Lt. Col. Khajoor Singh vs The Union Of India & Another on 5 December, 1960
Lt. Col. Khajoor Singh v. Union of India
whereupon the learned counsel appearing on behalf of
the appellant placed strong reliance was rendered at a
point of time when clause (2) of Article 226 had not
been inserted. In that case the Court held that the
jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the
Constitution of India, properly construed, depends not
on the residence or location of the person affected by
the order but of the person or authority passing the order
and the place where the order has effect. In the latter
sense, namely, the office of the authority which is to
implement the order would attract the territorial
jurisdiction of the Court was considered having regard
to Section 20(c) of the Code of Civil Procedure as
Article 226 of the Constitution thence stood, stating: