Judgment : A. RAMAMURTHI, J. ( 1 ) THIS petition has been filed to direct XVII Metropolitan magistrate, Saidapet to take the complaint on file and dispose it of according to law. ( 2 ) THE learned Magistrate has returned the complaint on the ground that the accused and the complainants address are not within the jurisdiction of that Court. It is further stated. that for the welfare and for the convenience of the complainant to file the case within the territorial jurisdiction she had returned the complaint. Learned magistrate also relied upon the decision of High Court of Punjab and Haryana reported in m/s. Ess Bee Specialities and others v. M/s. Kapoor Brothers, 1992 Suppl. MWN (Crl.) : [vol. 1 DCTC 141]. ( 3 ) HOWEVER, learned Counsel for the petitioner brought to the notice of this Court the decisions of this Court in Narang Industries Ltd. , etc. v. Ashok Leyland Finance limited, etc. , 1997 (2) L. W. (Crl.) 699 : [vol. 3 DCTC 6], M/s. Deepee shoe Fabrics P. Ltd. v. M/s. Pallava Leathers and Products, 1997 (1) L. W. (Crl.)205 and also a decision of Kerala High Court reported in P. K. Muraleedharan v. C. K. Pareed and another, 1993 (1) Crimes 46 : [vol. 1 DCTC 254]. The attention of the learned Magistrate is drawn to all these decisions only to act according to law. ( 4 ) WHEN decisions of this Court are clear relating to the filing of a case under sections 138 to 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1981, the learned Magistrate is directed to follow the decision of this Court properly and the learned Magistrate is also directed to record such statement and dispose it according to law. ( 5 ) THIS petition is ordered accordingly.