THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY TRANSFER CRIMINAL PETITION No.282 OF 2010 DATED: 03-12-2010 ORDER: This petition is filed under Section 407 Cr.P.C., seeking transfer of M.C.No.18 of 2010 on the file of the learned Judge, Family Court, Ongole to the Court at Nellore. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the 3rd respondent-State. None appeared for the respondents 1 and 2. Perused the record. 3. Petitioner is the father of the respondents 1 and 2. Respondents 1 and 2 herein filed M.C.No.18 of 2010, represented by their mother as guardian for maintenance. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is working as a Drill teacher at Nellore and that it is difficult for him to attend the Court at Ongole. 5. Admittedly, respondents’ mother and guardian is also a teacher working at Ongole. The difficulty expressed by the petitioner in not attending the Court at Ongole applies equally for the respondents’ mother to attend the Court at Nellore. 6. Having regard to the fact that the respondents 1 and 2 filed M.C.No.18 of 2010 in a Court of competent jurisdiction, the same cannot be transferred to some other Court simply because the petitioner is employed at Nellore and it would be difficult for him to undertake journey to Ongole, especially when the distance between the two places is not very high. There are no valid or sufficient grounds to transfer M.C.No.18 of 2010 from the file of the learned Family Court Judge, Ongole to a Court at Nellore. 7. In the result, Transfer Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 03rd December, 2010 Tsy