IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.34169-M of 2008 Date of decision : 31-01-2009 Balwinder Singh ....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Mehardeep Singh, AAG, Punjab. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (Oral) Report of Registrar General was called. He has submitted as under:- "In complaince with the said order, I contacted the learned Sessions Judge, Sangrur who told me that case of Balwinder Singh confined in Maximum Security Jail, Nabha was previously pending in the court of Shri D.S. Malwai, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Sangrur and after his transfer the case is pending in the court of Shri G.C. Garg, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Sangrur. Shri D.S. Malwai was notified as Additional Judge Designated Court in pursuance of Sub-Section (4) of Section 8 of the Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Ordinance, 1987. However, on his transfer Sh. G.C. Garg has not been so far notified as Additional Judge Designated Court in place of Shri D.S.Malwai. Request of learned Sessions Judge, Sangrur was received to notify Shri G.C. Garg as Additional Judge Designated Court which was sent to Punjab Govt. After receipt of requisite notification from the Govt., the case would be tried by Shri G.C. Garg, Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur. I have also contacted learned Sessions Judge, Patiala. As it may take Crl. Misc. No.34169-M of 2008 -2- some time for the Punjab Govt. to notify Shri G.C. Garg, Additional Sessions Judge as Additional Judge Designated Court, the learned Sessions Judge Sangrur as well as learned Sessions Judge, Patiala are of the view that Hon'ble High Court can transfer this case to the court of Smt. Sukhwinder Kaur, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Patiala who is Additional Judge Designated Court though exercising jurisdiction in the Designated Court Kapurthala, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur at Nabha." Since it will take a long time for issuance of notification to declare the Court of Shri G.C. Garg, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Sangrur as Additional Judge Designated Court. Case file of FIR No.68/91, under sections 302, 307, 34, 148/149 IPC and sections 3/4/5/6 of TADA Act and case (FIR) No.7/92, under sections 302, 307, 34, 148, 149 IPC & sections 3/4/5 of TADA Act is transferred to the Court of Smt. Sukhwinder Kaur, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Patiala who is Additional Judge Designated Court at Patiala. Petition is disposed of. (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) 31-1-2009 JUDGE manju