Hemant Gupta, J.
1. In a motor vehicle accident occurred on 29.3.2004, Surinder Kumar and B imladied whereas one Ritu suffered injuries. The legal heirs of Surinder Kumar as well as Ritu filed petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter to be referred as 'the Act') before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambala, for claiming compensation on account of death of Surinder Kumar as well as for the injuries suffered by Ritu. However, the legal heirs of Smt. Bimla filed a petition under Section 166 of the Act at Ambala and a petition under Section 163A of the Act at Chandigarh. The petitioner Insurance Company has sought transfer of the claim petition pending at Ambala to the competent Tribunal at Chandigarh to avoid contradictory judgments.
2. Though learned Counsel for Pawan Kumar, legal heir of Smt. Bimla deceased, has submitted that he has not filed any claim petition under Section 166 of the Act at Ambala but, keeping in view the fact that two petitions admittedly arising out of the same accident are pending at Ambala, it will be expedient if claim petition filed by respondent Nos. 3 and 4, pending in the Court of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, is transferred to the Court of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambala, for adjudication along with other claim petitions arising out of the same accident. It is for the Tribunal adjudicating the claim petition to decide whether Pawan Kumar has not filed petition under Section 166 of the Act as stated by his Counsel.
3. Consequently, the claim petition titled Pawan Kumar and Anr. v. Sukhdev Singh and Ors. pending in the Court of Mr. R.S. Baswana, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, is transferred to the Court of Mr. R.K. Saini, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambala. The parties are directed to appear before the Transfer Court on 6.3.2006. The Tribunal at Chandigarh shall send the records of the case to the Transferee Tribunal forthwith.
4. The petition stands disposed of accordingly.