As per case facts, a Division Bench of the High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair, made a reference due to conflicting decisions regarding the appellate jurisdiction of ... the District Judge in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Specifically, one view held that the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, which sets pecuniary limits for appeals, did not apply to the islands, and that the 1940 Regulations and a 1954 notification granted unlimited appellate jurisdiction to the District Judge. The question arose whether the District Judge at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, possesses unlimited pecuniary and territorial jurisdiction for appeals from subordinate courts by virtue of the 1954 notification, given the non-applicability of the 1887 Act. Finally, the court ruled that the District Judge, Port Blair, indeed has unlimited pecuniary and territorial jurisdiction to hear all appeals from civil courts under the District Court within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This decision is based on the 1940 Regulations and the 1954 notification, as the 1887 Act's territorial limits do not extend to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the 1953 Act did not alter the existing appellate hierarchy.