I. A. ANSARI

This is an appeal against order, dated 02.07.2014, passed, in CWJC No. 22327 of 2013, by a learned single Judge of this Court, whereby the learned single Judge dismissed the writ petition on the grounds that (i) no assistance was rendered, in the writ proceedings, on behalf of the writ petitioner-appellant herein and (ii) the writ petition lacks territorial jurisdiction as no cause of action had arisen within the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of this Court.

2. Aggrieved by the dismissal of his writ petition, this appeal has been preferred by the writ petitioner.

3. The material facts, giving rise to the writ petition, may, in brief, be set out as under:

(i) The State Collieries, spread over several States of India, was earlier run directly by the Ministry of Production, Government of India, and Kargali Collieries, in the district of Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), was one of the units of the State Collieries of the Government of India within the territorial limits of the erstwhile State of Bihar.

(ii) The writ petitioner was appointed, at Kargali (Hazaribagh), as Assistant Law Officer by the then Ministry of Production, Government of India, with effect from 01.01.1954, in the Central Pay Commission Scale approved by the Government of India and guided by the Central Civil Rules.

(iii) During the service tenure of the writ petitioner, he was transferred to the National Coal Development Corporation Limited, which announced that the scale of pay, recommended by the 3rd Central Pay Commission, would be applied, with effect from 01.01.1973, by the National Coal Development Corporation Limited, as approved by the Government of India, vide letter No. NCDC/3rdCPC office/75, dated 27.05.1975, and the name of the writ petitioner figured at serial No. 56 in the list of employees issued in this regard.

(iv) Thereafter, the Central Coalfields Limited, which was formerly known as National Coal Development Corporation Limited, announced, on 11.05.1987, implementation of revised 4th Central Pay Commission pay scale, as approved by the Government of India, with effect from 01.01.1986, by letter No. 2 PM (A)/EE/Excentince/DA/VDA/87/10919-104.

(v) The writ petitioner was promoted to the post of Deputy Chief Legal Manager, in the revised 4th Central Pay Commission pay scale of Rs. 4100-5300 vide Officer Order No. C-5A (iii)/51791/(PT)/1082, dated 27.10.1987, issued by the Coal India Limited, Kolkata, and the writ petitioner was posted at Northern Coalfield Limited, Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, Kolkata, by order passed, in this regard, on 26.12.1987. The writ petitioner, accordingly, joined the Head Office of Northern Coalfield Limited, Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) on 28.12.1987.

(vi) Later on, the writ petitioner discovered that in the Officer Order No. C-5A (iii)/51791/(PT)/1082, dated 27.10.1987, issued by the Coal India Limited, Kolkata, in place of Central Pay Commission scale of pay, replacement/BP scale of pay was, inadvertently, mentioned, whereupon the writ petitioner filed a representation to the Personnel Department of Northern Coalfield Limited requesting them to approach Coal India Limited, Kolkata, for necessary amendment in the said Office Order. Thereafter, the said Officer Order was amended vide letter No. C-5A (iii)/5199(/(PT)/867, dated 21.07.1988, and the scale of pay of the writ petitioner was fixed at Rs. 4100-125-4850-150-5300/-.

(vii) The writ petitioner superannuated, on 30.04.1990, from the post of Deputy Chief Legal Manager, in Northern Coalfield Limited, Singrauli, and the pension of the writ petitioner was fixed at Rs. 2,332/- in terms of the 4th Central Pay Commission scale of pay of Rs. 4100-5300/-. The writ petitioner, accordingly, started submitting his pension bills and the pension bills, so submitted, were also honoured by the Northern Coalfield Limited.

(viii) The writ petitioner had to submit his pension bill each month. The writ petitioner requested North