Civil Revision No.2630 of 2005 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.2630 of 2005 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.03.2009 Haryana State & another .............Petitioners Vs. Prabhu Dayal ............Respondent Present: Mr. Deepak Jindal, AAG Haryana. Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Advocate for the respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? -.- K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The order under challenge is the order passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Hisar entertaining an application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The objection made before the Court below, which was rejected was that the petition under Section 34 could have been instituted only in the Court of the Principal Judge of civil jurisdiction and such a Court as notified on 19.12.1996, was the Civil Judge (Senior Division). A Civil Judge (Senior Division) has no power to assign the matter to a Civil Judge (Junior Division). Normally administrative power vested to Civil Judge of a Senior Division to assign the work to Junior Division cannot be applied in a case where statute invests the Principal Court of original jurisdiction as the Court before which Civil Revision No.2630 of 2005 (O&M) -2- petition under Section 34 could be entertained. The Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) had no power to entertain the case and consequently the impugned order is set aside. 2. The petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 shall be taken up by Principal District Judge (Senior Division), Hisar and dispose of in the manner known to law. The civil revision petition is disposed of in the above terms. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE March 16, 2009 Pankaj*