IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1296 OF 2006 (S/S) Munna Lal ……………..Petitioner. Versus Union of India and others. ………Respondents. Present: Mr. A.M. Saklani, Advocate present for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Pande, Standing Counsel present for the Union of India. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.(Oral) Heard Mr. A.M. Saklani, Advocate present for the petitioner and Mr. Vikas Pande, Standing Counsel for the Union of India. The petitioner is an employee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (from Hereinafter referred to as BSNL). He has filed the present writ petition seeking a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 21.8.2006 by which, inter alia, a penalty of reduction to a lower stage in the time scale has been imposed upon him. All the same, during the pendency of the writ petition a notification was issued by the Central Government on 31.10.2008 under Section 14 (2) of the Administrative Tribunals Act, inter alia, notifying the BSNL under the said provision. As such, in view of Section 29(2) of Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 the present matter is liable to be transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal. The registry is directed to transfer the record of this case to 2 the concerned Central Administrative Tribunal forthwith for its disposal. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 27.07.2011 Avneet