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Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n
Sarjeet vs Union on 18 February, 2011<\/div>\n
Author: V. M. G.B.Shah,&Nbsp;<\/div>\n
   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/1278\/2011\t 8\/ 8\tJUDGMENT \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 1278 of 2011\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE V. M. SAHAI  \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE G.B.SHAH<\/a>\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?    \n\t\t\t                  YES\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nTo be\n\t\t\treferred to the Reporter or not ?     YES\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?       \n\t\t\t          No\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\tmade thereunder ?                       No\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ?                       \n\t\t\t          No\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nSARJEET\nSINGH MAIDHAN - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nUNION\nOF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY & 3 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nVAIBHAV A.VYAS for PARESH UPADHYAY\nfor\nPetitioner(s) : 1, \nNone for Respondent(s) : 1 -\n4. \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE V. M. SAHAI\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE G.B.SHAH\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate<\/a>\n: 18\/02\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n
(Per
\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V. M. SAHAI)<\/p>\n
1.
\n\tThe short question that arises for
\nconsideration in this Special Civil Application is that if the
\npetitioner is declared a deserter in State of Assam and his
\nrepresentation is rejected at Gaya (Bihar), whether the cause of
\naction to sue would be available to the petitioner to file Special
\nCivil Application, in Gujarat High Court on the ground that he is a
\nresident of State of Gujarat?\n<\/p>\n
2.
\n\tThe petitioner was enrolled in the Indian Army as a Constable on
\n18.11.1987. He was promoted on the post of Naik. While he was in
\nservice as Naik ‘C’ Coy 521 ASC Battalion, Assam, he was granted
\nleave with effect from 11.4.2006 to 16.5.2006. He overstayed after
\n16.5.2006 and did not return for joining Army at Assam. Therefore, he
\nwas declared deserter as he was absent from duty from 16.6.2006. The
\npetitioner’s mother Dakha started claiming regularisation of debit
\nbalance of deserter before the ASC, Records (AT) (Paharpura), Gaya,
\nBihar. The aforesaid authority informed Dakha that the certificate
\nduly signed and counter-signed by District Soldiers Army Welfare
\nOffice be written, so that action may be taken.  Similar letters were
\nalso sent on 27.5.2008 and 30.11.2008.  The petitioner wrote a letter
\nto the aforesaid authority on 21.11.2008 claiming pension and other
\nretiral benefits. On 15.4.2010, the petitioner claimed pension and
\nother retiral benefits from the office at Gaya (Bihar).  He was
\ninformed on 18.4.2010 that those soldiers who are declared deserter
\nare not paid pension.  For other amounts he may write to the
\nPresident of India, Central Government. Thereafter, the petitioner
\nfiled Special Civil Application No.3223 of 2010 before this Court,
\nwhich was dismissed on 29.3.2010 as pre-mature. In this application
\nthe petitioner has prayed for quashing of the communication dated
\n28.4.2010 denying pension and has prayed for pension and other
\nterminal benefits.\n<\/p>\n
3.\tWe
\nhave heard Mr.Vaibhav A.Vyas, learned counsel holding the brief of
\nMr.Paresh Upadhyay, counsel for the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
4.\tBy
\n15th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1963, Clause (1-A) was added to
\nArticle 226(1) which was re-numbered as Clause (2) by the 42nd
\nConstitutional Amendment, 1976. The effect of the amendment was that
\nwrit jurisdiction of the High Court was extended to those cases also
