TA No.699 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.699 of 2011 Date of decision : 19.12.2011 Chandra Shekhar Rao ...Applicant Versus R.S. Walia ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Ajay Kaushik, Advocate for the applicant. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application has been preferred by the applicant under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying for the transfer of the Rent Petition titled as ‘R.S. Walia and another Vs. Shri Chandra Shekhar Rao’, filed by the respondents, from the Court of learned Rent Controller, Chandigarh, to any other Court of competent jurisdiction outside Chandigarh. 2. Heard. 3. The sole ground on which the transfer has been sought is that respondent No.1 is a practicing Advocate in the District Court at Chandigarh. It is alleged that respondent No.1 is exerting pressure on the learned Court is granting short dates in the matter. 4. Except the bald allegations made in the application, TA No.699 of 2011 2 there is nothing on record to substantiate the assertion that the respondent is influencing the Court proceedings or that any prejudice is being caused to the applicant herein. Merely the fact that the respondent is a practicing Advocate, is no disqualification for him to take recourse to the legal remedies available to a common man. Rather the allegations made in the present application appear to be misconceived. Until and unless the Court is satisfied that the apprehension of bias or prejudice which a litigant expresses in a bona fide and reasonable expression of apprehension which is proved by the circumstances and material placed by such applicant before the Court, where the application is moved, an application of this nature cannot be entertained. 5. In view of the above, the present application is devoid of any merit and the same is hereby dismissed. 19.12.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No