TA No.469 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A. No.469 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:29.09.2011 Satinder Pal Singh ....Applicant Versus Jatinder Pal & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. K.S. Cheema, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. S.C. Chhabra, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 & 3. ***** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) C.M. No.23150-CII of 2011 C.M. application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. T.A. No.469 of 2011 This is an application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure for transfer of Civil Suit No.130 dated 30.03.2005, titled as “Jatinder Pal and others Vs. Uggar Singh” pending in the Court of Shri Budh Ram Garg, Civil Judge, (Senior Division), Mansa to any other Court. It is alleged in the application that earlier the Presiding Officer had been Additional District Attorney at Mansa TA No.469 of 2011 (O&M) -2- and now he is Civil Judge at Mansa. It is alleged that one Vijay Kumar Singla, Advocate is President of Bar Association, Mansa is very close to the Presiding Officer. It is further alleged that Ramesh Kumar alias Maheshi is a close relation of the wife's sister's husband of the Presiding Officer and he is actively siding with the respondents. The respondents vehemently contested the application on the ground that the allegations are false. Without going into the allegations made in the transfer application but keeping in view the principle that justice should not only be done but seem to have been done, this transfer application is allowed, Civil Suit No.130 of 2005 titled as “Jatinder Pal and others Vs. Uggar Singh” is withdrawn from the Court of the Present Presiding Officer. The Ld. District Judge, Mansa is directed to entrust the case file to any other Judicial Officer of the District, who is competent to try the suit. Parties through their counsel are directed to appear before the Ld. District Judge Mansa on 29.10.2011, through their counsel. 29.09.2011 [ JITENDRA CHAUHAN ] sonika JUDGE