IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 21811 OF 2000 Between: Ajay Kumar Singh ..... PETITIONER AND The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 21811 OF 2000 ORDER : This writ petition relates to services of 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 w.e.f. 26.10.2009 which shall have jurisdiction within the territorial limits of the States Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. By virtue of the said notification, the powers and other authority becomes exercisable by the Tribunal constituted under the said notification w.e.f. 26.10.2009 and as per Section 34 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, all proceedings pending before this Court shall stand transferred to the Tribunal. Accordingly, there shall be a direction to the Registry to transmit the papers in this Writ Petition to the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench at Chennai within a period of two weeks from today. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 26.03.2010 Ivd