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The learned Judges held that the Central Government is an all pervadinc body and cannot be said to be located only in New Delhi and outside the jurisdiction of the High Courts in India, and that it must be taken, therefore, to be amenable to writs issued from all the High Courts.

7. The leading case which probably influenced the learned Judges when they gave their decision was the well-known Privy Council case reported in Ryots of Garabandho v. Zamindar of Parlakimedi, AIR 1943 PC 16-4 (B). In that case their Lordships of the Privy Council had laid down that the subject-matter and the cause of action attract jurisdiction, and therefore the Full Bench held that if the effect of the order was upon people resident within the territories of Uttar Pradesh, the High Court of Uttar Pradesh had jurisdiction. The reference by the learned Judges of the Allahabad High Court to the presence of the parties in Uttar Pradesh and the effect of the order upon them in relation to the act done by the Central Government clearly indicate that the test laid down by their Lordships of the Privy Council was the deciding factor.