CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION THROUGH ITS SECRETARY vs RAVINDRA SINGH AND ORS

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$~38 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 10588/2024 and CM APPL. 43558/2024 CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION THROUGH ITS SECRETARY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.K. Chaturvedi with Ms. Shareen, Advocates. versus RAVINDRA SINGH AND ORS .....Respondents Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 25.02.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The writ petition is completely misconceived. The order impugned in the present writ petition reads thus : “Heard. 2. Issue notice to the respondents. Mr. S.K. Chaturvedi, learned counsel, who appears on advance service, accepts notice on behalf of Respondents No. 2 and 3. Ms. Manupriya Verma, learned counsel for Respondent No. 1. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits by way of MA No. 1839/2024, the applicants have sought permission from the Tribunal to file the OA jointly. For the reasons that all the applicants are similarly placed and they have prayed for the similar reliefs on common ground(s), MA stands allowed. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants further adds that MA No. 1840/2024 has been filed by the applicants seeking certain Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT W.P.(C) 10588/2024 Page 1 of 2 KUMAR Signing Date:01.03.2025 18:06:34 exemptions. For the reasons stated therein and keeping in view no objection by learned counsel for the respondents, MA stands allowed, subject to just exceptions. 5. Learned counsels for the respondents submit that this Bench of the Tribunal lacks territorial jurisdiction inasmuch as no cause of action has accrued to the applicants, if at all in Delhi. However, learned counsel appearing for the applicants has invited our attention to liberty accorded by the Tribunal to the applicants by Patna Bench of this Tribun