TA No.261 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. TA No.261 of 2008 Date of Decision: 27.11.2008 Poonam and another .....Applicants Vs. Krishan Kumar ....Respondent .... CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA **** Present : Mrs.Gurnam Kaur Turka, Advocate for the applicants. Mr.Manish Bansal, Advocate for the respondent. .... RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral) Prayer in this application filed under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure is for transfer of a petition filed by the respondent under Section 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act') titled as “Krishan Kumar V. Dayala “Ram and another” for custody of the minor child from the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Bathinda, to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Rajpura. Counsel for the applicant submits that as per Section 9 of the Act, a petition praying for custody of the person of a minor has to be filed within the jurisdiction of a Court, where the minor ordinarily resides. In the present case, as the minor ordinarily resides at Rajpura, Distt.Patiala, the petition be transferred to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Rajpura. Counsel for the respondent, on the other hand, submits that as TA No.261 of 2008 2 the child originally resided with the respondent at Bathinda, there is no ground to transfer the petition to Rajpura. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and after giving my thoughtful consideration to the facts noticed herein above hold that it would be just and expedient that the case is transferred from the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Bathinda, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Rajpura. Section 9 of the Act postulates that a petition praying for the custody of the person of a minor shall be filed at the ordinary place of his residence. The minor is residing at Rajpura and, therefore, the respondent should have filed the petition under the Act at Rajpura. As a result, the application is allowed and the case filed under Section 25 of the Act, titled as “Krishan Kumar V. Dayala Ram and another” pending in the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Bathinda, is transferred to the Guardian Judge at Rajpura. The Civil Judge, (Senior Division), Bathinda, is directed to forthwith transmit the file of the aforementioned case to the Guardian Judge, Rajpura. Parties are directed to appear before the transferee Court at Rajpura on 17.12.2008. 27.11.2008 (RAJIVE BHALLA) GS JUDGE