T.A.No.468 of 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A.No.468 of 2008. Decided on August 13, 2009. Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited & another. .. Petitioners VERSUS M/s Lajpat Rai Rice Mills, Dhuri & Ors. .. Respondents * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT Mr.J.P.S.Ahluwalia, Advocate, for the petitionerss. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Notice issued to the respondent through their counsel in the lower court has been received back with a report that copy of the application was not annexed. This is a petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, for transfer of a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short 'The Act'), titled 'PUNSUP Vs.M/s Lajpat Rai Rice Mills, Dhuri', pending in the . . . 1 T.A.No.468 of 2008 Court of Additional District Judge, Chandigarh, to the Court of Sh.D.R.Arora, District Judge, Sangrur, where a petition under Section 34 of the Act, filed by the respondents is pending. When this petition was filed in November, 2008, the petition under Section 34 of the Act, filed by the respondents, was stated to be pending for adjudication, in the Court of District Judge, Sangrur, for 07.01.2009. Counsel states at Bar that said petition is still pending. I have considered the facts and circumstances of this case and I am of the opinion that the Award dated 21.04.2006, is the subject matter of the petitions under Section 34 of the Act, filed by both the parties in different Districts. It will be expedient, in the interest of justice, in case the petitions under Section 34 of the Act, filed by both the parties are adjudicated upon by the same Judge. This petition is allowed and it is ordered that petition under Section 34 of the Act, titled 'Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited & another Vs.M/s Lajpat Rai Rice Mills and others', will be transferred to the District Judge, Sangrur, where a petition under Section 34 of the Act, titled ' M/s Lajpat Rai Rice Mills and others Vs. Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited & another, is pending. However, it will be open to the District Judge, Sangrur, to decide both the cases simultaneously, club them together or decide them separately by two different orders as deemed appropriate. File of the case, complete in all respects, will be . . . 2 T.A.No.468 of 2008 sent by District Judge, Chandigarh to District Judge, Sangrur, on or before 19.09.2009, on which date the petitioner will appear before the District Judge, Sangrur, for further proceedings. Allowed. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE August 13, 2009. rka . . . 3