WP(C) 3447/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA . Heard Mr. G. Saikia, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. J . Singh, learned Sr. Standing Counsel, Railway. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner, son of Late Mamtazuddin, has prayed for a direction to the respondents to consider his case for appointm ent on compassionate ground. The prayer so made is on account of death of his f ather on 27.1.2008 while in service. The father of the petitioner was allegedly working as Peon in the Engineering Department in the N.F. Railway. The subject matter is within the excusive jurisdiction of the Central Ad ministrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench in view of the provisions of the Administr ative Tribunal Act, 1997 and the decision of the Apex Court in L. Chandra Kumar v . Union of India & Ors, reported in (1997) 1 GLT 1. In view of the above, it will be open for the petitioner to approach the Tribunal relating to his grievance. Writ petition is disposed of.