that it would have been within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, if it had arisen after such establishment within the jurisdiction of such Tribunal, stand transferred on that date to such Tribunal”. (2) Where any suit, or other proceedings stands transferred from any court including a High Court or other authority to the Tribunal under sub-section (1),- (a) the court or other authority shall, as soon as may be, after such transfer, forward the records of such suit, or other proceedings to the Tribunal; (b) the Tribunal may, on receipt of such records, proceed to deal with such suit, or other proceedings, so far as may be, in the same manner as in the case of an application made under sub-section (2) of section 14 from the stage which was reached before such transfer or from any earlier stage or de novo as the Tribunal may deem fit”. This Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. Direction is issued to the Registry that the Writ Petition along with the record be sent to the Armed Forces Tribunal at Chandigarh for adjudication in accordance with law. March 22, 2010. (Dev Darshan Sud), (KS) Judge