ORDER :

1. By this common order aforetitled references made by the learned Principal District Judge, Jammu are proposed to be disposed of.

2. It appears that with the coming into force of Commercial Courts Act 2015 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, five civil suits titled Balwant Singh and another Vs. Pooja Devi and others, New India Assurance Company Limited Jammu and another Vs. M/s New Star Goods Carrier Jammu and another, Jogesh Sharma Vs. Nathu Ram, Raj Kumar Vs. Shiv Shakti Sai Satguru Kabir Bir and others and Ghani Vs. Rakesh Kumar which were pending before the court of learned 1st Additional District Judge, Jammu were referred by the said court to Principal District Judge, Jammu in terms of identical orders passed on various dates with the recommendation that the said suits may be transferred to the court of Additional District Judge (Bank Cases) which has been designated as a Commercial court for District Jammu in terms of SO 47 dated 04.02.2020.

3. The reference was accepted by the learned Principal District Judge, Jammu in terms of different orders passed in aforetitled five suits passed on different dates and the suits came to be transferred to the court of Ad