SUKHDEV SINGH KANG, J.

1. In this revision petition filed on behalf of claimants the following two questions have been referred for decision by a Division Bench :-

(a) Whether Motor Accident Claims Tribunal while deciding claim applications filed under the Motor Vehicles Act, is a Civil Court, subordinate to the High Court for the purpose of Sec.115 of the Code of Civil Procedure? and

(b) Whether the orders passed by a Tribunal in those proceedings are amenable to the revisional jurisdiction of the High Court?

The facts leading to this reference lie in a short compass and may be stated thus :

2 Barkat Singh and others (claimants) filed a claim application before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (hereinafter called the Claims Tribunal). During the pendency of those proceedings, they moved an application for impleading Pal Singh as a respondent to the claim application. The Claims Tribunal dismissed the application. The claimants filed a revision petition under Sec.115, Civil P.C. (the Code for short) in this Court. During the hearing of the revision petition, a preliminary objection was raised by the counsel for the respondents that the revision petition was not competent