\nwhere only a part of cause of action had arisen within the
\nterritorial jurisdiction of a High Court. It is necessary to extract
\nClause (2) of Article 226 of the Constitution which reads as below:-\n<\/p>\n
“226(2)
\nPower of High Courts to issue certain writs.- The power conferred
\nby clause (1) to issue directions, orders or writs to any Government,
\nauthority or person may also be exercised by any High Court
\nexercising jurisdiction in relation to the territories within which
\nthe cause of action, wholly or in part, arises for the exercise of
\nsuch power, notwithstanding that the seat of such Government or
\nauthority or the residence of such person is not within those
\nterritories.”\n<\/p>\n
Section
\n20(c) of the Code of Civil Procedure and Article 226(2) being pari
\nmateria, it is necessary to extract Section 20(c) which reads as
\nunder:-\n<\/p>\n
“20.\n<\/p>\n
Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of
\naction arises.- Subject to the limitations aforesaid, every suit
\nshall be instituted in a Court within the local limits of whose
\njurisdiction-\n<\/p>\n
xxx
\nxxx xxx xxx<\/p>\n
(c)the
\ncause of action, wholly or in part, arises.”\n<\/p>\n
The
\nexpression “cause of action” has not been defined in any
\nStatute. Cause of action means that the person or authority to whom
\nthe High Court is empowered to issue must be within the territorial
\nlimits of the High Court and even a small fraction of right to sue
\naccrued within the jurisdiction of the High Court. In other words,
\nthe cause of action wholly or in part must had arisen within the
\nterritorial jurisdiction of the High Court. “Cause of action”
\nis the bundle of facts which taken with applicable to them, gives the
\npetitioner a right to relief against the respondent.\n<\/p>\n
5.\tThe
\nApex Court in Kusum Ingots & Alloys Ltd. vs. Union of India
\nand<\/a> another (2004) 6 SCC 254 held that the cause of action would
\naccrue at the place where the appellate\/revisional order was passed,
\neven though part of cause of action had arisen.\n<\/p>\n
6.\tIn
\nthe case of Mosaraf Hossain Khan vs. Bhageeratha Engg.Ltd. and
\nothers<\/a> (2006) 3 SCC 658, the facts were that the appellant filed
\na complaint in West Bengal alleging dishonour of cheque issued by
\nrespondent Company which had registered at Head Office at Ernakulam
\nin Kerala for the amount due for supply of stone chip in connection
\nwith the construction work of major bridges in the State of West
\nBengal. Summons was issued by CJM, Birbhum, West Bengal. Kerala High
\nCourt in a writ petition stayed the proceedings before the CJM. The
\nSupreme Court held that the registered Head Office was at Kerala, the
\ncheque was issued from Kerala and payment of dishonoured cheque was
\nsent from Kerala were not relevant facts for holding that a part of
\ncause of action arose within the territorial jurisdiction of Kerala
\nHigh Court.  Similar view with regard to cause of action had been
\ntaken by the Apex Court in Om Prakash Srivastava vs. Union of
\nIndia<\/a> (2006) 6 SCC 207, Alchemist Ltd. and another vs. State Bank of
\nSikkim and others (2007) 11 SCC 335, and
\nEastern Coalfields Ltd. and others vs. Kalyan Banerjee<\/a> (2008) 3 SCC\n<\/p>\n
456.<\/p>\n
7.\tThe
\nexpression “cause of action” is the entire set of facts
\nthat gives right to an enforceable claim. It is understood to mean a
\nsituation or facts that entitles a party to maintain an action in a
\nCourt. But whole or part of cause of action must arise within the
\nterritorial jurisdiction of the High Court. In order to entertain a
\nwrit petition or special civil application under Article 226(2), the
\nHigh Court has to be satisfied from the entire facts pleaded in
\nsupport of cause of action that those facts do constitute a cause so
\nas to empower the Court to decide a dispute which has, at least in
\npart, arisen within its jurisdiction. Facts which have no bearing
\nwith the dispute involved in the case would not confer territorial
\njurisdiction on the Court.\n<\/p>\n
8.
