Arun Kumar Jha, J.—In these three cases, the issues are common and interrelated, as such, all have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. The reliefs sought by the petitioners are as under :

Civil Misc. No. 752 of 2023

2. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 227 of the Constitution of India seeking following reliefs:—

“(i) To issue a rule NISI in the nature of writ of certiorari to quash and cancel the order dated 09.06.2023 passed by the Ld. District Judge, Civil Court, Patna, in Miscellaneous (Arbitration) Case No. 04/2018 (M/s Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd. vs. Gammon India Ltd. & Ors.) by which the Ld. District Judge has been pleased to transfer this case to Ld. Additional District Judge-27, Patna along with Execution Case No. 382/2019, a ‘Court’ having no jurisdiction;

(ii) To issue a writ of mandamus commanding the ‘District Judge’ being the Principal Civil Court in terms of section 2 (e) defining ‘Court’ as per Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 and also having been declared a Commercial Court by notification as contained in memo no. 5080 dated 25.07.2019 by the order of Governor of Bihar in terms of section 3 of the Commercial Court Act 2015 (Act 4 of 2016) to transfer such cases to any other court which are covered u/s 2 (c) being the commercial disputes read with section 10 of the Commercial Court Act, 2015 (Act 4 of 2016);

(iii) To issue order/orders, direction/directions and restore the Miscellaneous (Arbitration) Case No. 04/2018 (Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd. vs. Gammon India Ltd. & Ors.) to the court of Ld. District Judge presently pending in the Court of Ld. Additional District Judge-27, Patna;

(iv) To issue a writ of prohibition restraining the Additional District Judges from deciding the cases u/s 2 (c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 read with section 10 (2) & (3) of the Commercial Court Act 2015;

(v) To issue an interim order granting stay of the further proceedings in the aforementioned case and/or to stay the operation of the impugned order during pendency of the present application;

(vi) To issue other appropriate writ or writs, order or orders, direction or directions as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of this case”.

Civil Misc. No. 755 of 2023

3. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 227 of the Constitution of India seeking following reliefs :—

“(i) To issue a rule NISI in the nature of writ of certiorari to quash and cancel the order dated 09.06.2023 passed by the Ld. District Judge, Civil Court, Patna, in Execution Case No. 382/2019 (M/s Gammon Engineering & Construction Pvt. Ltd. vs. M/s Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd.) by which the Ld. District Judge has been pleased to transfer this case to Ld. Additional District Judge-27, Patna along with Miscellaneous (Arbitration) Case No. 04/2018 , a ‘Court’ having no jurisdiction along;

(ii) To issue a writ of mandamus commanding the ‘District Judge’ being the Principal Civil Court in terms of Section 2 (e) defining ‘Court’ as per Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 and also having been declared a Commercial Court by notification as contained in memo no. 5080 dated 25.07.2019 by the order of Governor of Bihar in terms of Section 3 of the Commercial Court Act 2015 (Act 4 of 2016) to transfer such cases to any other court which are covered u/s 2 (c) being the commercial disputes read with Section 10 of the Commercial Court Act, 2015 (Act 4 of 2016);

(iii) To issue order/orders, direction/directions and restore the Execution Case No. 382/2019 (M/s Gammon Engineering & Construction Pvt. Ltd. vs. M/s Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd.) to the court of Ld. District Judge presently pending in the Court of Ld. Additional District Judge-27, Patna;

(iv) To issue a writ of prohibition restraining the Additional District Judges from deciding the cases u/s 2 (c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 r