TH HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P.NO.19060 OF 2009 O R D E R The dispute involved in this writ petition is with regard to dismissal of the petitioner from Naval Service. Hence the issue is service matter under the Armed Forces. By notification dated 21.10.2009 issued under Section 5(4) of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, the Central Government established a Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal at Chennai with effect from 26.10.2009, which shall have the jurisdiction within the territorial limits of the States of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Section 33 of the said Act, excludes the jurisdiction of the civil court and as per Section 34, all the pending proceedings stands transferred to the Tribunal. In view of the above, registry shall transmit all the papers in the writ petition to the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench at Chennai within a period of two weeks from today. AVS ------------------------------- 22—04—2010