WP(C) 2079/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MADAN B. LOKUR HON BLE MR. JUSTICE H BARUAH We are rather surprised that the Union of India has proceeded to file this writ petition against an order dated 8.11.2005 passed by the Central Administrative T ribunal, Guwahati Bench, Guwahati in O.A. No.83/2004. The writ petition has been filed by the Union of India some time in March, 2010 that is after a delay of 4 ‰ years. The Union of India has not explained the cause of delay in approaching this Cour t. The respondent was overpaid some amount of House Rent Allowance and the over pay ment was discovered some time in May, 2003 and stopped. The overpayment was to t he extent of about ‘82,000/-. The Union of India has already recovered a part of this amount from the salary of the respondent. There is an outstanding balance of about ‘62,000/-. Feeling aggrieved by the stoppage and subsequent recovery, the respondent approa ched the Central Administrative Tribunal for relief. The Tribunal came to the conclusion that the stoppage of over payment was justif ied but did not permit the recovery of the balance amount of ‘62,000/-. Instead of being satisfied with the order of the Tribunal passed after hearing t he Union of India, this writ petition has been filed after a gap of 4 ‰ years as mentioned above. We must express our anguish at the Union of India wanting to challenge each and every order passed by each and every authority at the top of a hat. This conduct on the part of the Union of India should not be encouraged. In the circumstances, we find no justification in entertaining this writ petitio n that too after a gap of 4 ‰ years nor do we find any merit in this writ petiti on for recovery of a paltry amount of ‘62,000/-. Consequently, this writ petition is dismissed with costs of ‘2000/- to be paid b y the Union of India to the Assam State Legal Service Authority within six weeks .