\n\tNow, we may examine as to whether residence of the petitioner in
\nState of Gujarat which confer jurisdiction on this Court wholly or
\npartly though the petitioner was declared a deserter while he was in
\nservice in State of Assam and his representation made to the
\nauthority at Gaya, State of Bihar was rejected at Gaya. In Daya
\nShankar Bhardwaj vs. Chief of the Air Staff, New Delhi and others
\n(AIR<\/a> 1988 All. 36, the Division Bench held,<\/p>\n
“A
\nright of action is the right to enforce a cause of action. A person
\nresiding anywhere in the country being aggrieved by an order of
\ngovernment Central or State or authority or person may have a right
\nof action at law but it can be enforced or the jurisdiction under
\nArt.226 can be invoked of that High Court only within whose
\nterritorial limits the cause of action wholly or in part arises. The
\ncause of action arises by action of the government or authority and
\nnot by residence of the person aggrieved.”\n<\/p>\n
9.\tThe
\ndecision of the Apex Court in Dinesh Chandra Gahotri vs. Chief of
\nArmy Staff and another (2001) 9 SCC 525 was considered by the
\nFull Bench of Allahabad High Court in Rajendra Kumar Mishra vs.
\nUnion of India and others<\/a> (2005) 1 U.P.Local Bodies & Education
\nCases 108. The Full Bench in paragraph 17 relied on the decision
\nof the Apex Court in Oil and Natural Gas Commission vs. Utpal
\nKumar Basu<\/a> (1994) 4 SCC 71, wherein it was held as under:-\n<\/p>\n
“Under
\nArticle 226 a High Court can exercise the power to issue directions,
\norders or writs for the enforcement of any of the fundamental rights
\nconferred by Part III of the Constitution or for any other purpose if
\nthe cause of action wholly or in part, had arisen within the
\nterritories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction,
\nnotwithstanding that the seat of the Government or authority or the
\nresidence of the person against, whom the direction, order or writ is
\nissued is not within the said territories.  The expression “cause
\nof action” means that bundle of facts which the petitioner must
\nprove, if traversed, to entitle him to a judgment in his favour by
\nthe Court. Therefore, in determining the objection of lack of
\nterritorial jurisdiction the Court must take all the facts pleaded in
\nsupport of the cause of action into consideration albeit without
\nembarking upon an enquiry as to the correctness or otherwise of the
\nsaid facts. Thus, the question of territorial jurisdiction   must
\nbe decided on the facts pleaded  in the petition, the truth or
\notherwise of the averments made in the petition being immaterial”.\n<\/p>\n
10.\tThe
\nFull Bench came to the conclusion that place of residence of
\npetitioner at District Ballia in State of Uttar Pradesh  would not
\nconfer territorial jurisdiction on Allahabad High Court the
\npetitioner was dismissed from service in Court Martial proceedings in
\nState of West Bengal and as even part of cause of action had not
\narisen in State of Uttar Pradesh and the writ petition was not
\nmaintainable.\n<\/p>\n
11.\tIn
\nview of the discussions made above, we are of the considered opinion
\nthat since the petitioner was declared as deserter while he was in
\nservice at Assam, either the High Court at Guhati would have
\njurisdiction or where the petitioner’s representation was rejected,
\ni.e. at Gaya (Bihar), Patna High Court would have jurisdiction, but
\nHigh Court of Gujarat would not have territorial jurisdiction as no
\ncause of action wholly or in part has arisen in Gujarat. The argument
\nof counsel for the petitioner that since the petitioner was residing
\nin Gujarat State, therefore, on the ground of residence, he is
\nentitled to maintain this Special Civil Application, is liable to be
\nrejected.\n<\/p>\n
12.\tIn
\nthe case in hand, the petitioner was declared deserter in State of
\nAssam, his representation was rejected at Gaya in State of Bihar. No
\npart of cause of action had arisen in State of Gujarat, therefore,
\nthis Special Civil Application is dismissed with liberty to the
\npetitioner to approach the appropriate authority or legal Forum.<\/p>\n
\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(V.M.Sahai,\nJ.)\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSreeram.\t\t\t\t\t\t(G.B.Shah,\nJ.)\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n    \n\n \n\t   \n      \n      \n\t    \n\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\t   \n      \n\t  \t    \n\t\t   Top\n\t   \n      \n\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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