Hi Supriti,
According to the
jsp spec...
The <jsp:forward> element forwards the request object containing the client request information from one JSP page to another resource. The target resource can be an HTML file, another JSP page, or a servlet, as long as it is in the same application context as the forwarding JSP page.
So if xyz is the web app of test.jsp, you can forward to test1.jsp with
<jsp:forward page="test1.jsp" />, and the slash gets prepended to your 'goto' page.
If test1.jsp is in another web app, I think you're out of luck with jsp:forward - try c:inport instead if that is available to you.
Regards,
Louise