WPSS No. 701 of 2004 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Sri B.S. Adhikari, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Anjali Bhargawa, the learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner was working as Hawaldar in 17th Battalion of Indo- Tibetan Border Police and at the relevant point of time, the petitioner was posted in somewhere else in Leh (Laddakh). The petitioner has filed the present writ petition against the respondent nos. 1 to 4 praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to allow the petitioner to join his duty. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents indicating that the service of the petitioner was terminated by an order dated 29th December, 2003 w.e.f. 21.08.2003. This order of the petitioner has not been challenged. Consequently, the petitioner’s claim that he should be allowed to join cannot be granted. This Court further finds that all the four respondents are outside the territorial jurisdiction of this Court. The order of termination of the petitioner was passed by the competent authority in Leh. This Court, consequently, finds that the writ petition was not maintainable in the State of Uttarakhand because this Court has no territorial jurisdiction to decide the matter. The writ petition fails and is dismissed. (Tarun Agarwala,J.) Dated 30.03.2010 LSR