S. Krishnan Unni, J.

These civil revision petitions were heard together because they raise the same point regarding the maintainability of execution order passed by the Deputy Registrar of Chits, Thirupur who passed the award in the arbitration proceedings. The respondents have opposed the maintainability contending that Execution Petitions are not maintainable. In all these cases, the Deputy Registrar appointed under S.61 of the Chit Funds Act, 1982 had passed arbitration awards and sent them for execution to the Civil Court. The Munsiff, Chittur by a common order held that the Registrar is not a civil Court and that he cannot transfer the awards for execution under S.39 C.P.C. and dismissed the Execution Petitions. The revisions arc directed against the said order,

2. The petitioner contended that the transfer of the award is perfectly legal and valid, under S.71 of the Chit Funds Act. The respondents' counsel contended, that Registrar is not a Court and not being so, cannot transfer his own award for execution. Under S.39,

"(1) The court which passed a decree may, on the application of the decree-holder, send it for execution to another court of competent jurisdiction,