tribunals: ths are ca e e wh s r o e des are pa r s ed by o ri nfe
courts i b n alwhjd , eso xcfitr
result of failure to xrcis jur e i sdcton. A writ can s i m l ary be
d whri s u e i n e xrcs o f ju ri s dc t no f e ni t , heCourt
o r Tibun a lcts iegay lor p ely,as forace, in s t cis a de
question wi t hou gi vn an op r t uniy, be heard to the party
ctd by the oa fe r de, or whr the p e du a r oc e d opte in dealing
with t he dispuei s op edt ncles of n p r i turl justic a . Thr e
is, howvr, no doubt e t ha the jur i sdcton to iue a writ of s
r t i ceoa sa suior vyjpe d ct n a t he Cou rei sng txc
is not n t ild to act as an e apel t Court. This laon ti m
s arily means cn e t ha f in dgs of fact rachd by the e o ri nfe
C o u r t Tribun a l s reult of t h e apio nfrc e vid nc aot
be ropnd or qu e stiond in writ proc e dings. e An e r o of law
w hi c s n t oth ap re e f aco th erc od anb e c o r tdby a
wri t , bu n ot ae ro f act, how evr ga itm pa yerto be.
In egad to a f r in dg of fact co d by the Tribunal, a writ of re
r t i ceoa can be iued if it is shown s t ha in ecoding the said r
f in dg, theTribun a l hdly fd ero n us t o admis ble
and mteril a vidnc, or had e nusly a ero d mi t e ble i nadm s
idnc v e w ha s flu t m p gin d. Sry,a
fin dg ofact i s baed on e vidnc, t ha wouldb e r g ad s
an e ro f la wh i c anb e c o r tdby awrit o fce r t i a. In
deal i ng w th sry f cae g os, vr muho wes t a lwy ber
in mind t ha adg ofa fin c t re o d by theTribu na l cotbe
ngd in proccha le dings for a writ of ce e oa on the ground r t i
t ha the rlvant and m e teril a vidnc a e d uce bfor the e
Tribunal was cet or in in su f qut to a d e s utain the impugned
find g. Th eaucyo qrsvl d na
th e rco faci nf t o bed r awn fomthe sa i df n dig arew i thn
the xclusiv jur e i sdcton of the Tribunal, and the said points
anot be cg i df rw Cou t .I ish n e lm t
t he ju ri s dcone font h e HigCo ur ts nd e Articl 2 6to
ue a writ i s f o n be r t ia e c may exrcsd le g it ( vide
Vishnu Kamth v Syed Ahmad Ishaque 6 , Nagndr Nath Bora v
Comisner Hils Divson and Apeals Asam 7
Kaushly Devi v Bachitr Sng 8 .
8. It is, of course, not easy to dfin or e qutly dd ea scrib e
what an eo of law r rent on the face of the ap ecod means. r
Wh a t cnb e c o r tdby awrit hasto bean e ro f law;hu t
must besuch ane ro fl a w scan b erad gsone w hi cs
rent on the face of the ap ecod. Wh r r it is manifest or clear e
6 (195 4) 2SC81
7 AIR 1958SC3
8 AIR 1960SC8
