IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU TRANSFER CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION No.575 OF 2010 Between: Smt. Malluri Hemalatha. --- Petitioner. AND Sri Malluri Venkata Krishna Rao. --- Respondent. The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU TRANSFER CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION No.575 OF 2010 ORDER: This Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition, under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, is filed to withdraw F.C.O.P.No.744 of 2010 on the file of the Family Court, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar and transfer the same to the file of the Family Court, Visakhapatnam. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. None appears for the respondent. 3. Petitioner herein is the wife of respondent. Respondent herein filed F.C.O.P.No.744 of 2010 on the file of the Family Court, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar, under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for divorce. Whereas, the petitioner herein filed H.M.O.P. No.1175 of 2010 under Sections 18 and 20 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, for maintenance, F.C.O.P. No.1141 of 2010, under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, for restitution of conjugal rights and G.O.P. No.5970 of 2010, for custody of her two minor children, which were pending on the file of Family Court, Visakhapatnam. 4. Balance of convenience is the prime criterion for effecting transfer of a case from one Court to another. It must relate to the convenience of both the parties. In view of the fact that respondent is attending the Courts at Visakhapatnam, in connection with those three cases, it would not cause any inconvenience to respondent herein, if O.P.No.744 of 2010 is transferred from the file of Family Court, Rnga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar, to the file of the Family Court, Visakhapatnam. Both the parties can make a request to the concerned presiding officers to post the matters on one day, so that it would be convenient to both the parties. 5. Accordingly, the Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition is ordered withdrawing O.P.No.744 of 2010 from the file of the Family Court, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar and transferring the same to the file of the Family Court, Visakhapatnam. There shall be no costs. ___________________ K.C. BHANU, J. Dt. 13-12-2010. DSH