IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18980 of 2010 ANITA MISHRA, DAUGHTER OF SRIU SUSHIL MISHRA, RESIDENT OF PANCHWATI IN THE LANE ANITA OF HINDUSTAN PHARMA, LALBAGH, P.S. DARBHANGA, TOWN AND DISTRICT-DARBHANGA. …………………………………………………………PETITIONER. Versus 1. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, A-28, KAILASH COLONY, NEW DELHI THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER. 2. COMMISSIONER, NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, A- 28, KAILASH COLONY, NEW DELHI. 3. DY. COMMISSIONER, NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, SHILONG. 4. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (ESTT.), NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, A-28, KAILASH COLONY, NEW DELHI. 5. DY. COMMISSIONER, NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, BOARING ROAD, IN FRONT OF A.N. COLLEGE, PATNA-1. 6. REGIONAL COMMISSIONER, NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMIT, REGIONAL OFFICER, SHILONG, ASSAM. 7. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, (ACAD), NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, REGIONAL OFFICE, SHILONGH, ASSAM. ………………………………………………….RESPONDENTS. ----------- For the Petitioner : M/s. Gajendra Kumar Jha, Bam Bahadur Jha & Shshil Kumar Jha, Advocates. For Navodaya Vidyalaya : M/s. J.P. Karn, Sr. Advocate Samiti and Siddhartha Prasad, Advocate. -------- 4. 20.1.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the 2 learned counsel for the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. The petitioner was a candidate for recruitment in North-East States, which was dealt by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Shilong. On account of not being offered with the appointment, petitioner became aggrieved and corresponded from her residence at Darbhanga, Bihar. Then she filed O.A. No.317 of 2010 before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, Patna, which has been dismissed by the impugned order dated 14.5.2010 contained in Annexure-‘1’ on the ground that the Tribunal has no jurisdiction to entertain the said O.A. as no cause of action lies within the State of Bihar. However, learned Tribunal has taken note of the essential facts and the law with regard to the territorial jurisdiction and cause of action as decided by the Supreme Court in the case of State of Rajasthan and others Vs. M/s. Swaika Properties and another, AIR 1985 SC 1289 as also two other judgments including one decided by a Division Bench of this Court in a writ petition bearing C.W.J.C. No.17085 of 2009 (Yogendra Das Bihangam Vs. The Union of India and others). In our considered view, the cause of action as held by the Apex Court in the aforesaid judgment in the case of 3 State of Rajasthan and others Vs. M/s. Swaika Properties and another, leaves no scope for us to interfere in the matter. We find no error in the impugned order of the Tribunal. This writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. P.S. ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J) ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J)