IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 551 of 2009 (S/S) No. 15341207-A Ex-Santosh Kumar Singh, aged about 22 years, S/O Sri Rajdendra Pratap Singh, resident of Village-Lahiya Jalpapur, Post Office-Kinaura, District Sultanpur. …… Petitioner. Versus Union of India and others. … Respondents. Ms. Neelima Mishra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. Anjali Bhargava, Standing Counsel (Union of India) for the respondents. Date July 23, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Learned counsel appearing for the Union of India has submitted that now the jurisdiction to decide the controversy involved in the present writ petition is vested in the Armed Forces Tribunal at Lucknow (for short the Tribunal), therefore, the matter be relegated to the Tribunal. Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the respondents, I am satisfied that the jurisdiction to hear the present writ petition is vested with the Tribunal under Section 15 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007. Therefore, in terms of Section 34 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, the present writ petition would stand transferred to the Tribunal. Accordingly, the Registry of this Court is directed to transfer the writ petition to the Tribunal concerned under Section 34 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP