1 mp t IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 143 OF 2009 Mohammad Shafi Mohammad Hanif .. Appellant versus Union of India & ors. .. Respondents ... Mr.M.I. Pathan for the petitioner. Mr.N.R. Prajapati for respondent no.1. CORAM : B.H.MARLAPALLE AND D.G. KARNIK, JJ DATED : 23rd January 2009 P.C.: . Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. . The petitioner is an employee of the MTNL i.e. respondent no.3. He had initially approached the Central Administrative Tribunal but his application was not entertained on the ground that 2 the Tribunal had no jurisdiction. This order on which reliance is placed by the learned counsel for the petition is dated 5th May 2005. . As has been rightly pointed out by Mr.Masurkar, the learned GP, the Government of India has issued a notification u/s.14 of the Administrative Tribunal Act 1985 in September 2008 and has brought within the purview of the said Act some other corporations including the MTNL. Hence, as of now, the petitioner’s remedy very much lies before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, . Even when the petition was filed before us on 15th October 2008, the Tribunal had the jurisdiction to entertain an original application u/s.19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act. . Petition disposed with liberty to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai Bench. (D.G. KARNIK, J) (B.H.MARLAPALLE, J)