IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12813 of 2008 SURENDRA PRASAD Versus THE UNION OF INDIA & ORS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Ram Nath Saran, Advocate For the respondents : Mr. Sudhir Singh, Assistant Standing Counsel ------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ------ Dated, the 16th September, 2008 This writ petition challenges the legality and correctness of the order dated 14th May, 2008, whereby the Central Administrative Tribunal disposed of the contempt application made by the petitioner. This is what the Tribunal observed: “We find that pursuant to the order of this Tribunal the respondents have passed an order on 08.02.2006 stating therein that for want of vacancy under compassionate appointment quota in the grade of sepoy, the applicant not be offered compassionate appointment and his case was kept under waiting list. Besides this, as per O.M. dated 05.05.2003 the period of three years has already expired. The contempt petition cannot lie when the orders have been passed on merit. Besides this, the Tribunal has been approached much after the one year period. We do not find it to be a fit case for issuing notice to the respondents for contempt of courts. This contempt petition, along with the M.A.200/08, stands dismissed.” - 2 - 2. In what has been stated by the Tribunal, we find no justification to entertain this writ petition. It is dismissed in limine. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil