Suraj Bhan Chauhan v. Union Of India & ORS.
$~93 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6938/2024 SURAJ BHAN CHAUHAN ..... Petitioner Through:
Mr. Ashok Kumar, Ms. Reena Bharti, Advocates.
versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
..... Respondents Through:
Mr. Piyush Beriwal and Mr. Nikhil Kumar Chaubey, Advocates with Mr.
Vedansh Anand, GP for R-1.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
O R D E R
% 14.05.2024 1.
Petitioner has approached this Court with the following prayers: "(i) Issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction to the respondent Nos.1 and 2 for withdrawal of the online public grievance bearing Registration No.DOURD/E/2024/0025275 dated 22.04.2024 lodged with the C.P.G.R.A.M.S., Government of India from the Respondent No.3, who is the erring officer and to entrust/forward the same to some other officer in pursuant to the Standard Operating Procedure contained in the Office Memorandum No.S15/11/2018-PG (States) (E-Office No.5685) dated 05.04.2018 issued by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India and also in pursuant to the Standard Operating Procedure contained in the letter No.2/4/2015/5/CMGRC/12 dated 14.05.
2015 issued by the Grievance Redressal Cell, Chief Minister's Office, Government of Haryana, made by the petitioner within The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
a time bound period.
(ii) Issue such other or further appropriate Writ, Order or Direction as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper, in the interest of justice."
2.
None of the facts, as stated in the Writ Petition, give jurisdiction to this Court to hear the matter inasmuch as the officer against whom the complaint is made is in Gurugram, the establishment against which the complaint is made is in Gurugram all the incidents have also occurred in Gurugram. Merely because the Union of India has been made a party to the present proceedings it will not confer jurisdiction to this Court to entertain the present Writ Petition.
3.
This Court, therefore, is not inclined to entertain the Writ Petition on the ground of jurisdiction.
4.
The Writ Petition is disposed of along with the pending applications, if any.
5.
Liberty is granted to the Petitioner to approach the Court of competent jurisdiction by filing a fresh Writ Petition in accordance with law. 6.
It is made clear that this Court has not made any observations on the merits of the case.
SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J MAY 14, 2024 Rahul The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/05/2024 at 11:50:11