Hari Lal Agrawal, J.

1. When this writ application was taken up for admission, the counsel for the Union of India raised a preliminary objection of maintainability of the application in this Court on the ground of lack of territorial jurisdiction. We therefore, heard the learned Counsel for both the parties on this question at some length and are accordingly disposing of the question.

2. The petitioner Nand Kishore Singh was working as a security guard in the Central Industrial Security Force at Farakka Barrage Project Unit (West Bengal). From there he was transferred to Naya Nangal Unit in the State of Punjab in the year 1980. At that place he was served with a charge sheet on 4-4-1981 by respondent No. 4 Commandant of Central Industrial Security Force who passed a final order dated 30-11-1981 which is annexure 20 to this writ application. Respondent No. 4 held the petitioner guilty of the charges and passed order of his dismissal from the service with a liberty to the petitioner to prefer an appeal to the higher authority within the stipulated period if he so desired. Undisputedly this order was served upon the petitioner at Naya Nangal and he was released from the Unit o