SBCWP No.5712/06. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR. O R D E R S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.5712/2006. Smt.Meena Sharma Vs. Union of India & Ors. Date of order : February 27, 2009. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri Kailash Sharma for the petitioner. Shri Kunal Rawat for Union of India. **** BY THE COURT :- This writ petition has been filed by the widow of late Shri L.P. Sharma who was serving the Department of Survey of India with the prayer to direct the respondents to give her compassionate appointment on the post of LDC or on the post of Group-C and also give her all consequential benefits. 2) I am afraid, this petition is not mainainable before this court in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in L.Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. : AIR 1997 SC 1125 wherein, Hon'ble Apex Court has observed that the writ petition is not maintainable directly before the High Court. Jurisdiction of High Court vested in it under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India can SBCWP No.5712/06. 2 only be invoked only by way of filing writ petition before the Division Bench only after rejection of the Original Application by the Central Administrative Tribunal and not otherwise. 3) Petitioner shall have to first approach the Central Administrative Tribunal. Learned counsel for the petitioner at this stage submitted that he may have difficulty in approaching the Tribunal now because of limitation and therefore prayed that this matter may be transmitted to the Tribunal. Prayer is declined. 4) Petitioner may directly make an application before the Tribunal with her submission regarding delay giving all these reasons so as to take advantate of Section 5 as well as Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 read with Section 21 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. In view of the observations made above, the writ petition is dismissed being not maintainable. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. anil