IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1135 of 2005 Mahipal Singh ….Petitioner. Versus Union of India and others …Respondents. Present : Mr. Shailendra Nauriyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Uniyal, Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. Shailendra Nauriyal, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. P.S. Uniyal, Standing Counsel for the Union of India. The petitioner is evidently a civilian working in a military establishment. He has raised a service dispute before this Court by filing the present writ petition. The petitioner therefore has a remedy to file his case before the Central Administrative Tribunal. Also in view of the constitution Bench judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in L. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India and others AIR 1997 SC 1125, such cases, in the first instance, should be heard by the Central Administrative Tribunal, alone. Since the matter is cognizable in the first instance by the Central Administrative Tribunal, this writ petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy. Writ petition is therefore dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 3.8.2011 Kuldeep