APHC010035372026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA TRANS. CIVIL MISC.PETITION NO: 21/2026 Between: 1. PALI LAKSHMI SOWJANYA, W/O. VEERAMACHANENI BHUVAN KRISHNA, AGED 42 YEARS. WORKING AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VIT AP, AMARAVATHI R/O. DOOR.NO. 3 FLOOR. BESIDE CHAITANYA GRAMEENA BANK, UNDAVALLI CENTER, TADEPALLI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 1. VEERAMACHANENI BHUVAN KRISHNA, S/o Late V. Krishna Rao, Aged 44 years, R/o Flat.No. 312, Jewel Paradice, Behind M.K. Gold Coast, Yendada, VisakhapatnamDistrict Petition Under Section 24 of the C.P.C. Praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, to withdraw the F.C.O.P. No. 1864 of 2025 on the file of V AddI District and Sessions cum Family Judge, Visakhapat same to any competent court at N.T.R District more precisely the XIV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada or to any competent court and pass IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO TRANS. CIVIL MISC.PETITION NO: 21/2026 PALI LAKSHMI SOWJANYA, W/O. VEERAMACHANENI BHUVAN KRISHNA, AGED 42 YEARS. WORKING AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VIT AP, AMARAVATHI R/O. DOOR.NO. 3 FLOOR. BESIDE CHAITANYA GRAMEENA BANK, UNDAVALLI TER, TADEPALLI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND VEERAMACHANENI BHUVAN KRISHNA, S/o Late V. Krishna Rao, Aged 44 years, R/o Flat.No. 312, Jewel Paradice, Behind M.K. Gold Coast, Yendada, VisakhapatnamDistrict ...RESPONDENT Section 24 of the C.P.C. Praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to withdraw the F.C.O.P. No. 1864 of 2025 on the file of V AddI District and Sessions cum Family Judge, Visakhapatnam and pleased to transfer the same to any competent court at N.T.R District more precisely the XIV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada or to any competent court IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3397] THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA PALI LAKSHMI SOWJANYA, W/O. VEERAMACHANENI BHUVAN KRISHNA, AGED 42 YEARS. WORKING AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VIT AP, AMARAVATHI R/O. DOOR.NO. 3-543, 1ST FLOOR. BESIDE CHAITANYA GRAMEENA BANK, UNDAVALLI ...PETITIONER VEERAMACHANENI BHUVAN KRISHNA, S/o Late V. Krishna Rao, Aged 44 years, R/o Flat.No. 312, Jewel Paradice, Behind M.K. Gold ...RESPONDENT Section 24 of the C.P.C. Praying that in the circumstances the High Court may be pleased topleased to withdraw the F.C.O.P. No. 1864 of 2025 on the file of V AddI District and nam and pleased to transfer the same to any competent court at N.T.R District more precisely the XIV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada or to any competent court IA NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in F.C.O.P. No. 1864 of 2025 on the file of V AddI. District and Sessions cum Family Judge, Visakhapatnam and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. CHILAMKURTHI SATYA DEV NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent: 1. K MAHESWAR PRABHU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.GOPALA KRISHNA RAO TRANSFER CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION No.21 of 2026 ORDER: The petitioner/wife filed the present petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking for withdrawal of F.C.O.P.No.1864 of 2025, on the file of the V Additional District and Sessions-cum-Family Judge, Visakhapatnam and transfer to the file of the XIV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada or to any other competent court at Vijayawada, Krishna District, for trial and disposal of the same. 2. The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows: I. The petitioner is the legally wedded wife of the respondent and their marriage was performed on 05.08.2020, at Vijayawada, as per Hindu Rites and Caste Customs. Thereafter, due to the matrimonial disputes between the parties, the petitioner/wife has been residing separately at Tadepalli, Guntur District and she is currently working as an Assistant Professor in V.I.T-A.P. University, at Amravati. She further pleaded that in view of the harassment caused by the respondent/husband herein, the petitioner/wife lodged a complaint against the respondent/husband, which was registered as Crime No.132 of 2020, for the offences punishable under Section 498-A r/w 34 of I.P.C. and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, before the Disha Police Station, Eluru, after completion of investigation, Police laid a charge sheet and the same was numbered as C.C.No.309 of 2021 on the file of the Principal Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Eluru, the same is pending for adjudication. II. The petitioner/wife further pleaded that to cause inconvenience and to harass her, the respondent/husband herein filed a petition vide F.C.O.P.No.1864 of 2025, on the file of the V Additional District & Sessions-cum-Family Judge, Visakhapatnam, under Section 13(1)(ia)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking for dissolution of marriage and the same is pending for adjudication. III. The petitioner further contended that the petitioner being a woman, has been residing separately at Tadepalli, the distance between Tadepalli & Visakhapatnam is more than 350Kms and it is very difficult for her to travel to attend the divorce case proceedings which was filed by the respondent/husband before the Court at Visakhapatnam without any male assistance, and that she was constrained to file the present petition against the respondent/husband, seeking for withdrawal of F.C.O.P.No.1864 of 2025, on the file of the V Additional District and Sessions-cum-Family Judge, Visakhapatnam and transfer to the file of the XIV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada or to any other competent court at Vijayawada, Krishna District, for trial and disposal. 3. Heard Sri Chilamkurthi Satya Dev Naidu, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K. Maheswar Prabhu, learned counsel for the respondent. 4. Perused the material available on record. 5. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the respondent had fairly submitted that they have no objection to transfer the case in F.C.O.P.No.1864 of 2025, which is pending before the V Additional District and Sessions-cum-Family Judge, Visakhapatnam, to the file of the Additional Judge, Family Court, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 6. On considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respondent, without going into merits or demerits in the present petition, this Court is inclined to allow the present Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition. 7. In the result, the Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition is allowed and the case in F.C.O.P.No.1864 of 2025, on the file of the V Additional District and Sessions-cum-Family Judge, Visakhapatnam, is hereby withdrawn and transferred to the file of the Additional Judge, Family Court, Vijayawada. The learned V Additional District & Sessions-cum-Family Judge, Visakhapatnam, shall transmit the case record in F.C.O.P.No.1864 of 2025, to the file of the Additional Judge, Family Court, Vijayawada, duly indexed as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of two (02) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. Both the parties are directed to appear before the learned Additional Judge, Family Court, Vijayawada, on 30.03.2026 at 10.30 a.m. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any pending and the Interim order granted earlier, if any, shall stand closed. _______________________________ JUSTICE V.GOPALA KRISHNA RAO Date: 25.02.2026 JLSR/CVD