IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Transfer Application No. 401 of 2009 Date of decision : December 04, 2009 Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited and another ....Petitioners versus M/s M.S.Rice Mills and others ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Ram Niwas Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Praveen Kataria, Advocate for respondent nos. 1 and 2 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) This is transfer petition under section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Petitioners have filed objections under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short, the Act) against award of respondent no. 3 in the court of learned District Judge, Chandigarh whereas respondent nos. 1 and 2 have filed objections under section 34 of the Act against the same award in the court of District Judge, Patiala. Accordingly, prayer has been made in the transfer petition for transferring objections filed by petitioners at Chandigarh to Patiala. Learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 and 2 has no objection to the aforesaid prayer in the transfer petition. Objections filed by both the parties against the same award have to be appropriately decided by one and the same court. Transfer Application No. 401 of 2009 -2- In view of the aforesaid, the instant transfer petition is allowed and objections filed under section 34 of the Act by the petitioners at Chandigarh are withdrawn and are transferred to learned District Judge, Patiala where objections filed by respondent nos. 1 and 2 against the same award are already pending. Parties are directed to appear in the court of learned District Judge, Patiala on 7.1.2010. ( L.N. Mittal ) December 04, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'