ORDER :

The petitioner herein is the petitioner in O.P. (G&W) No.720/2023 pending before the Family Court, Kozhikode. She seeks the said case to be transferred to the Family Court, Manjeri, Malappuram. The reason stated for the transfer is that the petitioner, due to financial and health constraints, is not in a position to travel to Kozhikode, though the case was originally filed before the Family Court, Kozhikode. It was also pointed out that the distance from the place of residence of the respondent to the Family Court, Malappuram, is only 35 kms, whereas the distance to the Family Court, Kozhikode is 39 kms, wherefore the respondents does not stand to have any inconvenience on account of the transfer sought for.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner invited the attention of this Court to Annexure A2 interlocutory application preferred in O.P.(G&W) No.720/2023 seeking custody of the child, wherein there is a specific pleading in paragraph no.1 to the effect that the G.O.P. preferred before the Family Court, Kozhikode is not maintainable and that the proper Court for filing such G.O.P. is the Family Court, Malappuram. For the above said reasons, the petitioner seeks transfer of the