IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. (S/S) 280 of 2011 M. S. Hanfi & others ...Petitioners. Versus Union of India & others …Respondents. Present : Mr. R. C. Tamta, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailendra Singh Chauhan, Standing Counsel for the Union of India. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. R. C. Tamta, Advocate for the petitioners and Mr. Shailendra Singh Chauhan, Standing Counsel for the Union of India. The petitioners are ticket collectors in Indian Railways. They are aggrieved by order-dated 20.1.2011 by which a penalty has been imposed upon them by Railway Department. Admittedly, the petitioners are employees of the Central Government. The petitioners, therefore, have an alternative remedy to file a petition before the Central Administrative Tribunal and particularly in view of the Constitution Bench judgment of this Court in L. Chandra Kumar Vs. Union of India and others AIR 1997 SC 1125, these matters cannot be entertained by this Court, at the first instance. At this stage as such, writ petition is dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 29.3.2011 Kuldeep