A. S. NAIDU, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner, a young lady of twenty-four years, has filed this application under Section 24 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 inter alia praying to transfer Civil Proceeding No. 147 of 1999 pending adjudication before the judge, Family Court, Rourkela to the Judge. Family Court, Cuttack.

( 2 ) IT is alleged that the petitioner married the opposite party as per the Hindu rites and customs on April 19, 1998. The opposite party-husband is serving as an Additional Veterinary Assistant Surgeon and is at present posted at Kuanrmunda Veterinary Hospital, rourkela. According to the petitioner-wife, dowryamount as demanded both in the shape of cash and kind was paid to the parents of the opposite party, the details of which are vividly described in paragraph-4 of the petition. As ill luck would have it, dissensions cropped up at the very inception, inasmuch as the opposite party did not accept the petitioner and she was told that theopposite party had been forced to marry her unwillingly. It is further alleged that the petitioner was tortured and physically man-handled and ill-treated by the opposite party and there was demand of further d