IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 12274 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: JULY 18, 2011 Gurmej Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS The Union of India & others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Kushaldeep S. Sandhu, Advocate, for Mr. B.S. Kathuria, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocate, for U.T. Chandigarh. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner was serving in the State of Maharashtra when the order of dismissal was passed. None of the respondents as pleaded are placed under the territorial jurisdiction of this Court. In view of the law laid down by this Court in Gurdial Singh Versus Food Corporation of India and others, 2006 (2) I.L.R. P&H 59, this Court will lack in territorial jurisdiction to entertain this petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. The petitioner would be at liberty to file the writ petition before a court of competent jurisdiction. July 18, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH) monika JUDGE