22. Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court. -Where a suit may be
instituted in any one of two or more Courts and is ins tituted in one of such Courts, any defendant, after
notice to the other parties, may, at the earliest possible opportunity and in all cases where issues are settled
at or before such settlement, apply to have the suit transferred to another Court, and the Court to which such
application is made, after considering the objections of the other parties (if any), shall determine in which
of the several Courts having jurisdiction the suit shall proceed.