HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 467 of 2003 (S/S) Lakh Ram & others. .... Petitioners Versus Union of India & another ... Respondents Mr. B.P. Nautiyal, Advocate for the petitioners. None for the respondents. 17th September, 2009 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners, who according to the averments made in the writ petition, are employees of Northern Railway, Dehradun. The writ petition is filed with the following prayer : “1. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent to grant the seniority to the petitioner with effect from the year of appointment of petitioner with all consequential benefits as pay fixation, increment and other allowances accordingly. 2. To pass any other writ order or direction in nature of mandamus commanding the respondents which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. 3. To award the cost of the petition to the petitioners.” Admittedly the petitioners have a remedy before the Central Administrative Tribunal and in view of judgment passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of L. Chandra Kumar Vs. The Union of India & others reported in J.T. 1997 (3) S.C. 589 the petitioner cannot approach this Court directly by means of writ petition and can approach after the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal. Since the petitioners have an alternative remedy, writ petition is liable to be dismissed as such. Writ petition is, therefore, dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy with liberty to the petitioners to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 17.9.2009 Avneet