TA No.420 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.420 of 2011 Date of decision : 29.08.2011 Avinash Chand ...Applicant Versus Harvinder Singh Gill ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Inderjit Sharma, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Binderjit Singh, Advocate, for the respondent. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application has been preferred under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying for the transfer of the Rent Petition No.44/2011 titled as ‘Harvinder Singh Gill Vs. Avinash Chand’, from the Court of learned Rent Controller, Bathinda, to any other Court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Punjab. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. The dispute is regarding a shop situated on the ground floor of Building No.4860/2A, Railway Road, Bathinda. The applicant is a tenant therein. It is alleged that the shop in question was owned by one TA No.420 of 2011 2 Ramji Dass son of Krishan Lal, who sold the same to the respondent on 30.4.2008. It is further alleged that the respondent and his father are advocates by profession and the latter remained as President of the District Bar Association and Municipal Councellor at Bathinda. It is also averred that due to the influence of the respondent and his father, no Advocate at Bathinda is ready to accept the brief. 4. On the other hand, the respondent has denied all the allegations as stated above. 5. Without adverting to the merits of the present case and keeping in view the fact that justice should not only be done, but it should appear to have been done, the present application is disposed of by withdrawing the Rent Petition No.44/2011 titled as ‘Harvinder Singh Gill Vs. Avinash Chand’, from the Court of learned Rent Controller, Bathinda, and transferring the same to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Mansa. 6. The entire record pertaining to the Rent Petition No.44/2011 shall be sent by the trial Court at Bathinda, to the learned District Judge, Mansa, within three weeks, who will entrust it to a Rent Controller of competent jurisdiction at Mansa. 7. The parties shall appear before the learned District Judge, Mansa, on 01.10.2011. 29.08.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No