Submission to the jurisdiction

The filing of comments itself does not operate as submission to the jurisdiction of authority which otherwise did not have jurisdiction — It is usual practice in the offices that when a letter is received by a person or authority, it is responded; responding to any letter by filing comments or replying to it does not mean that the authority is accepted — Jurisdiction of a judicial forum and of administrative officer are two different matters — This principle if at all applicable is in judicial matters and not in administrative or executive affairs — In judicial forums if any objection is not taken to the jurisdiction during hearing, it is held that party submitting to the jurisdiction, cannot later on resile when decision goes against him — If an authority did not have jurisdiction over a matter, participation in the proceeding or submitting to his authority would not debar the party from challenging its authority. Abdul Raheem Zubair Butt v. AJ&K High Court 2002 SCR 455 (H)